moonwise | (no subject)

I haven't updated in a while. All right, here goes:

Movies

Every year, I try to see as many of the Oscar nominees as I can/want to. Gosford Park and Moulin Rouge don't look too interesting, but In the Bedroom and A Beautiful Mind did. In the Bedroom was particularly appealing because it's set in Camden, Maine, and Downeast Magazine gushed left and right about how lovingly the movie was filmed and how accurate it is in its depiction of Maine.

We saw that one on Wednesday. And... it was beautiful. It was stark and realistic - no "Hollywood Moments" to soften the film's punch. And, oh... it was Maine. It was the sounds, the set of the light, the darkness of the woods. One scene where the characters are driving down a dirt road had me mesmerized; it was like we were driving down to the cottage after going out that night. I'd love to see this movie take Best Picture, but I don't think it will.

Rounding out the list of Oscar Nominees Set In Places I Personally Have Been, we saw A Beautiful Mind Saturday night. Wow. Just... wow. The movie does an incredible job of showing Nash's schizophrenia, and you come out questioning your own reality and whether what you see is really there. It also made me think about Princeton, seeing it up there on the big screen like that. I've been here five years, and I have turned my back on the campus and the community out of anger and frustration. It makes me think that perhaps I should take a walk around and try to see it without the qualifications.

Weekend

Saturday was loaf-around-the-apt and play FFX day, much to hubby's dismay. Got my new dj with the yummy cover. Not much else besides the cover, but heck.

What else... we went down to the shore yesterday to visit the boat. Then we went to Point Pleasant to play some skeeball and walk the boardwalk. I tried to take Ocean Avenue north all the way to Sandy Hook, but it's discontinuous around Asbury Park. We did go into Asbury Park to see all the lost, sad buildings. Drove by the Palace Amusements with its peeling paint and leering faces; it always gives me a chill. We ended up in Long Branch and dropped by my friend Ari's for a quick chat, then hiked on to Red Bank to finish the pilgrimage. It was a nice day and I got a caramel apple with peanuts on it out of the deal. Boardwalk candy is best. :)

Aside from that... ack. Fooling with websites and new story chapters, not much there. The art muse made her every-other-year appearance and gave my pencil the skill long enough to cough out a self-portrait for the upcoming page.

That's all for now.