More Like Great Friday
Last week was spring break, which went much better than I expected. My parents came into town, and we ran around LA and San Diego – WB studios, the Wild Animal Park, Balboa Park, various art museums, a tide pool (I even got to see an octopus!), the aquarium in Long Beach… It was pretty good.
School has been a real bitch this week, which I also hadn’t expected. However, it’s over, and things are looking better. Psych paper, giant-ass Algorithms assignment, the usual LSD monstrosity. In Exile And Cinema, however, we actually watched a fantastic movie. “The Scent of Green Papaya” is a subtle, rich, sensuous masterpiece about a 10 year old girl who goes to work as a housemaid in Vietnam in 1951. I’d be up for seeing it again if anyone else wants to watch it.
Last night, Robert had another jacuzzi party, which was wonderful. And then this evening, we had a Without A Box show (quite possibly the best since last year!), followed by a We Are Scientists/Bishop Allen concert. BA wasn’t that great, possibly because half of their members have been replaced by newer, worse people. However, WAS was, as usual, fantastic. I now have to buckle down and do work, but it’s been a pretty nice weekend so far.
I’m sure you’ve all been hearing about the Shiavo case, and I just want to say that it’s fantastic that the Supreme Court refused to hear the case. I think it’s appalling that the Federal government stepped into this at all. And to think that the Republicans claim they stand for smaller government and more personal control over people’s lives!
Movie?
Is that a new movie? Or one I should go rent? Sounds great, from your brief praise. ^_^
I wish I knew someone with a jacuzzi!
Re: Movie?
No, it was made in 1993. It won the Cinema D’Or award at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival, and was nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar in 1994, though it didn’t win. But it’s definitely something you should rent; I think you’d really like it.
Re: Movie?
Hey! It’s cool that you liked “Scent of Green Papaya.” I’ve seen it a couple of times, and while I think the cinematography is quite beautiful, I found the movie kind of slow-moving and lacking in an interesting plot. The guy who directed that movie later directed a movie called “Vertical Ray of the Sun,” which I like even less because it tries so hard to be artsy-looking that it stints on important things like character development. A Vietnamese movie that I like a little better is “Three Seasons”; I think you’d like it if you liked SOGP.
-Jenna