A River Runs Through It

Growing up I remember that there was a book of my dad's on fly-fishing. It was always out somewhere. I don't ever remember my dad going fly-fishing growing up but I know he had all the equipment for it, a fairly nice pole, flys that my aunt (his sister) had made him, and even the hat. When I was in high school I learned to fly-fish in one of my classes, I even caught a fish. It was a rewarding and new experience and I wish that I had had the opportunity to do it at some time earlier in my life. I just watched A River Runs Through It for the first time, and I am surprised that I had not seen it before. I'm sure it's a movie my dad likes, so much of it reminds me of him and also of what I want my life to be like eventually. I'm not the kind of person who loves living in a city. I like it, it's fun and there are some things that are great about it, but really I want to live in the woods one day. Just be out there away from people with the trees and a river and some mountains and live. Just enjoy the parts of the world where I feel most at home. I think that's something that my dad and I have in common, although we've never really spoken about it, I think he prefers to be outside, away from people. As I've gotten older I've come to realize that I'm a lot more like him than I ever thought, but there are some things about him that I will never be like. When it comes to fly fishing though I want to do more of it, I want to be out in the woods more, I don't want to spend all my time in the city.

Bright Star

After seeing this post over on frolic, I decided I had to watch Bright Star. I am so glad that I did. It is the kind of movie that embodies my daydreams. There are so many little details throughout the whole thing, just the location itself was amazing. In addition, the light, cinematography, and everything else was beautiful. I however, may be biased toward liking romantic films full of letters and poetry. As deep down I'm an endless romantic as well as still hiding a desire to become a poet (which will probably never happen). My favorite scene byfar though was the room full of butterflies. It made me want summer to be here, to go out and collect butterflies in jars and let them fly around my room.

I also think that in a former life I may have been a man in the early 1800's, I'm so in love with the way they dress, I wish I could look as smart and put together as they do.

Strange

I'm missing the colors of autumn. Maybe it's just because it's been raining so much here. I just want that feeling back (not that I think I really felt much of autumn this year).

In other news:

Have you seen the movie Amelie? It's adorable, I watched it over the winter break and I would recommend it to everyone.

So Fantastic!

Just popping in before the studying extravaganza begins... Fantastic Mr. Fox: not only one of my favorite books anymore; now... one of my favorite movies. I can't contain my excitement as I was just looking at screen shots. I think everyone needs to go see it! NOW!

Days

Days go by, one after the other, I never know what will happen as each one unfolds. It's always something interesting, or I think of it as interesting and exciting afterwards, most days. Some days though I wish I led a more exciting life, full of trips and adventures and exciting friends. But I think that I may already be leading that life I wish for on the boring days. Today for example, I did quite a few things, with the twelve hours I have now been up (yes, I got up at noon... my sleep habits are getting a bit ridiculous).

1. Re-organized photos on computer

2. Got film developed

3. Sent out birthday invitations (only 12 more days until my birthday, 13 until the party that is going to be amazing, it does not have a choice)

4. Looked through library books of photographs and took pictures of the pages with my favorite photos on them (that sounds so much more pathetically nerdy than I thought it would)

5. Helped my mom with the groceries

6. Helped clean and get ready for my family to go on a camping trip (I'm stuck here, working... yay? I'm kind of excited?)

7. Bought strawberries in the last ten minutes of the farmer's market (Holy goodness!)

8. Played a game of ultimate frisbee (and apparently was a little more aggressive than anyone thought I would be in my guarding technique)

9. Sat with some new friends around a fire and roasted marshmallows and ate s'mores (yum!)

10. Watched The Orphanage with Shawn (it was not as scary as everyone made it out to be, I really enjoyed it, actually)

That seems like quite a lot for twelve hours. At least to me it does. I can't imagine how people that are actually awake for the morning do it, they must be exhausted and actually able to sleep at night... weird. Oh, I think tomorrow I'll show you some of my film photos, they turned out much better this time (thank goodness it wasn't my camera).

Happiness

I am posting early today because I actually have a lot of plans... sort of... well, it's a lot for me. Anyway, these are more pictures from my recent film batch, they are evidence that I should not bring my film camera when it is dark out, I just end up taking really blurry pictures. However, I like these two a lot, so maybe it's a good thing I do stupid things. In case you are wondering (which I'm sure no one is), today my plans are to see Public Enimies and then perhaps go get tea, visit the farmer's market, and sit in the park with a friend of mine (who may become more than a friend in the future, my fingers are crossed). I will of course bring my camera along to share my lovely day with everyone. I hope that you have just as wonderful a day!

Films

Away We Go

If I could only have this shirt, and her belt collection...

A lovely dress... and another belt...

Australia, lots of riding and ranch clothes, I really like this style right now.

From The Changeling, I really love her pocketbook.

Her shirt in this scene is such a lovely color, I can't help but love it and her hat and her gloves, well, just everything really.

It seems like I always watch a lot of movies over the summer. I have seen three recently that I thought were all really good, and well... a little bit inspiring. But I am one of those people who can get really into a movie and may start yelling at the film while I watch it. I've learned to control myself when I'm with other people, for the most part, but when I was watching Australia and The Changeling by myself, there was quite a bit of screaming and a few tears. They were both wonderful movies, and I loved the wardrobes in both of them, I think if I could I would just take both of them in my size right this minute. They were both on really interesting subjects as well, a lot of people forget the stories of corruption that run deep in the history of humanity, I liked how well The Changeling addressed them and I honestly think Clint Eastwood could be one of my favorite directors, all his movies that I haven't seen have definately been added to my list of films to see, if they weren't already there. As for Australia, I loved it, it was like an old fashioned western mixed with a modern version of the classic romances. Ok, I might be saying a little much, I'm not a film critic or anything, I just found it really inspiring, esspecially the breathtaking landscape panoramas. It was so inspiring that I am planning on going up into the woods, or really to one of the lakes up the road, and taking some landscape photos tomorrow before I have to work. I am excited, I used to take a lot more landscapes, I think that my photography is kind of a reflection of how I am feeling, when I'm not looking at the whole picture I tend to take close-ups of objects and when I am looking at the picture as a whole, I think I tend to take landscapes more. I guess where I am really affects it too, you can't really take landscapes in your back garden, can you? Anyway, I am talking a lot more than I meant to, I'm sorry. The final film I was going to talk about is Away We Go. It was such a cute little comedy, I really loved it, esspecially the house at the end. I wish I could live there. Ok, I'm done; I need to get to bed if I'm going to go take pictures tomorrow. Night!