We got the trash out last night. This is worthy of mention because we don't always manage.
We saw the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo last night. Gary didn't get it. The volume was fairly low so I missed some of the important vocabulary too. I read the book but I don't remember any of it. But I still enjoyed the movie. The story is a little more complex than most. Gary will probably not want to see any sequels. Do you think they'll turn Salander into a James Bond type movie series - going way beyond the available books to continue the story that was unfortunately cut short? Did the dude leave notes behind saying where it was supposed to go?
I hope and hope not.
Someone wrote a sequel to Gone With the Wind which was just stupid. Because the second author just didn't get the tragedy of Scarlet. That the tragedy was the point. It isn't a romance even though it is advertised as one. It is the tragedy that makes it good. She wrecked it.
I've got a number of tragedies going in my life. The good old "if only"s. Let me tell you that will power and determination and courage have nothing on tragic flaws. No one's writing any books about mine though.
It's those tragic flaws that we love most about celebrities isn't it? Yes, we love that they are beautiful and successful and rich - often coming from nothing much but blooming into greatness. We love it because then there is hope for us. We too could make it. Of course, most of us don't and that's a little depressing. So we love it even more when their tragic flaws come out and they come tumbling down in our estimation. Oh how we gloat and yet pretend we are not members of the cult of schadenfreude. Because the fall of the mighty ones shows that they are mere humans too and not so different from any of us. We may not be gorgeous and rich and great XXXXXXs but we didn't do XXX. And so we are better than the best.
Humans are such animals.
But animals can often be soft and cuddly so we are not beyond redemption are we?
5 sounds of silence:
Never beyond redemption... at least, i hope not.
And hey, celebrating making it to garbage day is always worthy. I can't get used to the poor garbage picker-uppers working on stat holidays so we almost always forget to drag our stuff to the curb on holiday Mondays, this Christmas included.
Huh? I am hoping it is the pain medication I took [finally] tonight and not you. . .I'm a little lost. giggle
My partner loved the Girl With The Dragon book and the sequels, but I have no idea if the film is any good. I think it was shown on British tv over Christmas.
Actually I don't like flaws in Celebs, I get so disappointed when they screw up. I know they will but I kinda hope they won't. :D
It must be my medication too . . ;-)
My Bro is a "poor" garbage man too . . over £700 in Christmas tips (after splitting them) and triple pay on Holidays . . . He loves it. Very useful when I forget to put my bin out (often) as he can do a special "missed bin run" for me.
When I worked in the motion picture business doing special effects and operating equipment, we were on set all day. These were long days and they had a caterer on site to make meals.
At lunch time, we'd go into a tent or a building the production company rented to give us a place to sit. Not many movie stars, the ones that are the rich and famous, sat with us and ate. Mostly, they were in their movie star trailers and they had an aide that brought them a tray of food. Sometimes, they ordered out and didn't even eat what the rest of us ate.
On the set of Grumpier Old Men with Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Ann Margaret and Sophia Loren, Jack and Walter would come in to the big tent and stand in line with the rest of the production workers. They would sit down at one of the tables. They were always polite and would ask if a seat was taken or if we minded them sitting here or there. They'd sit and eat and BS with the rest of us as held the idea that we are all working on the same movie, each doing his or her job.
They were rich. They were big movie stars. They realized that they couldn't be stars without the workers doing the makeup, lighting the scenes, building the sets, writing the stories, dressing them and doing their hair.
This taught me a valuable lesson about life itself and put into perspective the idea that we are what we are and it is no disappointment to not be rich and famous.
Just sayin'
Glad you got the garbage out. Our problem is getting the garbage cans back off the curb and into the space by the garage.
Peace
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