I am trying to read at least one book from the 1001 books to read before you die and the group on but sometimes it is hard to get into them. for example the books for march and april I started but I could not finish.
But I have discovered a new tool that may help me. The county public library has playalongs which are mp3 players that are individualy loaded with an mp3 player. This works in my favor because my mp3 player is not compatible with most downloadable audiobooks. And since my new comute is about 25-30 minutes each way, I can listen to about an hour of a book each day. and my car is equiped with an auxilary input so it just hook it in and press play. Right now I am listening to the Scarlet Letter.
but I am also reading David Levitt's The Language of the Lost Cranes beucase I need to have something to read as i go to bed. and I really enjoy it.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Its been a while
so I know it has been awhile. I recently moved and started anew job and as result I have pushed certain things to to be back burner. But I am trying to be my life back into balance right now and part of that is getting back to reading, writing and watching movies.
Because I do not have cable in my apartment (but I do have an antenna so I get the main 4 ABC, NBC,CBS, and FOX) I have been watching all sorts of movies from the library. SO I am going to list all the moves that I have watched but I am not going to write a lot about all of them.
Groundhog Day - I understand that Bill Murray needed to learn to not to be such a jerk and repeating the day over and over again eventually forced him to do that but
Dog Day Afternoon - Thumbs up
Do the Right Thing - it wasn't horrible but I just did not like the ending. mookie had been bridging the gap so well but then all of a sudden he took sides and the neighborhood literally went up in flames.
Network - "I'm Mad as Hell and I'm not Gonna Take it Anymore" Need I say anything else?
Ducksoup - thumbs middle
Blazing Saddles - Mel Brooks humor. In the right mood, it can fix everything.
Natural Born Killers - it reminded me of bonnie and clyde
Casino - I can definately see teh resemblence between casino and goodfellas and I liked both.
The Goonies - a classic kids film that everyone should see sometime in their life
Blood Diamond - it makes me cry at the end and it is nice to see the change in heart.
District 9 - Not what I was expecting but I really like it.
Gangs of New York - I really like this. it was a different prespective on the city that never sleeps and its history. and since I my fathers side of the family is originally from cork ireland I wonder what they encountered when they first touched American soil.
Knocked up - definately had some funny parts and I am glad that he shapes up in teh end and everyone is happy.
Midnight Cowboy - I could not even finish it I found it so boring.
Yohimbo - I much prefered this Kurosawa film to the other films that I have watched by him
Solaris - I just could not get into it. I really tried but I just never really got the point behind it or the story.
Out of Sight - I really enjoyed this film staring George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez. It really kept surprising me
And Finally Avatar. I just watched it this afternoon and I loved it. the creative time was amazing in the animals and plants that were designed for pandora. There were several times where tears came to my eyes and just many times did laughter come as well. I definate must see.
Because I do not have cable in my apartment (but I do have an antenna so I get the main 4 ABC, NBC,CBS, and FOX) I have been watching all sorts of movies from the library. SO I am going to list all the moves that I have watched but I am not going to write a lot about all of them.
Groundhog Day - I understand that Bill Murray needed to learn to not to be such a jerk and repeating the day over and over again eventually forced him to do that but
Dog Day Afternoon - Thumbs up
Do the Right Thing - it wasn't horrible but I just did not like the ending. mookie had been bridging the gap so well but then all of a sudden he took sides and the neighborhood literally went up in flames.
Network - "I'm Mad as Hell and I'm not Gonna Take it Anymore" Need I say anything else?
Ducksoup - thumbs middle
Blazing Saddles - Mel Brooks humor. In the right mood, it can fix everything.
Natural Born Killers - it reminded me of bonnie and clyde
Casino - I can definately see teh resemblence between casino and goodfellas and I liked both.
The Goonies - a classic kids film that everyone should see sometime in their life
Blood Diamond - it makes me cry at the end and it is nice to see the change in heart.
District 9 - Not what I was expecting but I really like it.
Gangs of New York - I really like this. it was a different prespective on the city that never sleeps and its history. and since I my fathers side of the family is originally from cork ireland I wonder what they encountered when they first touched American soil.
Knocked up - definately had some funny parts and I am glad that he shapes up in teh end and everyone is happy.
Midnight Cowboy - I could not even finish it I found it so boring.
Yohimbo - I much prefered this Kurosawa film to the other films that I have watched by him
Solaris - I just could not get into it. I really tried but I just never really got the point behind it or the story.
Out of Sight - I really enjoyed this film staring George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez. It really kept surprising me
And Finally Avatar. I just watched it this afternoon and I loved it. the creative time was amazing in the animals and plants that were designed for pandora. There were several times where tears came to my eyes and just many times did laughter come as well. I definate must see.
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