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quidditchgrrl) wrote2006-12-31 08:12 pm
quidditchgrrl) wrote2006-12-31 08:12 pm
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Happy New Years' Eve!
I've had sushi (all right, California roll), a nice salad, and am ready to settle in for some arbitrary festivites surrounding a mid-winter evening.
We saw The Good Shepherd today. AWESOME. I'm at the stage of life where I watch only two kinds of movies: those that feature actors that make my head spin, and those whose plot makes my head spin. This was a little less of the former (but omg Matt Damon is still hot, even with really bad hair) and much with the latter. Loved it, although Angelina Jolie has entered Tom Cruise/Mel Gibson territory - every time she was in a scene I involuntarily thought "Angelina Jolie! What are you doing in 1940s Washington?" I liked it better than Syriana, since TGS is a complete fabrication stuck into a historical context rather than a real story disguised as historical fiction. It's also not a "heart of gold" story, all the better. People rarely, if ever, do anything out of the goodness of their hearts.
ANYWAY, go see it if you have the chance to.
I watched Wordplay last night - a documentary about the NYT crossword puzzle, people who create it, and who compete in crossword contests. Neat to see how a crossword puzzle is made, and all the little things that can be done to manipulate them (like making two answers fit into one area). Yes, I admit it, I'm a crossword geek, although my fastest NYT Sunday solving time is a little over 2 and a half hours.
Here's hoping that 2007 is great year for everyone!
We saw The Good Shepherd today. AWESOME. I'm at the stage of life where I watch only two kinds of movies: those that feature actors that make my head spin, and those whose plot makes my head spin. This was a little less of the former (but omg Matt Damon is still hot, even with really bad hair) and much with the latter. Loved it, although Angelina Jolie has entered Tom Cruise/Mel Gibson territory - every time she was in a scene I involuntarily thought "Angelina Jolie! What are you doing in 1940s Washington?" I liked it better than Syriana, since TGS is a complete fabrication stuck into a historical context rather than a real story disguised as historical fiction. It's also not a "heart of gold" story, all the better. People rarely, if ever, do anything out of the goodness of their hearts.
ANYWAY, go see it if you have the chance to.
I watched Wordplay last night - a documentary about the NYT crossword puzzle, people who create it, and who compete in crossword contests. Neat to see how a crossword puzzle is made, and all the little things that can be done to manipulate them (like making two answers fit into one area). Yes, I admit it, I'm a crossword geek, although my fastest NYT Sunday solving time is a little over 2 and a half hours.
Here's hoping that 2007 is great year for everyone!
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