Ginger's follies, foibles and fixations.
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Saturday, June 07, 2003 This Week's Friday Five Here they are but I'm not answering them. Just because you have an online 'diary' of sorts doesn't mean you want to reveal everything, or that anyone else wants to read it. If you want some answers, go here. Or, even better, here. 1. How many times have you truly been in love? 2. What was/is so great about the person you love(d) the most? 3. What qualities should a significant other have? 4. Have you ever broken someone's heart? 5. If there was one thing you could teach people about love, what would it be? Am I copping out? posted by Ginger | 1:08 AM My Mom Wrote These (seriously) God sayings that didn't make the billboards
[Update June 7: Mom added some clarification for those of you who don't drive through the midwest frequently: They were actual billboards that were up in Lincoln, things like "We have to talk" --God and some others I can't think of right now. White letters on a black background, very eye-catching and stomach-turning. AS IF! People think they know what "God" would "say"....! It just floors me. We talk a lot about the Owellian nature of modern society, but if you're in a big city I don't think you see it in such stark ways.] posted by Ginger | 1:03 AM Wednesday, June 04, 2003 Down on Skid Row This might have been a fun revival...but I read in the Times yesterday that they've cancelled the Broadway run. Maybe when your narrator dies, it's a Bad Sign. I saw the original show Off-Broadway at the Orpheum in the mid-eighties and I absolutely went nuts for it. I don't remember who played Orin [update: it might have been Franc Luz], but he was brilliant. I'm sure the Broadway version could only be dissapointing by comparison (hopefully not as much as the movie was), but it would have been fun seeing what Hunter Foster did with the part, not to mention a 21st-Century Audrey II. Oh well. In other Broadway news, A Year with Frog and Toad is closing, despite three Tony nominations. It was a cute show and I'm glad I saw it. I suggest that you all keep an eye out for the wonderfully talented Frank Vlastnik, whose funny take on "Snail Mail" ran away with the show. posted by Ginger | 2:13 PM Look at Me! The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players are about to go on a tour of the U.S., so if you haven't seen them yet, here's your chance. Check them out. No, seriously, check them out. Also, there's this great article by David Cross that perfectly captures the feeling of seeing them live: When I first saw them, I felt something that reminded me of the feeling you have when you're, like, 11 or 12, and a not-unattractive girl tells another girl to tell you that she might think you're cute. Blood rushes to your heart, and invisible ghosts keep turning your mouth up. And if an eight-year-old playing drums and chastising her Dad in front of an audience doesn't make you smile, then something has gone terribly wrong in your life and you need to do one of those "Foxfire By Twilight" retreat-in-the-woods type things with a bunch of aging, leathery hippies to find out what went wrong and help you get back on track. "This is great!" I thought, but hadn't yet figured out how to articulate what was great about it. It wasn't that it was "cute" or "funny" or "adorable" or "precious," it was what I've been talking about this entire time you fucking moron. I was envious of that family. Now that's a way to raise a family and conduct your life that most of us either haven't thought of or simply lack the imagination and courage to carry out. They make every nutty home-schooling advocate look like shit. Oh, and I got my assignment done... posted by Ginger | 12:54 PM Tuesday, June 03, 2003 Totally Procrastinating I have an assignment to do for my class tomorrow ("Managing the Arts") and I have not done it. It's only a couple of paragraphs, and it's midnight, and I don't wanna do it, but for the first time in over a decade, I'm being graded. You would think my study habits would have improved now that I'm paying for it all on my own. Sigh. Maybe I can manage to write it up at work tomorrow? I wanna go to bed! So I've got something interesting coming up this weekend. On Saturday I'm doing a thing called the "Collaboratorium," which, as far as I can tell, will consist of putting some scientists, artists, and random other people (me) together in a small room to see what happens. I envision a lot of people looking at each other. And blinking. Blink. Blink. And then we eat lunch. It all has something to do with the uncertainty principle. Hey, I'm down. w00t. ...and procrastinating... For Melanie's last few days in New York, she was treated to several straight days of torrential rain, wind and unseasonable cold. You all might know how much I hate being hot, but I think she hates being cold and wet more than that. Today was sunny, calm and gorgeous -- and of course she had to be on an airplane by 11:00am. Poor thing. So. Yesterday we braved the weather and managed to find a showing of Finding Nemo that wasn't sold out (in Queens). The animation was spectacular and I found it sweet, but it didn't move me as much as Monsters, Inc.. It's not too surprising, really-- Pixar is running a bit dry in the story department. How many different ways can you do the ensemble-of-misfits-who-unite-to-rescue-someone-from-a-terrible-fate thing? The biggest challenge is finding a fresh approach to the material, and Pixar has always done it admirably well by choosing an interesting setting, creating funny characters, writing a few good jokes, hiring talented voice actors and mostly avoiding story-halting cheesy musical numbers. But after five films, they are running out of juice, I think. No doubt that the animation is amazing, but we jaded public have come to expect that from Pixar--it's mere virtuousity isn't enough to surprise us. And I like Ellen DeGeneres and all, but she's not really funny or charismatic enough to pull off the second-biggest part in the film. Her 'climactic' monologue felt almost as flat as the fireside scene in Attack of the Clones. That said, I did find the movie to be cute and fun, and generally not boring...but in the end it's not one that will stick with you for years. I still cry at Monsters Inc.. posted by Ginger | 12:11 AM |
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