Transcription (completely unedited in Hubert Selby Jr fashion; I tried to pause as little as possible while transcribing. Scroll down for an edited version): "So, before I go to bed, really quickly, I was thinking about recording my voice saying things, recording me saying things and how i was pleasantly surprised that I sounded fairly decent and normal in the recording because a lot of people apparently hate the way that htye sound when they ehar a recording of their voice and for me that's not true and I thin that's a good thing I guess I not really sur what percentage of people dislike/hate the souind of their voice on recordings compared to people who don't mind it or who actually sort of like it. UI don't really kmnow what the nunbers are for that but it could be sort of interesting to know so It hought ath I'd doa recording for my next blog post and then I'd transcrip it for the blog post and maybe post the recording in addition to the trancpotion. and then naturally wiht the usbject matter of voices, in this case mine and how it sounds on a recording, I also of couirse had ot htink about peter sarsgaar dbecause i really like the wya thta he talks., I really like his voice, I think it's just absoultely lovely, absolutely loves, aldn i just wnt ot hear hi/m say things, and if he read an oaudiobook, whtaerve boo, then my life would becomplte i could die happi, not that i plant o die anyytime soon. I mean,m he could read a bookt aht i hate or dislike and i hitnk i'd probly stil be hapy; i didn't like great epxectaiong or heart of darkness, so even if he read one of htose books i think ik'd stil be plesed. it owuldn't matter that it's a book that i hate, it would only mayyer that it's him, it's ptere sargaard saying things. I thiknk that would make me really hapy. SO, with regards to that, PS 's voice, I was thinking about how pwople sound dfferent to themselves when they're sayign things vs how you would sound if you record your boice and liceten to that. it has to do with eharding things when you speak , not on a recordig, you're hearing things through the bnones in your skull and that mkes it sound a bit difffernt compared to ar ecording amd you're not hearing theboones in yorei skull, which you do hear when you speak because the sppech vbirates your sull. I'm sure ther's sa more elegant way of explainignt hat' but that's the gist of it. So now i'm super curiosu about what PS/he sounds like tohimself. Not on a recofdinw which is how i've been eperienceing his voice, how I"ve been heering his couie on videos and stuff, and i guess that's a t least someone different thna how he hears himselv. i do wonder what he think a about hearing his voice. i do remember in one intv he talks about that a littl ebnit and says something along the lines of his voice isn't exctly like anormal perosn's voice; other popel apparently ocnsider him to have a crepty sounding voice or osmething and so in this one intv the intber asked aobut his voice and he said thathe didn't htink it was exacrly like normal peopel;s voices and that he owuldn't be chosed ot sell ceral on televiosn ebcause his voice is unconventional. I mean, I of course I don't ella yhink that his voice is crrep obviously i like ti quite a lot, i really do. so this all kind of ites into gether a litlt ebit' with the amoutn that PS is ovcupyin my thoughts lately within the last montho ro it's isn't too surpsing that a lof ot the things i've been thinking about i can relate back ot him in soem way or anyother. so yea, I dont think it's too smuch or a surprise, this combo of topics - how my voice sounds and how his voice sounds. and yeah i just i'm always in the mood to hear him say things, anything, i just ewant to hear him say things. not wreally iwht an accent, just with is normla voice, not where he's using some kind of accent. not that that's bad or anyhting I just erally like hisnormal voice. SO that is the end of this littler ercoding ,blog post thign and i'm going to ideally trancribe ikand and post it. i might just post the trancription or i might post bot the recording and the trans if i can figure out how to do that/ o'm curious to se how long the blog post weil end up beign sine the recording is about 7 minutes lone. so that is is for now and i'm propably going to ho to leep shotrly;.
Transcription (the previous text, but edited for spelling/punctuation):
So, before I go to bed, really quickly, I was thinking about recording my voice saying things, recording me saying things and how I was pleasantly surprised that I sounded fairly decent and normal in the recording because a lot of people apparently hate the way that they sound when they hear a recording of their voice and for me that's not true. I think that's a good thing, I guess; I'm not really sure what percentage of people dislike/hate the sound of their voice on recordings compared to people who don't mind it or who actually sort of like it. I don't really know what the numbers are for that but it could be sort of interesting to know so I thought that I'd do a recording for my next blog post and then I'd transcribe it for the blog post and maybe post the recording in addition to the transcription.
And then naturally with the subject matter of voices, in this case mine and how it sounds on a recording, I also of course had to think about Peter Sarsgaard because I really like the way that he talks. I really like his voice, I think it's just absolutely lovely, absolutely lovely, and I just want to hear him say things, and if he read an audiobook, whatever book, then my life would be complete, I could die happy (not that I plant to die anytime soon). I mean, he could read a book that I hate or dislike and I think i'd probably still be happy; I didn't like Great Expectations or Heart of Darkness, so even if he read one of those books I think I'd still be pleased. It wouldn't matter that it's a book that I hate, it would only matter that it's him, it's Peter Sarsgaard saying things. I think that would make me really happy.
So, with regards to that, Peter Sarsgaard's voice, I was thinking about how people sound different to themselves when they're saying things vs how you would sound if you record your voice and listen to that. It has to do with hearing things when you speak (not on a recording), you're hearing things through the bones in your skull and that makes it sound a bit different compared to a recording and you're not hearing the bones in your skull, which you do hear when you speak because the speech vibrates your skull. I'm sure there's a more elegant way of explaining that, but that's the gist of it. So now I'm super curious about what Peter Sarsgaard sounds like to himself. Not on a recording, which is how I've been experiencing his voice, how I've been hearing his voice on videos and stuff, and I guess that's at least somewhat different than how he hears himself. I do wonder what he thinks about hearing his own voice. I do remember in one interview he talks about that a little bit and says something along the lines of his voice isn't exactly like a normal person's voice; other people apparently consider him to have a creepy sounding voice or something and so in this one interview the interviewer asked about his voice and he said that he didn't think it was exactly like normal people's voices and that he wouldn't be chosen to sell cereal on television because his voice is unconventional. I mean, I of course I don't really think that his voice is creepy; obviously I like it quite a lot, I really do.
So this all kind of ties in together a little bit: with the amount that PS is occupying my thoughts lately within the last month or so, it isn't too surprising that a lot of the things I've been thinking about I can relate back to him in some way or another. So yeah, I don't think it's too much or a surprise, this combination of topics - how my voice sounds and how his voice sounds. I'm just always in the mood to hear him say things, anything, I just want to hear him say things. Not really with an accent, just with his normal voice, not where he's using some kind of accent. Not that that's bad or anything, I just really like his normal voice.
So that is the end of this little recording blog post thing and I'm going to ideally transcribe it and and post it. I might just post the transcription or I might post both the recording and the transcription if i can figure out how to do that. I'm curious to see how long the blog post will end up being since the recording is about 7 minutes long. So that is it for now and I'm probably going to go to sleep shortly [at the time of the recording].
Addendum: this was really interesting to transcribe and see how fast I could type. It looks like you can't upload audio files, so no recording to go with this blog post.
Saturday, July 22, 2017
Musical selections
I've posted a lot about movies and actors lately, so I thought it might be good to throw a little variety in and write about some songs I've been enjoying lately. It's sort of an eclectic (maybe?) mix, but here it is:
Obstacle 1 by Interpol: Awhile ago, The Killers covered this song which is how I found out about it. It's fairly similar to some of the Killers' own songs from their first album. The lyrics don't really make a ton of sense but I like the song.
Human Remains by Drowners: This song is by a band started by a former model, which is cool. It's sort of upbeat but also melancholy at the same time, and it makes me think of a certain very blonde someone.
Falling Away With You by Muse: This song I've always liked, but recently I've been liking it even more. This is the song that perfectly fits the movie Requiem for a Dream, which I like quite a lot. If you're familiar with the movie, I think you can see how this song goes really well with the things that happen in that movie.
Mandolin Rain by Bruce Hornsby and The Range: This song, I heard vaguely in the grocery store while in the produce section and used an app to find out what it was because it sounded sort of interesting even though I couldn't really hear it so well. It's from the 80s and it's sort of similar to some other songs that I like, like Boston by Augustana (it would be interesting if Dan [I haven't forgotten about him - nice teeth and all] ever decided to cover this song). It's nice and mellow and melancholy. Interestingly enough, I find that whatever music they play in grocery stores, Chipotle, and occasionally other stores can be quite nice and certainly more appealing than a lot of the stuff on the radio stations. Incidentally, once I was in Michaels and looking at the yarn when I heard another song by this guy, that one called The Way It Is, which is also a nice song. Awhile ago I came across someone else who had written about their appreciation for Mandolin Rain, here.
New Dawn Fades by Joy Division: This one is another Joy Division song in addition to Shadowplay and Love Will Tear Us Apart that I know. It's from the album Unknown Pleasures, which I listened to in full once. Of the songs from that album, I think this one stood out to me the most. It's a cool song and it's brooding and melancholy, which seem to be qualities that I like in songs. I can't find a video of Joy Division performing this song live, which is kind of a shame, but I guess it was one of the less well known ones. There are videos of them performing Shadowplay and Love Will Tear Us Apart, however. I wonder what other bands out there (new or old) have similar sounding music to Joy Division.
Correction: apparently there actually are a few live recordings of New Dawn Fades out there. I guess I just didn't look hard enough in the past. There's one that's more of a cover featuring, among others, New Order and Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins. I think it's a mix of people singing but I think I recognize Billy Corgan in parts of it. The various live versions are interesting, although they're more chaotic sounding than the studio version, which is pleasingly minimalistic.
All of these songs except one (Human Remains) are sort of old, some more so than others (Falling Away With You and Obstacle 1 are from the early 2000s, as opposed to the 70s or 80s).
Obstacle 1 by Interpol: Awhile ago, The Killers covered this song which is how I found out about it. It's fairly similar to some of the Killers' own songs from their first album. The lyrics don't really make a ton of sense but I like the song.
Human Remains by Drowners: This song is by a band started by a former model, which is cool. It's sort of upbeat but also melancholy at the same time, and it makes me think of a certain very blonde someone.
Falling Away With You by Muse: This song I've always liked, but recently I've been liking it even more. This is the song that perfectly fits the movie Requiem for a Dream, which I like quite a lot. If you're familiar with the movie, I think you can see how this song goes really well with the things that happen in that movie.
Mandolin Rain by Bruce Hornsby and The Range: This song, I heard vaguely in the grocery store while in the produce section and used an app to find out what it was because it sounded sort of interesting even though I couldn't really hear it so well. It's from the 80s and it's sort of similar to some other songs that I like, like Boston by Augustana (it would be interesting if Dan [I haven't forgotten about him - nice teeth and all] ever decided to cover this song). It's nice and mellow and melancholy. Interestingly enough, I find that whatever music they play in grocery stores, Chipotle, and occasionally other stores can be quite nice and certainly more appealing than a lot of the stuff on the radio stations. Incidentally, once I was in Michaels and looking at the yarn when I heard another song by this guy, that one called The Way It Is, which is also a nice song. Awhile ago I came across someone else who had written about their appreciation for Mandolin Rain, here.
New Dawn Fades by Joy Division: This one is another Joy Division song in addition to Shadowplay and Love Will Tear Us Apart that I know. It's from the album Unknown Pleasures, which I listened to in full once. Of the songs from that album, I think this one stood out to me the most. It's a cool song and it's brooding and melancholy, which seem to be qualities that I like in songs. I can't find a video of Joy Division performing this song live, which is kind of a shame, but I guess it was one of the less well known ones. There are videos of them performing Shadowplay and Love Will Tear Us Apart, however. I wonder what other bands out there (new or old) have similar sounding music to Joy Division.
Correction: apparently there actually are a few live recordings of New Dawn Fades out there. I guess I just didn't look hard enough in the past. There's one that's more of a cover featuring, among others, New Order and Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins. I think it's a mix of people singing but I think I recognize Billy Corgan in parts of it. The various live versions are interesting, although they're more chaotic sounding than the studio version, which is pleasingly minimalistic.
All of these songs except one (Human Remains) are sort of old, some more so than others (Falling Away With You and Obstacle 1 are from the early 2000s, as opposed to the 70s or 80s).
Skin undertones and eye candy
In the last post I remarked on the similarities between the appearance of a new hire to the Trump administration and Peter Sarsgaard. I was looking at the pictures (pictures 1 and 2) that I included to show the comparison and noticed that in comparison to Anthony Scaramucci (I haven't really decided whether I should call him Anthony [first name basis], Scaramucci [more formal], or Anthony Scaramucci [middle ground?] in my posts), Peter seems to have fairly golden and glowing skin in the picture. Anthony Scaramucci's skin looks rather pinkish in the picture of him. Come to think of it, I'd also say that he looks fairly/somewhat similar as well to the actor Sebastian Stan (who is pretty good looking, for that matter). I looked at some more pictures of Anthony Scaramucci to examine his coloring/complexion. In some of the pictures he looks more/less pink than others. Maybe it has to do with lighting?? Some nights, Anderson looks kind of pink. Then I looked again at pictures of Peter Sarsgaard (I wouldn't mind writing him as a first name basis on my blog, but he has a cool last name) to see if there were any where he looked particularly pink. In some he looked ever so slightly pink, but not particularly so. There are a few pictures of him wearing (reading??) glasses out there, which I thought was interesting (and he looks a little pink in this picture):
Maybe it really is all down to lighting. I know sometimes I'll be in a public bathroom somewhere and notice that whatever lighting they have in there makes me look really yellow.
I might as well mention about eyelashes guy, in that here is another conservative who is fairly nice looking, albeit conservative (this caused me a good deal of exasperation in the past, about eyelashes guy). If only eyelashes guy were a democrat and if only Anthony Scaramucci wasn't some crooked and unsavory person working for the Trump administration! Then I could admire their appearances guilt-free, without the strings of an undesirable (to me) conservative ideology attached.
As far as good looking liberals go, I have to say that Joseph Kennedy, one of the congress members from Massachusetts (and a Kennedy, obviously), is pretty good looking. I wonder why he's never on television/in the news. Other congress members and senators are. No fair. I need my eye candy. Incidentally, Peter Sarsgaard was in a movie where he played Bobby Kennedy.
This is turning into a pretty shallow post - how many times have I mentioned about people I consider good looking so far? It seems like a lot. It also probably seems potentially ridiculous to care about *ethical considerations* (meaning political affiliation and/or unsavory-ness as a person) as far as eye candy goes, but I can't help it. I mean, think about it. I have liberal values and I don't support conservative ones. Appreciating the appearances (although not the political ideas) of conservatives goes a bit counter to that, I'd say.
I have more objection to Scaramucci as a person because of the whole directly working for Trump thing, which is certainly icky. At least it's wrapped up in a more-articulate-than-Spicer and visually similar to Peter Sarsgaard package... Eyelashes guy I think is a decent person, he seems nice/alright even though he's a republican. And he's not working in the Trump administration. So he's more palatable.
I'll end this section here with the following: Jake Gyllenhaal once wore a shirt that said "Democrats make better lovers" on it.* That sentiment applies nicely in this situation although slightly altered: Democrats make better eye candy. (how's that for a new quote by yours truly?) Think about it: Peter Sarsgaard is a liberal and I don't have any problems at all with appreciating his appearance. I also can appreciate the appearance of Joseph Kennedy guilt free.
I only know about Jake wearing that shirt from reading that Jake Gyllenhaal newsletter that I recently discovered; the shirt was mentioned in one of the posts/newsletter editions.
And now, back to what this post was originally about.
I don't really know about these things, but I decided to try and discern the undertone of my own skin. There are a number of criteria by which you can try to figure out your undertone. One has to do with what color your blood veins look like underneath your skin - blue (cool) or green (warm)? I tried to figure this out but I just couldn't. I looked at them and they just kind of looked... grey. They didn't seem to be obviously more blue or more green.
Secondly, you can try to figure out if you look better in gold (warm) or silver (cool) jewelry. I don't wear jewelry very often but I probably prefer silver. That doesn't necessarily mean that I look better in it than gold.
Next, you can see if you look better in regular white or off-white (ivory or something). I think maybe I look somewhat better in regular white (warm).
Then, you can look at what happens to your skin in the sun - sunburning (cool) or tanning (warm). I have occasionally gotten slightly sunburnt, but I think I'm more likely to tan (warm).
So far, inconclusive. Veins are ??? and the silver/gold is also ???. The other two are possibly leaning towards warm. A few years ago, I went to Sephora and one of the employees recommended some makeup for me. Of particular interest here is the shade of tinted moisturizer (similar to foundation, but not as heavy) she recommended: Alaska by the French makeup brand NARS. That shade is described as "Light with a neutral balance of pink and yellow undertones." Taken with the inconclusiveness of some of the previous tests, maybe it means that I have neutral undertones?? I really have no idea. I guess if I really want to know I'd have to ask someone who knows about these things, since I just can't seem to figure it out myself.
*Maybe I should get a shirt that says that? It'd be kind of amusing, I think. I wonder where Jake Gyllenhaal got his shirt with that saying.
Final random thought: I was at CVS the other day and looked at the magazine selection. They didn't have Time but they did have GQ featuring Brad Pitt on the cover with an extensive photoshoot of him inside. And he looked really quite good in it. Those are probably some of the best images of him out there, and I don't even have a particular affinity for him or anything. Maybe because he looked more delicate than usual in them??
Maybe it really is all down to lighting. I know sometimes I'll be in a public bathroom somewhere and notice that whatever lighting they have in there makes me look really yellow.
I might as well mention about eyelashes guy, in that here is another conservative who is fairly nice looking, albeit conservative (this caused me a good deal of exasperation in the past, about eyelashes guy). If only eyelashes guy were a democrat and if only Anthony Scaramucci wasn't some crooked and unsavory person working for the Trump administration! Then I could admire their appearances guilt-free, without the strings of an undesirable (to me) conservative ideology attached.
As far as good looking liberals go, I have to say that Joseph Kennedy, one of the congress members from Massachusetts (and a Kennedy, obviously), is pretty good looking. I wonder why he's never on television/in the news. Other congress members and senators are. No fair. I need my eye candy. Incidentally, Peter Sarsgaard was in a movie where he played Bobby Kennedy.
This is turning into a pretty shallow post - how many times have I mentioned about people I consider good looking so far? It seems like a lot. It also probably seems potentially ridiculous to care about *ethical considerations* (meaning political affiliation and/or unsavory-ness as a person) as far as eye candy goes, but I can't help it. I mean, think about it. I have liberal values and I don't support conservative ones. Appreciating the appearances (although not the political ideas) of conservatives goes a bit counter to that, I'd say.
I have more objection to Scaramucci as a person because of the whole directly working for Trump thing, which is certainly icky. At least it's wrapped up in a more-articulate-than-Spicer and visually similar to Peter Sarsgaard package... Eyelashes guy I think is a decent person, he seems nice/alright even though he's a republican. And he's not working in the Trump administration. So he's more palatable.
I'll end this section here with the following: Jake Gyllenhaal once wore a shirt that said "Democrats make better lovers" on it.* That sentiment applies nicely in this situation although slightly altered: Democrats make better eye candy. (how's that for a new quote by yours truly?) Think about it: Peter Sarsgaard is a liberal and I don't have any problems at all with appreciating his appearance. I also can appreciate the appearance of Joseph Kennedy guilt free.
I only know about Jake wearing that shirt from reading that Jake Gyllenhaal newsletter that I recently discovered; the shirt was mentioned in one of the posts/newsletter editions.
And now, back to what this post was originally about.
I don't really know about these things, but I decided to try and discern the undertone of my own skin. There are a number of criteria by which you can try to figure out your undertone. One has to do with what color your blood veins look like underneath your skin - blue (cool) or green (warm)? I tried to figure this out but I just couldn't. I looked at them and they just kind of looked... grey. They didn't seem to be obviously more blue or more green.
Secondly, you can try to figure out if you look better in gold (warm) or silver (cool) jewelry. I don't wear jewelry very often but I probably prefer silver. That doesn't necessarily mean that I look better in it than gold.
Next, you can see if you look better in regular white or off-white (ivory or something). I think maybe I look somewhat better in regular white (warm).
Then, you can look at what happens to your skin in the sun - sunburning (cool) or tanning (warm). I have occasionally gotten slightly sunburnt, but I think I'm more likely to tan (warm).
So far, inconclusive. Veins are ??? and the silver/gold is also ???. The other two are possibly leaning towards warm. A few years ago, I went to Sephora and one of the employees recommended some makeup for me. Of particular interest here is the shade of tinted moisturizer (similar to foundation, but not as heavy) she recommended: Alaska by the French makeup brand NARS. That shade is described as "Light with a neutral balance of pink and yellow undertones." Taken with the inconclusiveness of some of the previous tests, maybe it means that I have neutral undertones?? I really have no idea. I guess if I really want to know I'd have to ask someone who knows about these things, since I just can't seem to figure it out myself.
*Maybe I should get a shirt that says that? It'd be kind of amusing, I think. I wonder where Jake Gyllenhaal got his shirt with that saying.
Final random thought: I was at CVS the other day and looked at the magazine selection. They didn't have Time but they did have GQ featuring Brad Pitt on the cover with an extensive photoshoot of him inside. And he looked really quite good in it. Those are probably some of the best images of him out there, and I don't even have a particular affinity for him or anything. Maybe because he looked more delicate than usual in them??
Friday, July 21, 2017
Movie review: Jumper
(or rather, part movie review, and part other stuff...)
First, let's get to the news (this is what Seth Meyers says in his show so I'm attempting to do an obscure reference here. Explaining it like I am now sort of ruins it, but whatever)... Sean Spicer has resigned, that freaky looking lady with a southern accent is going to replace him. Her eyeballs are freaky and they never are looking in the same direction. It's so weird. Some other guy has gotten her job, and that guy is Anthony Scaramucci. Funny last name, eh?
Anyways, I came across a tweet comparing his appearance to a mix of Peter Sarsgaard and Robert Downey Jr. I totally see it. I also think there's a little bit of Marco Rubio thrown in. He has the coloring/complexion of Robert Downey Jr, but the face shape/arrangement of facial features is very Peter Sarsgaard esque (and everything else can just be chalked up to being similar to Robert Downey Jr and/or Marco Rubio). Particularly the eyes/eyebrows area (the Anthony Scaramucci picture below is very Sarsgaard-esque - the eyes, the half smile thing going on; enjoy the multiple Peter pictures for comparison*). If you know me, you'll know that I love comparing people's appearances so seeing that tweet was pretty fun. (another perspective could be: "I can't believe that someone would be so enthralled by comparing various people's appearances. How ridiculous/what a waste of time.")
So, on a related matter, I watched this one Hayden Christensen movie just earlier. I enjoyed Shattered Glass, and a few days ago I saw that some other movie he'd been in was going to be on tv, so I was willing to give it a chance and just now got around to watching it. In this movie he looks fairly different than he did in Shattered Glass, which I guess shouldn't be too surprising. In that movie he had longer hair and wore glasses, in this one he had a crew cut and no glasses. Plus the genre/type of character he played were fairly different. Anyways, I was looking at him in this movie (he's pretty decent looking) and I was trying to think of who he looked like. I settled on a combination of Brad Pitt and Matthew Gray Gubler (from Criminal Minds). He is Canadian, apparently, but from what I've heard he doesn't seem to have a Canadian accent or anything. Although I've only watched him in movies, so maybe he does have a Canadian accent and for the movie roles he didn't use it. I know of two other people who are Canadian and do have Canadian accents; one does a true crime podcast and the other does crochet tutorial videos (two of my other interests).
As for the movie, it was decent. Nothing special but certainly not horrible. One of the characters (not Hayden Christensen's character) had an interesting accent; I think it might have been Scottish but I'm not sure. I was tickled when a song I liked was used for a few scenes. Apparently Hayden Christensen (he has a cool name; it looks Scandinavian plus it's rhymey enough to be interesting but not enough to be silly/ridiculous. Although sometimes I mis-think of it and think it's Christiansen, but it's not.)
*I thought I was going to be able to find a good picture with really similar framing/composition to the Anthony Scaramucci one, but I couldn't find exactly what I had in mind. It's alright though. If he weren't looking directly at the camera, that first Peter Sarsgaard picture would probably be pretty close.
First, let's get to the news (this is what Seth Meyers says in his show so I'm attempting to do an obscure reference here. Explaining it like I am now sort of ruins it, but whatever)... Sean Spicer has resigned, that freaky looking lady with a southern accent is going to replace him. Her eyeballs are freaky and they never are looking in the same direction. It's so weird. Some other guy has gotten her job, and that guy is Anthony Scaramucci. Funny last name, eh?
Anyways, I came across a tweet comparing his appearance to a mix of Peter Sarsgaard and Robert Downey Jr. I totally see it. I also think there's a little bit of Marco Rubio thrown in. He has the coloring/complexion of Robert Downey Jr, but the face shape/arrangement of facial features is very Peter Sarsgaard esque (and everything else can just be chalked up to being similar to Robert Downey Jr and/or Marco Rubio). Particularly the eyes/eyebrows area (the Anthony Scaramucci picture below is very Sarsgaard-esque - the eyes, the half smile thing going on; enjoy the multiple Peter pictures for comparison*). If you know me, you'll know that I love comparing people's appearances so seeing that tweet was pretty fun. (another perspective could be: "I can't believe that someone would be so enthralled by comparing various people's appearances. How ridiculous/what a waste of time.")
So, on a related matter, I watched this one Hayden Christensen movie just earlier. I enjoyed Shattered Glass, and a few days ago I saw that some other movie he'd been in was going to be on tv, so I was willing to give it a chance and just now got around to watching it. In this movie he looks fairly different than he did in Shattered Glass, which I guess shouldn't be too surprising. In that movie he had longer hair and wore glasses, in this one he had a crew cut and no glasses. Plus the genre/type of character he played were fairly different. Anyways, I was looking at him in this movie (he's pretty decent looking) and I was trying to think of who he looked like. I settled on a combination of Brad Pitt and Matthew Gray Gubler (from Criminal Minds). He is Canadian, apparently, but from what I've heard he doesn't seem to have a Canadian accent or anything. Although I've only watched him in movies, so maybe he does have a Canadian accent and for the movie roles he didn't use it. I know of two other people who are Canadian and do have Canadian accents; one does a true crime podcast and the other does crochet tutorial videos (two of my other interests).
As for the movie, it was decent. Nothing special but certainly not horrible. One of the characters (not Hayden Christensen's character) had an interesting accent; I think it might have been Scottish but I'm not sure. I was tickled when a song I liked was used for a few scenes. Apparently Hayden Christensen (he has a cool name; it looks Scandinavian plus it's rhymey enough to be interesting but not enough to be silly/ridiculous. Although sometimes I mis-think of it and think it's Christiansen, but it's not.)
*I thought I was going to be able to find a good picture with really similar framing/composition to the Anthony Scaramucci one, but I couldn't find exactly what I had in mind. It's alright though. If he weren't looking directly at the camera, that first Peter Sarsgaard picture would probably be pretty close.
Other people's blogs, part 3
I noticed that the last few posts were reviews, so I'm going to shake things up a little.
Recently I came across a newsletter/blog (it's close enough to be called a blog) about the actor Jake Gyllenhaal, who happens to be a brother in law to Peter Sarsgaard. The author of the newsletter has a real affinity for Jake, as do I for Peter (and also my other favorite actors). The newsletter runs weekly and the lady who writes it just writes about various Jake related things, like what he's been doing lately as well as stuff about her own life. Kind of like what I do here. Although news/information about Jake is easier to come by because he's a more well known actor, so she has a bit more material for her newsletter than I do for my blog posts. One particular edition has to do with wondering about Jake's blood type as well as discussing an upcoming movie he's in.
I might as well let the Peter Sarsgaard thoughts run wild here, so, here goes.
A) It was broiling hot today and not a good time at all to be outside. Bleh. I suggested taking up long distance running to someone as a form of exercise; incidentally Peter does running for exercise. I wonder if I lived in New York City, would I ever happen to encounter him out and about?? For that matter, I wonder if me and eyelashes guy will ever happen to cross paths. Anyways. Given the combination of running (outdoors) and the broiling weather, I got to thinking about passing out from heat exhaustion and/or dehydration. I wonder if that's ever happened to him. Or if he's come close. I assume he (and pretty much everyone aside from me) is better about staying hydrated than I am. Sometimes I forget to drink anything during the day until it's dinner time.
B) He's going to be in some Hulu series about the prelude, if you will (I guess that's the opposite of aftermath??), to 9/11. This seems like it could certainly be interesting and apparently it's filming this summer. I'm probably going to have to try and find a way to watch it. I think he's a main character. I hope this particular character doesn't have facial hair because I think people look better without it. I'm not sure if this is just a single season series or potentially something that could go on for multiple seasons, and if so, would he be in the further seasons? From what I've read, he isn't a huge fan of television roles because they're too open ended for him and the writers might take his character in a direction he wasn't expecting/doesn't like. Regardless, it should be nice to see him in something new. I hope it's good.
It's always interesting to me to find other people whose writing style is similar to mine in some way or another. The other person who wrote a blog post that fit this criteria wrote about James Iha, a member of the Smashing Pumpkins.
If you know of another blog that has a similar writing style to this one, by all means, let me know!
Recently I came across a newsletter/blog (it's close enough to be called a blog) about the actor Jake Gyllenhaal, who happens to be a brother in law to Peter Sarsgaard. The author of the newsletter has a real affinity for Jake, as do I for Peter (and also my other favorite actors). The newsletter runs weekly and the lady who writes it just writes about various Jake related things, like what he's been doing lately as well as stuff about her own life. Kind of like what I do here. Although news/information about Jake is easier to come by because he's a more well known actor, so she has a bit more material for her newsletter than I do for my blog posts. One particular edition has to do with wondering about Jake's blood type as well as discussing an upcoming movie he's in.
I might as well let the Peter Sarsgaard thoughts run wild here, so, here goes.
A) It was broiling hot today and not a good time at all to be outside. Bleh. I suggested taking up long distance running to someone as a form of exercise; incidentally Peter does running for exercise. I wonder if I lived in New York City, would I ever happen to encounter him out and about?? For that matter, I wonder if me and eyelashes guy will ever happen to cross paths. Anyways. Given the combination of running (outdoors) and the broiling weather, I got to thinking about passing out from heat exhaustion and/or dehydration. I wonder if that's ever happened to him. Or if he's come close. I assume he (and pretty much everyone aside from me) is better about staying hydrated than I am. Sometimes I forget to drink anything during the day until it's dinner time.
B) He's going to be in some Hulu series about the prelude, if you will (I guess that's the opposite of aftermath??), to 9/11. This seems like it could certainly be interesting and apparently it's filming this summer. I'm probably going to have to try and find a way to watch it. I think he's a main character. I hope this particular character doesn't have facial hair because I think people look better without it. I'm not sure if this is just a single season series or potentially something that could go on for multiple seasons, and if so, would he be in the further seasons? From what I've read, he isn't a huge fan of television roles because they're too open ended for him and the writers might take his character in a direction he wasn't expecting/doesn't like. Regardless, it should be nice to see him in something new. I hope it's good.
It's always interesting to me to find other people whose writing style is similar to mine in some way or another. The other person who wrote a blog post that fit this criteria wrote about James Iha, a member of the Smashing Pumpkins.
If you know of another blog that has a similar writing style to this one, by all means, let me know!
Postsecret review 7
Since I was quite late with the last one, this one I decided to get to a little earlier (sort of).
"I only order food for delivery when I'm LONELY. Sometimes, that 5 seconds I bond with the delivery driver is the only human interaction I get that day." Firstly, I'm not exactly sure I'd call a 5 second interaction with a food delivery person a 'bonding' experience. But that's just me. Maybe there are other people out there who feel like they bond with food delivery drivers. Secondly, although it isn't in person interaction, with the internet these days, millions of people to talk to are literally at your fingertips. Try an online dating website or something (just kidding).
"I am a social worker who voted for Trump" (on a postcard with 'CONFESSIONS' cut out from a magazine) Well, that's something I don't really understand. Although I guess there certainly are conservative social workers out there who exist. I guess.
"I feel like my childhood was taken, and the military is the only way out." Taken by what? I guess (and I'm doing a little inferring here) if you grew up in an unhappy/unstable family, and wanted to get away from that, and you weren't well educated, the military might seem like the best/only option. As for me, I can't see joining the military as a solution for anything I'm facing. Or at the very least it's not a solution I'd prefer.
"If I had known it was the end, would I have done it any different?" For some reason this one seems familiar, like I read it in a past week, but maybe I'm just imagining things. The questions here are a) the end of what? and b) done what exactly different? And technically, the word should be 'differently.'
"His job protects your freedom... but it's destroying my life" (over a picture of a guy in a military uniform... Navy??) The military related secrets are always interesting, I think. I assume this secret possibly came from a wife or perhaps mother of a soldier. I wonder how, specifically, the guy's being in the military is destroying the writer's life.
"Pride and Prejudice turns me on more than any erotica." (on a postcard with a picture of Colin Firth in Pride and Prejudice) Apparently Colin Firth was very alluring to the ladies in that role.
"I feel dangerous when I pick flowers from other people's gardens. I like the rush..." This is an interesting little secret. I think it's okay to pick flowers from other people's gardens without their knowledge as long as it's in moderation, and you don't rip out all the flowers on their plants. But if there are a decent amount of flowers and you could pick one or two without them being noticeably missing, I say go for it. Make a nice bouquet and put in in a vase when you get home.
"Would it be illegal to kill the robber who stole our home video tapes with my dead father's voice on them?" Yes, it would be illegal. Although I can understand the desire to kill someone for doing that. I wonder if I died, would people be sad to no longer hear me saying things?Maybe they would be glad that they wouldn't hear me complain all the time. There aren't actually that many videos/recordings of me saying things, come to think of it. Maybe I should make something, just in case. I could read a poem or something. Maybe the opening passage of Fahrenheit 451. However, the idea of recording one's voice so that if you die, other people can still hear you say things seems... a bit morbid, to say the least.
"I only order food for delivery when I'm LONELY. Sometimes, that 5 seconds I bond with the delivery driver is the only human interaction I get that day." Firstly, I'm not exactly sure I'd call a 5 second interaction with a food delivery person a 'bonding' experience. But that's just me. Maybe there are other people out there who feel like they bond with food delivery drivers. Secondly, although it isn't in person interaction, with the internet these days, millions of people to talk to are literally at your fingertips. Try an online dating website or something (just kidding).
"I am a social worker who voted for Trump" (on a postcard with 'CONFESSIONS' cut out from a magazine) Well, that's something I don't really understand. Although I guess there certainly are conservative social workers out there who exist. I guess.
"I feel like my childhood was taken, and the military is the only way out." Taken by what? I guess (and I'm doing a little inferring here) if you grew up in an unhappy/unstable family, and wanted to get away from that, and you weren't well educated, the military might seem like the best/only option. As for me, I can't see joining the military as a solution for anything I'm facing. Or at the very least it's not a solution I'd prefer.
"If I had known it was the end, would I have done it any different?" For some reason this one seems familiar, like I read it in a past week, but maybe I'm just imagining things. The questions here are a) the end of what? and b) done what exactly different? And technically, the word should be 'differently.'
"His job protects your freedom... but it's destroying my life" (over a picture of a guy in a military uniform... Navy??) The military related secrets are always interesting, I think. I assume this secret possibly came from a wife or perhaps mother of a soldier. I wonder how, specifically, the guy's being in the military is destroying the writer's life.
"Pride and Prejudice turns me on more than any erotica." (on a postcard with a picture of Colin Firth in Pride and Prejudice) Apparently Colin Firth was very alluring to the ladies in that role.
"I feel dangerous when I pick flowers from other people's gardens. I like the rush..." This is an interesting little secret. I think it's okay to pick flowers from other people's gardens without their knowledge as long as it's in moderation, and you don't rip out all the flowers on their plants. But if there are a decent amount of flowers and you could pick one or two without them being noticeably missing, I say go for it. Make a nice bouquet and put in in a vase when you get home.
"Would it be illegal to kill the robber who stole our home video tapes with my dead father's voice on them?" Yes, it would be illegal. Although I can understand the desire to kill someone for doing that. I wonder if I died, would people be sad to no longer hear me saying things?
Movie review: The Skeleton Key
And the saga continues. After a number of days of dithering (and the previous movie still unreviewed...) I finally settled on another Peter Sarsgaard movie to watch. This one was not one I was particularly eager to see, but I also felt like watching something more non-committal (watching one of his more acclaimed roles is more of a commitment, in my mind).
This movie was... a bit better than I expected (which is good). I was thinking it was going to be kind of bad, but it turned out to be decent. It's sort of hard to do a decent review without spoiling it, so I'll do two parts. I feel like the movie is ever so slightly worth not spoiling - it's just good enough that I'd say do yourself a favor and watch it instead of reading about what happens. You'll ruin it. 3.5/5 stars.
First things first, for some reason I keep being more surprised than I should be when I watch something where Peter Sarsgaard has somewhat of an accent that's different than his normal voice (in this movie, it's a light southern accent) and I think "wow, it still sounds like him" (through the accent). It really shouldn't surprise me as much as it does... This movie was from 2005 so he was rather young and youthful looking, and thankfully clean shaven.
This is the second movie I've seen of his where it's set in Louisiana. The other one is the movie where he has a small role as a murder victim. I think he's been in at least one other movie set in the south, although maybe not necessarily Louisiana specifically. My associations about Louisiana (unrelated to this movie) : Lots of Republicans (like Texas), alligators, relatives, Mardi Gras, French-American culture, southern-ness.
Non-spoilery review:The premise is that a 25 year old lady, Caroline (interestingly enough, a similar name to one of my relatives who lives in Louisiana) (played by Kate Hudson, who is different than Kate Winslet, who was in Titanic. Kate Hudson looked sort of like Chloe Sevigny in this role), gets a job to take care of an older woman's husband, who has become paralyzed from a stroke. Supposedly. Anyways, she goes to the couple's house and strange things begin to happen. According to google, the movie is supposed to be a mystery/drama movie but I would say there are tinges of the horror genre, a little. Not that I really watch horror movies so I can't really say, but I guess maybe in that it sort of was a little bit like The Shining, in some ways, which apparently was a horror movie. Anyways, the strange/sinister things begin to happen and Peter Sarsgaard's character is involved. There's an interesting twist at the end. I'm more of a fan of the not so overtly horror-esque movies, which I suppose are the genre of psychological thrillers. Which reminds me that I'd better watch Memento again while it's still on Netflix since I decided not to purchase/acquire it on DVD. Will I regret that? Only time will tell. This movie (not Memento, the one I'm reviewing) leaned more horror than sleek psychological thriller.
This movie isn't exactly particularly special in and of itself, but hey, Peter Sarsgaard. And if you're me, that's reason enough. It might not be quite as enjoyable for non- Peter Sarsgaard fans. I was happy to look at him and hear him say things and laugh at some parts that weren't really funny but sometimes when I'm watching my favorite actors in things I just giggle happily about seeing them. That makes me seem really ditzy, I bet, and I promise, I'm not really like that as a whole. Just when it comes to certain actors I can get a little bit so. But I think I have a lot of depth to me in other areas. But one has to allow themselves a bit of indulgence in things, such as chocolate (other people) or fawning over favorite actors (me).
Spoilery comments/review: I had a guess while I was watching the movie about what would be behind the strange things that began happening, and it turned out that I was right! How fun is that! My guess was that the old lady would turn out to be evil, and possibly some of the other characters might be in on it as well. And I was right! Oh, Peter Sarsgaard's character. He seemed so nice. Although I guess it makes sense when you factor in the fact that his character was actually possessed by a spirit of someone who had died a long time ago. So in a way, sort of like Men in Black and Vincent, but way better looking (sorry, Vincent). Probably if you're familiar with this type of movie it would be fairly easy to guess at how things would turn out, but again, this isn't really the kind of movie I usually watch so it wasn't too predictable as to be really boring. It's kind of interesting to think about what the movie would've been like had it been some other genre, such as a sappy drama like The Notebook.
I guess the next logical step is to watch the other horror movie he's been in, where he plays a husband who, with his wife, adopts a child who turns out to be evil. Fun, I guess.
Current Sarsgaard movie rankings, sort of in order: Experimenter (this is first because it was my first), Shattered Glass (good performance, subject matter of personal interest), The Killing (very good performance), Jarhead. These are all actually pretty much equal in my book.
This second part of the list is more... muddled.
The Skeleton Key (main-ish role, decent movie), Lovelace (decent movie; main, but unsavory character), Black Mass (fairly small part but it packed a punch in a movie filled with unsavory characters), Dead Man Walking (very tiny role; I liked it more so for the rest of the movie which is why it's below Black Mass), Man in the Iron Mask (he looked nice, young and youthful in this movie), The Magnificent 7 (this one I'm fairly sure about the position of; I didn't really like the movie)
Yet to come (sometime, eventually): An Education (just freaking watch it already, I know...), Boys Don't Cry (apparently he got quite a lot of female attention for playing a murderer in this movie...), Flightplan, Orphan, Robot & Frank (voices a robot), Jackie, Rendition, Garden State, Pawn Sacrifice, etc....
This movie was... a bit better than I expected (which is good). I was thinking it was going to be kind of bad, but it turned out to be decent. It's sort of hard to do a decent review without spoiling it, so I'll do two parts. I feel like the movie is ever so slightly worth not spoiling - it's just good enough that I'd say do yourself a favor and watch it instead of reading about what happens. You'll ruin it. 3.5/5 stars.
First things first, for some reason I keep being more surprised than I should be when I watch something where Peter Sarsgaard has somewhat of an accent that's different than his normal voice (in this movie, it's a light southern accent) and I think "wow, it still sounds like him" (through the accent). It really shouldn't surprise me as much as it does... This movie was from 2005 so he was rather young and youthful looking, and thankfully clean shaven.
This is the second movie I've seen of his where it's set in Louisiana. The other one is the movie where he has a small role as a murder victim. I think he's been in at least one other movie set in the south, although maybe not necessarily Louisiana specifically. My associations about Louisiana (unrelated to this movie) : Lots of Republicans (like Texas), alligators, relatives, Mardi Gras, French-American culture, southern-ness.
Non-spoilery review:The premise is that a 25 year old lady, Caroline (interestingly enough, a similar name to one of my relatives who lives in Louisiana) (played by Kate Hudson, who is different than Kate Winslet, who was in Titanic. Kate Hudson looked sort of like Chloe Sevigny in this role), gets a job to take care of an older woman's husband, who has become paralyzed from a stroke. Supposedly. Anyways, she goes to the couple's house and strange things begin to happen. According to google, the movie is supposed to be a mystery/drama movie but I would say there are tinges of the horror genre, a little. Not that I really watch horror movies so I can't really say, but I guess maybe in that it sort of was a little bit like The Shining, in some ways, which apparently was a horror movie. Anyways, the strange/sinister things begin to happen and Peter Sarsgaard's character is involved. There's an interesting twist at the end. I'm more of a fan of the not so overtly horror-esque movies, which I suppose are the genre of psychological thrillers. Which reminds me that I'd better watch Memento again while it's still on Netflix since I decided not to purchase/acquire it on DVD. Will I regret that? Only time will tell. This movie (not Memento, the one I'm reviewing) leaned more horror than sleek psychological thriller.
This movie isn't exactly particularly special in and of itself, but hey, Peter Sarsgaard. And if you're me, that's reason enough. It might not be quite as enjoyable for non- Peter Sarsgaard fans. I was happy to look at him and hear him say things and laugh at some parts that weren't really funny but sometimes when I'm watching my favorite actors in things I just giggle happily about seeing them. That makes me seem really ditzy, I bet, and I promise, I'm not really like that as a whole. Just when it comes to certain actors I can get a little bit so. But I think I have a lot of depth to me in other areas. But one has to allow themselves a bit of indulgence in things, such as chocolate (other people) or fawning over favorite actors (me).
Spoilery comments/review: I had a guess while I was watching the movie about what would be behind the strange things that began happening, and it turned out that I was right! How fun is that! My guess was that the old lady would turn out to be evil, and possibly some of the other characters might be in on it as well. And I was right! Oh, Peter Sarsgaard's character. He seemed so nice. Although I guess it makes sense when you factor in the fact that his character was actually possessed by a spirit of someone who had died a long time ago. So in a way, sort of like Men in Black and Vincent, but way better looking (sorry, Vincent). Probably if you're familiar with this type of movie it would be fairly easy to guess at how things would turn out, but again, this isn't really the kind of movie I usually watch so it wasn't too predictable as to be really boring. It's kind of interesting to think about what the movie would've been like had it been some other genre, such as a sappy drama like The Notebook.
I guess the next logical step is to watch the other horror movie he's been in, where he plays a husband who, with his wife, adopts a child who turns out to be evil. Fun, I guess.
Current Sarsgaard movie rankings, sort of in order: Experimenter (this is first because it was my first), Shattered Glass (good performance, subject matter of personal interest), The Killing (very good performance), Jarhead. These are all actually pretty much equal in my book.
This second part of the list is more... muddled.
The Skeleton Key (main-ish role, decent movie), Lovelace (decent movie; main, but unsavory character), Black Mass (fairly small part but it packed a punch in a movie filled with unsavory characters), Dead Man Walking (very tiny role; I liked it more so for the rest of the movie which is why it's below Black Mass), Man in the Iron Mask (he looked nice, young and youthful in this movie), The Magnificent 7 (this one I'm fairly sure about the position of; I didn't really like the movie)
Yet to come (sometime, eventually): An Education (just freaking watch it already, I know...), Boys Don't Cry (apparently he got quite a lot of female attention for playing a murderer in this movie...), Flightplan, Orphan, Robot & Frank (voices a robot), Jackie, Rendition, Garden State, Pawn Sacrifice, etc....
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