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Oops, forgot to mention...

The Namesake is coming out in theaters, I believe Mira Nair said on March 9 it will be released. So keep your eyes on the lookout because I definitely recommend this one.

CineQuest - Movie #1

"The Namesake" - I loved it. I love Mira Nair movies, like I said earlier, Monsoon Wedding is one of my favorites ever. She was at the theater tonight and was lovely. I like Monsoon Wedding better, but only because it's an overall happier movie. The Namesake was not depressing, but it had its sad parts. It was about Life, and Love, and Loss, and living and loving while dealing with loss.

First person we saw there was Nathan, second person was Jason, and third person was Jim, my old boss. It was very funny. And those pictures were taken last year, yet would have been the same pictures if I had taken them this year. Jason sat in the first row, we sat right behind them. Nathan was "Official Greeter" again.

And it wouldn't be Cinequest without technical difficulties. Last year there were really bad sound problems - this year was worse. I don't know if it was the speakers or what, but we all missed a lot of dialogue and it was sad because, especially at the end, we're pretty sure we missed something important. However, Cinequest viewers understand this festival is put on by volunteers and we are more patient and tolerant than most. The noise problems just barely crossed the line at "unacceptable", but there were no riots. Overall, good time was had by all.

Tomorrow: "Cortos de Mexico" and Shorts Program #2 "Ties and Expectations". Buffy already got herself grounded, so I'll be attending by myself tomorrow while Spike is in school.

umm... oh yeah

I just remembered, heh, that I have an itty bitty teeny tiny bit of Spanish homework that is due tomorrow. But tonight is Opening Night Movie and PARTY.

So I shall do my Spanish at midnight.

Email from CineQuest

Dear Maverick Movie Fan:

We are thrilled and proud to officially launch Cinequest film festival 17! Join us in the Revolution of discovery and empowerment as thousands of film fans and artists will connect for our 12-days and nights of excitement and fun. Please note we're sold out for Opening Night! That signifies our best line-up to date.

Don't miss out on our exclusive films and events that may sell out! Electric guests and events headline our Revolution of Empowerment during the festival's first weekend:

Connect with empowering stories from J.J Abrams (Lost, Alias) at Day of Distribution
Meet Maverick Spirit recipient Christine Vachon, a woman who broke down barriers and forged an incredible career.
Let music stir your soul at Stewart Copeland’s (The Police) Maverick Spirit Event, as he discusses sound in the world of film. Cinequest is also please to screen Copeland's directorial debut, Everyone Stares: The Police Inside and Out.
As if that’s not enough, Minnie Driver will be be honored for her acting and surprising talent as a singer-songwriter.
Join us in the Revolution and be ready to be empowered. For tickets and more info click here!

Enjoy,

The Cinequest Team

Cinequest... 5 more hours

I feel like we should have stocked up on our carbs last night - that is the feeling you get before attempting to watch as many film as humanly possible over 12 days. So far I have only been assigned one 4-5 page Archaeology paper due during this time - but we'll also be reading Medea, Lysistrata, and Plato. And learning some subjunctive form in Spanish. Oh yeah, I'm horribly screwed, haha.

If you attend Cinequest, I'll be the woman standing in line with her nose stuck in a school book.

Spike invited a friend from his film class to go to opening night with us. Spike feels like he is really Hot Stuff right now because we have the special super-duper passes that get us into everything, and since I bought four, he gets to bring some lucky friend with him every night.

He had to write an essay for his communications class and he talked about wanting to be a filmmaker. He said when he saw his first Shorts Program at Cinequest and saw everyone laughing and happy, that's when he knew what he wanted to do. I would rather he wanted to go into business, haha, but if he's doing what makes him happy, then that makes me happy. Plus - FILMS! We love em!!!

So my embarrassing little Cinequest schedule has already been posted up at the Cinequesting Blog, haha...

I CAN'T WAIT! I can't wait to race back and forth from work downtown back to home to pick up the kids back to downtown to find a parking space, I can't wait to stand in the hellish line at Starbucks to get coffee so I can stay awake for just one more movie, I can't wait to see Nathan, I can't wait to see Jason, I can't wait to stuff myself with popcorn, I can't wait to see Monster Camp and Outsourced and all the shorts, and to stay at the Marriot and wander downtown (with my nose in a book) and re-meet everyone we saw last year. I can't wait to see my son so happy meeting all the film makers. Good times, ya'll.

Cinequest is the Best.

Cinequest starts tomorrow!!!

Opening night movie is "The Namesake" directed and produced by Mira Nair who also did Mississippi Masala and Monsoon Wedding. Monsoon Wedding is one of my very favorite movies ever, so I can't wait to see this one.

Most of the movies I'll be seeing over the next twelve days (we have over 30 on our schedule) you will never ever have a chance to see. But I'm going to talk about them anyway, because it's my blog and I can if I want to. Also, I was surprised last year at how many people from Cinequest found this blog last year and made friends with me.

Plus - you never know what movies you WILL be able to see. Last year we saw Thank You for Smoking and Water, both later available in theaters and DVD. And several of the movies actually became available on DVD later.

The funnest part of course is the shorts. It's always very cool when Oscar time comes around and I know I am one of the few people in the world who actually SAW some of those shorts! Last year at Cinequest we saw Maestro, which was nominated for an animated Oscar this year. And last year's Oscar winner we also saw at Cinequest. So that's pretty cool.

This year CatieCake is going to Cinequest too - I hope she sees some good movies since it was my babbling that convinced her to go, haha. I even told my Spanish professor about Cinequest - they are having a Latino Film Showcase this year - and now the class gets extra credit if we go see a film in español. YAYYYYY. And Spike also gets credit in his film class for going to Cinequest.

We had to make up a spreadsheet to organize our time for the 12 days...

I haven't even told Scott this, but we even booked a room downtown for each Saturday night so we can stay up for even the midnight shows and won't have to drive home. Scott may send us to movie rehab if he finds out...

Anyway, Tomorrow = Movies, and for eleven days after. Be prepared to be bored or interested, but either way, that's where I'll be.

So I went to school and took a test and went to lunch and came back...

And she's still in rehab? I was shocked actually that there was no new news in the time I was gone.

:-D

(A podcast I'm listening to right now is saying that Christina Aguilera could be caught on tape having sex with George W. Bush and she'd STILL come out ahead of Britney Spears, hahaha... crude and rude and awful, but so so true)

Oops, she did it...

...again. and again and again.

And Kevin has the kids and the world rejoices. And Satan makes himself a hot chocolate on account of all the snow outside his door.

I hate that AI has this rule where it has to be equal boys and girls... because I would rather listen to any of those girls than any of those boys. Some of those girls sucked (Haley) but none of those boys were close to them. I would HATE to see some of those girls go home to make room for any of those boys.

Don't worry, I have been studying my little heart out for Spanish while I listened - I was not distracted! ¡Yo no fui distraído en todo! ¡Prometo!

Tattoo a big fat "L" on your forehead, BRITNEY.

Yeah, she's out and I'm done. I have too much studying to do to keep up with these stupid antics now.
Although the story that K-Fed told her he was going to ask the court to drug test her hair DOES sound like a logical-to-Britney reason to shave her head. I tend to not believe most of what I read (especially on the internet) but that story actually makes more sense than anything I've heard or come up with myself so far.
Anyway, she's out and on her own now.

Poor kids. Again.

She's in rehab now and that's a good thing. For her, for all of us, for anyone who really doesn't want to see the shaved cooch again.
The shaved head is fine, it's the other part I can do without.

But do we really need to see pictures of her walking the grounds of rehab? Should a photographer be paid thousands of dinero for snapping a photo from a helicopter of a woman who's possibly mentally ill (even if temporarily)?
No.
I don't understand why there aren't more laws regarding papparazzi - Yes, freedom of whatever and also "they asked for the fame" blah blah blah - but there are limits. Sick people should be left alone.

Can you believe it's my arch nemesis Britney that brings me to blog again. Back to Aeschylus I go.

~~~Because in an hour Spike and I are going to a Contributors Party at Cinequest - YAY!
And then back to Aeschylus - BOO!

Number 23

I just saw Jim Carrey on the Today Show regarding his new movie "23" and he said something about the letters in couple's names adding to 23 if it's a good match. I don't know, I wasn't paying any attention, haha.

But my name and Scott's name do add up to 23. So that's good I guess. It was interesting at the very least, heh.

So...
Ya'll know I hate Britney. With a wild passion.
I hate that this beautiful girl could rule the world except that her damn stupidity keeps getting in the way.
I hate that she keeps proving the old adage "You can take a girl out of the trailer park, but..."
And while money can't buy happiness, it certainly can buy you some good clothes and a stylist or something.

On the other hand, I've had some compassion for her in the last few months. True, I've been voyeuristically following her trainwreck self, and loving every minute of it. But I also know how really really really crazy you can feel during a divorce - no matter how ridiculous it would seem to others that your kids could be taken away, the very idea can drive you insane. I've been there, I remember. I don't absolve her of blame - really Britney, would it kill you to spend TWO MINUTES with your kids?? and... panties, hello? But some of the stupid stuff she was doing I guess I hoped she would figure out eventually. And she hasn't.

So then she goes and shaves her head. And a big deal is made of it and she is headline news on fucking CNN of all things... and so the only questions the media thinks are valid are: Did she do it for publicity? or Did she have a breakdown?

There are two other possibilities: Did she get sick of that ratty, bleached and dyed, knotted up with extensions hair and decide the best way to deal with it was to start over?
or Did she decide she wanted a completely new and beautiful look?
Either one is a non-crazy question.

The media coverage intensely bothers me as many reports are saying Britney was "out of control" and "a nightmare" etc., during her shave and later tattoo... but the photos clearly show smiles, and the VIDEOS show a very calm Britney getting her tattoo. She may have been upset when she shaved her head, but she seemed to be completely within her senses.

Now this morning I see this. And that, is ridiculous.

Damn Britney, even if you woke up and realized you made a horrendous mistake - you look good bald! Take ownership of your bald head! Be Proud! Say "See Ya'll, I shaved my damn head and I look HOT. Let's see Paris look this good bald!"

But no, instead she puts on a cheap Buffy wig she got from the Halloween store (my daughter has the same damn wig). Can 100 million dollars not buy a nice wig? And can Britney Spears not rock a bald head without shame?

What happened to the new and improved Britney we saw on David Letterman just a few months ago? What happened to the person who dressed her that day?

As much as I hate the girl, I do wonder what is going on in that shaved little empty head. Part of me really wants her to get her act together and prove that she CAN rule the world.

And the other part of me wonders why I just spent all this time on this post instead of reading Aeschylus.

I have been spending every free moment on school work trying to not only keep up but also do a little extra because busy times are a-coming.

Tomorrow afternoon the kids and I are driving to Monterey and will spend the night because at 7am we will be at this race. Yes, as competitors. In the 5K and I'm really happy and excited. I have no plans on coming in anywhere near the front of the pack, but I expect the kids to do very well in their age groups. Also, it's supposed to rain.
:-(
I'm bringing all my school books with me, there'll be lots of reading over the weekend.

And on February 28, CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL STARTS AGAIN!!! WHOOOOOOOT!

And that means twelve days of movie watching, and that means I better be more than on top of my school work.

School is killing me. But I'm getting through it. And I really am loving all my classes this semester - even though Spanish Class is a BITCH.

The emails I owe people are piling up. This is my allotted two minutes to play around, so they are going to still pile up. I promise to get back to you.... somehow...
I am a very bad email friend to these people:

Kim <3
Kat <3
Jenny P <3
(My)CATherine <3
Jon <3
And probably Meg because I always owe her an email... <3<3
And Catie - I just read about 100 back entries and still didn't catch up... <3
And various other readers whose names escape me at the moment...

I love you all...

~~~ As for Anna Nicole Smith... I never liked her, at all, but my heart has been breaking for her since her son died. As much as everyone took advantage of her before, the taking advantage of was amped up after that. I am terribly sad for her and for her daughter - I hope somehow her daughter is taken care of... not bloody likely... but there is not one other person in her life that I have sympathy for. Everyone around her made their living off her, including her mother.
Don't get me wrong, I couldn't stand Anna Nicole Smith. But the horrible decisions she made in her life does not excuse the advantage taking by everyone around her.
Rest in Peace, Anna.

~~~ And I'm out again, probably for another long break. See ya.

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