Pop culture your face
Several things.
One, I've had a busy weekend; worked almost the whole way through, and I work again in roughly 40 minutes here. My evening will end well, though; I'm going to go see "Sunshine" with Deb, Robin and Jo after I get off, and said group of friends are all going to come visit me at work to eat dinner. EXCITEMENT.
I had a conversation with
jou and Robin last night about my sadly very long list of movies I Have Not Seen But Really Should. The conversation actually started in reference to the fact that for a disturbingly long time now, it seems, I've stopped doing things like reading for pleasure, watching movies frequently, or doing any kind of consumptive entertainment. This....embarrasses me to admit, as a matter of fact, and I can point to a number of possible reasons for it, stemming mainly from my tendency during my college time as an English major. (I mean, when you're reading 900+ pages a week for assigned reading, the last thing you want to do is curl up with a book in your free time. Me, anyway.) So I'm making a dedicated effort to change this. At least I have a nice library already built up of worthwhile books I HAVE read.
But back to the movie thing: Anyone want to suggest movies to me? I'm making a point to watch at least 1 movie a week, even if it's in my bed on my computer 'cause I have no one else to watch it with, and before I leave for San Francisco we're having a big Movies For Kat marathon. Everyone is bringing one movie they feel it's a crime that I've never seen.
Here's my (short) current list of movies I've never seen, but really would like to get around to, because people seem almost offended—and no, I'm not shitting you on any of these:
+ Forrest Gump
+ Grease
+ Top Gun
+ Citizen Kane
+ Schindler's List
+ Apocalypse Now
+ Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
+ Spiderman 2
+ High Fidelity
+ Dirty Dancing
+ Aliens (any of them—I HAVE seen "Alien Vs. Predator" though, don't ask)
+ Anything by Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Mononoke Hime, any of them)
Wow, that list was longer last night. And—I believe this part is academic, but it bears talking about anyway...I have no desire to be what some people might refer to as a film buff. I'll never be snobby about films; I'm just too easy to please, and I'm fine with that. I'm not interested in being a critic. I enjoy movies, but mainly when I'm with friends; I didn't grow up viewing it as a serious artistic medium, because that's just not how we approached movies in my family. But I get the feeling, sometimes, like I'm missing out on shared cultural experiences and cues, and that bugs me. Not that I need to start watching daytime TV in order to be an Educated Member of the Culture, but whatever. I want to see more movies. Tell me what you think I really ought to see.
And as for books, no worries there; I already have a list a mile long. Thanks!
One, I've had a busy weekend; worked almost the whole way through, and I work again in roughly 40 minutes here. My evening will end well, though; I'm going to go see "Sunshine" with Deb, Robin and Jo after I get off, and said group of friends are all going to come visit me at work to eat dinner. EXCITEMENT.
I had a conversation with
jou and Robin last night about my sadly very long list of movies I Have Not Seen But Really Should. The conversation actually started in reference to the fact that for a disturbingly long time now, it seems, I've stopped doing things like reading for pleasure, watching movies frequently, or doing any kind of consumptive entertainment. This....embarrasses me to admit, as a matter of fact, and I can point to a number of possible reasons for it, stemming mainly from my tendency during my college time as an English major. (I mean, when you're reading 900+ pages a week for assigned reading, the last thing you want to do is curl up with a book in your free time. Me, anyway.) So I'm making a dedicated effort to change this. At least I have a nice library already built up of worthwhile books I HAVE read.But back to the movie thing: Anyone want to suggest movies to me? I'm making a point to watch at least 1 movie a week, even if it's in my bed on my computer 'cause I have no one else to watch it with, and before I leave for San Francisco we're having a big Movies For Kat marathon. Everyone is bringing one movie they feel it's a crime that I've never seen.
Here's my (short) current list of movies I've never seen, but really would like to get around to, because people seem almost offended—and no, I'm not shitting you on any of these:
+ Forrest Gump
+ Grease
+ Top Gun
+ Citizen Kane
+ Schindler's List
+ Apocalypse Now
+ Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
+ Spiderman 2
+ High Fidelity
+ Dirty Dancing
+ Aliens (any of them—I HAVE seen "Alien Vs. Predator" though, don't ask)
+ Anything by Miyazaki (Spirited Away, Howl's Moving Castle, Mononoke Hime, any of them)
Wow, that list was longer last night. And—I believe this part is academic, but it bears talking about anyway...I have no desire to be what some people might refer to as a film buff. I'll never be snobby about films; I'm just too easy to please, and I'm fine with that. I'm not interested in being a critic. I enjoy movies, but mainly when I'm with friends; I didn't grow up viewing it as a serious artistic medium, because that's just not how we approached movies in my family. But I get the feeling, sometimes, like I'm missing out on shared cultural experiences and cues, and that bugs me. Not that I need to start watching daytime TV in order to be an Educated Member of the Culture, but whatever. I want to see more movies. Tell me what you think I really ought to see.
And as for books, no worries there; I already have a list a mile long. Thanks!