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Bollywood Hero

I am in a house of sick children this week, just sticking my head out to say that our great friends Ted and Belisa have a show called Bollywood Hero premiering on IFC on August 6th.  The bits I've seen of it look very cool, and I have it under good authority that Keanu Reeves has a surprise cameo, but please don't say I told you so!  I am really looking forward to seeing the whole thing because I am fascinated and obsessed with Bollywood, especially the dancing.  If you are in the states and get IFC, order some chicken tikka masala and mango lassi and watch!  

Ted and Belisa are also expecting a baby on the very day that their show premieres, so please wish them double luck!!

Here's a totally fun publicity event they had yesterday in New York.  I wish I could have been there!

 

Longing for New Jersey

Every once in a while, I get a pang and realize it's because I'm missing the Sopranos.

Two Lost Souls

I am aware that I've been a lousy blogger lately. Too many YouTube videos. Not enough original content. Generally uninspired and uninspiring.

Sorry!

I hereby vow to post more often and to be more interesting!

Starting, uh, tomorrow...

Until then, however, I leave you with my favorite Tracey Ullman sketch:

Opposite

George: "It became very clear to me sitting out there today, that every decision I've ever made, in my entire life, has been wrong. My life is the opposite of everything I want it to be. Every instinct I have, in every aspect of life, be it something to wear, something to eat ... It's all been wrong."

Now, I don't believe that every decision I've ever made has been wrong--I married the right fellow, for example--but I do feel that I often make the easy decision or let fear get in the way of the proper decision. I'm going to try an experiment for a little while. I'm going to do the opposite of what I would normally do, and see how things turn out. I'm not talking about major life decisions, which I feel I'm pretty good at, but instead about the smaller things that make up our daily lives, like what to have for breakfast, what to wear, what to do with a free hour, etc.

Is it just me, or do you marvel at the number of situations that have applicable Seinfeld references? The show's been off the air for years and I still find myself saying, "It's like on Seinfeld, when..." with alarming frequency.

Foux De Fa Fa

Foux De Fa Fa by Flight of the Conchords

From New Zealand's fourth most popular guitar-based digi-bongo acapella-rap-funk-comedy folk duo.

Thanks to Katie and Lance for sharing this bit of joy with us.

Oh So Sleepy

This is picture of India from a few years ago. It was taken with my terrible cell-phone camera, and I love it even though it's not a great picture. She is at the mall, sitting in one of those little shopping cart/car things and I think her face perfectly illustrates how I'm feeling lately. I know that I'm in the driver's seat, but I can't figure out how to get anywhere.

I'm quite annoyed with myself these days. I've amassed some lovely stashes--fabric, yarn, printing supplies. I've read countless craft books. I check in daily to my favorite craft blogs.

The only thing I don't do is CRAFT.

My main excuse is that I don't have a lot of time to myself during the day and, at night, after all the children are asleep, I can't get myself to do much more than plop on my bed and watch The Office or Lost or, on my very sleepy nights, even Deal or No Deal or The Price is Right Million Dollar Spectacular.

Another excuse is that I've bought such beautiful materials that I'm afraid to screw them up. I don't want to start a project when I'm tired and I'm basically always tired. I am also quite lazy. And shiftless. Did I mention the extreme sleepiness?

I vow here and now that I am going to cut up those beautiful fabrics, risk knotting up all that beautiful yarn, and take the risk of getting ink all of myself and my house! I will not live in fear!

Here are some quotes that I hope will help get me out of my rut:

We can do anything we want to do if we stick to it long enough.
Helen Keller

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
Vincent Van Gogh

You must do the thing you think you cannot do.
Eleanor Roosevelt

and, of course,

If at first you don't succeed, try, try and try again. Then give up. There's no use being a damned fool about it.
W.C. Fields

Rockford

I want to send good wishes for a speedy recovery to James Garner, who is in the hospital recovering from a minor stroke.

If you've haven't seen The Great Escape, The Americanization of Emily, Victor/Victoria, The Rockford Files, and pretty much every movie or show that he's ever been in, I highly recommend that you check them out.