Archive for February 18th, 2007

18 Feb 2007 Looks Cold, Doesn’t It?
Author: Gail |  Category: Critters + Creatures, Photography  | 5 Comments

icy landscape

I whipped up a Sunday lunch of pork chops and mashed potatoes, then stuck it all in the fridge and headed out the door because the winter light today was so good.

(Those crazy camera people, huh? They’re always yakking about light.)

When I drove to Philadelphia a couple of weekends ago, it was the same brilliance but even COLDER. I wanted so badly to stop the car and take photos by the lakeshore, but we didn’t have enough time. So I tried again today.

I brought all the cameras, and this is why: the Canon A80 wouldn’t even write to the memory card at ALL, and the batteries on the other two digital cameras were draining fast. But the wind off the lake was so chilling that I would not have lasted for longer than the batteries, anyway. Here are some pictures from my valiant efforts to ignore the cold:

Toronto City Centre Airport (background) P1070690.JPG
an assortment of poses skating rink
need an ice breaker here they'd book cheap flights to Florida, too, if they could

All photos from today are here.

18 Feb 2007 The Power of Film
Author: Gail |  Category: Haunted by Cancer, Reel + Screen  | 2 Comments

I arrived home late after a cinematic bingefest. I used to go to the cinema on my own from time to time before I met David, but we watched so many films together (especially through Netflix) that it took me such a long time to get back into the movies. I’ve gone with a few other people since then, but my heart hasn’t been in it until quite recently. I had a craving for film this weekend.

So I guess I’m making up for it now.

I sure pick ‘em, though: between two movies there were three deaths and a terminally ill cancer patient. That would’ve been the fourth death, if Almodovar hadn’t stopped at–

–oh wait, that’s enough spoilers.

I was originally planning to see Children of Men, but when I saw the film list at the Carlton, the timing worked out for me to see both Little Miss Sunshine* and Volver*. I’m glad I saw them in that order, because I still would’ve been thinking about Volver if I saw Little Miss Sunshine second. Volver is a much better film, and the one I wanted to percolate in my head after leaving the cinema. The cancer patient scene is how it ended, and for that reason I was glad that I was alone in my car to weep in peace while the car heater melted the ice on my windshield.

* I’ll write more of a review on these later.

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