here's what happened *being here* tonight.

I checked the 1979 movie "Being There" out from the library and finished watching the last 28 minutes tonight.  Upon it's conclusion, I was compelled to look up some essays on the film and see how it was received when it was originally released into theaters.

It was nominated for two Oscars and took home one.  It's classified as a dark comedy.  I found this out on the wikipedia site then clicked through on the director's name, Hal Ashby, and found many o my favorite directors claim to be influenced by him.  Wes Anderson,



Then this



And then this

you can't even tell how many of them are up there.

And I don't think it matters making a distinction from the original Tron movie to the remake.  The outfits are very both Trons.

i get this, i so get this.

but don't have me explain it just yet.  i don't have the words.

ask. ask, and great things can happen.

Michael Pollack asked and he got to play with Billy Joel. Oh, and looks like he prepared for great things, too.

*Plus, and he soaked it in, too!

bed dancing.

inspiring guy.

Oliver Jeffers Author Film 2013 from Oliver Jeffers on Vimeo.

i love husband and wife teams

Foxlo Pottery from Ryan Buller on Vimeo.


Oh, and they met at my college, before I was born.

i wish for well-restedness, and to be idle

Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body, and deprived of it we suffer a mental affliction as disfiguring as rickets. The space and quiet that idleness provides is a necessary condition for standing back from life and seeing it whole, for making unexpected connections and waiting for the wild summer lightning strikes of inspiration — it is, paradoxically, necessary to getting any work done. 

These and other reminders from this article by Tim Kreider.

before i miss the twelfth night and last bit of christmas...

Here's a video I wanted to share with my sister. Watching it, I learned a bit more about the storyline of Les Miserables, and must say, it changes how I view my little cousin singing all the songs from the stage version, as he's done for the past few years.

The Sad Off with Samuel L. Jackson and Anne Hathaway from Samuel L Jackson

And special shout out to all of you still needing to take down holiday decorations. FYI, my sister did today, and she won. [The above video is your prize, Kiddo.]

P.S.  So tidy in those bags!

in the mood for a little punky's whips this morning

This song, sung by Frank Zappa's drummer, Terry Bozzio, tells the story of how the drummer got a crush on a boy named Punky Meadows - because in the 70's boys looked like girls…

Here's a picture of Punky:



By the way, the video is not really work appropriate...  lyrics-wise and maybe playing-drums-in-underwear-wise.




Special thanks to Tom in Bend, Oregon who lead an impromptu Zappa Appreciation Workshop for me when I visited in 2009.  I learned all the intricacies of this great composer and his overly-talented and disciplined crew.

You've got to watch it 18 times to truly appreciate it.