Jen’s Blog

I know this movie may be an acquired taste. It’s slow, with a tenuous plot, and I use the term lightly. So, not for everyone, and that’s fine - variety is the spice, or “infinite diversity in infinite combinations”, as the old saying goes (if you remember where that saying’s from, you’ll get it.)

I loved the film. I loved the way it invested in the characters, the way it shared them with us as people and not just cardboard. LQ Jones was a poem. Woody Harrelson and John Reilly were fabulous. I thought Kevin Klein was wonderful, which he usually is - even if his character was a bit out of the main here. Lindsay Lohan was terrific. I hadn’t really paid her much attention before - teen wonder and all that - but the girl can act, and even sing. No, I mean it.

And then we get to Meryl Streep. Of course she was flawless, and human, and real, and wonderful. But even the fabulous Merle couldn’t hold my attention and my heart the way Lily Tomlin did. She shared so much with us - so much completely unwritten (and unspoken) - she showed us this person with dreams, angers, regrets, humor……. oh she was. Well. Perfect.

If you haven’t seen this movie - and you want a shoot-em-up -  don’t go. But if you like humans, if you care about people when they’re not twenty and perfect (or even if they are), if you enjoy sharing a look at and a peek into those characters - you should go see this. I mean, right away. Dinner can wait.    

Check out Rare Bird Finds, a blog that features all kinds of good stuff that you don’t find just everywhere. Things like… an extremely cool diaper bag. An invisible bookshelf (no, really). An owl backpack!

I’m a little biased, because in their in their June 6 blog they featured my Geisha Earrings. But aside from being tickled, that meant I went there to check it out - and fell into extreme like. The blog is great!

I stumbled across a site recently that had work so beautiful, I just have to mention it here:

Colleen Quen Couture

This is couture work. Not something I will probably ever wear. I live in tees and jeans, or comfy shorts and exercisie tops when I’m feeling ambitious (or fooling myself that I *will* feel like working out). I was looking for….something else entirely, not even sure what, and by accident landed on Quen’s site. I used to sew all my own clothes. Don’t, mostly, anymore. And I’m no expert. But I know enough to recognize the absolutely magnificent skill in Quen’s work - and the imagination. And the fabrics! Gorgeous. Just for a treat, go take a look. Even if Couture’s a little out of your reach, too.