Amber and I are at the coast for a couple of days. We are staying at a dive with an ocean view of rain. It's perfect.

Sharon Stone: Class Act
Sharon Stone said in an interview with Chinese reporters at the Cannes Film Festival that the recent earthquake in China could be blamed on Karma. So now we place bets on how long before Stone is struck by lightening. Over/Under is the start of the Beijing Summer Games. Man this should be fun.

AFI Update
Because I choose to have no life here are the films I have watched over the last two days.
Manchurian Candidate- Excellent
American Graffiti- Jumped into my favs of all time list
The Third Man- Liked it, want to watch it again because I didn't love it.
Frankenstein- Entertaining, but dated on many levels.

I am also about to finish the last book in the Harry Potter series, so here's to free time.

Overnight
A documentary from 2004 about the amazing story of Troy Duffy and the film Boondock Saints. A cautionary tale for young filmmakers, and Irish alcoholics everywhere. This is the yardstick to measure out of control ego by which all should be afraid to be compared. Fantastic.

I just watched Intolerance, the D.W. Griffith silent film, which is on the AFI 100 ten year anniversary list. Let me just say that the one thing this film required from its viewer, is tolerance. It was very well done, especially for its time, but three hours of silent film is one tough task to sit through. My recommendation, only for the hard core, my friends.

Congratulations David Cook for winning American Idol. I don't really care anymore, but I still watch, so congratulations.

Why do people yell when talking on cell phones. I live in an apartment building where trashy fat women walk around yelling and cursing into there phones. I wonder if they realize that everyone with in a quarter mile radius can hear the intimate details of all this angst.

I just saw a bumper sticker that read "Gas was $1.46 a gallon when George Bush took office" I just thought it funny that someone shared my curiosity enough to produce a bumper sticker.

I got an Oregon Driver's license today. I had to retake the written test (which is on a touch screen computer?) I barely passed. Good picture though. I love the DMV.

The Golden Compass is out on DVD
That being said, don't waste your time on this pile of overwrought underwhelming fantasy rehash. I never turn movies off, but this one tested me every minute of the way. No heart, no brain, no style. Two hours I'll just never get back.