Post by Haley James Scott on Sept 21, 2006 5:11:28 GMT -5
Hello Everyone
I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get a journal update to you! Being married has been wonderful and I haven't wanted to think one iota about work this summer while we were just enjoying being home.
Anyway, now I'm back in North Carolina and filming again. It's ridiculously hot here-- like, ridiculously... but I've heard it's pretty hot everywhere right now, so... keep hydrated, young ladies!!
I have three recommendations for you. The first is a book called "Bono" by Michka Assayas. It's basically one long, fascinating interview with Bono from cover to cover... it's really interesting.
Second, is a cd called "Let It Die" byt the band FEIST. It's chill like laid-back Brazilian music, but saucy like old torch jazz, and the girl's voice is really cool.
Third is my favorite movie of the summer THE LADY IN THE WATER-- I know the dumb reviewers have been panning it, but they are just too jaded about their own lives to appreciate a film this innocent and hopeful and inspiring. It's literally like a Grimm's Faerie Tale... very suspensful elements (athough it is certainly not a horror movie, like the previews make you think it is), lots of comedy, a moral at the end of the story, and just some beautiful spiritual symbolism throughout. All the actors are WONDERFUL and the scenes are shot with just the right amount of "hitchthingyian" spark that it keeps you glued to your seat, even in the slower moments. When we let this film, I felt so inspired about life and faith. THE LADY IN THE WATER is truly a bedtime story for all ages, but you have to go in and set aside your logic and reality and just commit yourself to believing with a childlike faith, what this story takes you through--- GO SEE IT GUYS! IT'S AWESOME!!!
Ok, that's all for me today... lots of love
xoxo Bethany
I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get a journal update to you! Being married has been wonderful and I haven't wanted to think one iota about work this summer while we were just enjoying being home.
Anyway, now I'm back in North Carolina and filming again. It's ridiculously hot here-- like, ridiculously... but I've heard it's pretty hot everywhere right now, so... keep hydrated, young ladies!!
I have three recommendations for you. The first is a book called "Bono" by Michka Assayas. It's basically one long, fascinating interview with Bono from cover to cover... it's really interesting.
Second, is a cd called "Let It Die" byt the band FEIST. It's chill like laid-back Brazilian music, but saucy like old torch jazz, and the girl's voice is really cool.
Third is my favorite movie of the summer THE LADY IN THE WATER-- I know the dumb reviewers have been panning it, but they are just too jaded about their own lives to appreciate a film this innocent and hopeful and inspiring. It's literally like a Grimm's Faerie Tale... very suspensful elements (athough it is certainly not a horror movie, like the previews make you think it is), lots of comedy, a moral at the end of the story, and just some beautiful spiritual symbolism throughout. All the actors are WONDERFUL and the scenes are shot with just the right amount of "hitchthingyian" spark that it keeps you glued to your seat, even in the slower moments. When we let this film, I felt so inspired about life and faith. THE LADY IN THE WATER is truly a bedtime story for all ages, but you have to go in and set aside your logic and reality and just commit yourself to believing with a childlike faith, what this story takes you through--- GO SEE IT GUYS! IT'S AWESOME!!!
Ok, that's all for me today... lots of love
xoxo Bethany