SCIENCE FICTION (DOUBLE FEATURE)?

So I love the science fiction genre.  Now don’t get me wrong I’ve never attended a Star Trek convention, though I have gone an NYC Comic-Con event once. Sci-Fi is fairly gender neutral and thoroughly entertaining.

Recently I have a new man in my life and he is trying new things with me.  He enjoys movies and slowly I have been picking his brain to find out what movies in common that we have both seen.  Driving to work today my favorite sci-fis popped into my head.  So rather just share them with him, I thought I blog as well.

What ARE my favorite Science Fiction favs.?   In NO particular order:

2001 Odyssey, (sentimental value, it’s a movie my dad MADE me watch).

Blade Runner (the echoey sax music of Vangelis, and Rutger Hauer, need I say more?)

A-I (gotta love that sex-robot character Jude Law played).

Minority Report,  (Steven Spielberg deserves a big 2 thumbs up for this creation) the compelling drama, the gadgets with all the bells and whistles.

I-Robot  - Will Smith as the loveable but paranoid detective, is perfectly cast in this compelling drama, with plenty of action, for action flick junkies.

The Matrix  - ONLY THE ORIGINAL.

Aliens – Because women kick ass too

Planet of the Apes!  - Cuz I think I know a thing or two about being gropped by some damned dirty apes, lol.

X-Men – Hugh Jackman (sigh………gimmie strength)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers.

Wild Kingdom @ home - a non-cultural blog

So last night when Tyler came home I could hear he was not alone.  He brought home “a friend” another bird, sigh.  Quickly I jumped from bed and closed the door that separated the two rooms. 

When I finally strolled out of bed to prepare for work, I expected to see a bloody carcass somewhere on the kitchen floor.  I did not.  A feather or two but no bird, maybe he took it outside.

I opened the front door and scanned the backyard once over to look for sign of life, or death as the case may be.  Hmm maybe it was a close call.

After my shower I flip on my computer, pour some juice, and pull some eggs and bacon from the frig.  When I go to place the items on the kitchen counter there it was.  The previous night before I laid a handtowel on the kitchen counter to serve as a drying surface for dining utensils that wouldn’t fit into the dishrack.  He was sitting on a 3 inch piece right beside serving tongs and a few forks.

This came under the heading of “things that only happen to me”.  I kept hearing the AA message in my head “We will intuitively know how to handle situations which previously used to baffle us.” Um yeah, not quite, lol.

I mashed up some blueberries and set a small saucer of water out.  After all he is a victim and perhaps abit tramautized and there was no need to forget good manners, LOL.

So I set about making my breakfast, bacon and eggs, yep you heard me.  The night before I didn’t eat dinner and I needed REAL FOOD.  So I started the bacon and then picked up an egg and grabbed a bowl.  Cracked one egg and muttered to the bird“so sorry”, two eggs, “so sorry”, third egg, “so sorry”.

Trying to throw myself into the day I sat down and ate breakfast.  I figred at some point during the day Tyler would find the bird again and wild kingdom redux would resume.  But then something else happened.  The bird decided to make a break for it.  It was flying around my kitchen.  I locked Tyler into the bathroom opened the front door and out and off he went.

A REVIEW: Savion Glover’s – Sole Sanctuary

The stage is set with two tap platforms.  A bare brick wall towards the rear of the stage.  Along the wall are rows of red votive candles as if in church.  On a platform sits an Asian man crossed legged seemingly engaged in prayer and meditation.

Our lead dancer, Savion Glover (also actor: Bamboozled) stands over the candles, finally he turns and faces the audience.  His hand scoops over his head as he reins in his dreadlocks and bundles them into a pontail.  He then steps onto the platform and begins a very slow dance rhythm. 

At first I made the mistake of watching his body when I should have soley (pun intended) been looking at his feet.  They were making music, just his feet, for the first 10 or 15 minutes.  He took great care in every step building a rapport with the audience and the audience with his feet.

As the music changed another dancer came on-stage (Marshall Davis, Jr.).  The two dancers then danced in synch.  After a while the music changed and then they danced as if in competition.

I’m merely scratching the surface here as the performance went on for 90 minutes without intermission.  Savion was soaked and his stamina was endless. 

I was mesmerized and thoroughly entertained.  I’ve wanted to see a live tap performance at its best and now I can say I truly have.

A Pre-vacation Rant

5 hours to go.  Anywhere but here.  I need a break from people complaining how poor the bathrooms are kept.  FYI just because I sit nearby I’m tired of hearing about the poor quality of the toilet paper in there.  Or how shitty the soap dispensers are.  Or how it smells bad from time to time (don’t they realize it’s a fucking bathroom)  at least its not the kitchen that smells like ass, ya know? From this one might think I'm a bathroom attendant.  But no I'm actually a mild-mannered receptionist at a law firm.

In this recession I am glad to be employed, etc but a week off is needed at this point.  An extra hour to sleep late.  Spend time with my friends who are blessed with being off all summer.  To get outside and bike till my thighs hurt.  To go to the city and see a show, find a street fair and remember why I love living in New York.  To catch up with some out of town friends who will be in town this week, woo hoo.  To lay on the beach with a good book and get good and burnt, til the sun goes down and the gulls are overhead.  Yeah I want some of that.  Oh yeah and to get laid too.

BAD TEACHER - a Movie Review

So last night me and a date went to see “Bad Teacher”.  For an opening night the theatre was pretty empty.  After the critics review it was no wonder.  But I was hungry for a movie and went anyway.

The character Cameron Diaz portrays is a juicy one.  It is the antithesis of the character she played in “There’s Something About Mary.”  A middle school teacher who bides her time while plotting to snag her platinum Visa meal ticket.

Despite what the critics are saying go see it.  Unplug your expectations and just enjoy the fluff and entertainment that this little movie provides.

Staycation plans

So vacation is a week and a half away.  So much I want to do.  Financially I’m trying to keep it simple.  I bought a LIRR pass for a day possibility two in NYC.   After the week is over I hope to have pictures and reviews for the following places:

 It is there that I’m dying to finally visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see: Alexander McQueen Exhibit http://blog.metmuseum.org/alexandermcqueen/

Also on my list of things to do is go back to The Joyce Theatre to see the performance of tap dancer, actor, Savion Glover http://www.joyce.org/performancestickets/calendar_detail.php?event=362&theater=1

If I sit in the cheapie seats the performance is a mere $10

Also I plan on catching at least one performance at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre http://www.ucbtheatre.com/

$5 for a show how can you beat that?

And last but not least I hope to finally visit Alice’s Tea Cup.  http://www.alicesteacup.com/

The Other places I want to see and do are on Long Island.  They include trying out a local yoga place that I’ve driven by but never tried called Kashmir Hands http://www.kashmirhands.com/contact_us.html

Screw the hot yoga give me something I can manage no matter what my age and/or fitness level may be. 

MORE TO COME.

X-MEN First Class : A movie review

So I just got back from seeing the newest installment in the X-Men series.  It’s a prequel that takes place from the 40-60s of the earliest X-Men adventures.

Michael Fassbender (Inglorious Bastards, Fish Tank) as Erik Lehnsherr giving a deliciously evil performance.    James MacEvoy (Atonement, The Last King of Scotland) as Charles Xavier.  Other stars were Jennifer Lawrence (Winters Bone) as Mystique and a surprising return of Nicholas Hault (About a Boy) as Beast.

If you’re an X-Men do not wait, go see asap!   Either way it was one of the most entertaining flicks I’ve seen in a while.