• rewatched GiGi (1958) -- with Louis Jourdan from Octopussy

• read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling (2005) -- so what's with the hand?!


• watched The Flower of Evil "La Fleur du Mal" (2003) -- poor Aunt Line

• watched The Bicycle Thief "Ladri di biciclette" (1948) -- bookends A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)


• watched Camp (2003) -- Anna Kendrick is brilliant singing Stephen Sondheim's "The Ladies Who Lunch"

• watched Cowboy Bebop - Session 1 (1998)


• "When the sharks are circling, don't panic!" -- Fuzzy the Hampster

• listened to The Emperor's General by James Webb (1999)


• watched Rehabbing Houses From Beginning to End DVD 1 by Robyn Thompson

• listened to How to Control Contractors Like A Dog On A Leash, a commercial by Robyn Thompson for David Lindahl

• watched Belle Epoque (1992) -- it's all part of life

• watched Belle de Jour (1967)
  
  By far the most confusing scene in the film is the final sequence after she was just at the hospital checking on the status of her injured husband, who happened to have been shot by her "bad boy" boyfriend. The husband was last in a coma and his fate was not yet known. In these next moments we see that her husband is in a wheelchair, with sunglasses on. The wife puts medicine in a glass and mentions how any day now his eyes could get better. Then someone shows up who tells the husband about her escapades. This entire scene may in fact be meant as part of her imaginings. The husband having sunglasses is likely symbolic of his blindness to her desires, his ignorance. When he suddenly gets up and can see, the bells begin ringing, which perhaps signifies that the whole scene is a fantasy. The husband can hear the bells, too. Thus she is fantasizing that as a result of the shooting he will now see her true desires and be a part of her fantasy life.
  -- Reticuli on Amazon

• listened to From Beginning to End : The Rituals of Our Lives by Robert Fulghum (1995)


• relistened to From Stress to Success by Michael Podolinsky (2000)


• watched Damn Yankees! (1958) -- Gwen Verdon as Lola, Jean Stapleton as Sister Miller

• listened to Rich Dad's Retire Young, Retire Rich by Robert T. Kiyosaki (2002)


• watched The Pirates of Penzance (1983) -- he is the very model of a modern major general; rapid, unintelligible patter; a paradox

• watched Mulholland Drive (2001) -- no closure, some reviews actually make sense

• listened to Wordbuilders Vol. 12 by Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio University (1998) -- adventures of bit and byte, Muddle telescope


• watched The Great Escape (1963)


• watched NetForce (1999)

• listened to Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters (2002) -- unfinished


• watched A Year in Provence (1989) Winter and Spring


• watched Oscar (1991)

• listened to Life Strategies : Doing What Works, Doing What Matters by Phillip C. McGraw (1999)


• read Eating Well For Optimum Health : The Essential Guide to Bringing Health and Pleasure Back to Eating by Andrew Weil (2001) -- eat more fruits and vegetables


• watched The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998)


• watched You Can't Take It with You (1938) -- fireworks, harmonica

• watched Topper (1937) -- "You know something, George? We're dead."

• listened to A Trip to the Beach : Living on Island Time in the Caribbean by Melinda and Robert Blanchard (2000) -- see also Blanchard's Restaurant

• listened to Living History written and read by Hillary Rodham Clinton (2003)


• listened to Rich Dad's Rich Kid, Smart Kid : Giving Your Children a Financial Headstart by Robert T. Kiyosaki (2001)

• watched Osama (2003)

• watched A Mighty Wind (2003) -- This Is NOT Spinal Tap (1984), although McKean, Guest and Shearer reunite


• watched Monsoon Wedding (2001)


• watched New Waterford Girl (1999)


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