Friday, February 22, 2013

Megan Ellison

Vanity Fair piece on the movie producer/financier.  She's young. And has 'fuck-you' money.

Pretty but a bit overweight, with hunched shoulders, she has a slacker vibe. She drives a gray ’89 Aston Martin or rides one of her motorcycles, often has a Camel cigarette in hand, and rarely wears makeup. Partial to butch, grunge chic, she usually wears a uniform of army boots, denim jeans, and a hoodie pulled over the T-shirt of an old-school rock band, like Led Zeppelin or AC/DC. She can come across as well read and shy, but then might say something strangely blunt and uncomfortable and laugh at it. She talks extremely fast, especially when trying to make a point, with her words getting caught up in one another, or slowly and deliberately, especially when she’s upset.

Monday, February 18, 2013

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Day 45 - Valentine's Day

Sometimes you need a good ass kicking to snap you out of it. Get you going. And bring you back to life.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Day 44 - New Roommates

On meeting new apartment mate John :

"Do you mind if beautiful women come over?"

Cinema Tarantino: The Making of Pulp Fiction

"I Watch Movies."

Yes, I'm reading a Vanity Fair article that goes in-depth on the making of Pulp Fiction. And I just finished watching The September Issue which is about Vogue Magazine.

Monday, February 11, 2013

Update: Chris Dorner Manhunt

Day 41 - Side Effects

Soderbergh is tackling current social issues and offering modern societal critiques in the form of genre movies. This is a companion piece with The Informant, and man his view of humanity is bleak and cynical right now.
He's onto something.

More  conversation to come about Side Effects & Soderbergh on podcast which we are recording tonight...

Friday, February 8, 2013

Day 38 -- Real life John J. Rambo

I'd hold off on calling Chris Dorner insane until all the facts are in.

Here's his manifesto.

(Larry David, I agree. 72-82 degrees is way to hot in a residence. 68 , degrees is perfect.)

Monday, February 4, 2013

Day 34 - Super Bowl Sunday

Ravens 34 - 49ers 31.

A Super Bowl in the last several that I wasn't drunk for during the second half. Didn't drink at all due to allergies.

First, Flacco played great. Really impressed with his elusiveness and calm nature. His play was uncannily relaxed in the playoffs. The Ravens seemed like a team of destiny. Getting all the breaks up until the blackout, let alone pulling off the victory at Mile High.

The Niners played sloppy. Time after time getting a penalty on a big play, allowing 3rd down conversions, Culliver. Since starting Kapernick, the team's identity has changed, adopting his style and attitude. Really flashy and explosive, but inconsistent, less physical, less focused, less disciplined. Winning with style, instead of just winning.

The game felt like it concluded in an abrupt way. Seemed like the Niners should take the lead, and then the Ravens would drive down the field for a game winning FG attempt. That didn't happen. And the game ended.
Really disliked the Niners play calling with 1st and goal to take the lead. They had five plays near the end zone to tie/take the lead (counting the 2-pt conversion) and the play calling did not allow their players to make plays.
A corner route to Crabtree on the 2-pt conversion that sails well over his hand. On the 3rd down with under two minutes a 4 yard out pattern by the sidelines with no where to go, then on 4th down a fade pattern deep in the endzone. I hate the fade pattern call almost always. All these plays out by the sidelines, no slants? no Kapernick runs?
Get the ball in your best players hands and let them make a play.

I think Jim Harbaugh's overdone intensity was a disservice to the Niners early in the game. The Ravens were loose, the Niners were uptight.