Comments on: Pull Up a Chair…

By: peony

peony — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:55:29 +0000

Ah, how could I forget. Poetry!

“Even after all this time,
the Sun never says to the Moon,
‘you owe me.’
Look what happens with a love like that,
it lights the whole sky.” - Hafiz

By: peony

peony — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 05:50:43 +0000

“Bach; his music soothes the soul.” Susan @183

You are right, Susan. Listening to Bach’s Piano Concerto No. 5 and I feel all’s well with the world.

Also, “The Lark Ascending,” Vaughn Williams

“In Paradise,” Faure

But, above all, being present, which requires nothing external…

By: eprolix

eprolix — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 16:00:37 +0000

No list of Emma Thompson is complete without “Peter’s Friends.” Light-hearted (mostly), funny (throughout), and wonderful ensemble cast including Hugh Laurie WAY before people in America ever saw “House.” Have never found it on DVD but a good video store should have a dusty copy in the VHS section.

By: desertwind

desertwind — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 08:59:34 +0000

Movies:
“Galaxy Quest”
“Withnail & I”
“Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion”
“The Palm Beach Story”
“Twentieth Century”

TV: Project Runway

And, reading PG Wodehouse. Following my husband around and reading bits outloud in my really bad English accent.

And, laying in a hammock

And, talkin’ to my Mom on the phone

And, smokin’ cigs on the porch with a milky cup o’ tea

Hmmmm. Not much “action” in my list. It’s summer and hot. Winter is when I come out of hibernation (along with the desert tortoises).

Walking is very good.

By: bekkieann

bekkieann — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 03:06:18 +0000

I will be the last commenter of the day for sure. Christie’s words rang a bell with me. I have had no motivation to add a post to my personal blog for two weeks. The world is out of kilter for all of us. But I pulled myself together this morning and wrote - finally.

To calm down, I do qigong or watch the birds at my bird feeder.

For a really good laugh and cry, I watch “Four Weddings and a Funeral”.

I keep pushing myself by focusing on my children and grandchildren and doing whatever I can to make their worlds a little better.

Today we drove to Logan, Utah to the Opera Festival and saw La Boheme. That was a refreshing escape.

May we all find peace for ourselves, may the world find peace.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 01:37:32 +0000

I listen to music:
(current top 5)
Hallelulah - Jeff Buckley
Fairytale of new york - Pogues & Kirsty McCall
Anything by Beth Orton
Vodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix
Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks

Failing that - I write nonsense software.

I was going to slag off ‘Love Actually’ but then I remembered I haven’t actually seen it so shouldn’t really comment.

By: susan

susan — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 01:35:38 +0000

Talk about feel good films, I just watched Pig in the City with my kids.

Now that is sweet. Though I do like the original Babe best and its lovely theme song:

If I had the words to make a day for you,
I’d give you a morning golden and new.
I would make this day last for all time.
And fill the deep night with moonshine.

By: Sara Anne

Sara Anne — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 01:27:39 +0000

I enjoy the occasional romcom, but for true ‘comfort’ I turn to 28 Days Later. Yes it is gruesome, but the conscientious good guys win over the undead AND the crazed military. The subtext of zombie movies is the deafeat of fascism. Just ask George Romero.

By: Leslie

Leslie — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:24:50 +0000

I’ve been away, but have been lurking every chance I get. Last night I saw the thread about favorite fun movies, and connected with everyone. I think I own most of the movies mentioned in that thread.
The thread was so timely as I had just come home from a hard week at work and the local video store was out of nearly everything I had wanted.
I was up late, and unable to sleep and put on “Hitch” (my new “Love Actually” and Shakespeare in Love”).

I laughed out loud at 3:30 a.m. when the dance scene was on. And when Hitch’s face swelled from his food allergy.

So my addition to everything Emma Thompson ever did, Annette Bening’s movies, “Mostly Martha” “Chocolat”, “Moonstruck”,”In and Out” and anything else Kevin Kline, as well as love gods Colin Furth and George Clooney, is “Hitch”. (oh, and Renee Zelwegger in “Bridget Jone’s Diary - the opening scene and the scene in the gym when she falls from the stationary bike.) (hahaha)

I’m still smiling.

By: drdrbob

drdrbob — Sun, 30 Jul 2006 00:17:59 +0000

Music, video, art, reading, anything that allows me to cry softly for awhile about the human condition, and then get on with whatever I can actually do as one person.
Music: Dvorak’s “Cello Concerto”, Bruch’s “Kol Nidre”, Bax’s “Tintagel”, Dixie Chicks “Taking The Long Way” [entire album], “Theme From Bret Maverick [Ed Bruce], “I Can See Clearly Now” [Johnny Nash];
Movies: V For Vendetta [DVD soon, but I admit to watching it a number of times on my iPod from a bittorrent download…at least I paid at the theater and will buy the DVD next week]; Yentl [CD or LaserDisc/tape], especially the lyrics…would like to see a DVD in English, there is a French version], Star Trek: “First Contact”, “Dr. Strangelove”;
TV: Selected Star Trek episodes: Next Generation: “The Inner Light”, “Time’s Arrow” [2 parts], “All Good Things…” [2 parts]; Deep Space Nine: “Past Tense” [2 parts], “What You Leave Behind” [2 parts]; Voyager: “Future’s End” [2 parts], “Workforce” [2 parts], Endgame” [2 parts].
I like “Love Actually” a lot, but comedies don’t do it for me when I’m at my lowest.