btw, before I go on, please keep my friend Kayla in your prayers, she's having heart problems and I care for her deeply and want to be healthy again.
Anyway, as previously stated. I've been doing everything but be productive....depending on your personal definition of the term. The last unit in my American Film Studies course was on musicals...so I've been hoarding those from the library....I say hoarding....but so far I've only got two on top of the ones for class. I have plenty more on my list though. I have found out though the Fred Astaire is my Buster Keaton of this semester. I absolutely love Buster Keaton and after last semester I got nearly his whole collection of works for Christmas. I really need to get back on track with finishing it. Anyway, I've been watching a bunch of Astaire's things, reading up on him and so on. I even ordered his autobiography from my work (Waldenbooks). He seems like he was a very interesting man. Just the fact that he has in his will that no one is allowed to make a movie version of his life seems very intriguing and honorable. He is stated in saying "It is there because I have no particular desire to have my life misinterpreted, which it would be."
For the most part, however, I have been catching up on Bones. I had had to cut the show from my schedule this last school year because I just got so busy with school work that I couldn't handle it all. I have always loved the show, and adored the entire cast of characters though. Anyway, so when I found out that Booth and Brennan were finally getting together (I'm sorry if thats a spoiler for anyone) I just had to catch up. I started a lil before hell week, had that week, and then finished them over the last few days. I had like almost 30 to watch I think...this past season is rather long comparative to what some seasons seem to be now. I just finished this morning/last night at like 3am and am now ready to watch it as it airs for the next few weeks. Perhaps I should ask for that day off of work haha. Eh, if I do have to work I'll just watch it online, like I have been doing. I'll be sad, but there's nothing that can really be done. That week is rather busy with things I'm excited about btw. GreenDay's new CD (21st Century Breakdown) is coming out then...and so is Lee Pace's film, Possession....(possession looks promising but, sadly due to the economy its distributor went out of business, has had to go straight to DVD) Yay! Also yay for Wolverine this weekend and The Soloist.
I'm also super excited for the finale of How I Met Your Mother...So many things I've heard will be going on. I really should just take a blog/day here and there to devote to just how I feel about where my favorite shows are going....I think I will...Look out for quite a few updates hopefully as these shows come to an end.
The biggest and saddest of these for me of course will be Pushing Daisies. I'm a part of the ABC Inner Circle and so I've been privileged enough to have already seen two of the three unaired episodes (which will be airing starting may 30th). Seeing how quick they've been showing them, I'm assuming the final one will be screened sometime next weekish. I'm kind of sad because today when I watched it I felt distracted. I had just bought some new vine charcoal and was sketching random things as I watched, as well as trying to chat with the other fans in the room....so I yeah....I'll probably have to go watch it on YouTube or what not before the final ep. I hate to think it was disinterest that made me not focus. What I saw I liked. There still seems like a lot to tie up...and I know that since they weren't given the chance to really end it properly, a lot of those plots will be left open...which sucks....The comic book is a go, which is good...though its going to be a good deal different, it seems, than the show...a lot less character driven perhaps? sad day....I know a lot of people want to see a movie to tie everything up....but I just don't know. I'm really going to miss it...but after seeing the Dead Like Me movie, I'm kind of scared. I know Brian Fuller didn't have anything to do with it (the aformentioned movie)...but it was just so disappointing in so many areas (some due to things they just couldn't help) that I wouldn't want that to happen to Pushing Daisies. I hear the final episode is amazing.....so I'm really excited.
Well, since all I'm doing is babbling about stuff, I should probably go and get some sleep so I can wake up and study at least an hour before the test. Here's to the summer (which promises trips like disney and dallas, possible raises, and moving into a new house....fun times)!
I think Cheek to Cheek is just beautiful...and Drum Crazy really shows his individual talent. Next Time Maybe I'll highlight some Gene Kelley. From what I've seen I love Singing in the Rain as a whole....but only a few routines from An American in Paris....I'll keep you updated...
-Cheers
