I got Conan’s Commencement Speech in my email several weeks ago. For those of you who still haven’t seen it, it’s quite hilarious.
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Now that I’m home four days a week, instead of two, my bird and I seem to have a closer relationship. The small parakeet comes and hangs out next to my keyboard as I type. He’ll chew on my jewelry for a bit and then, not getting the attention he really wants, he’ll jump on the keys and start chirping. He gets louder and louder till I pick him up and put him on my shoulder. Even then, he continues to chirp and climbs all over my face, hanging down from my hair into my eyes. He’s quite cute actually. The latest trend of woman-with-an-attitude movies is quite interesting. If you’ve seen the previews for Coyote Ugly, Bring It On and Love and Sex, you’ll know what I mean. Although I haven’t had the pleasure of seeing Bring It On, yet, I’ve seen the other two and they were less about sex than the preview hinted. Actually the entire plot of Coyote Ugly was skipped in the preview. Do you think that says something about what moviemakers think attracts a viewer to a movie? Oh and let’s not forget about Whipped, opening this weekend. Quite a selection we’ve got. I seem to have a strong aversion against people who hit their children. As I walk down the street, if I see a parent yelling at or slapping her kid, I feel like kicking the shit out of her or him. Honestly, I can’t think of any cases where the kid deserves a slap. This is how we introduce violence to the society, not through movies or stupid computer games. I have the same problem with people who treat their dogs that way. Or people who kick pigeons. Why must you enjoy someone else’s pain? Just let everyone be! Especially the animals and children. Ok, done lecturing. Actually one more thing. As a dog person, I feel like all dog people should be nice and approachable humans. That’s what differentiates the dog people from the cat people. (Tho I admit to being both, I lean slightly more towards being a dog-person.) When I see an owner walking his puppy on the street and she gives me this don’t-you-dare-come-near-my-pet look, I feel peeved. This time, I’m really done, I promise. Come on, go take my poll. Thank You. 🙂 Today, I go back to the New York Society for the Deaf. Check back later for more details. Did you know that, in Italy, a man may be arrested for wearing a skirt? In Denmark, headlights must be on whenever a vehicle is being operated in order to distinguish it from parked cars. Funny enough, in New York, it’s against the law to throw a ball at someone’s head for fun and slippers are not to be worn after 10:00 P.M. Like these? Checkout more dumb laws. Also, if you’re curious about the history of flags, like I was, here‘s a small article which explains it in detail. Flags have been around for over 4,000 years and now every country has one. Neat, eh? I’ve just finished reading the smell section of Diane Ackerman’s A Natural Histroy of the Senses and I learned an amazing number of fascinating facts. The Book talks about a disorder called anosmia which means that the person lost her sense of smell. (Or never had it.) It’s interesting to me that when someone is blind or deaf, we can tell quite easily but I’ve never even thought of someone losing her sense of smell before. There even is an Open Smell Directory Project for people who suffer from anosmia. Quite interesting how many of us won’t spend time thinking about something that we can’t see. Or is it just me? So I decided I wanted to try a poll. Go ahead, tell me what you think, you know you want to. Oh and I forgot to mention that they turn off all the lights for “Day Without Art/Night Without Lights” : AIDS Aweness on December 1. If you live in New York City, you might have wondered what the Empire State light’s represent. The red, white and blue on American holidays is always easy to tell. So is the pale pink and green during Easter. There was a small article in last week’s New York Times, which told the keys to some of the more unusual ones. For example, the tower goes pink and white in September for “Race for the Cure” for Breast Cancer. In October, they light up in purple, teal and white for the National Osteoporosis Society. October 3rd, the German Reunification day, turns the building’s top to black, yellow and red. They also celebrate India Independence Day with green, white and orange and Portugal Day on June 10th with red, yellow and green. They have Pulaski Day with red and white in October and blue, white and blue for Hanukkah. The article also mentions that the building has a policy of not honoring commercial products, corporate events or private occasions. An exception was when in March 1995, the building went blue to celebrate the announcement of the blue M&Ms. Last night, we watched Cider House Rules. As a huge fan of John Irving, I was not really sure why I put off watching this movie as long as I have, but last night the reason became clear. The movie, as always, wasn’t nearly as good as the book. I know Irving wrote the screenplay and it is much more similar to the book than Simon Birch was to A Prayer for Owen Meany, but still it’s nowhere near the real thing. I love Irving’s style of telling a story and how attached to his characters the reader gets. Cider House Rules is a particularly long and involved story and the beauty of the story on paper didn’t, for me, translate to the movie. I guess I just shouldn’t watch movies of books I loved. We also watched BASEketball which I don’t really think should qualify as a movie. Happy Birthday Cheryl! |
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