trochee | (no subject)

Last night we saw The Illusionist. Meh. Ed Norton wasn't all that impressive, and Paul Giamatti did really well -- I felt like the movie was really about him -- but wasn't given very much to work with. The romance was very textbook and not very exciting. And the twist wasn't "oh, I should have seen it" but more of an "oh, well, okay, if you want to play continuity games like Chris Claremont". Meh.

This morning was wet and rainy, but I went running anyway. I came back, and was talking with D. over coffee, and we looked out the window and saw what I think was a prairie falcon Falco mexicanus sitting on the balcony of the apartment building across the alley. (I wanted it to be a peregrine, and the habitat matches better, but it was definitely a brown bird, and it had white markings on head and legs. Hmm. Maybe an immature peregrine.) I like raptors.

saw [MG] again today and feeling good about what I am learning and practicing there.

not doing so well with getting actual work done, but it is slow and possibly making headway.

I have a good life!

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it really does look like that first one you linked to !
i like that you can hear the voice on the site.
maybe we can open the window and play the sound on my laptop and see if the bird will talk back !
heh.

I have a good life!
Yes you do! I am so glad you are able to see and say this.

And cool that the birds are coming to you.

Hmm, I really liked The Illusionist, but mostly because I thought it was a particularly well done variation on themes I tend to like.

The way it was lit was beautiful but I tend to agree with Troke on the rest.
A better movie in that style was The Libertine.

And, I wound up really not liking the Libertine. It protagonist proclaims at the outset that you're not going to like him (and by extension, the movie), and lo and behold, I didn't.

I guess we are clearly on opposite sides of this issue. :)

heh, yes we are.

taste is not to be argued though so i won't hold it against you !
;)