| Written by Diana, on 27-04-2007 06:28 |
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I bought the movies The Company and Etoiles. I'm 47 minutes into The Company and it's really bad. I'm not a fan of the Joffrey Ballet's style of dance. It's weird. I prefer classical pieces...where dancer's don't all wear unitards but classical tutus or romantic tutus and they dance on pointe. This whole unitards and funky music thing isn't trilling. I don't feel like we're seeing the life of ballet dancers. It all seems very layed back and simple and we only see her feet hurting her once and then it's just this daily thing she does. One dancer just snapped her achiles tendon so her career's over but it's like it happened, no drama, no tears, they go bowling. It's very non-dramatic, boring. An hour and 24 minutes and I'm about ready to turn it off.
Yeah don't waste your money...
We'll take a look at Etoiles next. It should be better since it's real.
(later...)
Etoiles is good if you like documentaries and don't mind sub-titles (It's in french). You have to read the sub-titles really fast to be able to watch it because sometimes they talk really fast. It's definitely the classical ballets, like you see them rehearse Swan Lake and La Sylphide so no unitards or funny costumes ;-) You see brief shots of the younger students starting out, ages 14 and maybe 12 and then they talk to two 17 & 18 year old students before their final test in the school to see if they make it into the professional ballet company. It's good but I'm hoping The Dancer is better. French guys are so not attractive ;-) Especially when they're wearing make-up and tights.
I got these 1000 thread count Egyptian Cotton sheets from Overstock.com and they're originally $499, I saved $400/set (I got two sets) in "dijon". They look like gold. They're a shiny gold color. They wrinkle so easily I feel like I need to iron them before putting them on the bed. I think that's the only thing wrong with them. They're so thick that you can feel the wrinkles in the sheets when you're under them so it feels weird. I've never had a problem with Overstock.com except I ordered a set of dinner plates, bowls & mugs and when they arrived, they were packed so tightly (and there was no FRAGILE stamp) that half of the items had broken to pieces on the way. I'll never buy anything breakable from them again because when I tried to contact them about it they would never reply.
I'm taking this Provigil which is like Ritalin. I can't tell if it's doing anything because it's not for depression so I still have the "doom" feeling. It's supposed to help with my motivation so at least I'll be more motivated to TRY to do things I enjoy or to do something to change my situation. I worked a little on our company website the other day which surprised me. I worked on it for about three hours and I just lost time which is how it usually is. I still can't work on redesigning my website or on WVD so I'm wondering if it was just a fluke. My therapist said it may cause me to loose some appetite as well which I totally want because I'm TOTALLY "comfort" eating. My main comfort food is a can of 98% fat free Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup with 3/4 of the can of water + Minute Rice. It ends up to be about 800+ calories so it is not something I'm okay with but I do it anyway because it makes me feel better WHILE I'M EATING IT, and only while i'm eating it. I ate so healthy this afternoon too but the thought of only having apples and soda in the house made me feel really anxious so at 8:30pm or so I was at the store buying rice & Zone bars (which I've already eaten). I need to hide my ATM and CCs from myself. It's too easy to buy food and what I REALLY wanted was candy or ice cream but with the rice in my hand I managed to keep from buying candy (or "Doughnettes" or a pint of ice cream).
My sister's first wedding shower is Saturday. I wish this whole wedding thing was just over, like it was finally June 10th and I could move on with my life. Just the thought of it consumes me. I still have to buy shoes, a new black top, a slip (the skirt I'm wearing is totally see-through), and I have to figure out how to do my hair and get my make-up last 8 hours, or at least through pictures. On top of that, my grandparents are taking us to El Torito Restaurant Wednesday for my father's 60th birthday and I can't not go, but as a vegetarian who doesn't like to eat in front of people, there aren't many options on their menu. I was discussing with my sister today what kind of alcoholic beverage I was going to drink that night. Some events just SCREAM "DRINK!" I want to try the Lemoncello and there's another drink called X-Rated Fusion that I want to try. It's pink and has a fruity flavor mixed with X-Rated Vodka. A Lemon Drop (?) sounded good until my sister explained it a little more. I'm not a huge fan of lemon flavored things so I think the Lemoncello is about all I could handle. This would obviously have to be a night where we're goofing off at home because I'm not willing to be drunk in public or around too many people, like I won't drink at her wedding. There's just too many people and catholic grand mothers and people I don't know. I wouldn't even feel comfortable being "buzzed". Besides, I have to be able to drive myself home that night.
Well, because I enjoy it so much, I need to be able to keep my eyes open at work tomorrow.
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