Disney Must Haves

In the words of Bob Wiley, "I want, I want....I need, I need!!!!"



(all photos kidnapped from disneystore)

Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note

Lately, I've been accustomed to the way
The ground opens up and envelopes me
Each time I go out to walk the dog.
Or the broad edged silly music the wind
Makes when I run for the bus...

Things have come to that

And now, each night I count the stars,
And each night I get the same number.
And when they will not come to be counted,
I count the holes they leave.

Nobody sings anymore.

And then last night, I tiptoed up
To my daughter's room and heard her
Talking to someone, and when I opened
The door, there was no one there...
Only she on her knees peeking into

Her own clasped hands.

~Amiri Baraka
March 1957

(If memory serves, I saw this taped on Cerpts' locker back in our days at The Hellmouth. I read it and immediatedly copied it down, cause it's so damn good.)

Ms. Monroe

I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes. I am out of control at times and hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best. 
 

Martin Luther King, Jr.

We are prone to judge success by the index of our salaries or the size of our automobile rather than by the quality of our service and relationship to mankind.

(photo kidnapped from lavifaria)

Brassaï

I stumbled upon this photograph a few years back while leaning over the counter at the café and flipping through an issue of Vanity Fair. I bought the magazine, cut the picture out and immediately pasted it into my journal. It's gorgeous isn't it?

Come Early Morning

I first saw this film in July of 2007 and I'm pretty sure the reason I added it to my Netflix queue was because Stacy Keach is in it. I could watch that man read the phone book and still be riveted. Loyal readers of this blog are aware of my deep adoration of that handsome devil, but I digress. The entire cast, Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Donovan, Scott Wilson and Diane Ladd (LOVE her!) are all wonderful and spot on. Joey Lauren Adams wrote and directed this gem and manages to create a film that is not predictable in the least and gives us a character who is so real that you can practically smell her grass stained shoes.
  (photo kidnapped from impawards)

El Crimen del Padre Amaro

I saw this film a couple years ago because I adore Gael Garcia Bernal. The one thing that really stayed with me long after the film had finished was one brilliant sentence: The only Hell is loneliness.
  (photo kidnapped from jaca)