Mo Cuishle
Not as much time to write as I would like right now ... but only because I have been on the road all weekend, traveling to Indy for some quality “get out of town” time, which included a miserable drive on 25% snow- and ice-covered Interstate 57 (and I think IDOT meant to say “25 mph” rather than “25%,” because that is the speed limit I had to drive on the usually 65-mph highway for a portion of the journey!), and then zipping across Indiana and Illinois again, today, for a first birthday party.
And now, more than 30 hours after having seen Million Dollar Baby, I simply cannot stop thinking about it. And I smile, and my eyes tear up, and I think of Maggie and Frankie and other aspects of the film, and ... well, I want to go on for days about it, but I know it just went wide this weekend, and at least one pal of mine who drops by this place from time to time *waving to Paté* has most likely not seen it yet ... and I am so hoping she will, and not just for mo cuishle, but because it is a beautiful little film that everyone needs to see ...
And because I adore Hilary Swank even more right about now than I did before. And because Clint Eastwood gets better and better, every time out. And Morgan Freeman is amazing. And all of the people in this film, even the ones I felt like spitting on (character-wise), were so, so great.
So, to paraphrase F. Gump, that is all I am going to say about that. For now, anyway.
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Song in my head, right now: “These Are Days” by the 10,000 Maniacs (thanks, Jack).
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Newest mix: This is a mini-mix, actually.
- Mi Mancherai (Il Postino) by Josh Groban / Live at the Greek
- Latter Days by Over the Rhine / Lime Spider
- Something about What Happens when We Talk by Lucinda Williams / Poetry Sung, Poetry Said
- The Van Morrison Sweet/Suite: Sweet Thing, Warm Love and Jackie Wilson Said (I’m in Heaven when You Smile) / The Best of Van Morrison
- Who Knows where the Time Goes by Nina Simone / Anthology
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