lilknottygirl

after several recent disappointing movie choices (mrs henderson presents, cache, etc) i finally hit 3 good ones in a row: intermission-hiiarious and proof that colin farrell can act, he's just been horribly miscast in american film and cillian murphy has the most beautiful eyes/lips i've ever seen, the prestige-which was excellent and really well cast and yes, i did go to a movie in a theater w/another adult sans bebe, and the notorious bettie page. i was leery about this one, i thought there'd be little actual acting and they'd just fall back on the whole porn/pin-up aspect to carry the film, but it was really, really good. gretchen mol was great, in fact the whole cast was (i heart david strathairn and lili taylor). and the script really fleshed her out as a person instead of the one-dimensional portrayal of her that you see everywhere else. what's funny is that she was raised super-religious and that was something she never really lost even when she was doing the fetish pictures, if the movie is to be believed. it was like she was so innocent that she didn't see a clash between religious devotion and bondage photography, she just thought of it as using a talent that god gave her to make people happy. so either she had a really healthy attitude or she was in total denial, not sure. and the music was great, 40's/50's jazz. too bad it didn't get more publicity, but that was to be expected. and tonite i watch thank you for smoking, which is supposed to be really good as well, and i'm v fond of aaron eckhart. heard him interviewed on npr and he sounded so intelligent. and he actually answered the interviewer's questions instead of propagandizing, a refreshing change from most actor interviews.
i joined a fencing club. it's something i've always wanted to do and i'm spending way too much time at home w/my daughter and my roommate. i need to get out of the house and see some people that i don't live with, work with and am not related to. and i need to work out cuz i currently weigh 97 lbs and all my clothes are falling off, it's getting ridiculous, my 00 jeans are too big for my now non-existent ass. yeah, i know, no one feels sorry for me. but i need to put on some muscle and gain some weight or i'll have to resort to wearing little girl's jeans, which just sucks. plus, i get to play w/swords or um...foils, i suppose i should use correct terminology. hopefully i'm not too clumsy, i'm thinking maybe footwork is kind of like dance and i took dance for 5 yrs. at any rate, i don't even care if i'm good, i'm just really excited to do it.