Anna's Obsessions, Scans, and Fan Art

Probing for information.

2004-03-25T15:19:33Z

From VG:

"Meaning is not in things but in between them." - Norman Brown

I know that Norman Brown is a jazz guitarist but does anyone know the context for this quote? Is it from a song, speech, interview? I used it in a paper and don't want to be caught unaware of its origin. Any input is greatly appreciated.

Much thanks.

saharacat @ 2004-02-23T16:24:00

2004-02-23T21:25:51Z

All settled at school. My room is actually the smallest on campus (again). This doesn't bother me as I packed strategically. I got all of the classes that I wanted and then some. I'm trying for 20 credits (16 being a full course load). I was feeling incredibly ambitious until I went to the bookstore. Over $300 and I'm not finished yet! I'll be doing a lot of reading this semester.

saharacat @ 2004-02-20T12:11:00

2004-02-20T17:13:38Z

I just saw this on eddieizzard. I love that man:

Badgers don't look good in lipstick.

Must save money to buy Eddie DVDs.

saharacat @ 2004-02-19T18:33:00

2004-02-19T23:38:54Z

I'm off to Vermont on Saturday. School starts Tuesday. I'm very, very excited.

I went to DMV and got an ID today. I figured it's a good thing to have since I don't have a license. Our local DMV was remarkably civilized contrary to its reputation.

Friday the family is taking me out to dinner since they won't be with me on my birthday.

I did lots of cleaning today and found a new pair of pants that I bought months ago but haven't worn yet. That's as good as finding a twenty dollar bill in an old jacket.

Question: What's the most amount of money you've ever found lying somewhere?

I think I found two dollars at the beach when I was a kid.

Irrelevant Ramblings

2004-02-18T01:25:47Z

It's snowing. I do love snow. I just went for a walk in it and it was lovely. I'm a bit irritated that my boots haven't arrived though. They were supposed to arrive last friday. I called today and found out that they were only shipped yesterday, which is very disappointing since I received an email exactly a week ago stating that they had already been shipped. *shakes fist at crappy customer service* I'm going back to Vermont on Saturday and I hope I have the boots by then.

I just realized that ewan_daily has an ezboard forum. Cool beans.

My schedule for the spring semester looks nice. The only thing that frightens me is Practical Applications of Statistics. I haven't had math in four years and the prospect of doing anything with my graphing calculator send chills down my spine. Oh, well. To arms!

I've got oatmeal cookies in the oven and they smell wonderful. This is the first time I've baked them using the no sugar sweetener (there are several diabetics in my family) and I'm hoping they turn out well.

Random Linkage

2004-02-16T18:24:32Z

This is kind of cool if you're interested in keeping track of such things:

http://www.mymonthlycycles.com/

saharacat @ 2004-02-16T11:53:00

2004-02-16T16:53:54Z

These silly little things are for splix.

*hugs*

Hey, Big Spender!

2004-02-07T22:16:52Z

I just got back from the mall where I had to do my least favorite kind of shopping: shoe shopping. I hate it. I wear my shoes till they are falling off my feet and I absolutely need to get a new pair. I did pretty good today. I got three pairs, all suitable for walking distances, which is a must because I do a lot of walking around.

I'm trying to compile all of my Ewan scans and make a website. I've done some (but not a lot) of html work before and I have software that makes it easier to create galleries. It's a pleasant excuse to spend time staring at pretty photos of the man.

While at the mall, my mother and I went into Hallmark to get a Valentine card for her mother. There are a lot of really terrible Valentine cards out there. There's nothing at all wrong with a card that says, "I hope you get lucky tonight!" but there are a lot of cards that use flowery, overwritten Hallmark-speak (words such as hope, happiness, wish, and love must be included) to basically say, "I hope you get lucky tonight!" One even said something about finding "happiness and good times on Valentine's Day". It immediately made me think of Big Spender (Fun . . . Laughs . . . Good Times!). Whatever. I prefer the bluntness.

saharacat @ 2004-02-05T04:05:00

2004-02-05T09:05:06Z

I've just found out that my best friend from high school is getting married in the spring. I'll be 21 in about three weeks, but this news make me feel irrationally old. My best friend is about a year younger than I am. Is 20 young to be getting married? I think I find this shocking because I feel so far from being ready to get married in my own life. Actually, I think it makes me feel more slow than old. As if I need to pick up the pace because I'm obviously substantially behind where I'm supposed to be. This is even more absurd because I'm actually happily reconciled to the notion of never getting married. This has to be some kind of annoying, paraniod, hormonal female thing. That obnoxious metaphor about a ticking clock. It really pisses me off. I'm feeling violent towards the metaphor clock. Eurgh. There will be no sleeping tonight.

saharacat @ 2004-01-31T23:52:00

2004-02-01T04:51:08Z

I watched Singing in the Rain this evening. LOVE that movie. Very few actors (other than Ewan) make me swoony, but Gene Kelly makes me melt. Also Also, Cyd Charisse is painfully beautiful.

I also found a site which has a little video clip of Gene and Cyd dancing in Singing in the Rain. It doesn't get any hotter than that.

saharacat @ 2004-01-20T01:28:00

2004-01-20T06:28:09Z

This is too funny. Check out the text that accompanies the picture. Ewan would probably look better in that get up than she did. Yes, I'm mean.

saharacat @ 2004-01-17T19:52:00

2004-01-18T01:12:38Z

I realized that I hadn't written a non-private entry in my journal for ages.

I took some pretty pictures of my cat this morning.

I got the region 2 Velvet Goldmine DVD for Christmas. The behind the scenes documentary is put together very sloppily but there was some good stuff in it.

Ewan, referring to his performance of TV Eye in which the stage is on fire and he dives into the crowd:

"It's action glam. Schwartzenager meets . . . T-REX maybe."

Does he have to be so cute? And sexy. Hence, my new icon.

I have Ewan's jacket.

2003-12-04T03:08:56Z

I scanned this today and was excedingly happy when I realized that I have this jacket (but mine's green instead of red). Even better, there are tons of pics of Ewan wearing this particular article of clothing. It's sad that this pleases me so much.

Big Fish excitement . . .

2003-12-01T03:03:26Z

Can't wait to see this movie. I made a little gallery of screencaps from the trailer. My favorite part of the trailer is the walking thru popcorn bit and the mermaid in the beginning. As posted in Ewan_Daily, I have a scan from the '97 magazine article that the Big Fish producer mentioned as giving him the idea to pair up McGregor and Finney. As much as I love all of Ewan's more adult films, I'm always happy when there's one I can show my parents.

Big Fish Review excerpts behind the cut . . .

Review bits: only six Big Fish reviews up at Rottentomatoes.com so far, but they are all positive (glowing, actually) reviews. Here are some tidbits:

"Ewan McGregor – who looks astonishingly like a young Finney in “Tom Jones” – is fantastic as the younger Bloom, whilst Albert Finney is as solid as always as the lively older version."

and

"The film, adapted by John August from the 1998 novel by Daniel Wallace, blends the off the wall with the wondrously touching so well, that it’s possible Burton was born to helm it. After this, everyone will be somewhat of a fan of the man."

from filmthreat

"Critics have already been comparing Tim Burton’s new film Big Fish to Forrest Gump , which is somewhat of a mis-association. American history happens to a passive Tom Hanks in Robert Zemeckis’s endearing but naïve Oscar-winner. In Big Fish , Edward Bloom (Ewan McGregor) happens to the American pastoral."

and

"Big Fish is sentimental but never manipulative, a non-secular tall tale that speaks to our universal desire to live life not necessarily to its fullest, but with wonderment of our very existence. It’s a simple but profound truth. Big Fish is love and death, Burton style."

from SLANT magazine

And according to Oscarwatch.com:

"BIG FISH is in the race. No question marks. I have been told not to count out Ewan McGregor as Lead Actor. Finney is probably in, and Burton should find himself on the list. Picture, Adapted Screenplay, and maybe one more acting nomination, as well as tech noms abound, are all highly likely."

Hobbits, Ewan, Iggy, And Cate!

2003-11-23T03:20:57Z

Reasons why the current issue of Premiere magazine is a good thing-

- Hobbits on the cover (will be scanning it)

-New Ewan pic (will be scanning it)

-There's a picture of Cate Blanchett and Iggy Pop together (will be scanning it). It's a surreal and wonderful thing. They are both in the new Jim Jarmusch (Dead Man) movie Coffee and Cigarettes. The movie is described as "Lovely vignettes strung together by a simple common theme".

In antcipation, here are some older scans of the talented and always pretty Cate:

http://www.from730.com/EM/lj/o/CateBlanchett_style2_100.jpg

http://www.from730.com/EM/lj/o/CateBlanchett_style3_100.jpg

http://www.from730.com/EM/lj/o/CateBlanchett_style5_80.jpg

GUH

2003-11-19T02:36:30Z

These might be my favorite pics of Ewan. I love the Moulin Rouge hair because it makes him look deceptively innocent. And look!: His t-shirt is ripped!

*GUH*

*GUH*

*GUH*

Young Adam review highlights:

You might be thinking that you can live without the first film in the Scottish canal movie genre, but in Ewan McGregor "Young Adam" has a British star who's got what it takes - great charisma, movie star good looks and shots aplenty in his acting locker. Forgetting his "Stars Wars" films - not a task which overtaxed me - he's usually made what have proved to be interesting choices, and this movie reinforces that impression (...) McGregor's superb performance calls to mind Steve McQueen, Montgomery Clift or even the young Brando at their best, displaying true screen presence, intelligence and skill. - Jonathan Ross, BBC Film

Then there's McGregor, surely a revelation in this role. As he has risen up the world rankings with the Star War movies and mega-budget productions such as Moulin Rouge and Black Hawk Down, it's easy to forget that he has a hunger for more challenging roles. Young Adam fits into McGregor's CV alongside the likes of Nora, Velvet Goldmine and his Peter Greenaway collaboration, The Pillow Book. But, as a performance, it outstrips them all. McGregor is a fantastically gifted actor in close-up. Just look again at the sheer, shining joy on his face when the camera moves in on the musical numbers in Moulin Rouge. In Young Adam, the lens captures every flicker on his face in tight detail, as his character goes through a lifetime of emotions within the confines of a single film. - Alan Morrison, Daily Record, September 26 2003

At its core, however, this is McGregor's film. Appearing in every scene, dominating every frame of this production, he shows he's about far more than being charming, flashing his lightsaber and flashing his manhood. Instead we see the edges of McGregor's abilities, in what is perhaps his finest performance since Trainspotting (...) Young Adam won't go down in history as a classic, but it marks the emergence from their filmmaking chrysalis' of two talents. McGregor's maturity as an actor and Mackenzie's ability as a director can no longer be in doubt, and Young Adam will stand as testament to their development. - Manchester online, September 25 2003

</i>

No!

2003-11-18T16:01:31Z

If I’d blown away 5,000 people with a semiautomatic machine gun, that would be fine," Ewan McGregor says. "But I showed my penis. It does amuse me, the horrific violence that comes out of American cinema. But someone’s cock is too much. Maybe Michael Moore should make a documentary out of it."

McGregor’s rant about his trouser trout has nothing to do with his starring role in December’s Big Fish, he’s referring to the erotic psychodrama Young Adam, which played at both Cannes and Toronto and will be released in the U.S. by Sony Pictures Classics sometime in 2004. Because of rating and distribution concerns, certain scenes. Including a shot of McGregor’s manhood, probably won’t make the final cut. "If you want to see my penis, you’ll have to fly to Britain," he says with a barking laugh.

Damn. I really need to get that multi-region DVD player.

Pretty Boys: Jonny Lee Miller and Johnny Depp

2003-11-17T22:15:18Z

It was Jonny Lee Miller's birthday yesterday. This is on of my favorite pics of him.

And here's a different Johnny. This is from the GQ cover story. SO much pretty Johnny in that issue.

Christian Bale Scan

2003-11-15T16:39:57Z

This is one of my favorite pics of him. He looks very pretty. And the eyes: *GUH*

http://www.from730.com/CB/CB_sopretty_60.jpg

Rachel Weisz

2003-11-14T20:16:49Z

Made these using my old scanner, so they aren't as high quality, but she's still very pretty.

http://www.from730.com/EM/lj/o/RAchelWeisz_white.jpg

http://www.from730.com/EM/lj/o/RachelWeisz_nails_80.jpg

http://www.from730.com/EM/lj/o/RachelWeisz_redsweater.jpg

Colin Firth Eye Candy

2003-11-12T23:49:07Z

I saw Love Actually over the weekend. So much British prettiness. Here's some yummy Colin Firth.

http://www.from730.com/EM/lj/o/ColinFirth_beautifulman.jpg

http://www.from730.com/EM/lj/o/ColinFirth_gorgeous.jpg

Seth Green

2003-11-10T22:14:29Z

Sexy Beast!

Elijah Wood Prettiness

2003-11-09T15:34:54Z

Hobbit Wet

Hobbit Dry

He has such pretty eyes.

Pretty Boy- Cowboy JRM

2003-11-08T21:45:31Z

Wet, Irish Cowboy

He has the look of androgynous menace down perfectly.

Pretty Boy- Really Big Scan of Johnny Depp

2003-11-07T18:53:21Z

It's over 4 MB, so it will take awhile to load: http://www.from730.com/EM/lj/o/JD_cigarette.jpg

Between the eyelashes and the wrist band, that pic just kills me.