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So what did you do today during your “enforced rest”?
I drove down to the Midwest Rehabilitation Hospital and visited with my parents. While we watched this bizarre machine that moves her leg around.
Then I talked to my brother-in-law about all the excitment now that the film award season has started. Capote was nominated for awards by the Screen Actors Guild, the Writers Guild of America, Producers Guild of America and Directors Guild of America. And last night, it was voted Best Picture by the National Society of Film Critics.
All of which is pretty exciting for our family. Nominations for awards for editors aren’t announced until later this month — so he has to wait awhile before he is directly involved. But, wow!
Anyway, he and my sister are very talky people and they pass the phone back and forth and one thing leads to another and whoops! it’s 2 hours! And pretty entertaining too.
It wasn’t restful, but at least it got me off the computer for a while.
Well, that sounds like a pretty pleasant Sunday and very exciting about Capote. Is your mom’s rehab going well?
Hey, I was pretty surprised to find out that kansas’ “real identity” was supposed to be a secret since we all talk about her books all the time in the cafe and in the boobook discussions.
There’s always somebody new to surprise. I’m going back under now. Glub. Glub. All you can see is the bubbles.
when my company had a customer who insisted that we refer to them as the “unnamed customer headquartered in Langley, VA”.
Exactly. Good thing I don’t know anybody named Scooter.
I was surprised — I must be slow.
People always ask me if I would want to meet my favorite authors and I always say no. I have conversations in my head with authors whose works I like. “I can’t believe you killed off _” or “wow, you really got me with that plot twist”. If I like a work I feel like I know the author. So what could be worse than loving someone’s writing and then meeting the author in person and finding out you can’t stand him/her. Why risk it? Just stick with the books, skip the person.
Ah, the terrible predicament. Do I read your books and risk never meeting you in person? Hmmmm. I must think about this carefully.
You’re just scared you’ll catch me with Dunkie.
Afraid? Who ya’ callin’ afraid?
Including me. I’ll have to spend more time here.
I hope he gets nominated for Capote. I haven’t seen many movies this year and I like to have a film and a person to root for during the awards shows. I can pretend I know him.
We should get dressed up in the cafe for oscar night.
Won’t that be fun? I can’t wait. We’ll all have to have champagne on hand.
(smile) Even if Chris isn’t nominated himself, Capote is bound to be nominated for something. And that will make it fun.
His first film, Metropolitan, was nominated for Best Original Screenplay. It didn’t win, but it was really fun to watch the show that year.
I didn’t see that but I heard good things about it.
I used to go to an Oscar party every year that some friends of mine threw. We would all vote in advance and there were prizes for the people who got the most right (usually the documentaries ended up being the tie breakers). But most of the people have moved away and I haven’t gone to any parties the last few years.
He just participated in the Audio commentary for the Criterion Collection DVD edition of Metropolitan. Apparently, it’s an honor to be included in The Criterion Collection. Anyway, Chris had a lot of fun doing it.
I LOVE audio commentary. My sister HATES it — which I don’t really understand. We argue about it all the time. I’m a total geek about that. I love when they interview the editors about how they decided what shots to use, and then how the color gets fixed and then how they dub in the sound. I find it fascinating.
I like it too.
(cough, blushing)
I always dress up for the Oscars & buy party food and watch to the bitter end. I haven’t missed an Oscar show since I was 10 years old.
Isn’t that weird?
At least this year, I might have an excuse. Wouldn’t it be cool if Chris & Bev were there? We could capture their image using our capture software!
I don’t pay a lot attention to the Oscars but one of the sisters of my oldest friend is a costume designer (Urban Cowboy, Diner, Avalon, A Few Good Men, Ghosts of Mississippi to name a few) and the year she got nominated for Avalon (didn’t win) I entranced by the whole broadcast.
I really don’t know why I’m so comitted to watching it.
I’m right there with you, katiebird, but I know exactly why — I like to see (make fun of?) the clothes. I watch the whole thing, even the red carpet hoo-haw.
I used to think I watched because of the movies — this was evidently self-delusion. But I went to lots of movies and had seen most of the nominees. Now, however, I rarely make it to the movies and I still watch. So, definitely, I know it’s the clothes…
Are these oat waffales..and on Kate birds diet? I read your blog and it was very interesting.
interesting? hum.
It is really interesting that you asked about oat waffles, because mr katiebird has been making these crazy looking gigantic oat patties/waffles using the Hamilton Grill to cook them. There’s on sitting on a paper plate on the counter right now.
And at first I thought that somehow you knew about that. And were asking me about it. I completely forgot about the waffle house!
whew. We’re safe everybody. She still hasn’t figured out there is a web cam recording her every move.
(smile)
No NSA spying here..but an educated guess after reading your blog. Although here in the same metropolis..i’m a northlander.
You’re in Kansas City, North?
Yes, a few weeks ago I asked Kansas if she was partial to the rock chalk…line.
I had an interesting experience trying to get to a wedding shower up there last summer when all the bridges were out. I got to know the area pretty well.
Yes last summer with the Paseo and 635 bridge out it was not much fun commuting.
I totally missed the afternoon party…that’s what I get for getting caught up in my game (Sims 2)…
Heading out to dinner shortly (Fresh Choice — need good soup/salad!)…
Waffles?
Do they go good with beer?
As dessert, maybe. As breakfast – no.
You sounded very teacher-like. “As breakfast – no.”
No arguments allowed young man!
but I’ve got the beer.
Samuel Smith’s Oatmeal Stout is a waffle in a bottle.
Just like a waffle, the maple syrup floats on top.
jf
Aren’t waffles made of malt?
You can MAKE waffles with beer recipe here
Anyone here know the answer to my mailto question? One of you told me before and I thought I knew how, but I can’t seem to make it work now, so obviously I’ve forgotten something.
That was me who told you before. And me again 🙂
<a href=”mailto:xxx@yyy.com”>xxx@yyy.com</a>
Merci! Muchas gracias! Off to try the edit . . .
(Thought it was you.)
WOO-HOO! It works, it works!
photo in the last FBC the answer is here
BTW, I loved your snow picture earlier today!
A hang glider rode updrafts over Puget Sound this afternoon, caught by holding our camera up to the eyepiece of a birdwatching telescope.
Nobody’s feathers melted today!
That’s a nifty shot — and rather moody.
HG, phone home.
jf
Katiebird,
If you’re looking for inspiration to write about, there is a front page article in tomorrow’s NYTimes about diabetes.
Then it goes on
It’s a 9 page article.
ooo, Thak you!
I mean (sigh), Thank you. (and I almost did it again!)
That’s a great article. I’ll be sending that to some friends directly involved in the health care industry.
Also it reminds me of a conversation I had around Thanksgiving time about diabetes with regards to Native Americans. According to my source there’s been a study done, Arizona, I think?, where the study group’s diet was strictly, or as close as possible to the original native diet, what some 100 years ago?
Anyway, the results were said to be pretty amazing…
I’ll try to get some ref to this study, but it may take a few days. Maybe someone else has heard of it. If I find it I’ll post in the FBC and on the eat4today site.
I think you’re thinking of the Pima of Arizona – who have the highest Type II diabetes incidence – in the world, I think. However, the Pimas of Northern Mexico, who live more like their ancestors did, have rates that are much lower. Studying these two populations is an important part of our understanding of Type II as a “genetic predisposition/environmental trigger” disease.
More here and here.
Thanks for these links also Janet. I’ll look at them when I get home from work tonight.
I see by the flurry of emails last night that the “enforced rest” is over.
Actually, it was just lucky that I succeeded with one try to get that extra text into the Registration page.
I’ll be at work all day, so the flurry will stop in an hour or so (bragging time: check your e)
Got yours and sent a couple of my own 🙂
Didn’t want to get the border blown so am posting way down here. I could talk all day about movies and I had read before katieb that your brother worked on Capote which I want to see so bad and now of course doubly so.
I think I’ve only missed a handful of Oscars in the last 40 years or more..just want to know about the writers and documentaries and everything connected with the movies not just the big stars winning.
Although about 7 years ago as much as I love the Oscars I was seriously considering refusing to continue watching them due to complete absence of anyone being nominated except white people. It was really starting to offend and bug me and embarrass me. The whole world watches the Oscars and there was such a massive amount of institutional racism going on that I was just starting to get pissed. I think I even sent some letters out where I thought they might do some good…ha ha.
Once again I’m really tired and ready to call it a day and can’t remember everything upthread that was said in the movie posts so as much as I hate to leave I’m off to eat dinner and relax.