I just saw "Broken Flowers", the film written & directed by Jim Jarmusch and starring Bill Murray as a Don Juan who gets a letter from an ex-girlfriend informing him that he has a 19-year old son, but he doesn't know who his baby's mama is because she didn't sign the note. Thus, a road trip ensues to track down his son and come to grips with his ( Read more... )

OK, let's get the easy part out of the way. On Friday night I saw "A Good Woman", an adapattion of Oscar Wilde's play "Lady Windemere's Fan", which was uproariously funny and a wonderful film. I'll keep the praise to a minimum, needless to say that Tom Wilkinson is now officially a member of my pantheon of favourite British actors, Helen Hunt and ( Read more... )

I bring you a bonny little tale about wasting money so I could be surrounded by brainless socialites and second-rate journalists & photographers.

( Choco-beer and a hottles-worth o' coffee )

If I gave you my ramblings from the film festival in one big helping, I fear it would be too much for any sane mind to cope with. So here is the beginning segment of my notes, impressions, tirades, etc...Enjoy.

Warning: These notes are unedited and were written feverishly last night and this morning.

( Failed covert-ops to modern day Jim Crow )

Yesterday I made the 8+ hour interstate trek up to Traverse City to visit my folks. The already tiresome journey was made even more exhausting by a 3:00 A.M. Steak and Shake run the night before and by the absence of a CD player in my car. I had pretty much used up every cassette I had in my car, so I was forced to look to the radio for musical ( Read more... )

I am done with my complete draft of the Denison essay. I like it, but I might be a little biased.

( My Heart is a Duplex )

Sorry if this one gets a little mushy or depressing...what ya gonna do?

( Part three... )

Part two of my opus, not nearly complete. Barely even good, but y'all will read it nonetheless. Cheers!

( Part Two, AHA! )

Stuff I've Read: June 2005

Books I Bought
"The Book of Absinthe" by Paul Baker
"The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera
"Killing Youself to Live" by Chuck Klosterman

Books I Read
"Lies and the Lying Liers Who Tell Them" by Al Franken
"Music For Chameleons" by Truman Capote
"The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera

So, as a part of my seemingly summer-long orientation for college, Denison has given a project to the class of 2009. We're supposed to contribute pieces of art (be they drawings, photos, fiction, essays, etc...) that say what "home" signifies to us. Sounds like a fairly kickass deal. So I'm once more subjecting y'all to my writing...currently a ( Read more... )