It's quiet...

Friday, June 23rd, 2006 10:52 am
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...too quiet.

Outside, it's drizzly with not even a flutter of wind, which makes it seem warm and close, even though the thermometer is pegged at 68F(20C). Inside, the cats are asleep, Mozart on top the file box at my knee, Scrabble in [livejournal.com profile] kinzel's office. There's no kitten chasing a Wild Paper Scrumble up and down the hall, squeaking the War Cry of the Coon Cat; no one came to stand on my knee and lick my nose while I was reading the morning comics.

[livejournal.com profile] kinzel is out at an appointment. I've been amusing myself by refilling the hummingbird and oriole feeders, and catching up on various SRM chores. The orders have been printed, the pre-orders for Gunshy brought up to date. I finally totaled and recorded accounts receivable for the first fifteen days, despite the adding machine's sense of humor (really, adding the same column of figures five times and producing five different answers is having a little too much fun). Filing still needs to be done, but I'm not filing today. So there.

I also watched a mess of trailers -- Fearless, billed as Jet Li's last movie; The Lake House; The Lady in the Lake (a theme!); Step up. They all look interesting, for some value of "interesting" -- Step Up particularly because it takes place at the Baltimore School for the Arts, back in my old 'hood. In reality, the next movie we'll see in an actual movie theater will be the new Pirates of the Caribbean. I'll have to remember to add these others to my already overflowing Netflix queue.

And now, having wasted enough time, I'm off to revision-land.

Lady in the Lake

Date: 2006-06-23 04:06 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
There was an interesting article in today's LA Times on this movie and M. Night Shyamalan's fight with Disney over the making of it and his split with them.

Kelly
Temple City

Re: Lady in the Lake

Date: 2006-06-23 04:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rolanni.livejournal.com
Really? Artistic differences, or economic?

Re: Lady in the Lake

Date: 2006-06-24 03:59 pm (UTC)
From: (Anonymous)
Actually both. This head honcho lady from Disney said she felt she was being "honest"in telling M. Knight his idea was (she used polite words) crap. They had a complete falling out and didn't talk for a year. Later he thought he hadn't presented his ideas well and they had lunch. In the meantime he was backed by Warner. This article came by way of a book coming out that was fully endorsed by M. Knight.

Personally, between Disney and M. Knight - I will always back the artist.

Kelly

Date: 2006-06-23 06:05 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] noiseinmyhead.livejournal.com
You could come visit us it is never quiet here but I don't think you would like the heat :)

But Kathy does have a pool even if it is green right now....and everyone has AC

Date: 2006-06-24 01:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sartorias.livejournal.com
Oh my. I just finished reading CD. (It's been my downstairs book so I wouldn't cheat on rhe deskload up here. Oh. oh. Oh.)

Date: 2006-06-24 01:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rolanni.livejournal.com
If those are Ohs of satisfaction, then I'm glad it gave good game. *g*

Date: 2006-06-24 03:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sartorias.livejournal.com
The end was just stunning. Absolutely stunning. And the way the story lights up other images, concepts, words, down the timeline....ahhhh!

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