Oct 22 2008
Potential juror#1: Then when I was 10, my parents moved to a suburb of Philadelphia.
Judge: Did they take you with them?
Potential juror #2: Once I had my car broken into.
Judge: Was this something you arranged or, like, something that happened to you?"
Dec 18 2007
Writ & Dir: James Grey
Bobby is a night club manager. It is the 1980’s, New York. Life is good. Until the day his brother comes calling. Bobby’s brother, Joe, you see, is a cop. A drugs cop and he arrives in full on SWAT-mode at the club. This is not a way to ensure peaceful family get togethers. Especially considering that we already know there is tension in the family. You can just guess at the resulting tensions. But then the Russian bad-guys organise a hit on Joe. Bobby is stung into action and swears revenge. In this life or the next.[1]
Aug 01 2007
Author: Jack Finney
ISBN: none DDC:813.54
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In shirt-sleeves, the way I generally worked, I sat sketching a bar of soap taped to an upper corner of my drawing board.
Jul 29 2007
Dir: Alfonso Cuarón
Writ: Richard LaGravenese & Elizabeth Chandler, based on book by Frances Hodgson Burnett.
Sara Crewe lives a spoiled life in India with a devoted, doting father, until World War I intervenes, and he enlists, sending Sara off to boarding school in New York to keep her safe. There she must adjust, whereas before she had free rein to do as she pleased, now she must submit to rules and regulations that she doesn’t understand. And, most difficult for her, she must keep her imagination in check. But Sara isn’t a selfish, “poor little rich girl”, she is bright and kind, and soon makes friends with most of the other girls, from those in her class to the scullery maid. She is also the only one who can really get through to Lottie as they have both lost their mothers.
Tags: A Little Princess, Alfonso Cuarón, awwww, based on book, childhood, Eleanor Bron, Elizabeth Chandler, Errol Sitahal, family film, Frances Hodgson Burnett, imagination, Kelsey Mulrooney, Liam Cunningham, Liesel Matthews, loss, New York, poverty, Richard LaGravenese, soldier, Vanessa Lee Chester, WWIMay 15 2007
I have nothing to say, but on account of not blogging yesterday I sorta feel like I should just stick something down here today.
I miss Anne, but no doubt she if off settling into NY and far too busy to blog. Kelly is back and blogging though. So yay! for that.
But like I said, I have nothing to say.
I did however buy a new phone. I know, I know, it hasn’t been that long since my last phone purchase. Nowhere near my usual yearly purchase, but I figured, what the hell, and I didn’t really like my motorola. I was going to go for the cool looking Sony Ericsson Z310i, but although it looked nice it didn’t have many features. So instead I went for the Nokia 6234, which is teeny tiny and packed full of features. Of course now I gotta do the “transfer everything I had on my old phone over to my new phone” thing. Which’ll be fun, boys and girls, won’t it? Especially considering that Motorola’s sync software would play nice with Vera and so i don’t have anything at all saved apart from on the phone. See how I make trouble for myself.
And I totally forgot to mention that the All-Ireland kicked off last weekend. And you be delighted to hear that Sligo won their opening round. Then again, we were playing New York, so anything other than a victory woulda been a disaster.
And B#5 got his place in the Limerick sports/rugby academy thingy that he was looking for, so now he can do his leaving without worrying about points. At least I think he can, I presume he’ll have to pass in certain subjects, but to be honest I haven’t a clue.
And while I’m saying nothing, does anyone know what time the polling stations close at in the election? Need to figure out what time I have to leave Dublin at.
Tags: 2007sfc, B#5, mobile phone, New York, Nokia 6234, nothingness, shopping, SligoMay 23 2006
Seems that the kerfuffle over the New York hurling win is growing. See they were supposed to lose, like they do every other year, but on this occasion they defeated Derry. So they should be playing Antrim in Ulster in their next match.
But they have a problem. They don’t want to fly to Ireland because they may have visa problems if they then try and get back into the States.
So the GAA are have postponed the match while they try to sort something out. Antrim don’t want to go to America. Their players will need[1] to take time off work and Antrim GAA will have to cough up money to pay for accommodation and travel.
And, maybe it is the conservative authoritarian side of me but if I’m being brutally honest I say fuck New York. If they are fielding illegal immigrants then it is their own look out. Why should Antrim have to rearrange their schedule in order to accommodate law breakers?
Maybe I’m being harsh, but I can’t help but compare attitudes to the Irish living illegally in American versus the attitude to immigrants who’ve come here to Ireland.
And what is all this about the Ulster champions not being involved in the All-Ireland. Few question to any GAA heads; First of all is this true? Second of all, why? It can’t just be because Ulster[2] hurling is shite can it?
And while I’m talking about sports, pop over to the Hogan Stand and vote in the poll, just remember you DO want to see Munster in Croke Park. It’d be deadly.
Apr 29 2004
ISBN: 0340685972
Author: Kirsten Bakis
DDC: 813.54
