I'm dedicating this unusual song to an unusual person who makes me feel kind of... unusual.

[ebonlock]

Just saw a listing for a new "art house" film I need to see, Satin Rouge. It's about a Tunisian widow who changes her life by getting into bellydancing. Apparently a good portion of the film is just about the dance, the trailer itself looks like a lot of fun though the costumes seem a bit bland. It looks like these women really know how to move and I'll bet the soundtrack is going to kick serious ass.

Here are the only listings for theaters in the area:
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Opera Plaza
September 20-26

BERKELEY, CA
Shattuck Theatre
September 20-26

I think the phrase that sold me was, "Let passion move you", that just about sums up what bellydance means to me. Gods I can't wait to see this!

Yeah, ok, shutting up about it now.

This weekend is shaping up nicely, Saturday will be spent with the always lovely, talented, and charming jakejr, while Sunday belongs to two of my favorite guys, elo_sf and crobderg. The latter has actually said he'll let me sketch him! Gods I've missed having a real live model to work from and my drawing really shows it.

Speaking of which, last night aelfsciene and I decided to pull out every poster, piece of art, and photo we had and just sit down and look through them all. We mentally laid out the themes for each area of our house and which pieces fit it best. Ok so it was a bit of a stretch to come up with a theme of the Xena and Gabby mag covers with the ladies in their skivvies, but we managed *G*

Looking through the artwork made me realize how much I'd missed it recently. I've been so busy learning new skills and practicing others that I just haven't been drawing like I used to. There was a time when all I did was draw, every spare second of every day. Even in grad school I was pretty prolific really. Since moving out here I think I've completed about three drawings, and that's in over two years! Much as I love dancing and making costumes I need to get back into my art, it's been my passion and savior of my sanity since I was a kid and I'd be heartbroken to lose it now.

Unfortunately the way I tend to work best is alone, curled up with a little light and my supplies, and giving myself about 6 hours of uninterrupted time to just draw. The opportunities for that these days are between slim and none. Perhaps I'll make the time on Monday and just sit and see what happens.

Ah Monday, not a single, solitary confirmed plan. Sure cyranocyrano might drop by for a bit, but I don't have to go anywhere or do anything. Hallelujah. Now let's see how long it stays that way }:)

Crunches: Give me a few days, I'll get back into them.
Cockroach fatalities: 1 (thank you housemate for having a strong stomach and capturing the little fiend last night, I probably would've hid in the bathroom all night).

Comments

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Alas, I will be unable to fill your Monday with my special brand of delight. But I'll be getting paid, which is a fine thing.
And don't forget--eat your cereal with a fork and do your homework in the dark.

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[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Aww *sigh*, well I suppose I can't compete with an income these days. Guess I'll just have to be a slug on my own that day }:)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Promise?
(As an aside: Did you ever wish they'd found more of an 'alternative' love song? Aaron Neville is cool and stuff, but it's such a radical departure from the rest of the soundtrack. Even Leonard Cohen has 'alternachops'.)

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[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

I'll try.
And yeah I suppose you've got a point there, but "Why Can't I Fall in Love"? is one of my all time favorites and was a personal theme song of mine for years.

Re: Buckaroo Banzai

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Um, no, but that is an excellent guess }:)

Re: Buckaroo Banzai

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Well, so far so good }:)

favorite songs

[princessmei.livejournal.com]

Actually, my favorite song from that movie (pump up the volume for readers who don't know it) was Wave of Mutilation.

Which was kind of calming and soothing, in spite of the title.

Re: favorite songs

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

That was a pretty soothing one, and it's got one of the only peppy Peter Muphy songs I can remember ever hearing. "Everybody Knows" by Concrete Blonde is pretty darn good too.

Re: Buckaroo Banzai

[tersa.livejournal.com]

The alternartive is that Ro could actually guess it instead of just more allusions to it.

Since I didn't get it *until* Mei's post. :)

Satin Rouge

[tamago.livejournal.com]

I wanna see it! I wanna see it!

But I won't be back from England until Sept. 25th. Grump.

Re: Satin Rouge

[ebonlock.livejournal.com]

Hum, well maybe by that point it'll go into a wider distribution. I'm hoping it'll eventually end up in one of the Camera cinemas (fingers crossed).

Re: favorite songs

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I liked the slow mix they did for the soundtrack--I think even better than the original.

Re: favorite songs

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Should I loan you my copy of _Deep_ for peppy Peter Murphy? Line Between the Devil's Teeth and Cuts You Up rock right along.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

Well yes, but where's the fun in that?
Besides, then I'd have to give away my books to make room to store all the gold stars.