I am making a conscious decision right now to surround myself only with positive, life-loving people, with the sole purpose of increasing my own "lust for life" (haha Pat's tattoo).
On that note, I have spent all day inspiring myself and being productive in planning my upcoming europe trip with Mike.
I would first and foremost like to say that if I can plan and save up for a trip, then anyone can!
Now here are some links, lists, videos, pics and general points of interest in my life at the moment:
1. Movies: There are several movies I've been hearing about recently, some of which are old, others won't be out till the end of the year....
- Imagine - A documentary on photographer Annie Leibowitz
- The Last Waltz - 1970's Scorcese film starring Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Emmylou Harris, Van Morrison and many more. (saw it last night, but talked through most of it, oops)
- Festival Express - Another 1970's film starring Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead and the Flying Burrito Brothers, among others...footage from a 5day train tour across canada.
- The Painted Veil - starring Naomi Watts and Edward Norton
- The Edge of Love- Keira Knightley and Sienna Miller
- My Blueberry Nights - Norah Jones and Jude Law (with an appearance by Cat Power)
- Stealing Beauty- 1996 film starring Liv Tyler
- Twilight - First of a series of books turned into movies, coming out in December
- Buffalo 66 - Vincent Gallo film (I recently watched The Brown Bunny and was bored to tears, I'm hoping this will change my mind about him)
- Hors de Prix starring Audrey Tautou
- Coco Before Chanel -also starring Tautou, due out later this year!
2. Books: I recently realized i've skipped over a whole bunch of classic novels and legendary authors and am hoping to catch up with the rest of society a little. I got started today on a classic English novel by Emily Bronte; Wuthering Heights and feel smarter already! Here are more authors/titles I'd like to find:
- Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
- J.D. Salinger's Nine Short Stories, Franny and Zooey and the obvious Catcher in the Rye
- Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's
- Virginia Woolf's Jacob's Room
- Jack Kerouac's On the Road, The Dharma Bums
- Rebecca Well's Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood
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