Golden Jubilee Excerpt from the article appearing in today's New York Times... "A pop concert celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's 50 years on the throne drew tens of thousands of people to the parks around Buckingham Palace on Monday night to hear a long lineup led by Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton. "'The Party at the Palace' was billed as a high point of Britain's Golden Jubilee celebrations, and a fire Sunday evening in the palace roof was no obstacle... "...The fire the previous evening, which injured one firefighter and caused limited damage, had briefly interrupted rehearsals in the palace grounds, where some 12,000 people were to be seated for the performance. The blaze was brought under control about 90 minutes after it was reported; the palace said its cause was unknown. "Outside the gates, Sandra Lister of Brightlingsea, in southern England, said, 'I thought, what a shame for the queen for this to happen on her jubilee. We are here to show her some encouragement -- we are still rooting for her.'" Oh, how cute and British it all is. And look at that nice little leprachaun holding those pretty pink flowers, all the while searchin' for her lost pot o' gold. Too adorable. Just one thing, though..what the hell is a Golden Jubilee? Is it just me, or does Golden Jubilee sound a lot like some kind delicious fruity candy? Maybe I'm thinking Jujubes. |
indy 2000 I cannot believe how early I got out of work today. I'm literally pinching myself. I think it all has to do with the new night float system, whereby interns no longer take weekday night call, and instead sign out in the afternoon to the overnight "night float" resident, whose job is solely to work overnight for a two week block while the other residents go home. And since I'm not on call tonight, I just slipped out the side door as stealthily as I possibly could after my preceptor group ended today. The sun is shining through my windows and I'm in my comfy loungewear, seriously considering taking a nap and not worried that I'll sleep through the night because there's actually enough time between my getting off of work this afternoon and my going back to work tomorrow morning to actually demarcate nap and overnight slumber. I'm happy as a clam on Zoloft! Seeing as how my mood is so good, I'm going to try to keep it that way and not talk about work. You know, not like work is terrible or anything, but it's pretty boring to write about, and probably even more boring to read. The only thing is, I can't really think of anything else to talk about except work, since...well...nothing else is really going on. Oh wait, one thing. I just read in People that Harrison Ford has agreed to be in a new Indiana Jones movie, scheduled to be released in the summer of 2005. Now this presents an interesting dilemma. First, let me state that there is no way that I will not see this movie. I love Harrison Ford. I love the Indiana Jones trilogy. I'm curious to see what they're going to do. But unfortunately, as with the Star Wars "prequels," I have a feeling in my gut that the new Indiana Jones is going to suck. Here are the problems: 1.) Harrison Ford is old. He's OLD! I'm not saying that he's not still attractive, but damn, man, you're pushing 60! Do I really want to see him jumping off of tanks and wrestling with machete-wielding Nazis at that age? He's going to be all creaky and stiff, and it'll just ruin the whole thing. 2.) Because Harrison Ford is old, they're going to have to write in some stupid plot twist that will increase the action packed-ness of the movie without actually forcing Harrison Ford to do that much "action," and whatever device they choose, it's going to be lame. Top on my list of guesses is that they're going to bring in some "young" Indiana Jones protégée and have the original Indy train him. And then let's see the generational gap jokes fly! One of them is old, and the other, young! Ha! It'll be a comic goldmine! But not. In fact, it'll be terrible. It will be like in the final seasons of sitcoms that are going down the tubes, where the family births or adopts or "finds" some street kid (à la "Growing Pains") and incorporates him or her into the show, in order to add some zing where zing no longer exists. It's pathetic to watch, and the Indiana Jones franchise deserves better. 3.) How can they make an Indiana Jones 4? Did they not watch Indiana Jones 3? There can be no 4! OK, so first of all, the third movie was called Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. LAST crusade! Trilogy! End! Tout finis! Why dig it up again when it ended on such a high note? Secondly, both Indiana Jones and his Dad drank from the Holy Grail at the end of the movie, which made them immortal. And then they rode off into the sunset on their stolen horses. How can you bring them back for a movie after that? They're immortal! They can't die! Where's the suspense in seeing Indiana Jones dangling off some bridge by the handle of his whip when you KNOW that he can't die anyway? HE'S IMMORTAL! Remember? He drank out of the wooden cup of a carpenter and chose wisely and all that stuff! Damn, people. 4.) Harrison Ford is old. 5.) Who am I kidding? I'm going to see this movie. 6.) Because I love Harrison Ford. 7.) But Harrison Ford now loves Ally McBeal. 8.) Ew, ew, a thousand times ew. 9.) I had this idea that one year for Halloween, Joe should dress up as Indiana Jones and I should be Short Round. That could be funny. Whatever happened to that kid anyway? He was Data in Goonies, too. Heh, you rule, little Chinese kid. 10.) Where was I? Oh yeah. Harrison Ford is old. So that's all I have to say about the new Indiana Jones movie. For now. Well, you know, not like I really have strong opinions about it or anything. xo Michelle |
Monday . June 3 . 2002 . 5:20pm |
indy 2000 I cannot believe how early I got out of work today. I'm literally pinching myself. I think it all has to do with the new night float system, whereby interns no longer take weekday night call, and instead sign out in the afternoon to the overnight "night float" resident, whose job is solely to work overnight for a two week block while the other residents go home. And since I'm not on call tonight, I just slipped out the side door as stealthily as I possibly could after my preceptor group ended today. The sun is shining through my windows and I'm in my comfy loungewear, seriously considering taking a nap and not worried that I'll sleep through the night because there's actually enough time between my getting off of work this afternoon and my going back to work tomorrow morning to actually demarcate nap and overnight slumber. I'm happy as a clam on Zoloft! Seeing as how my mood is so good, I'm going to try to keep it that way and not talk about work. You know, not like work is terrible or anything, but it's pretty boring to write about, and probably even more boring to read. The only thing is, I can't really think of anything else to talk about except work, since...well...nothing else is really going on. Oh wait, one thing. I just read in People that Harrison Ford has agreed to be in a new Indiana Jones movie, scheduled to be released in the summer of 2005. Now this presents an interesting dilemma. First, let me state that there is no way that I will not see this movie. I love Harrison Ford. I love the Indiana Jones trilogy. I'm curious to see what they're going to do. But unfortunately, as with the Star Wars "prequels," I have a feeling in my gut that the new Indiana Jones is going to suck. Here are the problems: 1.) Harrison Ford is old. He's OLD! I'm not saying that he's not still attractive, but damn, man, you're pushing 60! Do I really want to see him jumping off of tanks and wrestling with machete-wielding Nazis at that age? He's going to be all creaky and stiff, and it'll just ruin the whole thing. 2.) Because Harrison Ford is old, they're going to have to write in some stupid plot twist that will increase the action packed-ness of the movie without actually forcing Harrison Ford to do that much "action," and whatever device they choose, it's going to be lame. Top on my list of guesses is that they're going to bring in some "young" Indiana Jones protégée and have the original Indy train him. And then let's see the generational gap jokes fly! One of them is old, and the other, young! Ha! It'll be a comic goldmine! But not. In fact, it'll be terrible. It will be like in the final seasons of sitcoms that are going down the tubes, where the family births or adopts or "finds" some street kid (à la "Growing Pains") and incorporates him or her into the show, in order to add some zing where zing no longer exists. It's pathetic to watch, and the Indiana Jones franchise deserves better. 3.) How can they make an Indiana Jones 4? Did they not watch Indiana Jones 3? There can be no 4! OK, so first of all, the third movie was called Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. LAST crusade! Trilogy! End! Tout finis! Why dig it up again when it ended on such a high note? Secondly, both Indiana Jones and his Dad drank from the Holy Grail at the end of the movie, which made them immortal. And then they rode off into the sunset on their stolen horses. How can you bring them back for a movie after that? They're immortal! They can't die! Where's the suspense in seeing Indiana Jones dangling off some bridge by the handle of his whip when you KNOW that he can't die anyway? HE'S IMMORTAL! Remember? He drank out of the wooden cup of a carpenter and chose wisely and all that stuff! Damn, people. 4.) Harrison Ford is old. 5.) Who am I kidding? I'm going to see this movie. 6.) Because I love Harrison Ford. 7.) But Harrison Ford now loves Ally McBeal. 8.) Ew, ew, a thousand times ew. 9.) I had this idea that one year for Halloween, Joe should dress up as Indiana Jones and I should be Short Round. That could be funny. Whatever happened to that kid anyway? He was Data in Goonies, too. Heh, you rule, little Chinese kid. 10.) Where was I? Oh yeah. Harrison Ford is old. So that's all I have to say about the new Indiana Jones movie. For now. Well, you know, not like I really have strong opinions about it or anything. xo Michelle |
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Golden Jubilee Excerpt from the article appearing in today's New York Times... "A pop concert celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's 50 years on the throne drew tens of thousands of people to the parks around Buckingham Palace on Monday night to hear a long lineup led by Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton. "'The Party at the Palace' was billed as a high point of Britain's Golden Jubilee celebrations, and a fire Sunday evening in the palace roof was no obstacle... "...The fire the previous evening, which injured one firefighter and caused limited damage, had briefly interrupted rehearsals in the palace grounds, where some 12,000 people were to be seated for the performance. The blaze was brought under control about 90 minutes after it was reported; the palace said its cause was unknown. "Outside the gates, Sandra Lister of Brightlingsea, in southern England, said, 'I thought, what a shame for the queen for this to happen on her jubilee. We are here to show her some encouragement -- we are still rooting for her.'" Oh, how cute and British it all is. And look at that nice little leprachaun holding those pretty pink flowers, all the while searchin' for her lost pot o' gold. Too adorable. Just one thing, though..what the hell is a Golden Jubilee? Is it just me, or does Golden Jubilee sound a lot like some kind delicious fruity candy? Maybe I'm thinking Jujubes. |
