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On Bad Hair Days
Aug. 25th, 2004 01:39 pmI was going to post this on Sunday when it happened, but the trauma was just too much. I just wanted to observe that, when you have had your hair in braids for a long time and you take said braids out, your hair will FRIZZ UP to the size of a cheerleader's pom-pom and leave you looking like Carrot-top's dandelion-headed sister. It will take multimple shampooings to hide this effect.
Anyway, that's the reason I didn't get out much on Sunday. :(
Saw Darja today for lunch (hello Darja!) and now I'm off to have my syllabus cleared by the powers that be. Which makes me nervous, because my syllabus isn't solid yet, and I start teaching next week. :(
Other thoughts and observations:
Night of the Living Dead (the original) scared the bejesus out of me in Grade 6. So I thought it might be fun to see it again now that I'm older. And it is a WICKEDLY GOOD movie!
The Long Kiss Goodnight, on the other hand, isn't. The script is poor (the beginning is one of the most clumsily-handled affairs I've ever seen), the overblown special effects accomplish nothing, and the characters all come across as if they were written by a none-too bright frat boy with a hangover. Which I gather was more-or-less the case. Seriously, they should put this film alongside Aliens (as the good example) in order to show how NOT to write your female central character.
And Geena Davis was woefully miscast. Of course.
Anyway, that's the reason I didn't get out much on Sunday. :(
Saw Darja today for lunch (hello Darja!) and now I'm off to have my syllabus cleared by the powers that be. Which makes me nervous, because my syllabus isn't solid yet, and I start teaching next week. :(
Other thoughts and observations:
Night of the Living Dead (the original) scared the bejesus out of me in Grade 6. So I thought it might be fun to see it again now that I'm older. And it is a WICKEDLY GOOD movie!
The Long Kiss Goodnight, on the other hand, isn't. The script is poor (the beginning is one of the most clumsily-handled affairs I've ever seen), the overblown special effects accomplish nothing, and the characters all come across as if they were written by a none-too bright frat boy with a hangover. Which I gather was more-or-less the case. Seriously, they should put this film alongside Aliens (as the good example) in order to show how NOT to write your female central character.
And Geena Davis was woefully miscast. Of course.
