"What fools we were, poised there above our books for a silence that would never come."

Friday, November 26, 2010

Sunday, December 12

Listening to:
A Family Affair (Wolfe) in progress
Under the Banner of Heaven *****

Reading and Re-Reading:
Moneyball *****
Beat the Sunset **
Circle Mirror Transformation *** (final scene won it that third star!)
Old Times *****

Watched:
Princess Bride *****
Ferris Bueller's Day Off ***
Thank You for Smoking didn't finish
Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows Part 1 ***** (my memory of the book's details: **)
Several Inane Movie Trailers
Too Much TV (although enjoyed), and that reminds me, RIP The Good Guys, probably

Monday, November 8, 2010

November 14

Oh hell. It's been over a month! In the interest of time, how about a 5-star system?

SEEN--THEATRE, NY:
La Bete****
Middletown*****!!!
Brief Interlude*****
Next to Normal***1/2
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson***
Woyzeck (rehearsal)****

THEATRE, Portland:
Alice & Wonderland***
An Iliad****
The Little Prince***
Violet****

MOVIES:
October Sky****
The Social Network*****
Ferris Bueller's Day Off***

READ--BOOKS:
Portobello (Rendell)***
Moneyball (in progress)*****
Just Let Me Lie Down: Necessary Terms for the Half-Insane Working Mom****

READ--PLAYS:
The Changeling (again, with class)*****
The Merchant of Venice (ditto)
The Two Gentlemen of Verona (ditto)

LISTENED--BOOKS:
Emma*****
The Power of Now (in progress)

WATCHED--TV:
Primarily Castle, The Good Guys. A little bit of Modern Family and Glee. That's all I can think of.