Eric Arvin's Blog, page 132

One Good Thing

Finally saw A Single Man today. What a beautiful movie. Tom Ford did an astonishing job with his first film, based on the Christopher Isherwood book. There are a whole list of books I'd love to see him work his magic on. Colin Firth was so good as Professor Falconer, and Julianne Moore, in her small part as his boozy best friend, gave the film one hell of a middle. That woman plays mid-20th century parts better than anyone I can think of (The Hours, Far From Heaven). And the score! How was th...

10 Songs My Evil Dell Laptop Won't Let Me Record To CD

What a jackass computer. It's been difficult to save anything to disc lately. Thank goodness I have a flashdrive:

"Be My Thrill" by The Weepies

"Boots of Spanish Leather" by The Seldom Scene

"Byrd Joel" by Red House Painters

"Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis" by Neko Case

"The Engine Driver" by The Decembrists

"Jump in the Line" by Harry Belafonte

"National Talk Like a Pirate Day" by Lambchop

"No Matter What" by Marc Cohn & Aimee Mann

"Ruby & Carlos" by James McMurtry

"The Tigers Have Spoken...

Hot Shot: Perfect Glute

That's just beautiful...

One Good Thing

Sitting out on the porch today. It may seem I do a lot of sitting out there, but in all honesty, I don't do enough. Anyway, there's this multi-colored porch carpet and it seems to draw the butterflies like catnip. They land in flocks and sit there, slowly extending and then drawing up their wings. It's like the colors calm them or something. Some of the butterflies just lay there, their wings flat, until I make a sudden move, then they flit off only to return minutes later. I wish they'd land...

Hot Shot: Tiny Shorts

I'm in awe of this guy's face...

10 Songs About Your Home

Things that might be in your house or apartment include:



"Black Tables" by Other Lives

"Christmas Curtain" by My Morning Jacket

"Clocks" by Coldplay

"Closet" by Pete Yorn

"Dirty Laundry" by Don Henley

"Empty Chairs" by Don McLean

"Fake Plastic Trees" by Radiohead

"Kitchen Tile" by Joshua James

"Older Chests" by Damien Rice

"The Sun Always Shines On TV" by Aha

One Good Thing

Today's good thing was set to be the trip I just took to Russel Stover and how he raped me with his chocolatey goodness so that now I can't have a cheat day this week because I don't deserve one.... But then I saw this and fell madly in love with Brandon Flowers all over again. He's singing "Bette Davis Eyes" and I'm loving it:

I'm Being Read in a Book Club!

My book THE REST IS ILLUSION is being read by a book club! How exciting! You can go HERE and join in the fun, with a chance to win prizes. While you're there don't forget to vote for the site's proprietor, candlemaker Joe, for the Beacon's Best awards (there's an explanation in the post).

Hot Shot: Summer Toon

Absolutbleu does it again. Bigger cleavage than Jessica Rabbit...

One Good Thing

Well, looky here. I got my passport in. Finally. I've had a time this summer trying to get a new passport. I was supposed to have it renewed in February, but I got sick. Then a friend invited me on a trip to Toronto and I thought I had just enough time to get another one. I was wrong. Issues arose. Some of these issues can be blamed squarely on me, while others...can't. They didn't send me my old passport back to me, which seems a bit strange. But at least now I can sit back and pretend to go...