What a long week. I don't know about you but it seemed to drag on forever. Maybe I shouldn't have spent three hours unraveling a big knot in a skein of silk yarn (thanks, Dishcousin, for the kerchief pattern!) or tried to convince TG to watch Bridesmaids or Bridget Jones. He is obstinate in not watching but every six months, he'll give in to one piece of crap.To commemorate the institution of marriage, I watched Bethenny Ever After. The woman scared me on The Real Housewives of New York City, like her arguments with the other women were frightening. But she's far more sedate and funny with her own show. How strange and different that women aren't fighting all the time on a reality show--which makes me wonder if Andy Cohen is actually Satan. I found myself desperately wanting to hang out with B-Frank after two episodes. I'd learn so much. And who knew Hoda was such a delight!
Then, after rampant buzz, Charlize Theron's flirtatious crack about Michael Fassbender's wang and Dishfriend's ooh-lala-ing of him, I had to watch Shame. I'm only 30 minutes through and it's quite good. Thoughtful, hard to watch (no pun intended), moving. Fans of full frontal will enjoy, but for Dish the novelty wears off when you see how "overused" the characters are. M-Fass and Carrie Mulligan are so talented. What I love most is how the flick captures the unrelenting loneliness of life in Manhattan. I highly recommend...so far, especially if you love deeply depressing movies, which I do!
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I love depressing movies, too. Actually, I love BLEAK movies. The bleaker, the darker, the more hopeless, the better. Yipee!!
You will love this. The acting is really good. It will make you want to make a movie. But it's too bleak and indie to win anything.
Send a photo of the silk kerchief when it's done! By the way, my grandmother once told me that back in her day a girl was given a tangle of yarn and her potential as a wife was judged by how patiently she untangled it. I dunno-- I'm a pro at untangling yarn, but apparently not good wife material. You, however, are a great wife and no doubt a terrific untangler, too.
I will definitely send you a pic, Dishcousin! I'm not sure if I'm a great wife, but I will confess that it's incredibly satisfying to spend hours untangling yarn. This past Friday, I untangled for a good three hours and felt no time was wasted. Untangling should be the new Xanax.
I totally agree about the therapeutic value of untangling. Still perplexed about how to be a wife.
Me too.
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