high in the crackmonkey's tree

1. Kevin Kline next appears on the big screen as Cole Porter in "De-lovely," an MGM biopic based on the life of the legendary musician. The film is scheduled to unspool in May at Cannes.

Kevin Kline! Cole Porter!


2. PJ To Play France and Germany this Summer, and the Glastonbury festival.

She tours!

3. I talked to my friend Craig, my lezbeau, and we're going out for beers and hopefully some karaoke this weekend. Love Shack, baby!

Can I leave work to go get into some trouble now? Thanks, I think I will. ;)

We finally saw Whale Rider this evening. I can't believe I waited this long to see it. This is a lovely story, couched in the particulars of one culture but familiar to all. And that little girl is just unearthly, she's so good. Wow.

Go. Rent. Today.

Caught Bubba Ho-Tep this weekend. Heh. I'm not sure what to say except that it's weird, sincere, funny as hell, and kind of sad. Bruce Campbell rocks my socks and Ossie Davis makes a fine JFK. Go see it.

Finished Tropic of Cancer even though I hated to have it end. The things he described were horrible and ugly, but his descriptions were beautiful. Guh.

Also finished Sarah Waters' Affinity. I'd read her other two and folks said this was her weakest. I'm in agreement. It's a good trash read; it took all of a day to finish; but I felt cheated by the ending. It reminded me of the scene in Murder by Death where Truman Capote accuses the Agatha Christie character of cheating in her stories; withholding one key piece of information until the very end. And then voila! Twist ending. *snarl*

We watched the third episode of Tarzan last night. Ow, my brain hurts! Hey director, here's a neat idea: instead of splicing in lame alterna-lite rock songs to explain your character's mood, try making your actors fucking *act.* But still, Lucy! And evil nasty Mitch. (Ooh, go you big butch thing!) If only they got rid of that damn Tarzan and Jane, it might be a halfway decent show. Hrm.

1. Sumana Harihareswara
The first line of a piece published on Salon.com today: "Star Trek" fans will have a new reason to sigh in relief on Wednesday night as "Enterprise" returns for its third season."

Huh?

I'll admit that the premise is interesting; how Earth went from being the Ozarks of the galaxy into being a Federation superpower. I just wish the characters were interesting. Barring that, I wish they were portrayed by actors who didn't make me want to hurl a wildebeast at my tv while I howl in frustration. The dog remains my favorite character.

2. Bill Fitzhugh (in the good way)
From Heart Seizure:
" 'Cars fuming and still. Stretched as fas as the eye can see. There goes the ozone.'
Rodgers turned and looked at his partner. 'The hell is that?'
'Haiku, motherfucker.' "

Exchanges like that, plus the fact that the two CIA operatives are Agents Rodgers and Hart crack me up. I'm loving it so far.

( 3. The screenwriter of PotC )

Last night I was all set to post a long rant about Schwarzenegger declaring his candidacy for the governor in the recall election. Lots of stuff about his lack of qualifications, experience, familiarity with the issues; also some things about the Californians who say they'll vote for him, refer to him as the Governator, and in general don't have a good grasp on the difference between reality and movies.

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Why is it that by 3pm on a work day, I've hit a wall of alertness that cannot be surmounted by caffeine, sugar, or raucous music? I think I should lobby HR for a 6 hour work day. No wait, then I'd have to be here 7 days a week. We simply cannot have that. They should just pay me to stay home and goof off, that's the best case scenario.

On Friday evening the girl and I watched The Guru, which wasn't half bad. It was kind of sweet, but just when it might get too sweet something twisted happened. It was predictable, but there were song and dance numbers. All in all I give it a thumbs up.