Friday
As soon as I saw this news last night, I called my little brother. He yelled the news out to the people nearby, and shouts ensued. "The household," he reported, "is rejoicing." I then called my sister, and we rejoiced, too.
My sister pulled her last all-nighter of law school last night, finishing the biggest paper of her life. I am thinking of her right now and am so proud of her. My friend and I were talking recently about a Thai restaurant we went to that August when we went to move her in. And that feels like it just happened. Time flies.
Last night I watched Catch and Release, mostly because I really like Jennifer Garner and Sheriff Seth Bullock. And I'm going to have to give it about a C+. I liked all of the actors; even Juliette Lewis was enjoyable. But there was a little too much Kevin Smith playing Kevin Smith (which is fine in small doses, but there was a LOT of him calling people "sir," which he always does nonstop when guest hosting Ebert and Roeper, and it kind of got old), and the story was kind of slow and kind of lame. It almost reached into B- territory because of the good performances and the beautiful setting -- I can't remember ever seeing another movie set in Boulder before, and it gave me very nice and lovely flashbacks of the summer I spent there (I had to laugh when Seth Bullock's character called Boulder "a Patagonia Disneyland") -- but not quite. It wasn't terrible by any means and had some lovely moments, but it wasn't great.
Right now I'm listening to "Send You on Your Way" by eastmountainsouth. I am sad that this band will never put out another album. This is a break-up song that's simultaneously one of the sweetest and saddest I've ever heard. It's sung from the perspective of someone who's letting someone go, the perspective of the ender of the relationship. And that man is wishing the other person well and wishing that the next person will love her the way he couldn't, even though he did love her. And it reminds me of the break-ups of people I've known who love each other so much but just don't want the same things in life at the same time. And all of the angry dead-to-me break-up songs don't apply because nobody really did anyone wrong. As hard as break-ups are, I think it's easier when someone is the obvious villain. When nobody's a villain, God. What torture.
On a lighter note, I remain obsessed with waiting for Waitress. (Check out Nathan Fillion's spot on this enjoyable list.)
Lots of family time coming up this weekend. My boyfriend is off backpacking in the Smokies, and it's bizarre not to be able to contact him. I am very glad he's having guy time, though, because it's important to have time with our friends separately. I hope he is having a blast. Tonight I'm hanging out with Maryelizabeth, tomorrow I'm getting my hair cut and going to dinner with my mom, and Sunday I'm having brunch with my parents and older brother. My little brother is in Las Vegas for reasons that are not to even be believed. But that's a story for another day.
My sister pulled her last all-nighter of law school last night, finishing the biggest paper of her life. I am thinking of her right now and am so proud of her. My friend and I were talking recently about a Thai restaurant we went to that August when we went to move her in. And that feels like it just happened. Time flies.
Last night I watched Catch and Release, mostly because I really like Jennifer Garner and Sheriff Seth Bullock. And I'm going to have to give it about a C+. I liked all of the actors; even Juliette Lewis was enjoyable. But there was a little too much Kevin Smith playing Kevin Smith (which is fine in small doses, but there was a LOT of him calling people "sir," which he always does nonstop when guest hosting Ebert and Roeper, and it kind of got old), and the story was kind of slow and kind of lame. It almost reached into B- territory because of the good performances and the beautiful setting -- I can't remember ever seeing another movie set in Boulder before, and it gave me very nice and lovely flashbacks of the summer I spent there (I had to laugh when Seth Bullock's character called Boulder "a Patagonia Disneyland") -- but not quite. It wasn't terrible by any means and had some lovely moments, but it wasn't great.
Right now I'm listening to "Send You on Your Way" by eastmountainsouth. I am sad that this band will never put out another album. This is a break-up song that's simultaneously one of the sweetest and saddest I've ever heard. It's sung from the perspective of someone who's letting someone go, the perspective of the ender of the relationship. And that man is wishing the other person well and wishing that the next person will love her the way he couldn't, even though he did love her. And it reminds me of the break-ups of people I've known who love each other so much but just don't want the same things in life at the same time. And all of the angry dead-to-me break-up songs don't apply because nobody really did anyone wrong. As hard as break-ups are, I think it's easier when someone is the obvious villain. When nobody's a villain, God. What torture.
On a lighter note, I remain obsessed with waiting for Waitress. (Check out Nathan Fillion's spot on this enjoyable list.)
Lots of family time coming up this weekend. My boyfriend is off backpacking in the Smokies, and it's bizarre not to be able to contact him. I am very glad he's having guy time, though, because it's important to have time with our friends separately. I hope he is having a blast. Tonight I'm hanging out with Maryelizabeth, tomorrow I'm getting my hair cut and going to dinner with my mom, and Sunday I'm having brunch with my parents and older brother. My little brother is in Las Vegas for reasons that are not to even be believed. But that's a story for another day.
posted by eliza @ 5:44 PM
6 Comments:
I want that story!
So, why won't eastmountainsouth record another album
I felt pretty meh about Catch and Release, too. I was going to say more but then I remembered that I posted about it here:
http://www.happyhomewrecker.net/?p=1477
I did like the Boulder setting. And the tea company was a cute mini-setting. But overall I was pretty disappointed.
Aahhhhhhh, I am nearly in happy tears over the news about FNL. Yay!
The guy of EMS (Peter Bradley(brantley?) Adams)has an album out. I have only heard one song on XM a lot: Unreconciled. You should check that out.
Amanda -- you can read this for more information on the break-up of eastmountainsouth. Sad. Amy -- I'm with you on C&R, definiltely! Thanks for the link to your entry about it. Megan -- I bought his CD. I don't like it. I guess I'm still bitter about the break-up of EMS. And anonymous -- I was in happy tears, too!
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