Watch this video and find out what happens if you slow down Piaf's song "Non, Je ne regrette rien" that we hear in the movie every time someone has to wake up! Coincidence?? Well, I don't think so...
Saturday Night Movie Suggestion POLL - Kevin Costner
Ok is Kevin Costner good enough for a Saturday Night Movie? I think he is... So I'm gonna need your help here. As the SNMS (Saturday Night Movie Suggestions) start counting from next Saturday 4/09 there're going to be 2 movies from which you'll have to chose (I can't possibly decide between those two).
1. "JFK" The story's obviously about President Kennedy's assassination. Jim Garisson (Kevin Costner) is a District Attorney who reopens the case and finds out that things aren't exactly as the official FBI story presents.
2. "Field Of Dreams" Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) is a farmer who gets mysteriously instructed by a voice to build a baseball field on his farm!
We have a winner!! And it's J.F.K.!!!!
The most beloved bitch in the world!
Summer time, reading time… I hope it justifies all those weeks of absence… Accidentally and by word of mouth - via those really famous social networking sites - I’ve heard that Alison Arngrim had just published her book “CONFESSIONS OF A PRAIRIE BITCH”. Who’s Alison Arngrim? Come on! I think everybody knows the notorious not-exactly-polite-mannered blonde girl from the famous TV series “Little House on the Prairie”. Curious as anyone might be I ordered it (I’ve googled it and found some very interesting reviews about it). The result: I’ve spent many afternoons smiling, clouding, frowning and holding my breath, all those without noticing, by the most unexpectedly outstanding writer that my little experience has known. The words pop out of the paper, making every scene so vivid that you could actually see it unfolding in front of your very eyes. You have the picture of the girl that literally grew up inside your living room; her voice is so familiar to your ears. So there she is, although totally different from where you’ve you left her; back to pay a visit after 28 years! Haven’t you missed her? NO?? Where neither had I, she intruded for one more time like she’s always had, although this time - I repeat - is different…
I’m not going to tell the story she presents, for she is so much more qualified to do so and she does that much MUCH better that I could ever deliver. (No I’m not a sponsor or a book reviewer either.) It’s the first time ever referring to a book, which makes it a little more difficult and annoyingly specific, but it’s also the first time I feel the need to do so. Briefly, fearing that I may ruin something, I’ll just say that this woman that lives thousands of miles away and at least I haven’t heard anything about her for decades, managed to touch me and make me think in a way that I never did before (I keep talking about the book to everyone I know for about two weeks now that I’ve finished it).
Ok this is the only thing I’m going to reveal. The girl had being sexually abused by her own brother from the age of six and for the next 5-6 years (!). What you already know (and the only thing that everybody actually knows about her) is that she grew up in front of the whole world, including some years of her childhood and her adolescence, transformed into a TV character and carrying experiences that had to deal with, all by herself. Well, she did well and after so many years she comes out with this astonishing book in which literally describes everything, without beautified words and literary descriptions. She throws it on your face with self-sarcasm and jocularity that leaves you numb and guilty that you can’t help laughing at the wrong point...
Dealing with many difficult situations in her life she’s never stopped helping. The most remarkable achievement is that she managed to help herself and all by herself. She’s been a member of various organizations through the years helping people familiarize with AIDS and HIV. She’s also been truly useful and fully active protestant against child abuse. But she’ll walk you nicely through all those. She’ll show you that nothing is impossible and that there’s always a reason to smile about if you really know where to look for it and, of course, if you really want to find it. She’s going to prove what a genuine bitch can do after all… Trust me, there’re so many things in there you’ll have to discover. And it’s totally worth it. Oh and I’ve heard she’s doing one H**L of a standup comedy show! (If only I didn’t have to make a transatlantic trip to attend one…)
I don’t know in how many languages the book is translated into. You’ll have to search about that one particular detail. But if you speak English – fluently or not – don’t hesitate if you’re not finding a copy in your native language. You’ll finish it without noticing. So, all of you LHOTP fanatics prepare for “The return of Nelie II”! She’s back to stay…
