The HouseHippo

So I set up a post for This Week in Film, movies movies movies! Really, read it, take advice, go forth and prosper!

Kathy Griffin was at Massey Hall tonight and I came to the sad realization that all of her act tonight was based off of reality tv. Literally, you cannot keep up with Kathy Griffin unless you are as much as a slut to the television as she is. Twenty minutes about one moment on American Idol where Paula…fucks up. Yeah. 10 minutes about The Hills…uhhh, ok. She’s not funny anymore and it makes me wish Mitch Hedberg were still alive..

But then, maybe Kathy is on to something because sometimes reality is oh so much better than fiction. Such as this, a woman calls POLICE because her Burger King burger wasn’t made to her satisfaction. My favourite quote?

Dispatcher (incredulously): “Ma’am, we’re not going to go down there and enforce your Bacon Western Cheese Burger”

Crazy Mom (irate): “Then what am I supposed to do!?”

Post-a-day-count: 20

I’m retroactively counting this as August 7th, as I fell asleep before I could accomplish anything computer related!

On Wednesday I plowed through the biographical novel, The Film Club, which follows a father who allows his teenage son, struggling with school, to drop out, making two conditions; no drugs and he must watch several movies a week with his father.

The father himself is David Gilmour, a film writer and former film critic who is as much struggling with his own identity in his 50s as his son is, in his teens. The tale is read cautiously from the fathers end, always particular to say the right thing to his son, to ensure independence in his child and offering advice rather than complicity. Not all parents can offer that type of sensitivity to their child, and it effected me greatly.

Obviously the film knowledge and history this kid gained was something to be said for, many of the films he saw when he was 16 I did not see until much later in university. Later in the book, a telling conversation with the kid, Jesse, really shows how far these ‘Afternoon at the Movies’ with his father really developed his self esteem, giving him something he can really be an expert in.

Something else that grabbed me was the family situation. Divorced parents working close together to raise their son, divorced parents who approve of each others life decisions and still care for each other deeply is not something you find very often. It’s not perfect and I’m sure there were times when it was far from it, but it seemed stable, and I couldn’t help but take hope in it.

Check out some more reviews and see for yourself.

Post-a-day-count: 19

We’re looking at the dog days of summer now. August has so far proven to be just as rainy and muggy as July. The rainstorm from last night knocked out my power and our internet was down for almost 36 hours. It was a much-needed respite however, I tore through some novels I borrowed from the library, cooked a delicious meal with my roommate and had a good night sleep. Stuff only gets busier from here on out, so its probably a better time to get myself organized than any other.

Made a post about Beer Fest at blogTO. Can’t wait to attend on Sunday.

Post-a-day-count: 18

I had a bit of long-weekend-itis, as I had been working 6 day weeks with my only day off being errand days. I just didn’t want to write, or be online, or working at all. But I completed a belated This Week in Film post, which was beneficial as there are so many cool things to see this week.

Post-a-day-count: 17