Rumor Has It & Materialism

So I watched a few movies tonight, Rumor Has It... & Keeping up with the Steins. What can I say I like romantic comedy's; I watched 'The Holiday' last night with Kate Winslet & Cameron Diaz.

So romantic comedy's; humor and love(but usually at the end); add Four weddings & a funeral, about a boy, wimbledon, notting hill, & love actually all fit into that category. So there were a few phrases which caught my attention whilst[I'm on and olde english theme that the moment] watching:

Life should be a little nuts. Otherwise it's just a bunch of Thursdays strung together. - Rumor Has It... [something I agree too, but maybe Tuesdays would be a better choice, as my Thursday are great]

I only drive so slow sweetheart because you're in the car with me. - Rumor Has It... [Though oddly my father/mother never slowed down, at least not that I know of. My father was a test pilot & fighter pilot, slow was not an option; I was taught to go fast the day I could drive]

I'm not going to tell you I can't live without you, I can live without you, I just don't want to. - Rumor Has It... A truly romantic section, would I break down so quick...I just don't know. Nonetheless; fits into when her father was talking of love versus lust.

Materialism
Then onto Materialism, I love the movie "Keeping Up With The Steins." I'm not Jewish, but having been to many bat/bar-mitzvahs I understand it. They were all about the money; isn't this passage of time a passage from child to adult in the Judaism faith? Similar to 'going walkabout?' It's interesting to me that in the recent productions, Jeremy Piven a man who is very spiritual goes and portrays in realistic depth the mental being of men who are materialistic whores; maybe he grew up in that life??

Hulu - Yay!!

I am loving Hulu, it's a media streaming site which is owned/operated by the networks. I've been watching some Family Guy's I missed. You can't get better content other then downloading illegally or watching whilst it's on TV. The benefit, especially over downloading, is that it's streamed. I don't have to download a full 300-700mb file to watch a show I missed. There are a 2 adverts per 30min show; but their short 30sec or so. In fact they were advertising a movie, I haven't seen anywhere else - a remake of Alvin & the Chipmunks.

Now the question is will I be able to use this while I'm in China?? I hope so, the bandwidth is fine, just need to hope the Chinese government hasn't filtered it.

Funny Farm and a Grand Wagoneer

so as tis the season, a lot of winter movies are on - or maybe better movies because of the WGA strike; there are older movies on.

anyhow, I was watching "Funny Farm" tonight, and last week; and so on so forth. (It's just one of those films you can watch in total; or just in sections). Just now the prospective buyers have come onto the scene - boy do they speak '80s yuppification. I'd expect to see Ushuaia (one of my favorite shows) on CNBC after the closing bell; or one of the other CNBC oldies; yuppie toy shows - I remember seeing 'roller blades' first on CNBC circa 1985 I think?

So in typical yuppie(preppie) world - the Jeep Grand Wagoneer. A car/truck before the term 'SUV' existed; with traditional fake wood sides and a definition for so many people. It was a true classic, great in it's presence; but also a mechanical nightmare. I remember(from friends who had them) the rear window never worked(don't think it ever worked in any Jeep[except at the dealership]); the parts were typical late 70's early 80's durable but not break resistant. Though it did have a big torque V8.


[damn it's hard to type...I spilled cider all over my keyboard; it's fall/autumn Cider is my norm around now]