You astound me, btw. I cannot believe you post, seemingly take a 5 hour break from this forum, have a baby, and you are back to posting again.
You must come from strong stock.
Yeah, we're building a race of frog-people. It's a good time
Xander ,'Selfless'
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le nubian - Jan 05, 2011 2:05:05 am PST #12678 of 30000
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jessica - Jan 05, 2011 2:23:16 am PST #12679 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Heh- hospitals are really boring!
Glamcookie - Jan 05, 2011 8:43:04 am PST #12680 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
(The subject matter was keeping me away - I just didn't think I could handle it.)
Yeah, I definitely can't see it. I probably wouldn't have wanted to even pre-baby, but the fact that John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig!) directed it got my attention.
zuisa - Jan 05, 2011 12:19:36 pm PST #12681 of 30000
call me jacki; zuisa is an internet nick from ancient times =)
(The subject matter was keeping me away - I just didn't think I could handle it.)
Tell me about it!! I knew of the playwright, as we had done a production of Wonder of the World at my university and read Fuddy Meers in my contemporary playwrights class, and those are both definitely comedies. Really insane comedies. So my entire theater department was at a huge theater conference in Kansas a few years back and someone was doing a production of Rabbit Hole, and all we knew was that it was by David Lindsay-Abaire so we assumed it would be a fun time. Yeah... not so much. Fantastic play, but... we were not prepared for the subject matter.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 05, 2011 3:09:24 pm PST #12682 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I had a question from a friend, and could not properly answer it-- In St. Elmo's Fire how did Demi Moore or Rob Lowe's character a) get in to Georgetown and b) not get kicked out/fail out of Georgetown.
I posited family money for Demi and a marching band career for Rob.
Steph L. - Jan 05, 2011 3:12:04 pm PST #12683 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
In St. Elmo's Fire how did Demi Moore or Rob Lowe's character a) get in to Georgetown and b) not get kicked out/fail out of Georgetown.
Handwavium?
But actually, I knew people in college who graduated with honors and yet spent their 4 years partying like rock stars. And while my college wasn't quite Georgetown, it was fairly tough.
I think there are just people like that. Not many, but then the movies about people who stay in and study for 4 years tend to not be all that interesting.
Sophia Brooks - Jan 05, 2011 3:15:02 pm PST #12684 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Not many, but then the movies about people who stay in and study for 4 years tend to not be all that interesting.
So, you are saying that there may not be a movie of my college career ;)?
megan walker - Jan 05, 2011 3:39:40 pm PST #12685 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
But actually, I knew people in college who graduated with honors and yet spent their 4 years partying like rock stars. And while my college wasn't quite Georgetown, it was fairly tough.
Well, just about when I started (i.e., the year that movie came out), Georgetown was starting to get significantly harder to get into. Seniors I knew said they would never have gotten into my year. Although at that point, the nursing school still had an acceptance rate of about 70%. I think Languages and Linguistics was about 30% and the Business School, College, and Foreign Service were from 10-20%. Foreign Service was the hardest.
Prior to that point, it was known as a school for upper middle-class Catholics who wanted to go to a decent Catholic school that wasn't Notre Dame.
Dana - Jan 05, 2011 3:57:40 pm PST #12686 of 30000
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I just have to say, I'm in the middle of Toy Story 3, and this would have TRAUMATIZED me as a child. Did parents punish their children with this movie?
DavidS - Jan 05, 2011 4:09:20 pm PST #12687 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Did parents punish their children with this movie?
The crypoints (in my experience) tend to be more for the adults than the kids. Matilda, at least, doesn't really get the sadness of Andy's scene at the end with Bonnie.
The Toys facing the incinerator though is pretty scary for them.