Today is Friday (duh) and I am so ready for the weekend. I can’t wait to sleep in tomorrow. I sleep so much better when I know I don’t have to go to work the next day, and a good night of sleep is exatly what I need.
Last night we skipped working out, which is never a problem for me, so I did a little shopping and then watched my NBC TV. I don’t have too much planned this weekend, but I am sure I will still have a great time. I’m anxious to go out dancing tomorrow night, and I just hope my leg holds up and I don’t end up in a wheelchair.
I have three DVDs from Netflix to watch this weekend, so I will have something to do if I get bored, but more than likely I’m going to have to make time to watch these.
Ma Vie En Rose (1997)
Seven-year-old Ludovic (Georges Du Fresne) is convinced he’s a girl trapped in a boy’s body in this whimsical Belgian film. His expressions of sexual identity, which include wearing dresses and starring in a classroom performance of “Snow White,” put a strain on his family and elicit teasing and intolerance from his schoolmates and neighbors. Ma Vie En Rose was an international film festival smash and received a Best Foreign Film Golden Globe.
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
La Vita e Bella
In this poignant tragicomedy, a clever Jewish-Italian waiter named Guido (Roberto Benigni, who won an Oscar for his role) is sent to a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, along with his wife (Nicoletta Braschi) and their young son (Giorgio Cantarini). Refusing to give up hope, Guido tries to protect his son’s innocence by pretending that their imprisonment is an elaborate game, with the grand prize being a tank. Benigni also directed.
A Dirty Shame (2004)
Acclaimed filmmaker John Waters returns to his favorite city, Baltimore, for this side-splitting film starring Tracey Ullman as Sylvia Stickles, a convenience-store worker who becomes a raging sexaholic after a minor accident. But her newfound lust is more a hassle than a gift, igniting class warfare on her street, Harford Road. Co-stars Johnny Knoxville, Chris Isaak and Selma Blair. Waters’s muse, Patty Hearst, makes her usual cameo.
Feeling: Ready to go home!
Hearing: Betty Boo - 24 Hours
