The Girlfriend Experience (Magnolia Pictures) is one of Stephen Soderbergh's sketchbook pictures, the experimental one-offs he directs in between blockbusters. Unlike Soderbergh's last experiment, the four-hour biopic Che, this one is small in every sense: 77 minutes long, shot on digital video, improvised from a bare-bones script, and cast ( Read more... )

I've figured out the saddest part of having a schizophrenic brother. Your sibling should be the one person in the world who knows what it was like when you were growing up. Your childhood friends have some idea, but the only person who really knows is the one (or two or three) who were with you 24 hours a day for 18 years. My brother and I ( Read more... )

Really hope they're still available!

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You come back to work and

1) Invite a million people to "connect" with you on Linked In.

2) Start a Twitter site...or feed...or whatever. http://twitter.com/dana_landry

1) I spent my lunch break in a bar playing pinball and drinking beer.

2) We have photo shoot Fridays where my co-worker Nat dresses up in some strange costume and various other co-workers "art direct."

3) I can lay down in the middle of the floor while passing on a message to someone and nobody thinks that's weird!

My paranoid schizophrenic brother went to a new doctor today. This one is actually covered by my parents insurance. Before his appointment, my dad faxed a "recap" of his diagnosis/treatment to date. He also specifically asked for them not to prescribe Adderall to my brother. Drew loves Adderall. It might actually help him calm his brain down a ( Read more... )

This came through my junk mailbox at work. I thought it was very amusing ( Read more... )

I just signed up to have New Roots Organicsdeliver a box of organic/locally grown fruits and vegetables to my house once every two weeks. It's $35 a delivery. The way I look at it is, we're good about going to the store and buying a ton of pasta and rice and meats and things to make meals, but then we end up going back to the store once a week ( Read more... )

I've done nothing at work today, but surf the internet.

I just can't get motivated to do anything else.

I had a dream last night that I went to Cuba. We got on this boat and took this pretty wild ride down a river full of rapids. The river we were on was a brilliant blue color and, while the rapids were big and the boat was rocking, it wasn't scary or even really all that adventurous. We were all just looking around at the scenery ( Read more... )