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September 10, 2004
It's a Beautiful Day!
The sun is shining. The birds are singing. I saw the coolest red-tailed hawk on the way to work. Actually, it was in the Giant Center parking lot, but it was on the way to work. I will not let ANYTHING get me down today. It just feels like too great of a day for that. Nothing work-related, nothing personal (not that that's too likely)...nothing. I'm just going to go with the flow. I've also decided I want to get my hair cut. It's time. The birthday is coming up, I have a bit of money right now so I can afford it. It is time. Yep.
On a movie note, I watched The Triplets of Bellville last night. It's an animated film that was an Oscar contender this past year. It was amazing! It's hard to explain why it was so good. There was very little dialogue. The animation wasn't the cutting edge CGI that you see in Finding Nemo or Shrek. The story centered around a grandmother who connected with her grandson by buying him a bicycle and over the years helped him train for the Tour de France. There's a kidnapping involved and the Triplets of Bellville are three old women who seem to exclusively eat frogs who are involved in a rescue. If that isn't enough to intrigue, I don't know what would be. There are gangsters, chases, great music, and lots of humor. It's all fairly subtle, but an excellent, EXCELLENT movie. I would really recommend it. There's really almost NO dialogue in it, which makes it even more interesting to me. Everything is communicated with gestures and looks and drawing, really. For an animated film, that seemed to be very avant garde. I really loved it.
So there you have it! Today will continue to be a beautiful, productive day, no matter what!
Posted by karen at September 10, 2004 09:42 AM
Comments
OOOh, sounds like a great movie. I want to see it.
You're right, it's a beautiful day. Something about the sunshine...isn't there a chemical thing, too...just makes me happy. I think I'll sing aloud. LA LA LA.
Posted by: stacey at September 10, 2004 02:55 PM
I've been wondering what that movie was about!! Now I feel ready to go out and see it after that GREAT review. You are my Siskel & Ebert or whoever those guys are...I know why died and all, but who needs them when I have you. And seriously the haircut is GREAT!
Posted by: Heidi at September 13, 2004 04:12 PM