Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.

Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in.

Love Interruption.

I THINK THAT SOMETIMES LOVE GETS IN THE WAY OF ITSELF-YOU KNOW, LOVE INTERRUPTS ITSELF... WE WANT THINGS SO MUCH THAT WE SABOTAGE THEM.—JACK WHITE
at  first  i had  no idea what this song was about, but once i read jack white's interview with interview magazine, everything made sense with the quote above. this is one of the most honest  songs about love.
that is all. 

Moonrise Kingdom - Record Breaker.

Over the weekend, Focus Features released the new Wes Anderson film, "Moonrise Kingdom," on two screens in New York and two screens in Los Angeles. Between these four screens and over the four day weekend, it grossed $669,486 and had a per-screen average of $130,752, a brand spanking new record! What a big accomplishment for a story of two young lovers escaping summer camp to be with each other (and a kitten). Congratulations Focus Features and Mister Wes Anderson!


For more and reliable information: LA Times. 


Now, can the opening in Ithaca happen sooner? I'm getting so impatient.


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Memorial Day.

It is extremely hot and humid out on this Memorial Day. So, naturally, the only thing to do is to listen to Lana Del Rey, make a subtle cocktail, eat blackberries & popsicles, and sit outside.

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A big thank you to everyone who has served and is serving our country. All the gratitude in the world.

Take This Waltz.

One of the first things someone should know about me is that I absolutely adore filmmaking. I say filmmaking rather than just movies because I am in love with the whole process of how a film is made.

(Note: I have never actually be involved in a process of a film besides one of my friends' film. So this may just be my delinquent outlook, but let me have it.) 

It amazes me how someone can mold and define characters, places, and story lines so well that they can spend thousands or millions of dollars to create all of it. The job of an actor is also amazing to me because I do not see how they can become someone else and perform effortlessly in front of cameras and crews. 

An actress that I have always admired for her effortless embodiment of characters is Michelle Williams. Recently, I have watched three movies of which she has starred in - My Week with Marilyn, Blue Valentine, and, her latest, Take This Waltz with Seth Rogen. All are absolutely breathtaking performances, but I was wide-eyed at her in Take This Waltz.

Michelle Williams plays a twenty-eight year old woman who has been married for five years to cook book writer, Lou (Seth Rogen). The value of her domestic life begins to come into question when she meets her neighbor, Daniel (Luke Kirby). Margot and Daniel have an overwhelming amount of a chemistry and, soon the excitement of something "new" begins to diminish the value of "old." Take This Waltz is a visually and emotionally beautiful film that questions how longevity affects a relationship and the eventual (inevitable?) fall-out of attraction, sex, love, and individuality of the people involved. 

Take This Waltz also has a realistic beauty to it. The houses the characters live in will make your heart dance all the way to the craft store for paint, photographs, and anything that creaks. I now have a craving to move up to Toronto, purchase an old house with a porch and colorful front door, and throw a party with a wheel barrow of beer and friends that will dance in my living room just because it is fun to dance. 

Brooklyn to Ithaca

Up until a week ago, I was living in Brooklyn as part of a "study abroad" program for school. I was an intern for two amazing companies, took an unforgettable art class, and wandered the streets for falafels, coffee shops, and vintage stores. It was the best five months of my life. 

Before I moved to Brooklyn, I was terrified I would be a lonely loser that got chewed up and spit out by the big city. Gladly, I did not. Instead, I learned more about the world and myself than I have in the past twenty years. This may seem very corny but I want to share some of the things I have learned:

1. If you want to do something, go do it. 
2. If someone says no, make them say yes. 
• One of the internships I had was with my dream company that I had applied to intern for three times until I finally got it.
3. Do not waste the time of others or yours. There are no excuses to not do great work. 
4. When you doubt yourself, others will too. 
5. Everybody was once in the position of being an intern or at entry level job or just lost in life so, they are a lot more accepting than you would think.
6. Making mistakes is one of the best ways to learn. 
7. You are never too cool or old to like boy bands or silly internet videos.
8. Coffee is always a must. And laughter is a great side.  
9. Whatever you are feeling in the morning before work will probably disappear after you get out.
10. People are wonderful creatures. 
11. Vending machines are really awesome.
12. A notebook should always be in your bag.
13. You can never ask too many questions.
14. The Brooklyn Bridge is free therapy.
15. So is Prospect Park.
16. Sometimes when you're doing the things you want, people change and it can get lonely but the people who stick around will always stick around. 
17. Relationships are not a game of tag. Be with someone you are truly happy with that will want to learn about you and what you do.
18. Brooklyn is where I want to be (at least for a bit).

I want to give the biggest of thank-you's to the people I have met in Manhattan and Brooklyn, especially the people I have worked with over the past months.

But for now I am back to in Ithaca with no skyscrapers in sight and this feels great too. 

P.S  These entries will get more interesting and less sappy. Well, maybe.