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- Hometown:
- Detroit
- About Me:
- Art Aficionado/Step-dad/Social Butterfly/RN/Lover of good toasts to friends new and old
- All Time Favorite Movies:
- Mad Dog and Glory: Directed by John McNaughton (Henry Portrait of a Serial Killer). Beyond a funny performance by DeNiro who plays a wuss, this is about a lonely man who is a civil servant but wishes he could express himself. I loved the conversation between Murray and DeNiro about Civil servants v. artists. DeNiro admires them for their courage to take the risks he's afraid to make. Murray considers them spineless socialites who create their own world so they don't have to face reality. I loved this film because its been a reflection of my career and my ambitions.
The Half Nelson: A powerful film about how we get stuck in the cross roads in life. Ryan Gosling brings it as a public school teacher/aspiring idealist who nurses a crack habit. He befriends a student who weighs selling crack v. sticking it out after her brother went to jail. I loved this film because life never resolves itself. It's one day after another in a monotonous cycle. The soundtrack is awesome...the Broken Social Scene is one of my favorite bands and completely captures the mood of the film.
The Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner: Before Chariots of Fire made sure that fuckin song annoyed the shit out of use, this was the film that inspired it's conception and cinematography. The story revolves around a kid who finds himself in Juvenile Delinquent correctional facility. When the warden finds out this kid has a talent, he milks the publicity for all its worth. In the end, this is a film about a man alone with his thoughts, his demons, his regrets, and his sole desire to finish the race. This is a film about finishing what you started.
- Favorite Actors or Actresses:
- *In no particular order* Robert DeNiro (Mad Dog and Glory), Sam Shepard (The Right Stuff), Paul Newman (Cool Hand Luke, Slapshot), Gabriel Byrne (Miller's Crossing), Ryan Gosling (Half Nelson), Ed Harris (Pollock), Nicolas Cage (Adaptation, Matchstick men), Clive Owen (Children of men), Benicio del Toro (Usual Suspects), Daniel Craig (Layer Cake), Javier Bardem (Before Night Falls), Mark Ruffalo (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Tom Wilkinson (In the Bedroom). Don Cheadle (Talk to Me, Devil in a Blue dress), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Red Belt)
Juliette Bincoche (Bleu), Kate Winslet (Little Children), Miranda Otto (Lord of the Rings)
- Favorite Directors:
- Philip Kaufman (The Right Stuff, Henry and June) Kristoff Kieslowski (Trois colors), Mike Hodges (I'll sleep when I am dead), Andrei Tarkovsky (solaris 1972), Erik Skjoldbjærg (Insomnia 1972), Fernando Meirelles (the Constant Gardner), Alfonso Cuarón (Y tu Mama tambien), Alejandro González Iñárritu (Amore Perros), Akira Kirosawa (Sanjuro), Won Kar Wai (In the mood for Love), Ang Lee (Eat Drink, Man woman)
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Posted on October 4, 2009 at 8:00am — 2 Comments
Favorite Musicians: I have a very eclectic taste. I am pretty much open minded to anything.
In no particular order: Broken Social Scene, Wolfparade, Interpol, the Subway, Pillar of Salt, Pixies, Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, Elliott Smith, Ben Harper, Cake, Rufus Wainwright, Beck, Gang of Four...(will complete list later.)
In no particular order: Broken Social Scene, Wolfparade, Interpol, the Subway, Pillar of Salt, Pixies, Sonic Youth, PJ Harvey, Elliott Smith, Ben Harper, Cake, Rufus Wainwright, Beck, Gang of Four...(will complete list later.)
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Ok, weekend. Was great, I was drunk most of it. I've also determine that it is hard for me to be social at a party without drinking copious amounts of wine. I also realized that people talk about alot of pointless things that I just don't care to talk about, so I have a problem, I like to meet new people, only to realize they really don't have anything worth talking about. It is the slim few that I can really enjoy and be glad when I do. Which then makes me sad at how much fun I did have at the Spill Party in Austin, where everyone I talked to was worth it, well minus the few that thought they were famous because of Spill, and turned out being a couple douchebage.
Favorite Color. RED!! Duhhahaha
My hands are so dry right now because of all model work I do they sometime hurt.
My face skin is pretty normal.
Oh sweet Jesus Joseph and Mary. How much I hate Christmas.
I hate it with all the passion I can muster.
Christmas is working my hands to the bone in the kitchen. I like it, but at Christmas, it's too much. It's not being appreciated for my efforts, it's cleaning, it's Home Alone and Titanic on tv every single fucking year, it's songs meant to make me cheerful when they can't because they are so overplayed, it's red and green and gold, it's no ideas for gifts and recieving gifts with no idea behind them, it's my extended family pretending they care and it's same conversations around the table at Christmas Eve and it's my father always playing Mahalia Jackson and crying over it and I hate looking at my 56 years old father crying because the lady sings Silent Night so pretty makes me feel awkward and out of place.
Yea. I fucking hate Christmas.
...And I just hope you twitted that shopping spree thing in regards of Christmas because otherwise my rant is completely unjustified and embarassing.
Accents are defenately a fetish of mine! :) mmm scots n irishmen. tho i love liverpudlions n jordys! wat the hell, i love all accents haha! Btw, you know your girlfriend is british, have you ever had a sunday roast with yorkshire puddings??
I've never seen the original of Clash of the Titans, i will look out for it though, summat to watch init. I like a good love story within action packed fun! :D
Cool vid, i take it the overall opinion was some old bullshit. I think i might just go see it for the fast and furious scenes lol. i had to laugh at the end at the caption "trying out for matric 4" haha, so true.
Have a good weekend xx Laura
I will send more promotionally stuff in your next package fore sure. :) YAY! I am excited.
I looked at my ipod today and I have over 10,000 songs on it....um....I think I have a problem...seriously....and I can't stop.
Yay! I'm glad you got the package. The little postcard glossy photo is for you. :)
I actually love Star Trek very much, but I just couldn't stop myself from poking fun at it, even if i loved it so.
Might try doing more of these... drunken things. If you think it would be desirable.
Cheers..! Hic!
I'm gettin Left 4 dead 2 tomorrow when it comes out, hoepfully before it sells out :D I think we're in the same boat, i just need a good zombie apocalpse to get me in the groove. As for Dr Who, i don't think i could comment on what my favourite episode is, but i must say that the special episode 'Waters of Mars' is fantastic, and the bad guys are actually scary. I'm such a wuss when it comes to scary films, i hate sitting through em.
Workin for the BBC must be well cool, although they've been having a hard time lately (money wise) i think alot of people lost their jobs :S My only problem with BBC is that you don't really see any yorkshire folk on TV, most of them speak 'the queens english' which is a crockashit. I can see where they're comin from cause we do tend to shorten our words/sentences mostly all of the time :D for example, instead of "what are they doing?" we'd say "what the doin?" We don't reolise we do it. I love different accents, they're fascinating.
Maybe you have more friends overseas because they're just nicer than people you see everyday lol.
I would love to switch a day-in-the-life with you, though i would suck major ass as a doctor, maybe i could make the tea and sandwiches for the hard workers :)
Btw, i would really like to see the vid xxx Laura
I must of measured my head wrong coz its a lil big, but i still adooore it :D xx
I'm really glad to hear your SpillParty went well. And i'm curious about 2012, i might have to rent it later. How are the people, are they all nice?? I'm sure in you will have more members soon for sure :D
In relation to your last 2 comments i have to admit that it always takes me by suprise when someone does an act of kindness especially when it's someone you don't know so well, i'm very happy to call you a friend :D and it would be my pleasure to drop you a gift.
I think that with the all the stories that are going around you forget to trust people, so it's defenately an inspiration to be more open with strangers, hopefully one day i can meet someone an a bus and start up a conversation (i must big up your friend Katie, coz u don't know how socially frigid the British are). If i'm speaking honestly apart from my family (who i love with all my heart; i was very lucky being born into their world), there are only a hand full of people that i actually truly trust.
Anyways, how was your weekend, and week so far? N i was wondeirng if you could explain the difference between a Matinee, and Full Price rating :) cheers.
Speak to you soon, Laura xx
I know..I know..=D ..I think that you have more of a life than me...LOL.....
I don't expect you to keep up with podcasts..especially with me running off at the mouth & going way over board..=D
That is so nice you of you to support your fellow Spilldos....LOL...
but I get a sense that you are a really great guy in general, so your kindness just comes naturally...=D
I may have a few more, but I get the feeling you get more love than I do....LOL
Well I went back to work last week & it sucked, so I will take your good wishes & run with it & hope this next week is good as well..thanks so much Dr D
And sure i'd love to go, but id rather wait till im 18 to go ^.^ since i personally cant stand NYC traffic. I was there today and some of the streets were closed, kinda agitated me and almost gave me road rage XD but i'll definitely go to a NYC spill party before i leave for fall :]
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