I haven't written much of anything lately because nothing much has been going on. I've been reading... another Wallander mystery and, yes, I've succumbed to peer pressure and started the Twilight series. I wouldn't be reading Twilight at all except my sister surprised me over the weekend with the FULL SET of books because she knows I like vampires. I just really hated the movie so...eh...I'll give the books a shot. Considering they're written for ninth graders I'm whizzing through the first one pretty fast.
I finally watched The Wrestler. Quite depressing but ultimately good. It was good seeing Mickey Rourke again. I always thought he was a good actor and he doesn't disappoint in this one either.
I also watched a couple of really good documentaries. The first was called Jupiter's Wife about a woman named Maggie who is clearly mentally ill. She was living in Central Park with her dogs. The documentary digs into her life which was quite remarkable. She was the first female carriage driver in Central Park and gained some celebrity because of it. She exists on the kindness of Park Avenue big wigs who remember her from her past. It's a touching and haunting story.
The other was Who The #$&% is Jackson Pollock? This was a very entertaining and true saga of a 74 year old truck driver who buys a painting at a junk shop for $5. It turns out it could be an authentic Jackson Pollock but the art snobby muckity mucks won't hear of it. She gets forensic evidence (a finger print on the painting that matches one in Pollock's own studio and one on an already authenticated Pollock) but they still won't hear it. She gets offered millions of dollars for the painting but won't sell because she is determined to make them eat crow. She's a real character too. Swears a blue streak and takes no shit from anyone!
That's about it. It's back to work and it's just as well. Though it was sunny here today tomorrow is supposed to be cloudy again so I might as well be in an office!
4 comments:
I saw The Wrestler last week. I thought it was very good. Sad, but good. His relationship with his daughter was so real and brought me to tears.
Some of my favorite moments were when "Ram" was working behind the deli counter. The bit with the potato salad was priceless.
Yeah, The Wrestler was great, very sad and also the most Ratt in any movie soundtrack ever
Hej! Thanks for dropping my my blog. So I see you're into the Wallander books! So is my dad, but I haven't actually picked one up yet... but who knows, maybe I'd come to love crime novels.
Another friend of mine is into the Twighlight series. She was very skeptical at first and laughed at herself (her sister literally forced to read it too!)... guess what, she loved it! Haha!
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