Went to Olympia Procession of the Species parade. Fun in the way a parade in a small funky town can be. People put amazing effort into their costumes. For example the people who play turtle by putting shells on their backs, laying on their tummys on skateboards and using their hands and feet to push along the whole parade route. Or the guy who plays a potted plant by dressing in a plant costume, walking along in stilts, the stilts stuck in decorated to look like peat pots.
But at the same time there is the charm of people being who they are, and not caring if anyone likes it. For example there were the belly dancers in flame costumes. It included an age range from 15 to 60, one or two male belly dancers in drage, and one very pregnant belly dancer with a tatoo on her belly.
This particular parade tends to have a lot of doves for a number of reason, Rachel Corrie among them. This year, one of the doves was sitting an sticks of dynamite, having snipped off a still burning fuse in its beak and continuing to hold it.
Oh, at least he's home with you, sara. That's better than you wondering and kicking yourself for not visiting enough.
Totally this.
Just back from Inside Man. Chiwetel Ejiofor (I'm trying to type that without checking...dude! Got it right!) has a much better American accent than Clive Owen. No strangled Rs.
Also, this. I kept wondering why they couldn't just let Clive's character be foreign. His accent was no good.
why they couldn't just let Clive's character be foreign
Ya know?
Of course, I'm now finishing up that Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King, and the accents are hella random.
Ya know?
Literally no reason for him to be from the US. I really liked all the pissed-off New Yorkers in that movie. Especially the Seikh guy.
The Sikh was hilarious -- and I loved the exchange:
"But I bet you can catch a cab."
"That's one of the perks."
At least I think that's what he answered.
Yeah, that was awesome. I loved all the side conversation in that movie -- the stuff that wasn't moving the plot forward.
There was a lot of plot, but there was a lot of side stuff also. The minor characters really popped, and I don't think they detracted from the main narrative or the stars.
There was a lot of plot, but there was a lot of side stuff also. The minor characters really popped, and I don't think they detracted from the main narrative or the stars.
Totally.
Also, I didn't know until yesterday that Ace and Gary, the Ambiguously Gay Duo, were voiced by Stephen Colbert and Steve Carrell until yesterday, but now it's really weird listening to them on SNL.
I never thought I would live to hear Dennis Haysbert call something a steaming bowl of elephant piss.
Typo boy that sounds like my kind of parade.
warm purrs to Mister Kitty
