Trips.

I would like to:

- Take an Alaskan cruise
- Go to Argentina for a couple weeks of dancing and exploring.

Late Night Rambling.

Sarah is here visiting from Sweden, and she's started a fabulous new blog: Dilettante Confessions. Obviously, she updates her blog a lot more than I do; I'm hoping that she'll inspire me to write here more regularly, and also actually write some movie reviews for Mike D. Here are some movies that I've seen recently that, eventually, I'd like to review:
Kill Bill 1 and 2
The Man Who Cried
Donnie Darko
Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Crush (awww yeah, Alicia Silverstone circa 1993)
Mad Love (awww yeah, Drew Barrymore circa 1996)

Briefly, both Kill Bills were brilliant, and I couldn't believe I hadn't seen them before. The Man Who Cried: great music, unfortunate camera work and editing; Donnie Darko: one of the best cult sci-fi dreamy movies ever, AND it's set in the 80s, AND it stars Jake Gyllenhott; Star Wars -- surprisingly good!; H2G2 -- surprisingly good. The books are far better, but hey, that guy from "The Office" is in it. The Crush surpressed Cary Elwes' fabulous accent but caught Miss Alicia looking especially pouty, and Mad Love was probably one of the worst movies I've seen in a long time. I think the lovely Drew may have been involved with some illegal substances at that time. Oh, and I forgot to mention that I saw Pretty In Pink fairly recently (I hadn't seen that before, either!) and I just thought it was great. I have this thing for late 80s and early 90s nostalgia, or shows on the WB that feature teen angst. It's ironic; when I was attending it, I hated high school. But now? It seems like a wonderful, magical time when nothing could go wrong and your dreams and desires were always right around the corner...

Combine high school angst with sci fi, and you've got a show made in heaven. Yes, Roswell. I want my hair to look like Liz Parker's.

I need some new books to read. I have a rather large library, and I had thought that at one point I'd forget reading all those books, but I recently pulled out Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut) and once I began reading, I realized I remembered every word. And I read it about seven years ago.

Also, I'd like to experience some different poets. I'm enamored of Neruda, Barrett Browning, e.e. cummings, Rumi, and Bukowski, but I'd like to find some new poets to experience. Maybe Plath? I read a poem of hers once about death and it stunned me.

I have a list of 100 things I'd like to do before I die. I keep adding to it; I'm barely up to ten things right now. Right now, the list is:
1. Go horseback riding in Montana
2. Learn how to play the renaissance flute
3. Learn how to play the irish flute/irish music
4. See all of Shakespeare's plays live (so far, I've seen King Lear, Midsummer Night's Dream, A Winter's Tale, Macbeth, and Much Ado About Nothing)
5. Do a front walkover (Tree said I have to get better at backbends first)
6. Read all the major philosophy works. Ever.

Also, I'm learning all about roses right now. And Sarah and I are painting my room tomorrow. And I've been cooking like a fiend this week -- tacos on Monday, Vegemite stir fries on Tuesday for Douggie's birthday.

Upcoming Field Trips!
Saturday: the Upton Lounge Goes Rock Climbing
July: Alicia Goes Horseback Riding in Montana