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The Assassination of Jesse James

2008-04-28T05:54:05Z

The title sums up well what the movie is about so there's no need for me to summarize. It's a good movie although I would have been a little restless watching it in the theater. It's a Western obviously but with the twist of showing how all th...

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Spicy Shrimp

2008-04-18T06:49:14Z

Last night, I started thinking about how little time there was in the day, and I started doing the math and trying to break up my day to more effectively fit everything in. It was a little discouraging, especially since I feel so often that I do s...

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Movies: Once, Shopgirl, The Proposition, and The Island

2008-04-17T05:57:42Z

Once was marketed as a modern musical when it was out in theaters, which both piqued my interest yet also helped me to find other things to do.... In a way, I'm a little sad that I didn't see this movie in the theater because the music would have...

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Marie Antoinette (2006)

2008-03-20T06:31:16Z

Antonia Fraser's biography of Marie Antoinette is such a great book that I hope Sofia Coppola's movie did not discourage people from reading it. It's not that the movie is so terribly bad but rather that the movie has very little to do with the ...

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vox gripe and office space

2008-03-19T06:49:32Z

Vox Gripe: There's a new ad on the sidebar when I try to compose a new entry. It's very distracting because it flashes constantly and sometimes it moves and interferes with my mouse. It gets especially confusing when I try to add an item from my l...

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Two Days in Paris

2008-03-18T05:52:00Z

I liked this movie. The premise is very simple. Marion and Jack visit Paris for two days. They have been together for two years and have just completed a vacation in Italy. Marion grew up in Paris and this is Jack's first introduction to the pare...

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work, kf, allergies, and worms

2008-03-16T18:10:21Z

The work week is blending into my weekends, so today I woke up 2 hours before I needed with a list of all the things that I needed to get accomplished today for work. April 1 will be nerve-wracking to get to and I'll be quite jittery on that day b...

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television

2008-02-26T06:46:07Z

I've been sick and rather lazy so we've been watching a lot of tv lately. We don't have cable or even broadcast channels so tv is kind of an event at our house even if we watch the shows well after everyone else has. We finished watching the firs...

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paint color, new glasses, and kung fu

2008-02-26T05:39:41Z

I haven't had the time or the focus to write - mostly because I had a very nasty cough and cold which has stolen my voice and took me out for much of last week - but just a general update. A lot of minor changes, nothing major, but I'm generally h...

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Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

2008-02-19T05:54:10Z

I heard about Persepolis because of the movie, which I wanted to see but did not catch in time at the theater. If the movie is true to the book, it's probably worth watching. The book features vignettes from the author's childhood growing up in I...

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