Words fail me. So to commemorate this momentous occasion, I’ll take my cue from Mike and just link to my posts from September 2001. It’s quite a month, including as it does both the events of 9/11 and the Anne Heche interview.
Month: September 2002 (Page 4 of 5)
Movie review quote of the week
“I can’t believe a movie like this exists, and that I just watched it.”
–Kevin Thompson, after a screening of Series 7
Cashed two checks from new clients yesterday. Getting paid rocks!
Thought experiment
-What if Timothy McVeigh had been a Muslim extremist here on a student visa? What if he had been an IRA member?
-What if the 9/11 hijackers had been American, say militia or Unabomber types? What if they had been political extremists from some Western nation?
How I found out about Sept. 11
I clicked onto Xkot’s forum.
Do you know anyone who would write a kick-ass weblog? I think we should all encourage such people to give the format a try – it can only benefit from more voices. My friend Lisa, for example, would be a hoot to read. She’s still skeptical, though, even after I offered to set her up with Blogger or Movable Type. And my friend Amanda, off to the big city (NYC) for her adventure at Columbia, could write a fantastic weblog about her experiences. Call it the Weblog Recruitment Project 2002.
As if we needed any further proof that ‘The Simpsons’ has jumped the shark
“The guest-star-apalooza begins in the 14th-season premiere, when Homer goes to rock & roll fantasy camp and jams with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, Brian Setzer and Lenny Kravitz.”
-Entertainment Weekly fall TV preview
Someone pull the plug, please. Or pretty soon all this crap will blot out the memories of the best show ever.
Possible new permanent tagline for this site:
I really don’t know what the hell I’m doing.
Sunshine State
I’m a big John Sayles fan. “Limbo” is one of my favorite movies, despite what my brother says. I also like “Lone Star” a lot. I like the way Sayles lets his story and characters unfold at their own pace.
In the case of “Sunshine State,” though, I think he let his pacing get the better of him. This is a two hour and 20 minute movie, and it only feels like it’s getting going at about the two hour mark.
The huge positive here is the wonderful cast: Ralph Waite, Jane Alexander, Timothy Hutton, Mary Alice, Angela Bassett, and especially Edie Falco. But the story feels like a miniseries cut off in the middle. It’s still better than 90 percent of what’s out there. Recommended.