MOVIES: The Royal Tenenbaums: Margot and Richie camp out at Archer Avenue

" I think were' just going to have to be secretly in love and leave it at that."

Dailies: MOVIES: Marie and Dan (Dan in Real Life)

 Scene: seconds after Dan (Steve Carell) is accused of being a "murderer...of love!" by his daughter, for sending her lovesick boyfriend away.
Dan: Love isn't a feeling: it's an ability.
Marie (Juliette Binoche), observing the spectacle in  awe: Well, if that's true, then you have one gifted daughter.

Work in Progress: Difficult Thoughts (The Three Lindas)

Graphite on paper, 2009-10, approximately 30"x 24"

Details:

Poster Gallery: MICA Pre-College 2010

This was the mock-up I did when the lightbulb went on above my head.

Dailies: Double hat portrait

My brother Ronnie and I tried on kid's animal hats on a recent trip to Michael's. Due to both of our cell phone camera batteries dying at the same time, he was kind enough to buy me the bee hat for later documentation.

Lost/Last#3

My favorite part of the drawing: the orange blood dripping down Jack's neck in the top panel.

Dailies: Gulf: Excuse Me, Mr. Barton, but your "apology" is hard to swallow.

As Representative Joe Barton (R-TX) started warbling into the microphone, I watched the June 17 hearing footage in horror, thinking, Seriously?  He's apologizing? To BP?

Lost/Last #2

I got a little sidetracked off this series, or one might say, lost.

Dailies: MOVIES: Ma. Elena (Vicky Cristina Barcelona)

Also while I was home, I finally watched Vicky Cristina Barcelona (after lugging the Netflix disc around with me for almost a month, like a nagging reminder or an albatross–I'm sure Woody Allen would be okay with either). I liked it. I was surprised.  Apparently Penelope Cruz was not told that the movie was a comedy so as to not interfere with her acting, and it worked!  As Maria Elena, she's super crazy in a dramatic Spanish way that wouldn't be possible if she were trying to channel that Allenesque humor. I identified the most with her– the insanely jealous/homicidal/suicidal painter– than with the two milquetoast American leads, and I'm looking at this as a positive thing.

Dailies: Gilmore Redux: Jess x 3

While I was home, I jumped into the end of Gilmore Girls Season 4  and rediscovered Jess (Milo Ventimiglia), who I didn't like much when I was watching the show in real time, but find awkwardly charming now. This captures in simultaneous narrative (haha) the funny scene where Lorelai  sees Jess sitting on a bench in the Stars Hollow town square (she's the one he's glaring at).  He is supposedly reading a music magazine, but in fact, is using the magazine to hide the self-help book that Luke has suggested he read to get in touch with his feelings.

Dailies: Gulf: Hope

 

Sorry it's been a while: I went home to Pensacola and the tragedy in the Gulf has been on my mind.