Giggles

While waiting for Moonrise Kingdom last night, I happened to see the trailer for "Hyde Park on Hudson." Hyde Park on Hudson looks absolutely fabulous, but I couldn't stop giggling when a certain actor appeared on the screen. Guess which one. I'm really afraid that I'll be unable to control my giggles when I see this movie in the theaters. Seriously though it looks great. 


Oh, and Moonrise Kingdom? Great film for a Wes Anderson fan. Loved the film and thought that Wes Anderson films suit Bruce Willis. 

#42-How to Hepburn*

I picked up this book because it was a Kindle Deal of the Day, and I've always been more of a Kate than an Audrey fan. Oh, I like Audrey just fine, and I admire's Audrey clothes, but I've always gravitated towards Kate-even her "horrible" films in the 30's. So, I thought this book would be fun. Well, jogging my memory about Katharine Hepburn's life story was fun. I didn't learn much about Kate's history having read her memoirs and the biography written shortly after she died but it's been several years so I enjoyed re-reading about her. However, The author gets in trouble though with the basic premise. It's extremely hard to write a "self-help" book about someone who defies categorization and didn't live a flawless life. The author flounders almost immediately and the book turns into a dis-jointed mishmash of anecdotes from K. Hepburn's life. That being said, the author does write pretty well. She has a decent voice but fumbles and borders on being preachy when she tries to prescribes a life like Kate. However, by the end of the movie I yearned to watch The Philadelphia Story, Bringing up Baby and The African Queen again (okay, for probably the 100th time).  






*The Title to this blog isn't a reference to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. No, I'm going to attempt to write a paragraph or two about each book I've read so far this year. Yes, this was my 42nd book this year. Trust me, I'm not bragging about that. I hope this project doesn't bore my 5 readers to death. I really hope I'm able to complete it. 

Yesterday

While I wish this was a post about the Beatles, it's about my ankle. I've been riding my bike to work the past couple of weeks and really enjoy it (especially since there's showers in my office building). However, yesterday morning I overestimated my bike's capabilities and ended up spraining my ankle on my bike. Oops. Needless to say, even though I was less than a mile from my house, I rode into work. Luckily, I sprained that's been injured previously (torn ligaments ) and although I'm going to rest it again today, I should be fine to ride my bike back home tomorrow. 

Sorkinisms.....

Aaron Sorkin has a new television show out and unfortunately the reviews are abysmal. That being said, because Sorkin has a new television show out, there's been a lot of press out on his work (which I always like reading. One of my favorite pieces this go-round is this article by David Haglund.

Then there's this YouTube video of recycled dialogue and phrases Aaron Sorkin has used over the years that's fun to watch.     

Interview

A Motley Vision, the "major" LDS Literature blog interviewed me about my paper at the Association for Mormon Letter's Conference in April. The interview is below:

http://www.motleyvision.org/2012/interview-with-joy-buhler-on-mormon-literature/

Wordless: Tourist in DC Edition.

Ducks at Tidal Basin.

Jefferson Memorial.

Long Flights...

I remember reading briefly about Nina Katchadourian, who spontaneously started taking pictures of herself in airport lavatories with toilet paper on her head and realized the pictures looked like flemish style paintings. Nina then continued to take similar pictures during long flights.  All I can say is, these portraits are pretty awesome and I love that they were a gallery exhibit. Am I tempted to do the same on my next long flight?