well, with thanksgiving out of the way, we're on our way to christmas now. I wouldn't know, i'm not in retail or anything... i had a lovely holiday week. let me tell you about it.
on sunday i went to see savion glover tap dance to classical musica and it was fantastic. he's amazing, there ain't anything else to say about him. oh, and i saw otis there, which was a real treat for me. i gotta get some more tap lessons quick! though watching savion makes me never want to ATTEMPT to tap dance again...
i rented a whole load of movies. let me tell you about all the movies i've seen lately:
1) The Virgin Suicides. Already told you about it.
2) Harold and Maude. I saw this for the first time. What a trip! A trip up the old staircase, as I used to say. I agree with lisa, that the best one is when he takes out that meat cleaver and chops off his hand. if you don't know what i'm talking about, rent it yourself!
3) Closer. This movie just made me mad. Good performances, but trashy writing! Do people actually ever talk like that? Eww. Gross. Come on people... Where's the love, black eyed peas?
4) A Very Long Engagement. Description: Amelie with more sex and waaaay more blood. It was heart wrenching but i really like that director's style. There's something beautiful and quirky about his movies with all those adorable anecdotes (which, in this movie, included horrific ways of killing people in WWI. Yuck!) Maybe it's just that he's French? I wouldn't mind looking exactly like Audrey Tatou. I've tried her hair a couple times. It suits me. She was great. The movie had a disappointing ending though, i thought. Not that I know of a better way to end it. But can you beat Amelie's ending?
IN the theater: Walk the Line. I enjoyed this one. I didn't think it was dull (as did my brother). I thought reese was fantastic and the singing was cool. In hindsight, would have liked to see a bit more about Jesus. But it was about June and Johnny, that was the plot, not really his conversion, I'd say. It was a tight film to me, and Dan Miller from Blanche was cool to see on screen.
Okay, enough with the movies. Friday night was fun. Had a big crowd (the faces i saw that night were: ian my bro, lisa, rebecca r, rachel my cousin, and then briefly marty. also saw uncle matthew) at the bar after seeing two shows. The first was ACTION at the Abreact. It was nice to see Rollo Rollin rollin' around the stage in a big old chair, and Mr. Maher gut a fish. YUM. And the next was a drama developed through improv down at the ANT late-night. Got to see my friend Katie Thomas on stage. She was in my acting class at UM. I half expected John Neville Andrews to stop the performance with a "hold please!" and then give some anecdote of his own about some whore somewhere. And then hear Kevin Bradley Jr. giggle. Is anyone getting any of this? my point was to say i felt like i was in my acting class again because we had to watch each other act so gosh darn much. I enjoyed her performance though.
After that we all went to the "O Brothers" and danced around to Dan Kahn on the juke box.
On Sunday I bought a new battery for that van. i'd call it cursed, but that would be rude. Looks like I'll be driving it for a while, anyway. And that's it folks. That's what I have been up to. This week is packed with activities... i'll tell you about them after they occur.
Oh for the record, musie knows about joel now. so i guess everyone else will, soon. her reaction: "How old is he again?"
