This post is just going to be awful. I'm sorry guys. I guess that's how it goes after a full day of working in allergy-inducing dust (the process of sorting through everything in my room). So what do I have to say about the Fourth of July? Not much. Is it horribly unpatriotic that I'd rather be living in Norway or the like right now? Not that I actually want to live there this moment, but I thought about what a beautiful home Norway would make several times today.
I suppose I should say something nice about liberty and other positively-connoted abstract ideas in honor of the Fourth. Well, in the process of cleaning my room I have liberated myself in a way. I have freed myself from the weight of lots of stuff. Though my lesser nature brings out pack-rat behaviors, I do truly believe that the less baggage (emotional AND physical) you have, the freer you are. In this same process I have also worked towards freeing myself of obsessive-compulsive tendencies. I have forced myself to break stupid traditions like saving the cellophane wrappers of CD's. Though it is difficult, it feels good.
On a different note, I just watched Singin' in the Rain in honor of the fourth (that's a good old-fashioned American movie, right?) and was floored. I hadn't watched it all the way through in more than a year and I noticed so many more details this time around. Sure the dialogue is occasionally hokey and the deliveries are corny, but that cast is talented. Even the lowliest of ensemble girls was constantly in character. For an observant watcher who knows the film well, there are countless funny moments to be observed here and there--little bits that are brilliant but hidden. And the leads--they are incredible. Gene Kelly may have been a jerk, but he was an extraordinarily talented jerk; Debbie Reynolds is so likeable; Donald O'Connor is masterful and genius; and Cyd Charisse will always have my heart.
Here are two of my favorite clips from the movie:
--Christian
P.S. I removed the grey frame from the clip this time around. Compare it to the embedments from the previous post and let me know which you prefer. Thanks!
3 comments:
Christian! I just rediscovered your blog! I'm so glad you've started it back up. Hey, did you get the little token that Dave and I sent? Make sure to see if there's anything already on it :). Dave and I are celebrating the 4th by doing little Saturday projects and trying not to fall asleep (Polly had a wakeful night last night...). We'll go on a hike soon, just to keep up the Frandsen tradition :).
Yes I did get it and I loved it <3
I'm so glad you're blogging again, Christian! I love getting this view into your life.
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