AUSTIN, Texas, May 31, 2004 —
Bread and Tulips, an Italian movie set in Venice. I like the scenery. Has that actor, Bruno Ganz, who was in Wings of Desire (Himmel uber Berlin). I have been watching bits and pieces of this one for the last couple of days. Think I'll save it (it's a NetFlix) and watch it when I get home all the way through. Watched the A&E special on Eisenhower in the days before D-Day. Critics had at it for various reasons. Some because it was dull and had no exciting footage. In this, it was accurate. Ike anquished about politics, decisions and the weather. There were some inaccuracies, though. The defeat speech wasn't given to Smith, I don't think, but rather stuck in his wallet. A lot of books say so anyway. We went out to the movies to see Supersize Me at The Arbor. It's hard to say just how bad a few Big Macs a week or month really are. This guy ate every meal at McD and quit exercising. I mean to the point that he took a cab if he was walking 'too much.' The damage to his body was insane though from this onslaught. It was also interesting that he showed lots of fat butt shots. Did he not need permission for these? A lot of kids he didn't have permissions for were blurred or blotted out. Kids have always eaten shockingly. Since my generation (the first boomers) anyway. The difference is that we could buy a four ounce Coke in a paper cup between classes. We might have a six ounce Coke at lunch or at home (when our mothers let us have them). Now they have the Big Gulp and the Bigger Gulp. One thing I've done in the last year and a half (while I lost thirty pounds or so and became leaner) is watch my consumption of soda, diet or not. I do drink it, though.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 29, 2004 —
Down with Love and some French Open action.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 28, 2004 —
Thirteen Conversations about One Thing. This is a nifty little movie that traces those illusive things: happiness and chaos.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 27, 2004 —
Part of Chocolat, again.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 26, 2004 —
A bunch of Law and Order and part of a movie called 3 Women which seems like I've seen it on cable. Maybe. In randomly-ordered fifteen minute intervals.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 25, 2004 —
An old (1955) documentary about the Nazi death camps, Night and Fog. A Law and Order rerun.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 23, 2004 —
Finished watching Rosewood and watched The Sopranos (Adriana gave me a stomachache...so if they had to whack someone....) Watched some Law and Order movie. They never tire of variations on that one and neither do we.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 22, 2004 —
Eat, Drink, Man, Woman. (Yeah, I finally saw this one...thank you NetFlix.) Part of Rosewood. Read the screenplay of this one and wanted to actually see the film. Most of Apocalypse Now, Redux (the longer version of the movie which I had never seen anyway).

AUSTIN, Texas, May 21, 2004 —
Part of Eat, Drink, Man, Woman. Some CSI: Miami.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 20, 2004 —
Creature, a documentary about a transsexual man to woman and her fascinating parents. Part of Hotel New Hampshire. Someday I will have seen the whole thing with the young Beau Bridges, Jodie Foster, Rob Lowe and Matthew Modine.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 19, 2004 —
Glance at West Wing and watched Law and Order, an old M*A*S*H episode and bits of cable movies.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 18, 2004 —
Watched part of The Best Years of Our Lives for one of many times and a Law and Order: SUV that was pretty disgusting, really.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 17, 2004 —
Watched CSI: Miami become CSI: New York.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 16, 2004 —
Watched The Dinner Game. A silly French farce.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 15, 2004 —
Watched The Swimmng Pool. Very interesting. It explores a theme I'm very interested in. What is truth, what is fiction? And where do the two meet? This 2003 movie should be on everyone's 'should be watched' list.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 14, 2004 —
Since I saw a live ballet there wasn't much time for TV or movies. Did watch a few scenes from Annie Hall.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 13, 2004 —
Part of The Fog of War.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 12, 2004 —
Some old M*A*S*H episodes. The Swimmer, a classic 1968 film based on a John Cheever short story. With Burt Lancaster.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 11, 2004 —
A Law and Order: SUV and some country music video awards and some NBA playoffs. But, honestly, I was really reading!

AUSTIN, Texas, May 10, 2004 —
Part of a Country Music Television show about top women singers, CSI: Miami, Holes, part of Kiss Me, Stupid. A few old episodes of M*A*S*H.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 9, 2004 —
Aberdeen a long picaresque movie examining the relationships of parents and children and lovers and the role of substance abuse. Also watched The Sopranos (in spite of my recent one-woman boycott) and Crossing Jordan.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 8, 2004 —
High Sierra with Humprhey Bogart and Ida Lupino. Also watched part of Kiss Me, Stupid.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 3, 2004 —
CSI: Miami and Laurel Canyon or, at least, part of it.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 2, 2004 —
The Sopranos. I didn't really want to do it. Nobody got whacked, though. Part of Deconstructing Harry which, I decided, I don't like. Some Simpsons episodes.

AUSTIN, Texas, May 1, 2004 —
Talk to Her. A Spanish film that one an Oscar (2003, Best Original Screenplay).