Sen. John McCain has gone on record against a new anti-Kerry t.v. ad that questions his service in Vietnam. He called it “dishonest and dishonorable”. Yep, that’s pretty much the Bush administration to a T.
Archive for August, 2004
Mary Kay Letourneau was released from prison today. For those of you who don’t remember, she’s the teacher who slept with, then had two children by her seventh grade student. The boy, now a man at 21, says he still loves her. That’s the most screwed up part in all this. Either this is some weird terrific love story, or this sick woman has scarred this poor guy for life. He will probably never have a normal relationship. As fascinating as I find it, it’s really very sad.
A man trimming a tree with a chainsaw fell from a ladder ONTO HIS WIFE, accidentally killing her with the chainsaw. Can you IMAGINE? How awful awful awful.
Entertainment Weekly just published a column by Stephen King with what he thinks are the top 50 best movie lines ever.
Here are his top five:
1. “I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I coulda been somebody, instead of a bum, which is what I am, let’s face it.”
–Terry Malloy (Marlon Brando) in “On the Waterfront”
2. “We all go a little mad sometimes.”
–Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) in “Psycho”
3. “Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me.”
–Ben Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) in “The Graduate”
4. “Hey, don’t knock masturbation. It’s sex with someone I love.”
–Alvy Singer (Woody Allen) in “Annie Hall”
5. “She’s my daughter! She’s my sister! She’s my daughter! My sister, my daughter. She’s my sister and my daughter.”
–Evelyn Cross Mulwray (Faye Dunaway) in “Chinatown”
Meh.
I have far too many to ever rank them, but here are a few (and I am beginning to notice a trend heavy on the Adam Sandler):
- “Is it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming and throwing little pickles at you?” - Val Kilmer as Chris in Real Genius
- “The Price is Wrong, Bitch!” - Adam Sandler as Happy Gilmore in Happy Gilmore
- “I am your density.” - Crispin Glover as George McFly in Back to the Future
- Frank (Norm MacDonald): “Who would you rather bone, Meg Ryan or Jack Nicholson?”
Billy Madison (Adam Sandler): “Jack Nicholson now, or 1974?”
Frank: “1974.”
Billy Madison: “Meg Ryan.”
- “Mr. Madison, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.” - The Principal in Billy Madison
- “I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me… but it’s hard to stay mad, when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much, my heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst… And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold on to it, and then it flows through me like rain and I can’t feel anything but gratitude for every single moment of my stupid little life… You have no idea what I’m talking about, I’m sure. But don’t worry… you will someday.” - Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham in American Beauty
- “I ask for so little. Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave.” - David Bowie as Jareth in Labyrinth
- British Officer: You call yourself a patriot, and loyal subject to the Crown?
Hawkeye (Daniel Day Lewis): I do not call myself subject to much at all. (from The Last of the Mohicans)
What are your favorite movie lines?
Had a pretty good weekend. Had yummy Vietnamese dinner on Friday with friends Michael and Christine, then Saturday went to yoga (so sore, so very very sore), then to our friend Casey’s wedding. It was lovely, and even better was in the same place our wedding was four years ago. So that was neat. And the groom danced with his mother to the same song Hawk danced to with his mom, so that made us both cry. This was already after crying when she walked down the aisle (so pretty!), crying when she started to cry reading her vows, and crying when she danced with her dad (to Isn’t She Lovely). Many happy tears. Sunday we just hung around the house, I cleaned out our bathroom cabinets, throwing out way too many bottles of expired vitamins (why do I keep buying them if I don’t take them?), then we failed miserably at trying to make pad thai for dinner. I don’t know what we did wrong, but it was so bland. Oh well, at least we tried.
