Reducing Franco

I was just perusing my favorite blog and I felt the need to share my own opinion, not so candy-coated... about James Franco.
It is almost time to get cracking on Oscar prediction tracking (speaking of... who is hosting our annual Oscar viewing party this year, I wonder?) and James Franco is going to be all up in our faces come Oscar time, as host and maybe nominee.
I'm afraid I've been swayed in my good opinion of James Franco by a certain cynical gossip blogger, so fair warning, this is what influenced his fall from grace...http://www.laineygossip.com/

At first I didn't want to believe that the ego of James Franco had taken over but this video (start at 20:25) was uncomfortable to watch... and the body language of the other actors around the table says that they were embarrassed for him too. Also, this is just a great video from an acting perspective... getting actors around a table talking about their craft is always fascinating.
And I think Nic and I can at least agree that we heart Colin Firth! Still friends, right?

Red Reads with Eric Bana?

Thank you to the library of Cee for letting me borrow a couple books for our May Long adventure. Somehow I managed to pick two books that became movies starring Eric Bana. You would think I was a fan or something.
But no - just a coincidence.

First on the docket: The Other Boleyn Girl
I love historic novels - LOVE! My favorite being a book about Elizabeth I (redhead) that I read while traveling Europe in 1999 - I should try to figure out which one it was... I wonder how many are titled simply "Elizabeth" - but I digress...
I mostly found this a fascinating read although sometimes the author seemed to skip things that seemed like they may have been important... and to be honest she kind of glossed over the sex scenes. Not to say I like all the dirty details but sometimes it felt like chunks were deliberately missing.
This novel also made me think about how history repeats itself and how the courts of nobility seem to parallel the idea of celebrity nowadays. An interesting diversion was imagining that the Kardashians were some reaching family desperate to rise in the ranks... similar to the Boleyns in the book. Agree/Disagree? And who would be the King and/or Queen? Brangelina perhaps?

Second on the docket: The Time Traveler's Wife
All I kept thinking about as I read this was wow - what kind of storyboard/web did the author have to set up to keep this all straight in her head. It took me several chapters to wrap my head around things... May Long was a while ago so my reaction to the book has faded but I did thoroughly enjoy it. I want to see the movie too but all I keep hearing is how people fell asleep while watching it. Not a great indicator...

I can't wait to get my library card - I'm thinking downtown library lunch runs - good idea yes?

It's a Small Red World - Day Two

Okay. This is my matchy-matchy celebrity sighting - I probably should have mentioned it earlier but I wasn't sure it was newsworthy. And no, I'm not trying to one-up Nic during the blog-a-day challenge... her sighting, complete with army fatigues, was way better. She just reminded me of a lovely memory...

Colin & Justin (from their zany decorating show) walking down the street in Calgary. I was on my way to yoga and was walking behind them. I probably wouldn't have even noticed but they were so nattily dressed. And they were carrying bags from Holt Renfrew and some big men's designer that I can't remember.

Were they on their way to the home decor shops on 11th Avenue? Perhaps.

Did I turn to go into my yoga studio and pretty much forget about my brush with fame? Yep.

One more question. Is it lame that I'm telling this story?

Let's rehash my list of famous people I've seen:

Val Kilmer in Paris

Stedman (talking to Oprah on the phone I'm pretty sure) in Calgary

Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick in New York (taking the subway - how cool is that!)

Paul Gross in Calgary

Gavin Rossdale with Kingston and Zuma in Calgary

LA - the city of famous people, where I should be able to spit and see someone famous - ZIP.

I'm still bitter...

Rusty... Day One

Ahh Spring... when it feels like you are waking up and then all of a sudden, the urge to get stuff done and cleaned and organized starts. Okay so maybe I'm not feeling that urge too strongly yet but I am feeling like I need to shake off the cobwebs.



Refresh. Renew.

So in the spirit of spring renewal I bought a second hand guitar and I'm trying in vain to capture the dormant music skills I used to have. Did you know I took guitar lessons when I was a kid? The guitar was adult size so maybe that's why I didn't quite take to it.


Oh and the guitar is the excuse I'm using for not blogging last week (not that I'm racked with guilt or anything, I'm a busy chick). The tips of my fingers were sore and tingly. Not good for typing. Apparently it takes two weeks for the fingertips to harden up. Two weeks of pain and I've wrecked my back somehow with my guitar posture... all in the name of finding something new to spend my spring energy on.


PS - the Blog-a-Day Challenge has begun!

Nic has finally got the first honest to goodness VanCity celeb sighting. I have a celeb sighting too... okay maybe two months ago but it still boggles the mind that I've seen more celebs in Calgary than my trip to LA. I'll save it for tomorrow - can you guess? Also a reality tv connection.

For 7 consecutive days let there be posts! And then we rest...