What are You Doing the Rest of Your Life - Michel Legrand

I can not believe how much I love this song.
It's perfect. Romantic. Sentimental, but not sappy. Mature, but unaffected. I cry every time.

XOXO,
Admiral Ridiculous

the fireworks

Since Quebec I've been so v. disappointed in myself - my job hunt & my get in shape plan. I've had a brilliant lack of oomph. I think I'm in a post-grad school existential haze. At least i got to see sweet Ashley this week when we went to the midnight Eclipse premiere (ridiculously silly & fun). To redeem my(fangirl)self I will be working at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival in a couple weeks. Always immensely impressive & inspiring. Other goodness - new IT Crowd episodes started too!!!

All-in-all I made some great outreach connections for the museum this week...but, it's hard to stay positive when I'm not there full-time. Oh well. Grrrr!

Since I have a (rare) day off with my man tomorrow, I will leave my worries at the door and do the following:

Sleep in!
Go to the movies!
Indulge in sweet summer fruit & other delights!
& catch up on my film blog
Sundaycinema

need a remind.....

feeling a bit...eh lately.

i will listen to the lucksmiths, drink tea & watch silly things until perkiness ensues:

....i just need to remember that life isn't always flash and adventure (for now).

the sweet science

so...i'm calling a TKO on my self-esteem!
(what's wrong with me? oh, right - i'm completely ridiculous).

*sigh* that said - my bod inspiration is gretchen mol in The Notorious Bettie Page (2005). wow! this is the BEST gretchen has ever looked (the art direction, hair/make-up, costuming & lighting design are well-done too, but still).


i watched this on IFC over the weekend - her performance is not amazing, but there is something undeniably adorable about her in this film. and while the real bettie page was striking and fit - i want gretchen's bod & confidence from this film.



Okay - diet, work-out & new job hunt begins tomorrow (after i catch up on Eastenders of course).

Look out world ♥

the truth.

this weekend i re-watched movies by lubitsch, kubrick, meadows & lynch. i am so lucky to know these artist's work and to have made them integral to my life. i am NOT an artist...and i sometimes fancy that i am all about music or craft or academia...but the truth is, i am a film lover. it is NOT a cool thing to be. most of my friends have a talent or a profession, but i...i watch moving images. and honestly, those two words probably summarize me better than any other 2 words can ♥

the long (long) good weekend

So, working the Mill Valley Film Festival - I met Harry Dean Stanton who nearly ashed his cigarette on my shoe (god bless 'em). And the next night I introduced myself to Paul Schrader after his tribute....but what do say after "hi" to the man who wrote Taxi Driver.

So, you know, not a bad time.....one more festival week to go.

Oh! And......it was Love Parade/Love Fest this past weekend in the city too and I was quasi-humped by a Teletubby at the corner of Market St. and 4th! Oh, techno-geeks - je t'aime!

(and now school started yesterday......)

the pictures in my head

Film as dream, film as music. No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions, deep into the twilight room of the soul.
-Ingmar Bergman