The sun is shining, I’ve got a large coffee, I’ve finally turned the corner on this cold, G. is on spring break, and Jesus rose. No complaints today. Of course, it’s only 9:45 in the morning, so that could change!
Speaking of the sun, I saw Sunshine Cleaning with Sarah this weekend, and absolutely loved it. It was at the local indie theater, and I don’t think the older couple behind us had ever been to an indie theater. All through the previews, the man kept saying, “They’ve got some weird shows here.” And then, at a very poignant moment in the film, same man commented to his wife, while rattling his popcorn, “I get a free refill.” Good to know.
Speaking of previews, preview for The Informers gave me the strangest sense of deja vu. If you’re around my age (38), watch it and see what I mean. I completely felt 17 again, the age I was when I saw Less Than Zero. Also, Sarah and I bounced up and down in our seats when we saw the preview for Every Little Step. It’s a documentary about A Chorus Line, Why does it have a less than 5 average rating on IMDB? It’s about A Chorus Line! How could it not be awesome? And, while it might wind up being a little precious, I am looking forward to Away We Go.
The original Chorus Line record sleeve. I listened to this over and over and over and over and over and over and over again through childhood and adolescence.
In the world of at-home-viewing, on my sickest sick day I had a mini Star Trek marathon thanks to Netflix’s watch it now feed on my TV, starting with season 1 which included Captain Kirk in red tights, and many a ripped shirt. We also watched a French movie—La moustache-–about a guy who goes koo-koo when he shaves his moustache and no one notices. Odd little movie, but interesting enough.
Go see Sunshine Cleaning. Favorite movie so far of 2009.
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I’m so glad we went to Sunshine Cleaning. It totally made up for the depressing mess that was Wendy and Lucy. Chorus Line! Away We Go! I love movies I don’t have to read!
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i saw Knowing like 3 times over my spring break hahahaha i cried the first time i saw then it got boring but i t was still a really aswum movie. i also went to see sunshine cleaning and it reminded me a lot of little miss sunshine. P.S. my daddy read ur books and he luved them hahaha
~CS
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I saw Sunshine Cleaning with my brother this weekend and it was incredible! It sounds kind of dopey to say I love movies that make me laugh and cry but I do and it really is rare to find a movie that does both. Amy Adams and Emily Blunt are always incredible but together! Together they were brilliant. I left the theater happy. In a weird way, it was a perfect send off for Easter weekend. I’m also WAY excited about 500 Days of Summer.
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Sometimes I start singing “I Can Do That” at work and no one ever gets what I am singing about. It may be my singing, but I can’t believe everyone doesn’t know that soundtrack by heart.
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