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Thank you! My "book of the day" posts started back in 2005, I think - where I went through my bookshelves book by book. I am still going!! So these are all books that I own. I took about a year off from the project, but now I'm back - and on the poetry section. I go alphabetically along the shelves. I do write notes in the margins - ugh, I'm not proud of it - but I also keep a little notebook with quotes I like - I reference that notebook all the time!!
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Why do you guess I live in the UK? No, I live in America. I am American.
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I love him so much! The range is astounding!
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Yes, mainly his poetry, which I love. I got into him because of a section in Paul Theroux's wonderful travelogue The Old Patagonian Express, where Theroux stops off the train to spend the day with Borges. It is a fascinating glimpse of the man - his life, his interests, his blindness (I have an interest in blind writers - namely, Joyce, but there are many others) - and he was so interesting to me from that 4 page essay that I went out and devoured his poetry.
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Carole Lombard. Or Gena Rowlands.
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Either Harriet the Spy, by Louise Fitzhugh or Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfield. Life-changing books, read when I was 10, 11 years old. It's not that they told me who I wanted to be ... I already knew, deep down, who I was and what I wanted ... it's that they reached out hands, and said, "Come this way .... there are others like you out there ...." I was a weird little kid. I had friends, but kept a lot of secrets. I was often embarrassed by how OBSESSED I got with things: movies, characters, fantasies, topics .... Those two books spoke DIRECTLY to where I was at that exact moment in time, and did so with humor and specificity. I still remember certain passages by heart. I started keeping a journal because of Harriet the Spy, and I usually buy a black-and-white composition book - to this day - for my private writings. One of the many many legacies left to me by Harriet.
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Huey Lewis and the News. The "Heart of Rock and Roll Tour" - at the Civic Center in Providence, RI.
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I'll go with East Jesus Nowhere, by Green Day. Either that, or "Suddenly Seymour".
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I can't call it life-changing, but I think that Blue Crush has quite a bit of depth to it - even with all the formulaic stuff. The observations of class, in particular. And I don't think Valley Girl changed my life, either - but I think that movie is one of the most romantic ever made, and very very unexpected in its portrayal of what could have been totally formulaic elements. Love that movie!
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Leaving room for fluctuation, I would say these are definitely favorites - they've been go-to songs of mine for (in some cases) decades now:
Fields of Joy - Lenny Kravitz
Runaway - Del Shannon
Mr. Blue Sky - ELO
Too Much Love Will Kill You - Queen
I Saw Her Standing There - The Beatles -
A year or so ago I would have said Thirtysomething, but that situation has finally been rectified - with amazing special features and commentaries. After that, I would say China Beach. And personally, I wish that Quantum Leap would be re-released, with extensive special features. The existing DVDs are slim pickins - feels like it was thrown together. I'd love to see a more deluxe edition released.
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Studs Lonigan, as part of my Jack Nicholson chronological series. It is truly terrible, but interesting to look at - Haskell Wexler was the cinematographer. The lead actor (Christopher Knight - no, not Peter Brady) is TERRIBLE - gorgeous but with zero acting ability - and Nicholson has a small part as one of his cronies. Lots of Irish stereotypes and noir angles. It was from 1960. Awful!!
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The Second Continental Congress, 1775-76. I would give my right eyeball to have been in that room. Either that, or the premiere of Glass Menagerie, starring Laurette Taylor, in Chicago, Dec. 1944.
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