Sophisticated Wallowing

If Love Were All
by Noel Coward

I believe in doing what I can
In crying when I must
In laughing when I choose
Hey ho, if love were all
I should be lonely.
I believe the more you love a man,
The more you give your trust,
The more you're bound to lose.
Although when shadows fall
I think if only
Somebody splendid really needed me
Someone affectionate and dear
Cares would be ended if I knew that he
Wanted to have me near.
But I believe that since my life began
The most I've had is just a talent to amuse.
Hey ho, if love were all.

A lonely song, but not exactly sad. It's a frank self-assessment, with a confession of longing that is bold in its mildness.  

Below, two performances, by Rufus Wainwright and Judy Garland. Martini, meet cigarette.



Can't embed it, but go and listen to Judy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpZqYq8DN5I&feature=related

My Little Bride????!

I'm not sure what to say about this, but I want to say something. I keep watching it, repressing it, then watching it again.

From Wikipedia:

My Little Bride (어린 신부 eorin sinbu) is a Korean language romantic comedy film about an arranged marriage between a new teacher and a student. It was directed by Kim Ho Jun and was released in 2004. It was the second most popular Korean movie of 2004 in Korea, behind the blockbuster hit Taegukgi, with 3,149,500 visitors. It was 4th most popular among all films. [1]
[edit]Plot

Boeun (Moon Geun Young) is an ordinary high school girl who worries about grades and has a crush on her school's baseball team ace, Jungwoo. One day, Boeun's grandfather orders her to marry Sangmin (Kim Rae Won) because of a pact he made with Sangmin's grandfather during the Korean War. Despite the grandchildren's opposition, they are forced to marry because of Boeun's grandfather's strong influence. Boeun's undercover married life begins: She pretends that she doesn't have a husband and starts dating Jungwoo. Boeun believes that she can manage both men and live a double life. Everything goes smoothly until Sangmin visits Boeun's school as a student teacher.
Sangmin finds out about Jungwoo but decides not to make it an issue. Meanwhile, three school girls learn about Boeun and Sangmin's marriage, and decide to take it against Boeun because of their jealousy of her relationship with Jungwoo. They reveal the truth during a school festival, but Sangmin steps up and tells the audience that they should not deprive Boeun of being a normal school girl since it was not her will to marry him. Boeun then steps up to the stage and makes a heartfelt speech declaring her love for Sangmin. The film ends showing that Sangmin and Boeun living a happy marriage.

Blue-Eyed Boy

What a legacy. Thank you for the life you led, Mr. Newman. You will be missed.

Also. In 9th grade, I named my cockatiel Butch Cassidy because of you. She was a she, but I found that out much later, in a stressful egg-laying incident.

Adopt This Restaurant

Please go to Fassica! It is a very good Ethiopian restaurant in Culver City, and on a Friday night at 7 pm, my date and I were the only patrons there.


Look at this picture.  We ate this picture.  TORE IT UP. Literally, you tear off pieces of injera, which is the large, slightly spongey sourdough flatbread upon which all these delicious food items rest.  The lady who runs the place was lovely, we all watched some of the McCain-Obama debate, and the two of us left with happy pot-like bellies.  

This can all be yours.  10401 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA  90232.  

An Informative Letter

Dear Dude Representative of Quite a Few Dudes:

When railing against the ignorance and intolerance in our society, please be aware that you and your friends, more than any folks I know, use "gay" as an insult, and the insinuation, or full-blown charades game, of male homosexuality as the height of hilarity.  You may argue that it is a kind of meta-humor, bringing to the fore the overblown fear of many heterosexual men of being thought gay, or actually being gay.  In half of these instances, yes, you could make a case for that; what you do or say can be clever, audacious, ridiculous, and not necessarily mean-spirited.  But the other half ... well, the line you're crossing has fuzzed into a lint-trap. Remember: some people are born a-holes, but for others, it is a choice.  

When you talk politics, you're all sorts of left and liberal, but your behavior falls well short of your ideology.   But don't worry; you're just religious. Welcome.  It's tough to actually be as good as you hope to be, isn't it?  Maybe we just need to recognize that failure is not necessarily hypocrisy.  See, I'm already sorry for calling you an a-hole.  

Your friend in demerits,

E.

Frog and Toad Are Friends

So far.  

Stuck, Noted, Tubed

Take a moment to watch this, friends, if you would.  I am in it!  A rare event indeed.  How rare, you ask? Use this scale: http://www.aetheling.com/docs/Rarity.htm