Funny how dreams can be more powerful than the reality itself... how you create this perfect picture and never consider the possibility of it all being too good to be true. Then, just when you're reaching the best part... it hits you right in the face... hopefully you are wise enough to let go and move on... but, are you?
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I had a wonderful weekend (thanks to Ali) in New York... it was really what I had expected it to be... no disappointments. I think this is the only city I would willingly live in, if I had to leave Vancouver. 48 hours is hardly enough to see a city like New York but since most of our time was spent walking around, I at least got a feel of how life can be in NY city. What I loved the most were the narrow streets with red-brick houses and small stairways in Downtown Manhattan. Here are some pictures:
Downtown Manhattan's view from a ferry towards Staten Island.
Statue of Liberty's view from the same ferry! (I really didn't feel like getting any closer)
Central Park
view of a building from Park Avenue
A quiet street in Midtown Manhattan
A huge building on Broadway Avenue, right where it starts
Tall buildings in Downtown
So I'm in the East coast; nowhere else but the in the location of most of my favorite TV shows: New York City. So far I've only been to Metropolitan museum but liked everything I saw on the streets, hope it stays this way!
Will post some pictures later.
It's been very fun so far...heading out to the East Coast today... this vacation is turning out better than I had expected!
Finally, after 24 hours of sleeplessness and a few hours of waiting in different lines - including check-in, customs, immigration, and security - I've arrived in City of Angels. All you blogger and non-blogger friends nearby, I'd love to see you!
It's absolutely LOVELY here with real summer heat, a great change from Vancouver. Will write some more later (if I'm not too busy partying!)
"Later that night I got to thinking about safe s e x. Odd how only when our physical life is at risk do we follow certain guidelines to protect ourselves. But what about our emotional lives? Wouldn't it be nice if there was a little pamphlet to warn us what unsafe behavior might be high risk to ourselves or our relationships. And even if you take all the precautions and emotionally try to protect yourselves… When you crawl in bed with someone, is s e x ever safe?" - Carrie Bradshaw (from S e x and the city)
(And sorry about the deformed "S"-word, didn't want people finding this blog by Googling weird stuff; I'm getting enough of that, as is!)
What's better to do on a gloomy rainy day than to go watch LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, a hilarious movie about a dysfunctional family on the road. I was laughing so hard during the movie I couldn't believe myself, and I wasn't the only one. Definitely, definitely watch it... it's got smart humor, great acting (especially the cute little girl), and even a valuable message behind it all!! What more can you ask for?
(I hope the producers don't mind me mix and matching their advertising posters!)
Tonight I watched Manderlay, the second movie from Lars von Trier's trilogy: USA- land of opportunities. It's similar- in making - to the first movie, Dogville, which I had watched a while ago. It's not as harsh though.
The movie is about the discrimination against the black people in the States. The director has a way of showing you the worst that human race is capable of; and you wonder at the end whether you'd do the same, if put in similar circumstances. I really liked the idea of just pretending that things exist (walls, doors, trees,...). The minimalistic set decoration (in both films) makes you more focused on what's going on with the characters. If you've watched Dogville and liked it, you'll most probably like this one too. You don't have to have watched Dogville though, the stories are totally independent.
Looks like some people are just not good enough to enter the Land of Freedom.
Read the rest...If they tour around the area you live in, don't miss it. It was awesome...
So I went and watched it. Didn't think I'd like it but I did! It was a very fun movie to watch, great Woody Allen moments, lots of Scarlett Johansson, and a reasonable amount of Hugh Jackman... basically, there was something in it for everyone! Go watch it, but don't expect a masterpiece.
My favorite quote of the movie is when Allen is trying to socialize with some people in a party; he starts asking people about their persuasion (persuasion meaning religion, of course) and then goes on to say : " I was born into the Hebrew persuasion, but soon I converted to narcissism".
