TOTAL for July 2006:

• 9 new books (.29 books per day): listened to 9, relistened to 1, lost interest in 1


• 15 new movies (.17 movies per day), rewatched 4


• 30 entries total (.97 entries per day)


• listened to Men at Arms (UNabridged) by Terry Pratchett (1998) -- prefer the voices on the abridged 2-cassette version I'm always relistening to

• listened to The Secrets of an Inspirational (In-Spirit) Life by Wayne W. Dyer (2006) -- repeats other books, but still good


• watched The World "Shijie" (2004) -- isolation, desperation, theme park
  
  
  
  • Why leave when everything you need is right here?
  • Does anyone know I'm alive? Does my spouse remember me?
  • Will he come for me?
  • Does it matter if I'm alive?
  • Is this sacrifice worth my freedom?
  • Will I actually gain freedom?
  • You are now NOT free to move about the country.
  
  

• watched My Neighbors the Yamadas "Hôhokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun" (1999)


• watched The Man Who Planted Trees "L'Homme qui plantait des arbres" (1987) -- the story of one shepherd's long and successful singlehanded effort to re-forest a desolate valley, moral: be steadfast

• listened to A Song Flung Up to Heaven by Maya Angelou (2002)

• listened to The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier (2003) -- like the author's other books, too much like a romance novel

• watched The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) -- for kids, didn't hold my attention, they FORGOT to go home?!


• watched In Her Shoes (2005) -- loss is no disaster


• watched Match Point (2005) -- bad tennis pro, see also Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), far more sinister and DE-licious is Francis Urquhart (played by Ian Richardson) in House of Cards (1990)

• listened to Death of a Doxy by Rex Stout (2002) -- a Nero Wolfe mystery, Archie Goodwin


• watched Woof : A Guide to Dog Training (2000)

• watched The Day I Became a Woman "Roozi ke zan shodam" (2000)


• watched The Dying Gaul (2005) -- danger lurks in chatrooms

• relistened to Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett (2000)

• rewatched Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)


• watched Speak (2004) -- the first line sets the tone, "I don't want to know about it"


• watched Transamerica (2005) -- acceptance

• rewatched Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)

• listened to The Seashell on the Mountaintop : A Story of Science, Sainthood, and the Humble Genius Who Discovered a New History of the Earth by Alan Cutler (2003)

• listened to What Every Mom Needs : Meet Your Nine Basic Needs and Be a Better Mom by Elisa Morgan (1995) -- preachy, enough about Jesus already

• rewatched The Thirteenth Floor (1999) -- forgot how violent it was

• rewatched Toy Soldiers (1991) -- clever, but violent


• watched The Reluctant Astronaut (1967) -- Don Knotts and Leslie Nielsen (before Naked Gun); Knotts is better in No Deposit, No Return (1976)

• watched The Snake Pit (1948) -- Emma sings Sweet Georgia Brown, fathers and husbands can't be the same thing, Natalie Schafer (Mrs. Lovey Howell on Gilligan's Island) played Mrs. Stuart

• lost interest in The Red Badge Of Courage by Stephen Crane (1894)

• watched Prime Suspect (1991) and Prime Suspect 2 (1992) -- can't wait to see 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

• listened to Look Homeward, Angel Part 2 Of 2 by Thomas Wolfe (1929) -- a marathon, lost on me


• listened to The Planets by Dava Sobel (2005) -- things you never knew about your neighbors, fascinating