The Here and Now

So much has happened lately. Summer band, visiting Len, watching Alfie (1.5 out of 5 stars ), buying the iBook, Len visiting last week, seeing The Island (2.5 out of 5 stars ), school starting and having a filthy house that has now been somewhat cleaned (I mean it was FILTHY!). The cats have totally missed me and they’ve kept me up a few nights.

This past weekend was nice. Cathy & I went to the House and Garden show and saw Paul James “The Gardener Guy” answer questions. There seems to be quite a problem with trees in the Austin area by the looks of the questions asked on Saturday.

Saturday night, we went to Dennis Whitehead’s going away party. After all these years of working in the Austin theatre scene, he’s taken a job as the Music Director at the Playhouse on the Square in Memphis, TN! The party was fun. Cathy & I got to catch with some old friends and have a few drinks. It was a nice time.

I spent today cleaning house, going to see my mom (and get a massage) and now I’m watching Shark Tale. It’s a pretty cute movie but it’s no Finding Nemo.

I’ve got to go to bed early and keep my sleep schedule from being completely messed up. Maybe I’ll write reviews on the movies later. I’ve not been as good with keeping up with those lately.

Update

Well, I started to update but then I realized that I’m too damn tired to make sentences make sense. I’ll do it sometime soon….
~B

Shall We Dance?

The acting was okay and Jennifer Lopez was almost tollerable but something about this movie really hit me. It’s actually an American remake of a Japanese film of the same name. Richard Gere is an ordinary man who has a happy marriage and family but is missing something in his life. Everyday, his L-train passes by this dance studio and after many days of looking through the window, he decides he’s going to see if ha can find the missing element of his life on the other side of this window.

Beverly Clark: We need a witness to our lives. There’s a billion people on the planet… I mean, what does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you’re promising to care about everything. The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things… all of it, all of the time, every day. You’re saying ‘Your life will not go unnoticed because I will notice it. Your life will not go un-witnessed because I will be your witness’.”

There was something about this movie that spoke to me. Maybe it was about not being afraid to try something, even if you’re afraid of failing. Maybe it was about following your passions. Maybe it was just that I’ve always loved to dance and there was a lot of dancing in this movie. Maybe it was just Richard Gere. Who knows. I liked it.

4.5 out of 5 stars.

The Away Message

Sorry I’ve been a bit out of touch lately. I’m full force into my “Band is Life” stage. It lets up after this week, but just a bit. Actually, the schedule just gets a bit more regular. Hope all is well.

OH, we have a car wash happening in the North Austin/Round Rock area this Saturday. 7 sites to be specific. If you have friends/family in our area that could get their car(s) washed, please have them bring their cars by. I’ll post locations here when I post them to the band website, hopefully tomorrow. We’re trying to wash 1000 cars and raise $10,000 in a 1 day car wash. Thanks for your support!