Greenberg

Last night the Tower Theatre offered the film Greenberg for my viewing pleasure. Greenberg, starring Ben Stiller as its namesake character, is a brief chunk of a fortysomething-year old man's life who recently got out of a psychiatric hospital. Roger Greenberg returns to LA to house sit for his much more successful older brother and family as they vacation in Vietnam. During his short few weeks there he reunites with people from his past and begins having an affair with Florence (Greta Gerwig, a St Francis HS graduate!), his brother's much younger personal assistant. The film is a sort of dark comedy offering many laughs but also a lot of thought for viewers. Both Greenberg and Florence are in the middle of life, looking for something, and neither one is really sure what. I personally find the tense and awkward situations and interactions presented to be a refreshing splash on what reality can be like, something most movies sugar coat or leave out. I recommend Greenberg to people who appreciate a more odd variety of movie that possibly triggers some sort of contemplation. Overall, i enjoyed the film and the themes it touched but i wouldn't say it was REALLY that great. I recommend Greenberg to people who appreciate a more odd variety of movie that possibly triggers some sort of contemplation.

Music: Bruised - Chairlift

the Reality of Family Bonding

last night, as i was watching a dvr'ed episode of dancing with the stars with my parents, i realized a semi-sad reality. (ha. reality.) one of the number one ways i bond with my parents is by watching trashy reality television. we always make sure to watch Dancing with the Stars and Celebrity Apprentice and take our best guesses at which burn-out celeb is going to get kicked off each week. another of my favorite past times is watching Project Runway with my dad. he's gotten quite good at pointing out bad and good fashion. i'm proud. last but not least, i insist on watching The Real Housewives of New York. despite their protests, i know they can't get enough of yenta Jill Zarin and bitching Ramona. now, it is great that i'm able to have this quality time with my parents but it is a bit disgusting that our society obsessed with looking into the lives of the rich and famous while they kill themselves ballroom dancing and try to manage advertising campaigns, or simply just watching them be rich. but i'll admit as i did watching this weeks of Celebrity Apprentice (Sinbad was fired, fyi), "i love famous people!".

Music: Girls Just Wanna Have Fun - Cindy Lauper (who is on this season of Celebrity Apprentice)

Weekly Lists

you might define me as a fanatic. you might define me as obsessive. you might say i have ADD. a lot of the time i get these waves of interest/obsession/inspiration/etc. where there are just certain things i like for a period of time. i almost always like these things/people/places all thet time, but sometimes i just become suddenly REALLY interested in them and then it fades out and they go back to being just in my general list of things i like. i've decided that each week (or at least the ones that are interesting enough) i will post a list of at least 5 things that are defining that list.

This week's list:

1. Hippies

2. Nylons under high wasted shorts

3. Through the Window - Something Corporate

4. Flip flops

5. East of Eden by John Steinbeck

Music: Straw Dog - Something Corporate

Dearest Friend

Dearest Friend, I love you. Dearest Friend, I miss you. Dearest Friend, I will never stop loving you or missing you. We are in different places. We may always be in different places from now until we die but you will always be on my mind and you will always be in my heart. Every year on your birthday I will think of you and find some way to tell you "Happy Birthday my very good friend. I wish you the best!" And i do. I wish you the best. One day we will be at each other's weddings. We will see each other happier than ever. We will smile at each other and say "Congratulations!". Our smiles will be full of the purest joy that can only come from loving friendship like ours. It seems to get harder as the two of us grow older, but I'll never give up because i believe in you. I believe in our friendship as though it were a physical object I can smell and taste and hold in my hands. I do hold it. I hold it in my hands and I hold it in my heart and I will never let it go.

lately i've been really realizing who my true friends are. in a few months i will leave to a new place, and i won't come back for any permanent reason. when i leave i will be given the choice to hold on to the people i want to and let go of the ones i can and should be without. thank you to anyone who has been a true friend to me, never wronging me intentionally, always worrying about me, putting up with the fact that i'm not always the best person, and loving me despite anything and everything. if this is you, you'll surely know who you are. thank you to anyone who has wronged me, who has maliciously tried to cause chaos and stress in my life. without you to compare the good ones to i wouldn't know just how great they are. i hope you can possibly find some better purpose in your life someday.

My Life in Lists

so maybe i'm late, but i just discovered the most amazing thing ever: listography.com. this is a site where you can have an account and just post tons of lists of anything! this is what i do all the time!
http://listography.com/amyalbertson<-there is the link to my account.