Consistency is not my strong suit. As you know, if you are reading this. It's been, what....3 months since my last post? Or something like that.
When I feel down, I journal. I muse and write angsty poetry. When I'm not sure what I feel, I kill time reading a book or listening to music. When I'm feeling up and in the mood for talking but don't exactly have someone to call, I write to you. And usually when I'm feeling this way, I ramble. On and on. Not really sure what topic I want to share about today.
So I guess, I'm saying that I haven't really felt so upbeat in a while to resort to coming to you. I think that very well is true. I'm starting to feel back in a rhythm of things.
I'll play movie critic tonight. Only because I just saw Amelie yesterday afternoon. A. Maz. Ing. If I may say so. I do believe it is now at least #2 if not #1 on my list of favorite films. I think I may need to watch that once a week, or at least a month for a while. And purchase a hard copy once Netflix removes it from their queue.
If you haven't seen it, please do. The imagery in the film is brilliant, on a number of levels. And the character in Amelie - so identifiable, for me. The girl, feels lost, wanting direction. Grew up with a pile of challenges (not exactly personal for me, but). Finds a purpose, a way to touch people's lives. And in the process, finds a love for herself. The same story told and retold, but this one couldn't have been told better.
I don't think any bit of that movie disappointed me. It filled in all the right gaps, and answered all the right questions and ended on a perfect note. It's no wonder it won some great awards! Definitely one of the ones that deserved it all.
A few of the great quotes that stood out to me in Amelie...
"We pass the time of day to forget how time passes."
"The fool looks at a finger that points to the sky."
"Love's a great beautician."
"You'll never be a vegetable. Even artichokes have hearts."
"She's fond of stratagems. In fact, she's cowardly. That's why I can't capture her look."
"I love the word 'fail'. Failure is human destiny."
"At home, we say, a man that knows proverbs can't be all bad."
My daughter came downstairs while I was watching and sat with me for the second half of the movie. Not exactly age appropriate for her, but it's a light-hearted movie. Besides, it's all in French, and she can't quite read English yet. But she told me, "I like her. I want to be like her. I want to learn French." Maybe someday we'll learn it together. I'd like to know it, too.
Super artistic film. I'm sure that's a large bit of why I loved it.
Now I'm taking on too much with my reading. I've just started a new 400 page fiction book. Not necessarily excited about it, much more reading it out of duty to the series since I read book 1. It's not bad, just not what's interesting me right now. And I just remembered that I can always borrow library books instead of buying every book I want to read one time, so I borrowed another book and checked it out today. Then a friend of mine is supposed to loan me another book to read. The only one with the time limit is the library book, so we're good.
Okay, starting to drift off. I wanna read, but I doubt that'll happen with these heavy eyelids.
Talk more later. Well, I'll talk. You listen.
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