Frank Kalder wrote:
>>
>> : followed by very many parentheses
>>
> Why such following?
many repeated smiles
>>
>>>
>>>> though it is clearly tempting.
>>>>
>>> You mean viewing the fashion photos presented?
>>
>> viewing. i try not to download newer software, because my computer
>> usually takes forever to download, and then the computer at the end of
>> all that hope usually says it can't handle the download
>>
>> i'll give it a shot on my far better computer at work tomorrow.
got em, very neat.
i particularly love erdem. when he said his signature is the dress,
that was enough. i never wear pants as i hate them. uncommon for women
all of whom that i know constantly tell me that pants are more
comfortable but they are not.
it was enough that he adores dresses, but when he said he likes bright
colors, that was all i needed to know that fringey though he may be,
this is stuff i would wear any day
>>
> ACK.
>>
> _Job situation_
>>
>> in the meantime, i sit amazed as several people i know got interviews
>> for the dc job. bizarre. that's another job i could do in my sleep.
>> so it seems except for the phila job that doesn't intrigue me, i may
>> not move after all, and i need to get used to that.
>>
>> so, i spent most of yesterday trying to finally unpack. hard to do
>> with a hurting arm.
>>
> A very unfortunate procedure!
i have to do the car next
>
> _Stage Beauty_
>>
>> during a break, i watched 'stage beauty' which i commend to you not
>> only for the lovely costumes, but for the fact that it is based on the
>> historic event, the time when the british king enabled women to act on
>> stage. previously, only men were allowed to play the roles of females
>> in shakespeare plays.
>>
>>
http://imdb.com/title/tt0368658
>>
>> i was fascinated by the movie because claire danes, the lead, played
>> the part of a stage dresser. i easily connected my experiences to
>> hers.
>>
>> i imagine most viewers connected with the story of gender definitions.
>> i wasn't that focused on that. the theater and performing world has
>> always fascinated me, so the direction portrayed in the movie was the
>> most interesting part. coaching and directing the actors. i have done
>> just a little bit of that in the past and found that mesmerizing.
>>
> Thanks for the commendation! I appreciate all such historic stuff as
> far as it is played in an attractive manner (great directors and
> actors).
>
> _Harry Potter_
>>
>> in the meantime, i wondered whether harry potter is at all popular in
>> germany as it is here. i hate harry potter and all that concerns it.
>>
> It's a big deal over here, too. Everything is top secret (CIA like).
> Millions of books (at new editions) come into the bookstores... Great
> logistics! And the clever-blonde-charming author, Joanne K. Rowling,
> earns and earns ... (more than a billion bucks, meanwhile). Great idea
> and an excellent business :)
>
> I only saw one movie. The guys and girls in an old (gothic) school,
> towards the end, they were all flying around fighting each other, and
> so on. Crazy and, after all, boring. I'd never want to watch such
> stuff again.
>
>> when i went to see it the first time i came out, the theater at 12:30
>> was only 1/4 full so I could not resist. Possibly everyone was at
>> church or else, the furor has died down. It is a classic fairy tale.
>> Nothing at all unusual about it. Good versus evil.
>>
>> i bring this dumb movie up at least in part because there is a small
>> pocket of americans who won't let their kids watch the movie, because
>> of the association with witchcraft and that it is therefore not
>> christian. that should make you a happy thing to discuss and i wonder
>> if germany has any issues about this book, or even cares about its
>> existence.
>>
> See above.
>
> _Wizards_
>>
>> I am bothered by the following IT WAS WRITTEN BY A BRITISH BIRD
>>
>> So naturally, the school Harry goes to is just like any British school.
>> Lots of rules with points off for doing bad things, or doing good
>> things, lots of sports competition. points is pronounced pints. which
>> at first for a usian like me, i thought they were talking about beer.
>> And like brits schools. The kids have to wear uniforms. HAHAHA
>> Wizards with super powers have to wear uniforms.
>>
>> And funnier still is the class structure...just like in all Brit
>> schools. Royal Wizards vs commoner wizards. Wealthy wizards vs poor
>> wizards. Add that one up for me. How can families of wizards be poor
>> exactly???? whip out that wand and make some gold.
>>
>> And of course the prevailing wisdom that if you cast a spell it has to
>> be in ancient Latin (let us not forget who settled ancient UK) as
>> opposed to say English, or Sanskrit or Aramaic, the last two of which
>> would be far more representative of where the magi of old came from,
>> not ROME. maybe we can think of a secret invocation to fix the public
>> relations for pope.
>>
>> The casting wasn't bad, actually, if not totally meaningless.
>> The real star was the special effects.
>> They wasted John Cleese on a ghost with 50 seconds of air time.
>> Alan Rickman was brilliant as the "bad guy", his timing was INCREDIBLE.
>> John Hurt was in it but you would not have got it was him,
>> not right away anyway
>> The brilliant Emma Watson had no more than 50 seconds of time.
>> Then there was the wonderful Maggie Smith playing Maggie Smith as a
>> witch headmistress. She phoned that one in.
>> Richard Harris, unrecognizable under pounds of makeup, but his voice
>> retained, phoned his in too as headmaster.
>> Then there was the wonderful Zoe Wanamaker, mainstay of Masterpiece
>> theater, circa 1980...wasted as a teacher of broomriding.
>> Robbie Coltrane was pretty good, he was a standout. Cute
>>
>> They could have cast anyone in the Harry Potter role because I don't
>> think he was meant to be attractive, just average etc. There was no
>> acting and no nuance necessary in the Harry Potter role. It did not
>> matter who they put in, so long as he was real British looking.
>>
>> The real good job they did was with casting the OTHER kids. There was
>> a girl called Hermione who was terrific. Then they had this red haired
>> pal called Ron Weasley. I think he will be successful when he grows
>> up. There was a little blond kid who was the quintessential snobby
>> aristocrat and then the other weirdo fat kids. All of these were quite
>> good.
>>
>> It comes in at 2.5 hours which surprised me as that is a bit long to
>> expect kids to make it through, but they didn't fidget.
>>
>> i haven't paid any money to the franchise since that time, since i
>> can't stand the class structure aristocracy that it imposes, and if i
>> were a parent, i would give my child a thousand lectures on this
>> subject. they've made four now and they are about to make a fifth.
>>
> _Beer & Girls_
>>
>> from maxim magazine; Singha Lager (Thailand)
>> Its name means "mythical lion," and with its bold flavor, Singha is
>> sure to make you roar. Need a second opinion? Their hot new
>> "ambassador" is 2005 Miss Universe Natalie Glebova.
>>
>>
>> and on other pretty girls, and why i don't need to be in dc and have
>> the competition
>>
>> 'man, the washington redskins, right after warmups, they are
>> stretching right in front of us as we run back up the tunnel. you
>> can't even concentrate on the game'--rocky bernhard of the seahawks, on
>> the redskins cheerleaders
>>
>>
http://www.redskins.com/cheerleaders
>> Taste test: "Strong, lingering aftertaste."
>>
> That "taste" may be most appreciative ___ :)
except that of course i put it in the wrong place, it was meant to be
in association with the glebova's beer, of course, but hey, enjoy the
accidental taste
>>
> _Bible Belt_
>>
> In your other post I've noted the comprehensive description of your
> present whereabouts...
i am going to tell a story that i have told before on aullm but i will
tell it to you again to get yet another flavor
although it is a small town, the part of town where i work has constant
parking problems.
that is how it was when i left and how it is now
so
We ended up towing our own employees cars because they weren't
stickered. One of the employees actually sued us for 75 bux. it got
real bitter
there was not enough parking because the city built the higher
education and took our rented land.
of course, while they may refer to it as a higher education center, i
refer to it as a taller education center.
higher education usually refers to advanced degress.
i call it the taller education center because the building is tall.
i don't believe it is really a place of advanced learning.
there are some extension schools for colleges in the area, but it's not
really a university or college such as you would be familiar with.
it's a product of the great expanse of rural land, a necessity for
persons who want to learn but don't have the institutions needed to do
so.
before the taller education center was built, it was a shell of the old
norfolk and southern complex. that's an old railroad company that
resided in this town. it was full of asbestos and no one would invest
in it. but the city finally did and obtained support of some schools
of learning enough so that it was worth rebuilding.
even to my unsophisticated eyes, it is truly one of the most beautiful
buildings in town -the architecture is lovely.
http://www.education.edu/
viewing the photo, on the left of this building is my office. on the
left side of the photo, there's a door where i get my morning coffee
in the past, it seemed that every time that the manager left something
erupted in the office
and i had to deal with the eruptions.
one time, a car crashed into a traffic pole, and knocked out the
electric
one time, the sheriff came to take me away in cuffs to RICHMOND because
i would not accept service because it was wrong
another time, well 911. speaks for itself. i had to close down the
office again.
so the manager is gone again.
so i get into work and there is a whole slew of cars, and I mean like
forty parked smack dab in the middle of our parking lot. So that we
could not get into our spaces. They didn't steal our spaces, they just
parked in the middle of our lot and cut us off from our spaces, and
blocked in employees so they weren't able to go back and forth.
Now I find out from the parking lot attendant that all these folks went
into the hotel dumas. hotel dumas is where the old speakeasies of the
african american community were in the 30s during prohibition era. it
is said that louis armstrong himself performed there in the dumas.
the architecture is not impressive, but it is a very historical spot.
urban renewal programs of the 60s destroyed most of the neighborhood.
i've known many folks personally who have performed there in the past
few years.
anyway, so naturally the manager calls in sick and the duty of solving
this mess falls to me
So I go into the Hotel Dumas, figuring there would be a board meeting
or something because of all the cars.
Hell no, I walk right in on a packed house like five hundred people,
and they are all staring straight up on the stage where Harry Belafonte
himself is addressing the crowd.
So I ask who is in charge and this little blond guy whispers to me and
we go out and I show him what his folks did to my parking lot. He
promises to announce the need for them to move their cars during the
next break
but any fool can see....the biggest car that was the proverbial straw
that broke the camels back, the one that blocked everyone in
irrevocably is this big black cadillac with flags and official license
plates and other emblems that belongs to some obvious dignitary
probably a state or local official like a mayor or the governor, and
you just know that is the car that Harry Belafonte came in. You just
KNOW he didn't come in the dodge dart or the SUV.
So I had to tow Harry Belafonte's car, or at least, I threatened
too...but I let him SLIDE. hAHAHAAH
didn't want to get hauled off in handcuffs again.
mk5000
'my family. my father did it when he was a youngster. so did my
brother. you get educated by the people around you, and that happened
to be my family'-on learning to hustle perfume and jewelry, jason
statham, one of my new favorite actors
