Stairway to Stardom

I realize I'm super late to this, but wanted to post these fantastic performances anyway:

Toasters

Watch the 2nd guest - love it.

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Monty Python on Jimmy Fallon

These guys are the best - what a delight.

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Nice Spokesmodel, Rogaine.

Yeah, he's got a beautiful head of hair.

Good job, guys.

Spike, thank you for not making a spoon-fed, easy movie - thanks for making a film that stimulated my mind, wrenched my gut and filled my heart. It was painful and beautiful. And man, that little face of Max's is heart breaking.


I thought I'd stop there, but I am really curious how this movie will be received, as with anything different and daring there's always mixed reviews. I looked over some reviews and liked a few of their quotes, so I'll share here:

"There's no coddling going on in this immersive live-action film, which, like a dream, is both eerily matter-of-fact and fantastical." John P. McCarthy

"absolutely amazing, as scary and beautiful as being a kid all over again." Bill Gibron

"There’s a certain amount of pain in Where the Wild Things Are, but it’s completely earned. The movie fills you with all sorts of feelings, and I suspect children will recognize those feelings as their own." Michael Phillips

"I don't want to oversell the thing. It is, quite simply, something very special indeed." Kimberly Jones

Nobody Does It Better

I've always loved this Carly Simon/James Bond song, but I like it even more sung by Fran Healy (video is lame, it's just an audio recording):

everything's amazing, nobody's happy

I posted this on my facebook the other day, but I think it warrants going on the ol' blog. I love it:

Sand Art

This is longish, but really cool:

Travis covers "Lovely Rita"

The weekend

Saturday we went to A Serious Man and man, it was seriously great. Sorry, I had to. I enjoyed it so thoroughly. The Cohen brothers are real filmmakers - you really get a full, rich movie-going experience when you go to a Cohen brothers film. To quote my hubby's blog, "wins on all accounts. the beauty that is Roger Deakins camerawork, the impeccable casting, and the fluidity & sparsity of their dialogue…unmatched."


We were also victorious this weekend in finding our favorite cereal, available only at Halloween time, Count Chocula. Last year we searched stores all over Los Angeles, and never found the Count; I ended up ordering it on Amazon. But this year Target in Pasadena granted us our cereal. We don't actually eat sugary cereal in our daily lives, but once a year this treat is irresistable. We picked up some Count Chocula as well as Frankenberry and Boo Berry, for good measure. Yum.


And let me say that I loved Sunday afternoon watching Stephen Fry in America with Whitby. I really love this show. Stephen Fry is so interesting and pleasant and just a joy to watch and I'm so happy Whit enjoys it with me.



I am loving this cooler weather. It's going to be overcast and rainy the next three days and I couldn't be happier. Although I do just want to be at home curled up with a blanket and some of the delectable banana bread I made yesterday...oh well, back to work.