It took me a while to like this, but now I love it. The last song is beautiful and moving, and I have been known to play it over and over again while driving.
i love wilco "a ghost is born". have you seen the documentary about them? it's called "i am trying to break your heart. a film about wilco" it's amazing. a
it's about how their label drops them, due to their diverse music. other labels start bidding and ironically enough, the original label (who dropped them in the first place) buys them back for a lot more money. amazing.
That sounds pretty interesting, Ally. I'll have to see if we can find it. Jon and I have recently had a few nights dedicated to wasting time on YouTube. It's amazing what you can find. Your comment just reminded me of a live Wilco video I saw on there.
What a fun book to read. We read this for book club and then watched the movie (which wasn't necessary since we've all seen it so many times we were quoting the whole thing). It is better to know from the beginning that Goldman wrote it all, there is no S. Morgenstern. You feel less duped. I thought it was really obvious that Goldman is the true author (his humor is the same throughout, there's no way the language is from the era Goldman claims it is from), but, I do remember thinking it really was an abridgment when I read it in high school or junior high. And a lot of the ladies at book club didn't know the whole thing is fake either. Some decided they didn't like the book just because they felt deceived by the author. It is so funny though. And you get all this background information about Inigo, Fezzik and Buttercup. I love the way he tries to place the book in time... "This was before Europe," then later he talks about Paris. Also, when he describes
Home Schooling Dream vs. Reality Our initial home schooling dream had the kids studying Latin and Greek, speaking German fluently, finished with Calculus and starting college courses by the time they were 14, and running their own successful business selling artisan cheese made from the milk of our goat herd. Also, they would never watch TV or play video games. Then the kids were born. It turns out that, in the interest of maintaining my sanity, I’m more of a Relaxed Home Schooler. This is also why I’m a Relaxed Housekeeper. We didn’t even teach the kids German, which both Jon and I speak fluently, although I maintain that the main reason for this is not laziness but our reluctance to give up our secret language. The kids are on track to do Calculus before they start college at or near 18. We never got the goats, although we have plans to get some when we return to the US, and we did have chickens for a long time. The chickens laid eggs for us, but we didn’t sell them. We just
I really enjoyed this and even started to feel a little addicted to it by the end. I like watching TV shows on DVD—it’s great to have no commercials and to be able to watch as many episodes as you want. Although this can also be detrimental if you watch six or eight episodes and find it’s 1:00 am when you finally force yourself to stop. Anyway, “Arrested Development” is very funny. All of the characters are hilarious and well-acted, and one of them rides a Segue! Shouldn’t more people be making fun of Segues? I’m looking forward to seeing the second season, but I don’t know if we can bring ourselves to buy it. We like to leach off of other people for our DVD needs, especially when it comes to TV shows.
i love wilco "a ghost is born". have you seen the documentary about them? it's called "i am trying to break your heart. a film about wilco" it's amazing. a
ReplyDeleteit's about how their label drops them, due to their diverse music. other labels start bidding and ironically enough, the original label (who dropped them in the first place) buys them back for a lot more money. amazing.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds pretty interesting, Ally. I'll have to see if we can find it. Jon and I have recently had a few nights dedicated to wasting time on YouTube. It's amazing what you can find. Your comment just reminded me of a live Wilco video I saw on there.
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