So this summer I'm hanging out at my cousin Pam's place when her parents come home & my aunt is all like "Guess what movie we just saw?" Something about the way she posed the question made me guess something completely absurd, so I responded with "Hustle & Flow." And I was right! Then I got to listen to my aunt - who is quite possibly the ( Read more... )

Do wounds really heal ( Read more... )

Since work is my life now, there's a strong possibility that I might be writing about work a good deal. As a protection to myself, however, I'm going to have to make those secure posts, so they can't be accessed by the general public. So...for those of you who I know enjoy my witty banter but aren't LJ members, perhaps you should join. It's ( Read more... )

My thoughts on two drastically different movies I recently watched.

Aviator

Leonardo DiCaprio is really a great actor. I think this fact is frequently overlooked because he's done things like Titanic and Romeo & Juliet, but he's done really movies that actually involved real acting too, like What's Eating Gilbert Grape. And who can forget how ( Read more... )

So I've spent the last two days looking at apartments. This is a process that I truly hate. In all of my many moves and many apartments I've never had such a hard time. I think that's b/c all of the places I've lived (my house in Columbus being the exception) I knew were super-short term. This, however, will likely be my home for at least a ( Read more... )

Today I was reminded of something I already knew, but somehow had managed to forget. Guys suck. "It's not like this is something you didn't know" my friend Laura tells me. True. But somehow I had managed to forget that. It's like I go through little cycles where I realize guys suck, then I'm foiled for a while and think they might be alright, ( Read more... )

I think one of the most important things (if not the most important) thing a symphony can do is educational outreach. Today was one of those days when I was really proud of the organization I'm a part of. I went to one of two classroom concerts today (or rather 2 of 4, since there were actually 2 at each school). And we have 2 more schools ( Read more... )

Summaries on some movies I've seen lately (in no particular order):

King Kong
I really enjoyed this movie. While it was no Lord of the Rings , I still thought Peter Jackson did a great job. The movie was filled with beautiful scenes- both on Skull Island and in old-school New York. And I thought the movie was well cast. Naomi Watts was a ( Read more... )

As I was driving home in the wee hours of the morning from our NYE gala I began to reflect on the last year. With various people throughout the course of yesterday we discussed what a rough year it was, with special note to the natural disasters. In my personal life I feel like it has been both horrible & great at the same time. The interesting ( Read more... )

I realized as I was going to bed last night that I had posted a ridiculously long & sad LJ and completely forgot to mention the highlight of my yesterday ( Read more... )