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Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » WOW

Jandy — Fri, 23 Jun 2006 21:44:20 -0000

Hey, I'm impressed you found it already! I've been working on and off all day getting stuff imported from blogger and tidy it up...haven't told anyone about it yet but Dad!

It wasn't really that hard once I figured out what I had to do. It's the old "anyone can turn the screw, but not everyone knows which screw to turn" situation.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » WOW

Jandy — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:52:38 -0000

Bobber, my bad. I haven't updated my links since I first added them to blogspot, and I didn't have your URL then. Fixed now!

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Music! And Pictures!

Jandy — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:02:06 -0000

Thanks! I know, isn\'t it great? Glad you have good music taste. ;)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » People are watching “Nobody’s Watching”

Jandy — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 02:49:21 -0000

I don't think it's as good as SN, but then, SN is one of the best shows that was ever cancelled before its time. ;) I haven't watched all of SN yet...I'm savoring them. Agreed, Felicity Huffman is amazing. Have you watched any of Desperate Housewives? She's one of the more consistently impressive parts of it.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » People are watching “Nobody’s Watching”

Jandy — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 13:01:01 -0000

Yay, DH! I feel the same way...I've really enjoyed it, but I always hesitate to bring it up because of the perceived "tawdry" aspect. But in the first season particularly, the writing was nearly as high-quality as anything else on TV. I still have two episodes of S2 to watch.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Don’t mind the dust

Jandy — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:36:40 -0000

Oh, don't worry. The music player isn't gone for good...just until I stop playing with layouts long enough to code it back in.

Basically, it's the open source XSPF Flash Player, which has been turned into a Wordpress plugin which was pretty easy to install. I think it can be used with any webpage, but I'm not sure how to code it outside of Wordpress.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » testing asides

Jandy — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 21:43:15 -0000

Seeing how it displays if there are comments.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » So…weird weather we been havin’

Jandy — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:14:25 -0000

I've packed a couple of boxes of books. I'm a very last-minute sort of person. I would like to have quit working by now, but...need the moolah! ;)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » June Reading/Watching Recap

Jandy — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:48:14 -0000

Soon, soon! I bought it a few months ago and took it to Florida, but read Unbearable Lightness of Being instead. But seriously, it is very near the top of my list.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Saying goodbye to St. Louis

Jandy — Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:14:19 -0000

It was actually last Sunday. We're in Waco now, about to move stuff from truck into the apartment. Sorry I missed saying bye to you guys on Sunday!

We greatly enjoyed your U-haul woes...we had minor ones of our own which I'll post about later. But nothing compared to yours!

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Church report

Jandy — Sun, 06 Aug 2006 19:08:33 -0000

Dad - I know there's an RUF, because the pastor mentioned it. And exactly, there's so many different flavors to the PCA these days, I was very pleasantly surprised to find it so similar.

Jeff - The were around 200 people there today, I'd guess. At least, it seemed pretty similar in size to Providence. The pastor mentioned seeing students trickling back in, so I'm not sure whether they're up to full school-year numbers or not!

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Watch Veronica Mars. No really.

Jandy — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:28:03 -0000

Have you watched the show? This clip is extremely fast, and low-quality audio to boot, which doesn't make it any easier to keep up! Gilmore Girls is awesome, too. I'm so excited that GG and VM are going to run back to back this year!

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Leftover Beauty

Jandy — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 01:16:09 -0000

Jennifer,

I'm glad I'm not the only one! I disclaimer myself all the time (music, too...I don't know how often I had to scramble for the volume control at work because I had forgotten that the song had an explicit lyric or two).

re: Transameria. I still recommend it heartily as a film, and because Felicity Huffman is truly incredible. Since you're a fan of hers anyway, I think you'd appreciate it. There are a couple of scenes I would've left out, but more for suggestion than actual content. Just don't let the kids near it. ;)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Out of Shape!

Jandy — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 05:41:04 -0000

But that's a long way away! I'm not in good enough shape to go that far, yet. (Or steady enough to be riding on the big roads yet...it may be true that you never forget how to ride a bike, but you do get rusty.)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Veronica catch-up

Jandy — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 19:41:40 -0000

Yeah, that was good. :) S2 was pretty confusing at times...there was just so much going on, and it wasn't all as closely related as everything in S1 was.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Addendum

Jandy — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 02:07:53 -0000

Oh, I can definitely appreciate the craftsmanship side of it, and especially, as you point out, the original manuscripts that were created before printing. Some of them are amazing and are deservedly treasured--I think of things like the Book of Kells in Dublin, and various other illuminated manuscripts especially. But somehow that doesn't translate over for me into printed books. I mean, I acknowledge that early printing was also time-consuming and difficult on the typesetters and all. But I don't get why the first printed edition of a work, for example, is so great, while the second edition (which could have been printed, like, two years later) is much less valuable. It's this obsession with first printed editions for their own sake that mystifies me.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Las cucarachas

Jandy — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:39:46 -0000

Well, I'm sure you could "hit" them with Black Flag. I mean, big targets are easy to hit, right? Just might not do any good... :p

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Eeeeee! (password - my church’s first pastor)

Jandy — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:53:04 -0000

Mark - hee.

Dad - Apparently, I'm not either. I just want to be. It's attractive to me not to need anyone's approval, but I'm not quite there. It's in my personality. Look it up. ;)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Water Ick

Jandy — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:54:39 -0000

It tastes metallic or something. You do actually get more used it...I can drink from the water fountains at school now without making faces. But still. At least they do recognize there's some problem with it. Maybe instead of studying the stream or whatever they're going to do, they could, I don't know, PUT UP SOME SORT OF WATER FILTRATION DEVICE? Just sayin'.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Howards End

Jandy — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:56:05 -0000

Remind Mom that she's got to get past Chapter 5 before she gets to say that she's not into it yet. That was the chapter where I started writing a ton of notes.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Howards End

Jandy — Wed, 27 Sep 2006 03:43:24 -0000

Got you in trouble? How's that?

We finished it in class today, and the teacher had us split up into two groups and debate whether or not Margaret should have married Henry, and go back and forth rebutting points and stuff. It was good times.

We're not reading Willa Cather...she's American, isn't she? This particular class is limited to British lit. My American lit is really, really weak; I should probably work on that, but so far my working on it has been limited to F. Scott Fitzgerald!

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Howards End

Jandy — Sat, 30 Sep 2006 03:31:48 -0000

Ah yes, I remember that scene now. I remember being surprised by it, too, but not really offended....it wasn't very long or very, you know, close up. But yeah.

One of my classmates is doing her term paper on Cather (in a different class, obviously). I've been subtley avoiding her for a while; I have no idea why. I'll have to stop doing that, and put her higher on my reading list. Thanks!

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Word (and words) (and modernism)

Jandy — Sat, 07 Oct 2006 05:06:38 -0000

Yeah, I think in a sense, pomo can mean whatever you want it to mean...that's the inclusivity of it. ;) I wasn't expecting there to be that much difference between modernisms, though.

What book was it? I might have to check it out...

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Library Appreciation

Jandy — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 00:17:41 -0000

*rolls eyes* It must've been a lot harder for film buffs, is all I'm saying. And Netflix has only been around for what, six or seven years? (Of course, to extend it, think about the poor film buffs before videotapes...you would've had to have lived in, like, New York to have seen anything other than the latest releases. Guess I should stop complaining, huh?)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Failure

Jandy — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 00:31:24 -0000

I'm glad I could amuse you! :) If the whole grad school thing doesn't work out, maybe I could start a comedy cooking show. Or not.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Watch Veronica Mars. No really.

Jandy — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:05:03 -0000

Oh, come on, Holly. You think I don't know what you like? :p But seriously, I am glad you liked it. Have you watched all of the three episodes this year? I haven't watched this week's yet, but I thought the second one was a lot better than the premiere. It's really very similar to Gilmore Girls as far as the writing style goes, so if you like GG, I'm not a bit surprised you liked VM.

Hee, re Justin listening too slow. Have you ever watched Sports Night? Awesome, awesome sitcom, tragically cancelled in the middle of the third season (this was in the late '90s). Written by Aaron Sorkin, of The West Wing, and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip this year. The dialogue in that goes by so fast I'm usually laughing at jokes that happened, like, five minutes earlier.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Random House Associates

Jandy — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:08:14 -0000

Somebody posted on Ask Metafilter asking about getting into the publishing industry, and someone linked to this program. They also have internships and stuff, but the Associate program looks extra-cool.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » I just met Azar Nafisi!!

Jandy — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:58:45 -0000

Jennifer - I put off reading it for a long time, but then I devoured it. It was truly one of those books that felt like it was written just for me. I'm glad you're enjoying it, too! And now I have a signed copy. :)

Dad - Yeah, she was great. I'm so glad I was able to see and hear her! If she ever hits WashU or something, you and Mom should go. She's got a cool accent, too. ;) Now I really want to have Lolita in Tehran book group or something, and go through and read Nafisi's book, as well as all the ones she references. I guess I'll put that on the schedule for...2008.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » I pwn The Rich List

Jandy — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:35:15 -0000

Yeah, let my video-game/netspeak in for a moment there. You can send in your name, address, and phone number into Fox to enter yourself. I wouldn't have done quite so well on the second half of the show, though--Top 50 US Daily Newspapers? I maybe could've gotten eight or ten. If they'd stick with pop culture, I'd be golden.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » New look

Jandy — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:19:21 -0000

Sorry, forgot to specify the system...yes, Xbox.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » New look

Jandy — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 03:31:34 -0000

What's wrong with it? It's clean, it's green, and...okay, that's all I got, but I like the clean greeness. Plus, once I make a banner to fit me better, it'll be even better. The other layout had no place for a personalized banner. And the graphics were coded into the CSS in such a way that I couldn't easily change them.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Adaptation - Rexamining Fidelity Criticism

Jandy — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 04:46:41 -0000

Heh...it's being promoted in the side column because I put it there. It would be have been terribly perceptive of Amazon to have chosen it, though, wouldn't it? I'm not quite willing to give Amazon the reins yet on choosing what products get promoted in my sidebar.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Brrr

Jandy — Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:31:27 -0000

Yeah, you're right...in fact, I really think we've got it pretty good here. The grad students seem to get along well, with each other and the teachers. I hear about departmental strife concerning tenure, etc., but it hasn't affected us too much so far. I've heard about schools that are so competitive that the grad students are constantly sabotaging each other and stuff. Ugh. I'm not really complaining about the school, I just wanted to make that clear. I'm just lamenting that grad school in general is like this.

Starting a book club here would be a great idea if any of us had enough time to read extra books.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » MMORPG Firefly

Jandy — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 22:54:04 -0000

No, I hadn't. That sounds awesome, though! I'm not a huge comic person, but I might have to start. Fray was really good.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Semester wind-down

Jandy — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 02:11:20 -0000

Thanks, I'll look for that. Yeah, the different factions were definitely trying to strengthen their position by accusing the others of being extremists in whatever direction (all Calvinists were labeled Puritans, all those in favor of high church liturgy were papists...). Herbert died in 1633, which was the same year that William Laud became Archbishop of Canterbury, really bringing Arminianism in as the main Anglican theology, I think. The English Reformation is so interesting. Confusing as anything, but interesting.

Hee. Remember the Milk isn't as good as calendar-type stuff as 30boxes probably is (I haven't tested it extensively). I tend to use Google Calender when I need an actual calendar. I like RtM's todo lists, though. They're pretty flexible.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » December Reading/Watching Recap

Jandy — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:53:22 -0000

Well, my spreadsheet where I record all the films I watch says I saw The Glass Key in 1997, and I apparently liked it. But I don't remember it at all. I suppose I should rewatch it. Based on a Hammett book, isn't it?

Oh, please. I love comments. :p I'm not hugely into graphic novels, but I've read most of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and some of Watchmen and really enjoyed them...I think the library didn't have the next volume or something, and I wasn't quite willing to go buy them. You're right on with "V". It's a good story, but the film at least paints V as a hero, a liberator, and a martyr, with very little suggestion that he could be wrong in his methods if not in his intentions. I would've liked a little more ambiguity coming from the story itself, not only from my own reactions to it, if that makes sense.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Australian Idol

Jandy — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 18:43:57 -0000

Yeah, I assumed ours would be better, too. I originally wanted to watch Aussie Idol because of the accents. :) But then I got hooked. Damien...*sigh* I just hope they release his CD here, or I can get an import or something.

I was able to watch it due to the power of the internets. Somebody in Australia uploaded it as a bittorrent file (the file-sharing mechanism of choice for TV shows), and I have one of the torrent sites notify me when new ones come up, and it came up, and I thought, hey, interesting. Basically, it's an illegal download, but I can't see how international attention to their singers could be a bad thing...I mean, I already know I would buy at least three or four of these guys' albums if amazon.com will import them for me.

There are Idol shows for nearly every country now, but I have been less successful at ferreting downloads of the other ones--I've found NZ Idol (not as good, as I've said) and some Canadian Idol (which I haven't actively pursued), but nothing else. I'd like to try Indian Idol, just because Hindi music is cool. ;)

The weather is troubling me only insofar as it's kept me from going down to Austin this weekend. I was nearly ready to go today, because it's just cloudy here, but the forecast is for freezing rain tonight, and I didn't want to be driving back in that. Is it icy down there?

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol 6×01: Minneapolis Auditions

Jandy — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 03:49:49 -0000

Jennifer, it is FREEZING here. I kid you not. Freezing rain and all. People keep telling me I'm a wimp, being from St. Louis and complaining about a little bad weather--but that's why I moved from St. Louis! Hee.

Anyway. Yeah, I used to mock Idol-watchers, too. Then when I started watching, I mocked myself. Now I just don't care. I love show, and I'm getting less ashamed of it every day. ;) Usually there are more good ones than there were tonight, though. Minneapolis was truly terrible. Still, they do tend to concentrate on the bad auditions.

I vaguely know who Kate Smith is. I've heard the name, and I think I've seen and heard her, but I couldn't swear I have. There were a bunch of screamers tonight, though. Honestly.

Yeah, I really liked gravelly-voiced teen boy. Loved his personality and his willingness to go learn the ABBA song, but then he sang it JUST THE SAME! I almost wish they'd let him go through, because he did have a point about the vocal coaches in Hollywood. Might've helped a lot.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol 6×01: Minneapolis Auditions

Jandy — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 04:11:03 -0000

Debbie, this is why I don't watch the news. :D Also, it's boring, but repeating clips of stuff I've already seen over and over is the other reason (actually, that's boring, too...). Almost everyone was horrible tonight. I thought they were only showing the horrible auditions, but they actually only let seventeen through! Made me really glad I'm not one of the judges.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol 6×01: Minneapolis Auditions

Jandy — Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:55:39 -0000

Debbie, yeah, sometimes Simon gets too caught up on image, I think. He's trying to sell a "whole package," though...he's looking for someone with voice+personality+looks. But it is annoying at times. I'm hoping that they just showed all the gimmicky ones, and that it's not really as high as percentage of total auditioners as it seems. They've got to come up with better people than this though, or the competition part of the show's going to be utter crap.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol 6×03: Memphis Auditions

Jandy — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:22:49 -0000

Dad, hee. This was probably the worst audition show I've seen. Yes, they are screened before they go to the judges, and the screeners let through any people who might be good singers as well as any who might have entertainment value. Apparently Timika was one of the second group. Usually there are a lot more crazy delusional people, though...last night was mostly just mediocre.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol 6×03: Memphis Auditions

Jandy — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 03:26:59 -0000

Yeah, I might've missed when they said how many they sent through. I sort of zoned out for a few seconds near the end. And I do not know how many auditioners the pre-screeners listen to. I just know that the judges only hear a selection of the how ever many thousand people show up. And of course, we only see a fraction of the ones the judges see.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol 6×04: New York Auditions

Jandy — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 01:36:23 -0000

I liked Antonella, too. It's so refreshing to see someone come into the auditions without attitude and demur to the talent of others...even after Amanda left the room! See, I think this is why I'm ready for the competition already...I've already picked five or six people I like a good bit, and I'm impatient to know if they make it past Hollywood.

Really? It surprises me that they'd let anyone who had gotten to the public-voting stage return. But then, it really is the top twelve that matters, so I suppose I could see that.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol 6×04: New York Auditions

Jandy — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 23:20:34 -0000

Nope, public votes on top 24. They just vote off like four a week instead of one.

I'm sorry, I've done some general bashing, too. But you've gotta admit, sometimes it's just too easy.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Welcome Theo

Jandy — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:31:02 -0000

He's a betta. They're like, the easiest fish in the world to take care of. No need for tanks with filters or anything. And they're only like $4 at Walmart.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » William Cowper

Jandy — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:13:39 -0000

Debbie - See, I told you that you should check out my blog. ;) I never know how much research to share...usually I'm afraid I'd bore people to death, but I thought Cowper was interesting.

Mark - Oh, it didn't. We're being in class, as usual (it's a really good being-behind, though, because it's due to really good on-topic conversations that none of us want to stop having), so I'll do it next week. Probably better that way; now I'll have time to do it in PowerPoint and make it more interesting.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol 6×05: Birmingham Auditions

Jandy — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 02:06:13 -0000

I especially loved how tickled Simon was! Cracked me up even more. I mean, Simon being mean is good enough, but Simon being mean while unable to keep a smile off his face? EVEN BETTER.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol 6×06 LA Auditions

Jandy — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:54:29 -0000

That's what VCRs are for. ;) I've been writing mostly assuming that people have watched (or are watching) the show, so my comments are probably too vague most of the time to act as good commentary! Maybe I'll try to be more specific on Wednesdays in the future.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol 6×07 - San Antonio, TX

Jandy — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:41:07 -0000

Yeah, I don't know about you, but I'd be one of the boring mediocre people who don't even get on TV, and bore people like me when they do. So, yeah, no. ;)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol 6×08 - Extra Auditions

Jandy — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 02:45:05 -0000

Hi, Melanie! Heh, you sound like Paula...horrible voice, but love your shoes! :) Nah, the first skater's voice wasn't that great. Again, yeah, not BAD, but I wasn't surprised they didn't let her through. I was a little surprised they let Ashley through, even though I would've.

I know there are earlier auditions (Katharine McPhee has mentioned that she first auditioned in San Francisco, before she was at the televised LA auditions in front of the judges), but I think there may also be some screening before the 50,000 at the stadium or wherever actually go in to the judges...I think there would have to be. Oh, I also think they were at each city for two days. Even so. That's a lot of people.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Class Registration Blues

Jandy — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 18:57:15 -0000

Mark, well, yeah. I agree with everything you've said. And if these classes were 3 hours out of 120, like required classes that I wasn't terribly excited about as an undergrad, I wouldn't have a problem at all. But they're 3 hours out of thirty. Each class is 10% of the whole program, and with every semester that ticks by without any offerings I'm really interested in, I wonder why I'm getting this degree at all, especially now that I've decided I don't want the job it's preparing me for. I had classes as an undergrad that I didn't like, but they were sandwiched in among a greater number that I did. Now I'm looking at another year of classes with the looming possibility of having liked two or three out of twelve, and having graduated with a degree I won't use not having learned anything I wanted to know. I'm sorry, I'm in a really negative mood today...feel like I picked the wrong school, the wrong program, the wrong everything.

Hee. I saw that John Bunyan post. I've never made it all the way through Pilgrim's Progress either, but I loved Little Pilgrim's Progress when I was a kid.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Class Registration Blues

Jandy — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 06:15:38 -0000

Tineke, yep, that's it. I have to pick two. I think I'm probably going to do the Contemporary American and the Victorian Poetry. And on the good side, I'm finding out that a lot of professors don't mind you sitting in on their classes, so I may find some undergrad classes that have interesting content, to keep myself from going nuts. I'm feeling a bit better about the whole thing now (hanging out with other grad students tonight helped me remember that I'm here for the community as well, and that part's great).

Thanks for showing up over here! I keep forgetting to crosspost to LJ.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Class Registration Blues

Jandy — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:43:56 -0000

Yeah, I was surprised, too, when I found out most grad students only take two classes a semester, but then, grad classes take more work plus most people have assistantships that take up 15-20+ extra hours a week.

Exactly! I want the content more than the credit a lot of times, so I'm definitely going to look into sitting in on some stuff. Apparently there's one class this year that has like 50 people in there (the cap on people actually taking the class is 12...).

No, when is the Betaversary? I haven't even been checking my flist on LJ. I'd like to turn up, if everyone else is.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Class Registration Blues

Jandy — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:00:38 -0000

Ooh, the 10th I'm going to a concert in Austin (an hour and a half away). I'll try to stop by in the morning, but won't be able to stay too long. Bummer.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » PDF rant

Jandy — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:44:17 -0000

See, that's the thing. I don't want to change the document. I want to annotate it. Which doesn't involve changing it, just adding an overlay of my own marks and notes. I know you're not a Microsoft person, but I've used Microsoft Reader for ebooks a bit, and you can highlight, add notes, bookmarks, all sorts of things, and they're saved in a separate folder, but associated with the document you're annotating (so you see them when you look at the ebook, but they aren't actually a part of it). This is so much better than the pure static PDF that you can't do anything but read, and I don't understand why PDFs, since they're so standard and ubiquitous, don't have this sort of functionality.

Thanks for the point about photocopies and OCR. I guess it probably goes on a journal-by-journal basis whether they use text-based or photo-based PDFs. And I have a feeling my school wouldn't understand why I don't just print things out like everyone else here does.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Spam compliments

Jandy — Sat, 17 Feb 2007 04:11:28 -0000

The comments are really link depositories; most of the ones I get are Viagra/Cialis, but also some porn, and some other random stuff that I have no idea what is. It's just hilarious that they seem to think that we won't know it's spam if they include a line that "compliments" the blog. You know, along with the fifteen links to off-color sites.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol: Top 24 Revealed

Jandy — Sun, 18 Feb 2007 18:18:52 -0000

Yeah, I totally understand. I've been getting behind on several of my other shows, even my baby Veronica Mars. I'm just trying extra hard to stay on top of Idol!

I'm pretty pleased with the Top 24, too...I like that there aren't really too many people that you can easily categorize. Like, last year you had Chris the rocker, Kellie the country girl, Bucky the country rocker, but you don't really have that this year. They're diverse, but not as pigeon-hole-able. Rudy and Phil I don't think will go too far. I like Phil's personality a lot, but I'm not that into his singing.

re: Paul, yeah, but a lot of the time "lucky underwear" things include not washing them, even if you only wear them certain times. I was just hoping he didn't think that not washing was part of the luck. That's all.

Top 5...yeah, hard. Ask me on Thursday, after I've had a chance to hear them all sing. And yes, you're totally right. It's unfair not to show all the auditions. They should AT THE VERY LEAST put them on the website. They do have interview clips with the Top 24, so you can sort of get a sense of their personalities and influences, but it's not the same thing. Compared with, say, how they've showcased Antonella--don't get me wrong, I love her, but one of the reasons I love her is because I've seen so much of her. I saw how self-effacing she was at the original audition, how supportive of Amanda (who was sort of a bitca at times), and how well she came through the horrible group round compared with Amanda and Baylie. I mean, all told, she's had about six times the amount of positive impressions compared with, say, Leslie Hunt. Sorry, rant.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol: Top 24 Revealed

Jandy — Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:05:40 -0000

Yeah, I've been thinking about that, too. Season 5 was my first year watching regularly, so I keep thinking that it's just not going to be the same without Chris and Kat and Elliott...but then I remind myself that the first week of competition, I didn't care too much for Chris or Elliott, and I didn't even remember Kat's audition. So I think it's just that we don't know them yet.

I've been watching American Idol Rewind, where they're replaying S1, but recut a bit. And S1 was SOOOO BAD! Seriously. Production value was nil. Although, they haven't gotten to the finalists yet, so maybe it'll get better after that. And most of the singers aren't great, either. It's come a long way.

You're very welcome! I wanted to keep really good track of the auditions this year so that I would be able to remember everyone and everything they did on the show.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol: Top 12 Guys

Jandy — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 03:34:58 -0000

Yeah, I nearly put Chris Sligh on there. I just didn't care for the song--I know I shouldn't really consider that, but... And aw. I like Sanjaya. Not the best performance last night, perhaps, but there were others worse than him, I thought.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Grey’s Anatomy (spoilers) & The Office (not really spoilers)

Jandy — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:12:43 -0000

Jennifer, I was very much a late-comer to Grey's--really only started watching it (on DVD) over the summer, but I was addicted almost immediately! It breaks me every time.

And I don't dislike Meredith...I just don't love her. But, yeah, I don't care for McDreamy too much. He's done too much to hurt my wonderful Addison. I liked Callie in last night's ep. They're getting some good interaction going between her, George, and Izzie. I won't say more than that, since you haven't watched it yet.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Grey’s Anatomy (spoilers) & The Office (not really spoilers)

Jandy — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 06:04:51 -0000

Yeah, I mean, I was pretty sure Meredith wasn't going to die. The dead-voice-over territory is already taken by Desperate Housewives. ;) But as far as character development went (not only Meredith's, but also Cristina's and Derek's), it was quite well done, I thought. And Denny was there! I love Denny. I watched ER for about a season or two somewhere in the middle--um, right when Maura Tierney started on it. Then I quit, and never went back.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol Top 10 Guys

Jandy — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:39:11 -0000

Yeah, I can't believe Brandon chose that song. Badness.

Blake's really playing smart so far. If he keeps it up, he could be in this for a good long while. I liked Phil this week, he just fell in that "good-but-not-great" nether region, you know?

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol Top 10 Girls

Jandy — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:06:47 -0000

Singing country is actually a really good idea! Right now they're all singing variations on Motown/R&B;/Diva songs. Gina might be able to get away with moving toward rock (and away from powerhouse-diva songs), but rock chicks tend to fail quickly, so maybe she's right not to do that.

Yeah, that's true. Stephanie is younger than she seems (not meaning that to be a value judgment, either way). I do like her, she just doesn't WOW me. Well, Melinda has impressed me from her first audition, and singing Aretha Franklin and Frank Sinatra songs well generally gets on my good side quickly. ;) I agree with you, though, that Simon needs to quit with the "everyone else has an ego, you don't blah blah blah" line. He's run that into the ground, however true it is.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol Top 10 Girls

Jandy — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 05:39:33 -0000

Mark - because I'm behind. My cable provider decided to suddenly stop carrying the CW, so I've had to start downloading the episodes again, and I tend to get behind when I do that. I believe I'm three episodes behind right now.

I think the last episode I watched was the one where the one girl was given RU-486. I know there was some huge kerfluffle in the fandom after last week's episode, but I have no idea what happened, or why everyone was upset about it, so please don't tell me. I'll get caught up next week probably, after I finish a paper for next Wednesday.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol - Top 20 Becomes Top 16

Jandy — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 02:54:44 -0000

That's a very good point. Reverse psychology and all. And re: Leslie, exactly. There are at least six or seven better voices, probably, but she was different, and I enjoy having something different on the show. I'm concerned that we're going to get to the final six girls, and they're all going to be Motown-inflected power belters, which is a very real possibility right now. Not saying they're not great, but just...similar style.

Sanjaya and Antonella are likely to be the VotefortheWorst choices next week, and I think the site has enough supporters that it may actually be affecting the results. They certainly both deserved be sent home this week.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol - Top 8 Guys

Jandy — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 20:35:15 -0000

True enough, Brandon was underwhemling last week, too. I just...really don't like Sundance anymore. He's annoying me. Jamison's a lot cooler than Sundance!

I'm a little torn on Chris R. I do think he gets a little nasally now and then, but overall I like him. Partially it's his personality, I'll grant that. And you're right...Paula has been giving constructive criticism. I'm just so used to her being unconditionally supportive that it's weird.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol Top 11 - British Invasion

Jandy — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 01:27:01 -0000

Hey, cool! I wondered if anyone ever read it live. Do you have IM or anything? We could chat...I'm faithx5 on GoogleTalk and Yahoo!Messenger. I also have AIM and MSN Messenger, but I hate them and thus, don't use them unless I have to. ;)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol Results: 11 Becomes 10

Jandy — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 04:16:17 -0000

I don't know!! But I'm so glad he stayed. So glad. He was way higher than that on DialIdol.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » New Layout

Jandy — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 05:13:20 -0000

I really didn't do too much to it. The designer did a great job to start with. But thanks. :)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » January 2007 Reading/Watching Recap

Jandy — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 03:53:02 -0000

Jennifer - I don't ALWAYS look up the words I don't know. If I can get the gist of the meaning from the context I usually don't look up an unknown word (unless it comes up a lot and just starts to bug me), but if I can't, I feel like I'm missing something and want to know what it is, because I don't like feeling left out. And I'm NOT an academic. I just fake it well. Sorta well. Sometimes. ;)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Voltaire on Homer

Jandy — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:42:04 -0000

Well, it's not just a question of technology (I mean, books of perfectly acceptable poetry took advantage of the printing press, too), but one of content--the earliest (English-language) novels came along with the burgeoning Romantic movement (think Gothic novels), and the literary establishment of the time was still firmly neoclassical. There were no novels in ancient Greece, so therefore they must be some upstart sort of bastard form, thus they were inherently inferior to the high art of epic and tragic poetry.

There was also the moral concern, as Dabney argues (like here; thanks for suggesting I search for that, it's interesting! And sort of funny, though he obviously didn't think it was...), which I guess stemmed, again, from the Romantic influence which tended toward horrific and titillating narratives and sentimentality rather than edifying morality. The morality issue is important to neoclassicists like Voltaire really only from a position of manners and social acceptability. Voltaire, after all, epitome of the athiest. (Reading further in the Dabney piece, he sounds like a consummate neoclassicist, just with a more religious bent than usual.)

Your comparison to television is a really good one, though I suspect it's a high art/low art distinction more than a technological one (except insofar as technological advances helped make low art easier to produce, just at it did high art). I guess I just see technology as a means rather than a cause.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Voltaire on Homer

Jandy — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:57:48 -0000

Tineke, yeah, I got stifled by only having one sidebar. And you have to press play on the music thing in the corner (or double-click one of the tracks). I hate sites that start playing music as soon as it loads, so I didn't want to force that on other people. ;)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol Results - 10 Becomes 9

Jandy — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:03:31 -0000

Chris's timing was really off...his voice sounded okay, but the song as a whole just didn't work. Sanjaya...well, he's got a) the whole Indian population behind him, b) some high-profile bloggers like rickey.org behind him, and c) votefortheworst.com behind him.

And re: Haley, I definitely think the other girls are better than she is. I'm in no way wanting her to actually win, but I want very badly for her to be there longer than Sanjaya, at least. ;) I'm voting for her now as an underdog. When it comes closer to the finals, I'll be switching to Melinda or Blake or Chris R. Plus, I think she really does have a good recording voice, and I'd like her to place high enough to have a chance at a contract.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol Top 9 - American Songbook

Jandy — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 03:20:08 -0000

Aw, thanks! It's been a little rushed lately, because I've been chatting with Becky during the show, too. ;) I have been voting, yes. Mostly for Haley, because I know she's in danger all the time. Once she leaves, my quartet of favorites is Blake/Chris/Melinda/Jordin. In no particular order. How about you?

I loved when Simon said that to Sanjaya! "Let's try a different strategy..." They're not even trying to judge his performances anymore.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » District B-13 Parkour video

Jandy — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 06:01:49 -0000

The picture quality is a little better, I think--doesn't pixelate as much as YouTube tends to. Also, it carries less traffic, which for some reason I like better. Also, because everybody does YouTube, and I have to be a rebel. ;)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol Top 8: Latin

Jandy — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 15:43:18 -0000

Jennifer - Yeah, Haley was just a sentimental choice for me. Really, I'm with you...Sanjaya just needs to go. It's just becoming a joke now.

April - I don't think he'll win...as the competition gets narrower, I think more people will vote for actual good people. I mean, are the people who voted for Gina or Haley or Chris Sligh going to switch to Sanjaya? I doubt it. If I had to pick my winner right now, I think honestly it would be Jordin. Melinda doesn't need it, she's a professional anyway and will have a contract no matter what, and Blake and Chris are TEH HOTNESS, but their performance skills are better than their actual vocals.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Literary Criticism (rant warning)

Jandy — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 15:17:22 -0000

Heh...yeah, I really couldn't say. I know her by hearsay only (and I may have read her BFI book on The Birds, but I can't remember if I have or not).

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Trailer Watch - Opening April 13th and 19th, 2007

Jandy — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:38:55 -0000

I'm leaving in...45 minutes to go see Hot Fuzz! :D I'm very excited. I'll have to take notes on all the film references. I love movies with lots of film references.

Yeah, Shia LaBeouf is going to be in the next Indiana Jones movie, which I was sort of meh on before, because really, I love Harrison Ford, but he's getting a bit old to be Indy. But Shia adds some young cuteness that will help balance that out, hopefully. :)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Film Anthologies

Jandy — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:42:49 -0000

Yeah, my Film Appreciation professor wasn't even that prepared. Like, we watched some of Dames, because it's a good example of the early 1930s Warner Bros. musicals choreographed by Busby Berkeley (not as good as 42nd Street or Gold Diggers of 1933, but I digress), but he just started it at the beginning and left it running straight through until the end of class...yet all the important bits (i.e., the Busby Berkeley-choreographed musical numbers) are at the end! Sorry, I'm still bitter over that bit of mis-preparation. I could've taught that class better when I took it at age 17.

But yeah, DVDs that go with the books are helpful. But it would be really awesome for teachers to be able to make their own--I know if I were teaching, I'd want to make my own and not depend on whoever wrote the textbook to illustrate the same things I want to.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol Top 6: Idol Gives Back

Jandy — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 14:18:54 -0000

Yeah, LaKisha has been annoying me lately. And I have to admit, Phil's country song last week wasn't bad. I think he sings fine, I just don't care for him. Meh.

But Jordin. Wow. You should've seen me freaking out last night right before Ryan said nobody was leaving. I would've been incredibly upset if she'd gotten voted off. Geez. I thought that was sort of cruel to tell her last.

Did you get Elliott's CD? I picked it up last week, but I've only listed to it once through, so I don't really have a feel for it yet.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Words from the past

Jandy — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 04:02:44 -0000

Valerie, thanks! I saw your blog on the Blogger's Choice Awards site, and thought it was a fascinating thing to do! I wish I had memoirs like this from my grandparents (who grew up in the '30s and '40s).

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Unrelated Thoughts

Jandy — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 01:03:50 -0000

More like Monty Python than Benny Hill I think (there are even a couple of Python references--at least I took them that way), but I haven't seen hardly any Benny Hill. It's slapsticky and somewhat absurdist, with a good chunk of over-the-top violence in the vein of Simon Pegg's earlier film Shaun of the Dead. And self-referential humor like Pegg's TV series Spaced, but that hasn't been shown here in the States to my knowledge, so you may not be familiar with it.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol Top 6…Again - Bon Jovi

Jandy — Wed, 02 May 2007 05:45:35 -0000

Mark and Jennifer - I wondered if you two were fighting over the computer or something to post so close together. What is Quiet Riot? Some band I'm too young to know about? :p Jenn, Jordin? Tonight was probably her worst performance yet, but I think it pales in significance compared with her many outstanding ones... I suspect that Chris will go tomorrow, too. I like him, but he hasn't upped his game to match some of the other contestants.

Nicole - Well, I am getting so biased against Phil that I hardly hear him singing anymore. Bad I know, but there it is. He did do a good job on the country night, though, for sure. Tonight, though...just felt weak to me, and I mostly agreed with Simon. I'd be happy with either Jordin or Melinda winning--I lean toward Jordin only because I think Melinda's career will be just fine whether or not she wins, and Jordin, being inexperienced, could probably use the boost.

Becky - BLAKE!!!

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol 6 Become 4

Jandy — Sat, 05 May 2007 01:14:40 -0000

Oh, geez, I hope not. I hate disco. I think about boogie being '40s and '50s, though...but I could be wrong.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Monday Music 7 May 2007 - Fabulist! and Rilo Kiley

Jandy — Wed, 09 May 2007 03:58:23 -0000

You're right! Weird. The upload must've screwed up. Anyway, it's fixed now. Thanks for pointing it out.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol Results - 4 Become 3

Jandy — Fri, 11 May 2007 19:09:56 -0000

Exactly. I'm still pulling for Jordin to win, but I'll be fine no matter who wins. MUCH better than last year. ;) My guess is LaKisha's votes will go to Melinda. Maybe Jordin. Probably not Blake, but who knows?

I don't know what's up with the timestamp. Odd.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Music Monday - 14 May 2007 - Brit Rock

Jandy — Mon, 14 May 2007 19:13:38 -0000

Are you sure it's not a setting in your feedreader? My feed is set to give the full entry (not a summary) unless I use the "more" tag, which I didn't. The whole entry shows up in Google Reader. Maybe it depends on the reader--what do you use?

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » American Idol Top 3

Jandy — Wed, 16 May 2007 01:31:25 -0000

Hey, I come by my "y'all"s honestly! My mom's from Alabama. I've always said y'all.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Summer TV

Jandy — Sun, 27 May 2007 05:12:36 -0000

Oops, my bad. Fixed now! I liked how Nigel said he wasn't going to be mean this year, and I was like, yeah, right. Although he typically isn't quite as mean as Simon anyway.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Bradbury and Authorial Intent

Jandy — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:16:41 -0000

Mark, I figured you probably didn't, but the way you said it was ambiguous. :p I probably should've asked you first, but I was also sort of including the blog you referenced. And yeah, like I said, I don't remember the details of the story that well (it's seriously probably been ten or twelve years since I read it). Why is there popular demand for censorship? That just doesn't make any sense to me--hence why I need to reread. If no one is reading books, why wouldn't they die out naturally, and why would people braindead through television care if anyone else was reading books?

I love your test analogy...that's a perfect way to define the difference between intention and what's actually on the page. I may have to use that sometime.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » So You Think You Can Dance Top 20

Jandy — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 04:32:58 -0000

Well, I didn't think Ricky did well this week. But the few little clips of him in Vegas were good, and it was because of those that I was surprised he was eliminated. Yeah, your top picks were the same as mine. Lacey and Kameron were incredible.

I hope you keep up watching! I like hearing what you think about stuff.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » So You Think You Can Dance Top 20

Jandy — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:36:00 -0000

Hee. Was Charis thinking specific ones danced weird, or just all of them? That's great. I pretty much thought contemporary dancing was weird and didn't like it at all until I started watching the show last year. Now I love it.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Dark Knight

Jandy — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:21:40 -0000

That I could not tell you...she's incredible in everything she's in, and always steals the show when she's not the star already. She should be a lot better known than she probably is, but she does tend to run in indie circles.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies — 2007 Edition

Jandy — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 02:39:35 -0000

I know! It took me all day to put the list together. ;)

I like My Fair Lady, but it's just...there are at least six or seven better George Cukor films, there are at least five or six better Audrey Hepburn films (though I'll grant you it's Rex Harrison's best film, but he wasn't in that many great ones), the Broadway version of the soundtrack is much better, and it's just...bloated. That doesn't mean it's not enjoyable or anything, but it always strikes me more as an example of the 1960s tendency to overblow its musicals than as a great example of the musical genre. But that's my opinion.

And yeah, Toy Story is great. Toy Story 2 is better though, if you're talking pure quality, and if I were picking the best Pixar film, I'd go with Monster Inc. But Toy Story is more important historically, which is why it's probably on the list.

Re: Sophie's Choice, really? Meryl Streep won an Oscar for it, I know that...is it just, like, really depressing? I know enough of the story to think it might be rather depressing.

Hee...I think Blade Runner was one of the first sci-fi movies I ever saw, and I just didn't get it, especially since whatever I knew of more modern special effects skewed my view of it. But I keep hearing so much good about it that I really want to watch it again.

The SYTYCD recap will be up soon. I've got videos this time! Well, I will as soon as I have them all encoded and uploaded.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Margot at the Wedding trailer

Jandy — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 18:07:26 -0000

Whether Nicole Kidman cares if I like her or not is irrelevant. The point is that I enjoy movies more if I like the actors and if they do a good job portraying their characters, and if their characters are well-written enough to support a quality portrayal. I already like Nicole Kidman from several films, notably The Hours and Dogville, but also Far and Away, Moulin Rouge, The Others, To Die For, etc. In other words, I'm already a fan of hers and am predisposed to like her, so it makes me happy when she chooses roles that are well-written and play to her strengths as an actress rather than to her weaknesses. She's an uneven actress, so I'm never sure if she's going to do a good job or not--I'm merely saying that Margot at the Wedding looks like the type of film in which she traditionally does well, and I'm pleased that the director seems to have brought out the side of her that I like.

It's not about the film making me like her--I already like her. It's about the film living up to that like.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » April 2007 Reading/Watching Recap

Jandy — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 01:22:32 -0000

Holly! I was just thinking about you the other day...my mom enjoyed getting a letter from your mom, and then I had to go look for your latest baby pictures, and yeah. Anyway. How's everyone doing?

I actually haven't seen Papillion...I think it falls in that '60s-'80s dead spot in my movie knowledge, which I'm working to correct, but slowly. ;) I'll have to put it on my rental list, especially since I'm learning to really like Steve McQueen (I saw The Great Escape last month; have you seen that?). And I don't really dislike Lewis, he just doesn't appeal to me as much as a lot of other comedians. I'm glad you like him, and you're in good company. I hear he's particularly popular among the French for some reason...

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » So You Think You Can Dance Top 20

Jandy — Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:43:59 -0000

Thanks for the heads-up! When I posted those, some of the other copies of the clips were already being taken down, so I figured it would happen sooner or later... One person's promotional materials are another person's copyright violations. ;)

My post of the Top 18 has Photobucket videos instead of YouTube--a little lower-profile. You could watch those!

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » To Ponder - The New Wave, Modern or Postmodern?

Jandy — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 02:28:01 -0000

filmbo, thanks for the comment. I must admit that I'm not as familiar with most of the New Wave directors as yourself (I just flipped over and read through some of your entries), so I can't really judge whether Godard's interest in "low-art" American films was genuine. My reason for thinking that the New Wave in general was fascinated with American genre film is the amount of time that the Cahier du Cinema writers who became New Wave directors spent showing its value. I always find it fascinating that the writers who championed what most critics thought to be throw-away B movies ended up making, essentially, art films...perhaps Tarantino is merely reversing the tendency? (Also, I tend to think Tarantino is pretty nerdy, but I also don't consider that a bad thing.)

As far as seeing it as specifically Postmodern, I tend to find more connections than dissonances between Modernism and Postmodernism (for example, Godard's play with audio and soundtrack in Band of Outsiders and A Woman is a Woman could be considered an extension of Modernist experimentation with language), but the high-art/low-art divide is a definite difference, as is the appropriation of other disparate works from all sorts of sources (filmic, literary, musical, artistic). One book I skimmed the other day suggested that if the slogan of Modernism was "Make it new," the slogan of Postmodernism is "Make it used." I think that's too simple, but it's at least easy to remember.

What would you say are the elements that make Godard (and Rivette, but I haven't seen any Rivette films) Postmodern? I think I would categorize Resnais as Postmodern, but I'd need to rewatch his films with the question in mind. The others, yeah, I don't know. I'm not sure that every filmmaker (or every writer) can be classified as either Modernist or Postmodernist; somehow the labels are more than just artistic schools, but they're also not all-encompassing. And as you've said, the line is hazy, because the definitions are hazy--which I hope is going to make the paper I'm writing interesting rather than muddled. ;)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » So You Think You Can Dance Top 20

Jandy — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:22:45 -0000

Well, Photobucket is more of a repository of photos and now video--more with the storing, less with the social aspect. So, I mean, you can go searching for clips on Photobucket, but they aren't as prominently displayed or linked together as on YouTube--plus I named these with the intent of making them difficult to find. ;) I've had gigabytes worth of screencaps that technically violate copyright on Photobucket for years, and I've never heard anything. So here's hoping!

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Cinema Yearning

Jandy — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 03:34:41 -0000

I haven't seen any Ashby films, so I don't really know if he's my cup of tea. I would probably go see it were I near Film Forum, because I would see everything I could. ;)

(I also limited my list to the better-known films that my friends and family would be more likely to recognize.)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Whatever Happened to Deanna Durbin?

Jandy — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:49:32 -0000

I know! I'm sort of glad she took that route and stuck to it. I mean, I love her films, but I really respect people who leave celebrity for a normal life and are able to keep to it.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » So You Think You Can Dance Top 16

Jandy — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:55:37 -0000

Well, I was surprised when they let Jessi go this week, and I wish Nigel had talked a little more about why instead of just saying "you're gone." I like her dancing, I just don't like her for some reason, which I know is stupidly biased. Oh well.

Yeah, I'm not sure how I'd feel about Lacey winning after Benji won. That said, I like Lacey a lot more than I ever liked Benji (I really wanted Travis or Allison to win). Hok is incredible. He goes in with everything and usually manages to pull it off at least passable. He's so cool.

I'm so excited it's back tonight!! It feels like it's been forever!

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Jean-Luc Godard - a course in cinema

Jandy — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:32:46 -0000

Masculin Feminin is second in my Netflix queue...I'm doing them roughly in order (though I didn't do these three in order because I didn't start off to watch Godard's entire output...that plan came in the midst of watching them), which puts Alphaville first. I'm really looking forward to Masculin Feminin A LOT, though. I've heard many good things about it. On the other hand, it doesn't have Anna Karina, right, and I'm not sure how I feel about that yet. ;)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Jean-Luc Godard - a course in cinema

Jandy — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:35:51 -0000

Crap, I just noticed that somehow Le Petit Soldat and Les Carabiniers got out of order, which would put Masculin Feminin in fourth place. I might have to go out of order...what do you think?

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Jean-Luc Godard - a course in cinema

Jandy — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 01:17:16 -0000

Okay, I'll give Chantal a chance. :)

And yes, I'm for seeing everything. I sort of like going in chronological order to see the filmmaker's progression, and to pretend that I'm actually seeing the films as they came out, whether good or great. Only closer together, of course.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » New Words in Webster’s

Jandy — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:28:10 -0000

P-C, yeah, totally. What's the good of being an English speaker if you can't have fake words?

Tineke, how do you spell it? Gi-gantic + e-normous = ginormous. And I have no idea. Why don't you try it and I'll let you know? My guess is I wouldn't know unless I checked all the time, because I don't think LJ would know how to notify me.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Jean-Luc Godard - a course in cinema

Jandy — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:37:28 -0000

I haven't seen 2 ou 3 choses, and it's not on DVD, so I can't get it right away. My library at home in St. Louis has it on VHS, though, I just discovered, so I'll try to see it when I'm home in August!

(filmbo, they also have Celine and Julie Go Boating, so I'll make sure I get that one, too, and lose my Rivette virginity.)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Jean-Luc Godard - a course in cinema

Jandy — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:40:44 -0000

I'm actually in school in Texas right now, rather than St. Louis, but if it comes to Austin (and I can find out about it) I'll try to make it down there.

I was homeschooled, actually, but if I had gone to public school, it would have been Francis Howell (in St. Charles), but I more likely would have gone to Westminster Christian Academy. You can see I get the question a lot. ;) Are you a St. Louisian in some capacity?

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Celebrate Barbara Stanwyck

Jandy — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 00:10:22 -0000

Well, here's your perfect chance to watch it! Have you never seen it before? Classic, classic noir.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » So You Think You Can Dance Top 12

Jandy — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 14:53:22 -0000

Annie, thanks! I know, I'm actually way more hooked on SYTYCD right now than I was on American Idol this year. I might actually post sometime on why SYTYCD is better than AI. Wade better be choreographing next week! I really missed his routines. On the other hand, it was sort of nice to have a third judge who actually knew the dancers and was willing to be critical; usually the guest judges are all happy happy all the time and basically worthless for constructive criticism.

Yeah, I might have to start voting next week myself. ;) I actually did last night, but it didn't help Anya and Danny out much apparently. Guess I should've thrown all my votes their way instead of sending some to Lacey and Kameron.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » So You Think You Can Dance Top 12

Jandy — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 02:46:19 -0000

Jennifer, I'm sorry you haven't been able to watch it live! It's probably a commentary on the non-existence of my life that it's pretty much the highlight of my week. ;) I'm glad my commentary is helpful to someone. Even though I'd probably write it anyway, because I like to see myself write. Heh.

I haven't watched anything on the Food Network; I'm not much for cooking or anything. Becky has got me watching Hell's Kitchen, but that's about it.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Allison and Ivan - The Umbrella Dance

Jandy — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:03:25 -0000

Hee, no problem. I'm glad you enjoyed the Mambo! I wasn't a huge Benji fan either, but there's just nothing bad to say about that number--it was absolute perfection.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » May 2007 Reading/Watching Recap

Jandy — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:11:52 -0000

It was interesting that even in his "darkest" moments all his energy was directed toward MJ. Also, did most people like X2 better than X-Men? I liked first one a lot more, but then, maybe people who'd read the comics got more out of the second one than I did (since I haven't read the comics).

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Whatever Happened to Deanna Durbin?

Jandy — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 14:53:28 -0000

Ed, that's great! Thanks for letting me know that Deanna has remained popular in the UK. She's not completely unknown in the US, either, but in terms of the average person--she's not on their radar screen at all.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » So You Think You Can Dance Top 8

Jandy — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:47:48 -0000

She has! Almost all of her routines are among my favorites. I didn't care too much for the paso doble, but that was just because I couldn't get my mind around doing paso doble to "We Will Rock You." I thought she and Jesus did a great job dancing it. But yeah, those others were all INCREDIBLE. As opposed to Lauren, who has had maybe one or two fairly good numbers and LOTS of mediocre-to-bad ones.

I have no idea who's voting for her. I liked Lauren all right in the beginning, but now that she's knocked out both Anya and Sara, she's completely worn out her welcome. I'M SO UPSET. STILL.

Also, hi! I'm glad to see you here! I saw a comment from "Rach" in my inbox, and I was like, ooh, I hope that's who I think it is! And it was. :)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Disappearing iTunes

Jandy — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 00:26:03 -0000

Eric! I'm glad you're finding my blog interesting. ;) I've been really lax about updating it the last week or two--why is it I post less when I have more time? Weird. Blog = procrastination tool, apparently.

I LOVED Hannah and Her Sisters. I liked The Shining a lot, too, but in a different way. Definitely, though, put Hannah in that list of top five Woody Allen films I sent you. I just got back from seeing Once at the theatre--it won't come to Waco, but you should rent it when it comes out on DVD, if you can. It made me happy and sad all at the same time, in a good way. I haven't watched Zodiac yet, but probably will next week. My monthly review posts are a couple of months behind, though, as you probably noticed--I'm trying to get those caught up next week, but I don't know how successful I'm going to be. ;) Do you have a blog where I can read all your thoughts about film and other stuff? You should. :p

Before Sunset disappointed me a little when I first saw it (have we already discussed these films? I forget), because I had just seen Before Sunrise the previous day and loved it, and Sunset was so much more...yeah...emotionally brutal, I guess. Raw. I just wasn't ready for it; I'd like to see them again so I can accept Sunset for what it is, not what I wanted it to be.

Did you see Bourne Ultimatum? I saw that this week, too, and thought it really good--we were talking about smart action flicks, and I think the Bourne series counts, certainly more so than any other trilogy I know. I can't remember if I ever saw Rush Hour 2...I think I did. I'll probably check out 3 on DVD. ;)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » So You Think You Can Dance Top 6 and Top 4

Jandy — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:39:36 -0000

I download them from the internets (via bittorrent tracker site mininova.org), where kind Australian people upload them after they air in Australia. I wish they played it on TV here! That would be cool.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Firefox Extensions I Couldn’t Live Without

Jandy — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 03:35:50 -0000

Yeah, I think both del.icio.us and StumbleUpon can be used as bookmark managers...I've never used SU like that, but only for new website discovery. Which, yeah, you can also do with del.icio.us, but it doesn't feel as serendipitous. There are so many web services popping up these days that seem to fill very similar niches, aren't there.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Image Resizing Using Seam Carving

Jandy — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:13:38 -0000

Heh, yeah. I guess I should check lj now and again anyway.

And yeah, I know! Of course, once this gets to be common (and it probably will be--I think Adobe just hired the guy who invented it, so it'll probably be in Photoshop before too long), photographs won't be good evidence of anything anymore. Not that good photo manipulators can't already do whatever they want to make photos show whatever they want, but this'll make it so much easier, anybody can do it.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Music Tuesday - Once Soundtrack

Jandy — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 19:19:17 -0000

Thanks. That was one of the things I was supposed to check on preview and I got so wrapped up checking the Amazon links that I forgot.

Neither S2 nor S3 of Desperate Housewives were nearly as good as S1, but it's still a fun show. The finale last year introduced a lot of twists, too, so I wouldn't start in on S4 without catching up on S3. But that's just me.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Music Tuesday - Once Soundtrack

Jandy — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 00:39:39 -0000

There is a bit of a resemblance, especially in the high register--I think Glen Hansard is a little more "real". I like FFF all right, but Hansard's voice has that tiny bit of a rasp that just gets me. You'd really like the movie, too, I think, if you can find it playing somewhere, or rent the DVD when it comes out.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Google Reader Gets Search

Jandy — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 20:21:41 -0000

I actually had to close and reload the tab for it to show up after I saw mention of it on several of my feeds. And I know, right? I don't know how many times I've wanted to find a post again that I know I read but forgot from which feed and how long ago...

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Theatrical Picks for 9/7/07 - 3:10 to Yuma and Pierrot le fou for St. Louisans

Jandy — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:56:17 -0000

Yeah, I was looking at that...the closest is Houston in November--Houston is only a little over two hours away, plus I have friends there, so that might be doable. Thanks for the link! You don't happen to know about DVD release plans, do you?

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » DVD Pick of the Week - Away From Her

Jandy — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:26:23 -0000

Oh, mine too. I found both of their finales last year disappointing, but that doesn't mean I'm any the less excited for their premieres this year! Probably later this week I'll be posting about what shows I'm going to try to watch this year, time and scheduling permitting, and I hesitate to admit how long the list is! It's ridiculous, really. But there are a lot of good-sounding new shows this year, and only a few of my favorites got canceled last year.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » DVD Pick of the Week - Away From Her

Jandy — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:21:55 -0000

No, Veronica Mars ended after last season. Sad for us uber-fans, but each season had gotten a little less good than the previous, so I'm not torn up about it. And yeah, GG is gone, too. But I hadn't been watching that anyway, since I'm still back on the S3 DVDs.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » July 2007 Reading/Watching Recap

Jandy — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:11:08 -0000

That's a good way of looking at The Fountain, I think. Really, I think people get too caught up in trying to make films like The Fountain (or David Lynch's films) make ordinary logical sense; trying to understand how every bit fits. I don't think that's always helpful; The Fountain makes sense, and like you say, I think the past and future stories are ways of dealing with death, but it's not cut-and-dried, and you can't understand it the same way you can understand a math problem. It uses a different sort of logic--an emotional, thematic logic rather than a cognitive, narrative logic.

I haven't reviewed Le petit soldat yet. I don't even know what I'm going to say. I didn't really like it very much, and had severe difficulty keeping my attention on it (I even tried watching it twice). I liked certain scenes, but I couldn't get a grip on it as a whole--which may be a reflection of my almost complete lack of knowledge of the Algerian conflict.

Well, I still can't get The Naked Kiss out of my mind, and I saw it months ago. But Shock Corridor just...wasn't shocking. And I wanted it to be. Still, Fuller's definitely got his own sensibility that's unlike anyone else's I've seen, so while you may be right about Godard and the others, I can see why they'd consider him more than just a craftsman. Not sure he fits with Truffaut's original idea of an auteur, but I'm not sure I fully understand his formulation anyway.

Re: Good German, really? I didn't know that. Thanks, I'll have to seek out Zentropa and keep that in mind. Maybe it'll call for a revaluation of Good German, even.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Fall TV Planning

Jandy — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 17:21:36 -0000

When I was over there (in England, not Scotland; I wonder if that makes a difference to the TV?), they started most of the shows in the spring. So the season of Buffy that started in the fall in the US started in January in England. I dunno if that's still the case, or if that was true of other shows as well as Buffy... So, basically, yeah. This was an unhelpful comment! :)

And I know, right? Good vampire, kinda broody, private investigator, falls in love with a mortal girl.... You'd think Joss could almost bring plagiarism charges or something.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Fall TV Planning

Jandy — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:13:55 -0000

If David Boreanaz hadn't been busy with Bones, they probably would've tried to cast him in Moonlight, that's how similar it looks.

No internet boo! :(

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Fall TV Planning

Jandy — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:15:07 -0000

No kidding. I hadn't even noticed the Greenwalt connection yet. Did Greenwalt decide they hadn't told all the Angel stories yet? Maybe he had a bunch of saved up scripts that never got used? For serious.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Top Five Reasons I Need an Xbox360 This Fall

Jandy — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:25:24 -0000

Awesome! And the best thing is that the games for original Xbox are so cheap now. I haven't paid more than $10-15 for a game in probably about a year now. (I buy everything used, because I am cheap.)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Top Five Reasons I Need an Xbox360 This Fall

Jandy — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 21:51:39 -0000

Considering I haven't posted much of anything for the past week... I don't know whether that's too much need for procrastination or not enough. Probably not enough. Anyway, I rarely feel competent enough to do game reviews because I often don't finish games at all. I like playing them, but if I get stuck, I'm more likely to change to a new one than work my way through the difficult part. But I can do a "here's some games I loved playing" post if you'd like some recs.

And yeah, but the PS3 also costs $250 more than the 360, and doesn't have as many good exclusives (unless you're an RPG fan--I'm an FPS fan, and there are more FPSes on Xbox), and doesn't have as good graphics. The PS3 is loads better graphically than the PS2, but the Xbox still wins. Plus, plus, the 360 acts as a media center, and I don't know if the PS3 does that (and the 360 may not work with Macs).

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » My Brain is Balanced…

Jandy — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:09:53 -0000

:p I could've told you that you were probably left-brain dominant. I figured I would be, too, but not as strongly as you. Have Mom take it; I bet she comes out right-brained.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » My Brain is Balanced…

Jandy — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:05:01 -0000

Maybe she used to be off the chart right-brained, but then she spent too much time around you, and you pulled her to the middle. :p

I bet Leonardo Da Vinci was left-brained. So I don't know that ALL artistic-type people have to be right-brained. I figure being balanced isn't a bad thing, because I sort of get to be both. (Or neither, but I choose to look at it the other way.)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » My Brain is Balanced…

Jandy — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 19:18:49 -0000

Yeah, I would've guessed you'd be more right-brained. Interesting!

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Grey’s is back…yay!…?

Jandy — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:22:52 -0000

It took people raving about it for at least ten episodes last year for me to give in and start watching it. And so far, I think it's my favorite show this year hands down. Every second just makes me so happy! Even the sad parts make me happy, because they're perfect.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Layer Tennis Photoshopping Contest

Jandy — Sat, 06 Oct 2007 02:12:34 -0000

I know! I could barely think of what I was going to do in 15 minutes, much less accomplish it. I didn't like this week's quite as much--too surreal, almost, and not enough connection between the images (though that got better toward the end).

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Reasons Today Rocked (most of which involve Rilo Kiley)

Jandy — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:38:08 -0000

Well, first I had to become the type of person who listens to that type of music, and that involved being influenced by the media, and hanging out the wrong sort of people. :p

Plus, I'm not sure I can yet claim to be that type person, since I've only gone to two rock concerts ever, both in the past six months.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Reasons Today Rocked (most of which involve Rilo Kiley)

Jandy — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 16:09:22 -0000

Well, as I recall, it was about the time you and I were hanging out and going to the Tivoli all the time that I started listening to 101.1 The River, and that was really the start of all this. But it was internet friends who pushed me toward the indie rock side of things--which is good, because I can actually afford concerts for indie artists, while I can't for mainstream ones.

It's fun being able to surprise people! Especially you, since you probably knew me better than anyone. If you did go to rock concerts, who would you be going to?

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Music Monday - Rilo Kiley In Concert Edition

Jandy — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 23:11:02 -0000

I'm glad you like RK! They're the sort of band that grows on you, too--I had various songs of theirs sitting around on my computer for a couple of years, probably, before I went past "yeah, they're pretty good" to "wow, they're one of my favorite bands ever and I must see them in concert!" And it wasn't like I heard new songs that I liked better; it just took a while to learn to appreciate the ones I already had.

I have a friend who's supposed to be getting me the middle two CDs, which I only have bits and pieces of, and when I do I'll make you a mix of the best songs lyrics-wise. Most of the time, the lyrics are ironic, or, like, meaningful in an oblique way. I mean, they aren't just jump-out-and-bowl-you-over moving, but they tend to get me when I'm not expecting it and end up affecting me more than overt songs do. The older albums actually have better lyrics and more original-sounding songs; the new one is their first big label release, and it sort of shows, but I still like it a lot.

Yeah, The Bird and the Bee seem like a band you'd like. But then, I think you'd have to be super-cynical or something not to be charmed by them. At the concert, she was dressed up almost like Alice in Wonderland or something...cute as could be.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Fall TV - Two Weeks In

Jandy — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:07:24 -0000

Oh, absolutely. Easily the best premiere of the any show this season. I was like, wait, Santos can't be okay--but maybe he is, and I'd like for him to be alive, and by the time we found out that Hilda was imagining the whole thing, yeah. Kick in the gut is a good phrase for it. And suddenly we had the emotional fulfillment of seeing Hilda and Santos so happy, the grief fulfillment of seeing Hilda cope, all without sacrificing plausibility. (I mean, the implausible storylines are for the Meade family, not for Betty's family.)

I just love Mark!

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Fall TV - Two Weeks In

Jandy — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:02:22 -0000

Yeah, it'd be kind of hard to share brains if we don't both watch the show I guess. ;) Are you still watching Grey's, or did you break your obsession where I can't?

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Fall TV - Two Weeks In

Jandy — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:49:27 -0000

I liked last night's Private Practice. I think it'll grow on me, I really do, but Addison just isn't quite the same as she was on Grey's, or something--or else I like her better as the snarky supporting character than as the neurotic lead. I'm a little afraid she's going to turn into Meredith, and that's NOT a good thing. Hee, re: Pushing Daisies! That's a really good description--the bright candy color scheme makes it even more delectable, doesn't it? And this week, I really haven't had time for all the shows (including Pushing Daisies, which I'm putting off until I have the attention span to savor it). I'm running about five behind at the moment, but hopefully the weekend will help.

I have Cingular...I mean, AT&T.; Do you have my number? I'll e-mail it to you. Are you able to watch shows when they're on, or do you tape them and watch them later?

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Pushing Daisies 1×02 (spoilers)

Jandy — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 22:24:25 -0000

Yes, yes, and yes. I'm glad y'all like it! But then, you were Wonderfalls fans, too, weren't you. Or at least Jon was. They sort of play to the same audience, though I think Pushing Daisies may be more instantly accessible. So far it looks less likely to get canceled (better ratings, more forgiving network), but I'm still keeping my fingers crossed.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Pushing Daisies 1×02 (spoilers)

Jandy — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:07:05 -0000

Abby, I'm sorry I didn't respond to your comment sooner! I didn't get the e-mail notification that you'd commented. *kicks WordPress* Anyway, good! I'm so glad I was convincing. :) Yeah, it would probably be canceled already if it were on Fox (I exaggerate--its ratings have been better than any of the Fox shows I loved that got canceled). But still.

Be sure to blog about it after you get a chance to see it; I'd like to know what you thought.

You used to watch Grey's Anatomy, didn't you? Did you stop? Not that I'd blame you, really...

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Pushing Daisies 1×02 (spoilers)

Jandy — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:14:05 -0000

I liked it the first week, but now I'm in love with it! We should watch it together and text, but I can't this week because a bunch of us are going out after class.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Pushing Daisies 1×02 (spoilers)

Jandy — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:44:20 -0000

Becky, I was wondering if you were watching it! I kept forgetting to text and ask you. Figured you'd like it. Not sure about the Hitchhiker's thing, though, since Pushing Daisies is awesome and the Hitchhiker's movie kind of sucked. The book was great, though, and I can kind of see a similarity in the narrative style.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » David Bordwell on Poetics of Cinema

Jandy — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:45:18 -0000

Heh, yeah. When he (and Thompson) started blogging, I was pretty much ecstatic.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Touch of Evil Opening Shot

Jandy — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 15:13:36 -0000

You should see the whole thing; you'd like it. The opening shot is the best part, but it's all good. And you're totally right about the tension--for some reason filmmakers nowadays seem to think that fast editing is the only way to create tension. It can do that, but long shots can be almost unbearably tense, because we unconsciously wait for the cut, and when it doesn't come...tension.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Touch of Evil Opening Shot

Jandy — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 04:08:27 -0000

I dunno. I remember the shot, but I don't remember how long it is. I always think of Touch of Evil and The Player at the same time because their super-long tracking shots are also the opening shots.

One of my friends gives a movie analysis assignment in her first year composition course (well, most of my friends do, but I know her version of it the best), and she was demonstrating editing speed, use of filters, use of music, and I don't know what all else to tell her students what to look for. I was so proud of her. I wish I could teach JUST THAT ASSIGNMENT in first year composition, without all the rest of the assignments. Hence, not teaching at all. Ah well. (This part of the comment seems unrelated, but it goes off the part of your comment where you talk about writing about it for a first year course.)

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Music Monday - Fun Fun Fun Fest Edition

Jandy — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 16:35:00 -0000

Just a little bit, yeah. ;) I think I'm turning into a concert junkie. Thankfully I like indie bands now instead of mainstream ones; the concerts are lots cheaper and at more intimate venues!

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » Writer’s Guild Strike Videos

Jandy — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 22:16:07 -0000

I keep forgetting they have the Office streaming this year. They didn't last year, and so now I forget to look.

Re: Jandy’s Meanderings » October 2007 Reading/Watching Recap

Jandy — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:20:08 -0000

My friend basically said that NCFOM is written like a movie, so her position was that I might as well just see the movie first anyway. When a literature PhD student tells you to see the movie before reading the book... But The Road is really good, and it's going to be interesting to see what sort of film it makes.

I probably will go through more of Antonioni's films. The only other one I've seen is Blowup, and that was ages ago. L'Avventura really whetted my interest, once I stopped trying to figure out what happened to Anna. ;)