Movie – Hereafter Director: Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Letters from Iwo Jima) Screenwriter: Peter Morgan (The Last King of Scotland, The Queen, Frost/Nixon) Starring: Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting, The Bourne Identity, The Departed), Cecile De France (High Tension, Around the World in 80 Days, L’auberge… Read More »Movie Review: Hereafter
Here is a copy of the journal I kept while I was on vacation last week. It covers parts of 10 days and over 1300 miles. While I doubt anybody reads this whole thing, it was an important exercise for me. There are no pictures, but I will post some… Read More »Vacation Journal
Movie – Life As We Know It Director: Greg Berlanti (The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy) Screenwriter: Ian Deitchman, Kristin Rusk Robinson (First movie for both) Starring: Katharine Heigl (The Ugly Truth, 27 Dresses, Knocked Up), Josh Duhamel (When in Rome, Transformers, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!) Theater… Read More »Movie Review: Life As We Know It
Movie – Secretariat Director: Randall Wallace (We Were Soldiers, The Man in the Iron Mask) Screenwriter: Mike Rich (The Nativity Story, Radio, The Rookie, Finding Forrester) Starring: Diane Lane (The Perfect Storm, Unfaithful, Jumper); John Malkovich (Dangerous Liaisons, Being John Malkovich, Con Air) and Dylan Walsh (Congo, The Lake House,… Read More »Movie Review: Secretariat
I might make an attempt to do add movie reviews to this website again. This has failed on several occasions, but no reason to give up now. What is that definition of insanity I love so much? Movie The Social Network Director: David Fincher Screenplay: Aaron Sorkin Starring: Jesse Eisenberg,… Read More »Movie Review: The Social Network
Never the Same River Andree also considered these other two pictures: Andree followed his “I pick so and so” paragraph with a lengthy dissertation on MegaShark vs. Giant Octopus. Can you guess why we are friends?
I witnessed something so shocking on Tuesday night that after I got over the initial numbness, I reached out to some close friends who helped guide me through the mental issues that I was having to overcome. I should state to clear my good name and recriminate Nader, it was… Read More »Catharsis
Theories Pass Derrick likes to tell a story (and I like to listen) about the album cover for Pink Floyd’s album Atom Heart Mother. This album features a picture of a cow. The story goes that the reason that this picture was selected for the album cover is that no… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 19
When I originally was planning my vacation I had set aside this day to make a road trip. I didn’t know where I wanted to go for sure, but I knew that a trip to Wilton and their old timey ice cream parlor was definitely on the list. I had… Read More »Vacation Day 7 – Couch Time
Superstar I think I indicated awhile back that I thought that it was a Gorshe family trait that they do something I really like in the test shots. I really like the picture below marked “outtake”. Superstar Alternate Superstar Outtake I don’t usually explain titles, (until later in the comments… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 15
“You see the smile that’s on my mouth It’s hiding the words that don’t come out And all of my friends who think that I’m blessed They don’t know my head is a mess. No, they don’t know who I really am And they don’t know what I’ve been through… Read More »The Story
I cited a FNSC ending in My Great Shame a few journal entries back, but I never indicated what was My Great Shame. A few people already know about My Great Shame because I exposed those people to it. I’m not sure if I exposed them because I wanted them… Read More »My Great Shame
In the last couple of weeks I have been making huge organizational changes to my basement. However, other parts of the house have also seen wholesale changes. I recently changed out the white table my Aunt Linda gave me for a 10 foot long workbench to act as the entertainment… Read More »A Clockwork Couch
Many of you know Nader’s story. It is an amazing story, but the thing I always have the hardest problem believing is that while he was being held as a political prisoner in an Iranian prison he could be happy that Henry Fonda won an Oscar. I’m pretty sure that… Read More »L.A. Story
I had decided to shave all the way down to a dirty naked face last weekend. It had been over 3 years since my chin had tasted air and felt the rays of sunlight. My chin was dreadfully dry and desperately in the need of some moisturizing. Lots and lots… Read More »Punch Myself in the Face
I hope everybody had a marvelous Valentine’s Day weekend. I spent Saturday night seeing the last Academy Award Best Picture Nominee that I needed to see with Sara. We went to see An Education and then ended up at Skip’s, home of the best nachos in Des Moines. They really… Read More »Happy Valentine’s Day (A Day Late)
Daily Reminder Don’t forget to update your links, bookmarks and RSS Feeds to the new URL: http://www.photography139.com/notebook/ (500) Days of Winter This picture is an homage to one of my favorite scenes from my favorite movie of 2009 – (500) Days of Summer. Derrick posed for this picture when he… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 4
Funny Face Homage This is an example of completing two photo projects in one week. Long time fans of Jill and the keenly observant will note that she is wearing the same shirt as in Psyched Up (Not Out). That is because these pictures were taken moments apart. Another observation… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 2
Proust Quote: “All our final decisions are made in a state of mind that is not going to last.” Confessions Question: Your main fault. Confidences Question: My main fault. Proust’s Answer: Not knowing, not being able to “want”. Ye be warned, any that go much further. What lies below is… Read More »Proust Questionnaire Number Twelve
Marcel Proust Quote: “A change in the weather is sufficient to recreate the world and ourselves.” Confessions Question: Your favorite motto. Confidences Question: My motto. Proust’s Answer: I should be too afraid that it bring me misfortune. The truth is that while I learned many a thing this year, I… Read More »Proust Questionnaire Number Four
As the year is winding down and I am trying to set aside more time for photo projects I have decided to do something a little bit different with this Journal in the month of December. I’ve decided to reflect on the accomplishments and failures of this past year. The… Read More »Formulaic Catechism