Somebody send me coffee. STAT.
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stoney321I forgot to pick up coffee yesterday while running errands (oh my god, when does everyone have everything and GETS OUT OF MY HOUSE? *cries*) and I need some hot java and I have none, woe. Hence the Kara is devastated icon. WE"RE GOING THE WRONG WAAAAAY!! Coffee is over there! *cries more*
I'm almost done with the second Twilight book. Hooboy, that is one lousy protagonist. I like how she LITERALLY is nothing (and has no memory of anything because she CEASED TO EXIST) when the Bedazzled Boy She Loves is gone. Wow, is that a bad message. And I realized who Stephanie Meyers was getting her inspiration from for the Edward character, but you'll have to wait for the overall analysis, bum bum bum!
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swmbo for the suggestion of a zip-loc bag for the Kindle for bathtub readings. Excellent suggestion. Also, I've been taking the Kindle to the gym and love running on the treadmill with it. It's best if I'm just walking on a high incline because then I don't have to worry about my Bella-tastic coordination when trying to turn the page (hitting a button) while running.
...sometimes I just fall over so I can feel the character, Isabella Swan.
Is anyone else dying to see Tropic Thunder? Can I just say that it looks like the funniest thing to come out in a loooong time? I love that they are putting all the taboos out there, like a white man playing a black man (I lub you Robert Downey, Jr. Always and forever.) and said actor asking if another actor is going to go "full retarded" to get an Oscar. That makes me laugh because that makes me crazy. The whole "I'm going to try and win an Oscar by playing a mentally impaired person!" mindset. I'm looking at you, Juliette Lewis. And you, Sean Penn.
While I can get why some groups are upset at the use of that word, I personally feel that they are pointing the fingers at the right people: the people who use a horrible impairment for their own fame/careers. Wow, do I have problems with that. (With the ONE exception of What's Eating Gilbert Grape. I can't watch that movie because of how honest and real it is, personally. I do find it weird that this movie is getting so much flack for the "R" word, when I hear it thrown around on TV all the damn time. Hmm. I guess satire isn't easy to understand? Whatever, I'm going this weekend and I plan on laughing my ass off.
Today I register the kids for school. IT DRAWS EVER CLOSER......
I'm almost done with the second Twilight book. Hooboy, that is one lousy protagonist. I like how she LITERALLY is nothing (and has no memory of anything because she CEASED TO EXIST) when the Bedazzled Boy She Loves is gone. Wow, is that a bad message. And I realized who Stephanie Meyers was getting her inspiration from for the Edward character, but you'll have to wait for the overall analysis, bum bum bum!
I would like to thank
swmbo for the suggestion of a zip-loc bag for the Kindle for bathtub readings. Excellent suggestion. Also, I've been taking the Kindle to the gym and love running on the treadmill with it. It's best if I'm just walking on a high incline because then I don't have to worry about my Bella-tastic coordination when trying to turn the page (hitting a button) while running....sometimes I just fall over so I can feel the character, Isabella Swan.
Is anyone else dying to see Tropic Thunder? Can I just say that it looks like the funniest thing to come out in a loooong time? I love that they are putting all the taboos out there, like a white man playing a black man (I lub you Robert Downey, Jr. Always and forever.) and said actor asking if another actor is going to go "full retarded" to get an Oscar. That makes me laugh because that makes me crazy. The whole "I'm going to try and win an Oscar by playing a mentally impaired person!" mindset. I'm looking at you, Juliette Lewis. And you, Sean Penn.
While I can get why some groups are upset at the use of that word, I personally feel that they are pointing the fingers at the right people: the people who use a horrible impairment for their own fame/careers. Wow, do I have problems with that. (With the ONE exception of What's Eating Gilbert Grape. I can't watch that movie because of how honest and real it is, personally. I do find it weird that this movie is getting so much flack for the "R" word, when I hear it thrown around on TV all the damn time. Hmm. I guess satire isn't easy to understand? Whatever, I'm going this weekend and I plan on laughing my ass off.
Today I register the kids for school. IT DRAWS EVER CLOSER......
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Date: 2008-08-13 03:09 pm (UTC)I read an interview with RDJ where he said that Ben Stiller called and offered him the part in Tropic Thunder and Ben explained it as "This is either going to be the best joke ever or we'll never have careers again!" From the sounds of it, they have pulled it off as a joke.
And while I never ever use the word "retard" (I didn't even like typing it!), in this case I think it is ok because really it is not poking fun at anyone with a condition like this, it IS poking fun at those who take advantage. AND it has people talking in a good way. Anytime a positive dialogue is opened, it is good.
And What's Eating Gilbert Grape is an exceptional movie with all the love and the rough times thrown in when dealing with family members of any kind of condition!!!!!
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Date: 2008-08-13 03:14 pm (UTC)See, that's exactly how I feel about it, too. It's like Michael Scott on The Office explaining when it's okay to use the word "retard" - it just made HIM look awful and exposed those people for who they are.
That movie KILLS me. That was the first time I'd ever seen Leo DiCaprio, and I honestly thought they had found a person with a disability - that's how honest it was.
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Date: 2008-08-13 03:28 pm (UTC)Exactly. We can't ignore racial issues, developmental conditions or other volatile issues in the entertainment industry or we will never LEARN anything. Dialogue is a necessity!
Leo is brilliant in that movie. And the writing was FAB! At various points in the movie I want to throw things at all the characters, yell and scream at them, laugh and cry with them and just plain LOVE THEM!