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MOVING!

2006-06-12T11:33:00.000-07:00

This blog is moving to a new home. You can now find it at: themaryanne.info . I'm squooshing all my blogs together there; I like the format better, and hopefully you will too. All the old posts are there, as well as neato sorting and searching functions. Your comments all moved too! I'm still doing some tinkering, and it's not completely constructed yet, but close, so please update any links or bookmarks, and join me over there!

2006-04-16T19:36:00.000-07:00

File this one under: Where do I live anyway?

Yesterday we were driving down the road near our house when I saw a huge bird fly up and off the street. Huge is probably over stating it, but it was big, big enough that I said, "Wow, that's a big honkin' bird" outloud. We kept driving and noticed a white Corvette pulled over to side of the road. We changed lanes and drove closer, and as we did, we saw that the couple who had been in the Corvette were walking around the car and into the street. The guy seemed to have a big yellow shoe on, and for a second I thought it was one of those splint-y cast-y things they put on you when you've messed up your foot. As we got closer, however, we saw that it was in fact a shoebox, covered with a yellow Best Buy bag. On his foot. We watched as he walked around his car, and, with his foot so protected, proceeded to punt a big dead possum (I'm pretty sure it was a possum) out of the way of his car, and then turn right back around to get back in. Now that whole thing was weird enough, but what was sitting in the road staring at that big dead possibly possum? A buzzard! His buzzard-y friend was the huge bird I'd seen earlier, but this one wasn't about to be scared away from its meal.

I had no idea buzzards lived in the city areas. Do they, or do they have some kind of radar when some animal dies that tells them it's time to visit the city for some food?

2006-04-11T11:15:00.000-07:00

A little update on the last post, Alex has posted the picture, along with his version of what happened here . Apparently we were the "best part of all"! Woo hoo! Anyway, check out the picture and marvel at my "roughly the size of a houseboat" pregnant self. At least I look pregnant now and not just like working at home = eating lots of bonbons.

2006-04-10T12:16:00.000-07:00

This weekend we went to APE, the Alternative Press Expo, in San Francisco. It's a wonderful little comic convention that features independent and small press publishers. (Basically not the "big 4"- DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Image) These are people who are, for the most part, struggling to make comics while juggling a "real job", who then have to fight to get their comics seen and bought. Some of them are crap and there's a reason they haven't been "discovered", but there are a select few that are diamonds in the rough, little gems of gorgeous comic making, and that's why I love APE so much.

We walked into APE and were immediately drawn to the Voodoo Baby table. Voodoo Baby is a company that makes adorable keychains out of string, and we'd been on the lookout for them because B really wanted to get one of their "Bat boy" (NOT Batman, wouldn't want to violate copyright, or whatever you'd be violating in this case- licensing?) keychains. (Check them out here)

As he was making his purchase, I looked at the table next to theirs, and recognized it as the table of the creator of Gashapon Shop, a wonderful webcomic. I squealed, "Look, it's that comic!" to B, as the creator looked at me with a look that said, "You think I'm someone I'm not." I told him that we loved his comic, and basically gushed at him, and B came over and backed up my story that we actually did know his comic, as he continued to look at us incredulously. When we finished, he said that we were the first people all day that he didn't already know (ie, his friends) to know his comic. He was so excited that he had the guy at the table with him take a picture of him with us, and we ended up leaving his table with one of everything he had to sell. I even got one of his original pages for a measly $10! When we stopped back by hours later to say goodbye, he had us pose for another picture, because the first one didn't come out. I know we probably made his day, but his excitement and enthusiasm really made mine. I looked at his website later that night, and this is what he'd posted:

"APE 2006 was awesome. I had a really great time and met a lot of really nice people. I'd like to really give shoutout (I'll have a picture up soon) to Bruce, Maryanne (hopefully that's spelled right) and the mysterious girl that stopped by my booth and said, "I'm well aware of your website." They were really gems in my experience and definately makes me want to not only return to APE for 2007, but continue to draw in general. "

YAY! That just makes me happy.

2006-03-28T13:33:00.000-08:00

Let it never be said that I don't read the comments and do my best to accomodate them. So Kim, this post is for you. (See her comment in the post below if you don't know what I'm talking about, and while you're there click the link and check out her blog, she's a funny lady. Even if her most recent post is sad and may cause you to believe she's a bird killer. She's really not one. )

Trying to eat while "avoiding" sugar is much much more difficult than I would have expected. Everything in the freakin' world has sugar in it I'm learning, not just yummy yummy candy. At least all the things I like to eat do. Even simple things like orange juice are out, which I keep forgetting. My favorite kind of cereal (Heart Smart) has too much sugar, so I'm demoted to Special K, and my loved V8 Splash has fruit juice, so if I want the vegtable-y goodness in liquid form then I have to try to stomach the normal V8, which I personally find vile.

So what am I eating? So far today I've had Special K, which is good and all but gets soggy really quickly. I had a scoop of peanut butter (yes, straight out of the container on a spoon) and some baby carrots for a snack, and then a sharp cheddar cheese and salami sandwich for lunch, which was quite yummy. Later I will have a couple Sugar Free Hershey's mini chocolate bars with almonds, which are actually pretty good, considering the no sugar thing. I haven't figured out what we'll have for dinner yet, but as it's raining and I don't have the car today, it will probably be peanut sauce on rice with steak and poratoes mixed in, because that's what we've got in the cupboard.

Overall I've been doing pretty well and have only messed up a couple of times. (And a couple of those were blatant and on purpose. I'm a rebel!)

2006-03-08T16:52:00.000-08:00

For those of you keeping track, I just got the results of my 3 hour glucose test. Not quite jackpot, regardless of how you're defining jackpot. I have glucose intolerance, which means I need to be a nicer person and not discriminate against the poor glucose.

No, apparently, (I just learned this today), there's normal, then glucose intolerance, then gestational diabetes. So my body is somewhat not handling glucose correctly by overcompensating with insulin, which is bad, but not to a degree that it would be considered diabetes, which is good. My insulin level went up when it was supposed to during the test, then continued to go up when it should have gone down, but by the end was down to where it needed to be. So something with the process that's supposed to shut off the insulin isn't doing what it's supposed to. Or something.

Other than that, I have no idea what it means. I'm going to a dietician in about a week, and should know more then. I'm assuming that they'll just tell me to be careful what I'm eating, but I won't have to give myself shots or anything. It could be so much worse, and I'm grateful that it's not. And it will most likely go away once the baby is born, since it didn't show up when I took the test months ago.

In the meantime, I resolve not to be intolerant of glucose any more.

2006-02-26T14:00:00.000-08:00

I don't have the plague. The strep test came back negative, which is good because I don't have strep, not so good because now my throat just hurts and I can't take drugs to make it stop. So, gargling with saltwater and drinking 10-12 glasses of warm liquids it is.

I still have to take the dumb glucose test.

2006-02-24T19:22:00.000-08:00

Why it kind of sucks to be me today:
1) I very possibly have the plague, better known as strep throat.
2) I have to take the 3 hour glucose test for gestational diabetes AGAIN. This consists of me going into the lab on an empty stomach, drinking pure glucose, and then having my blood drawn every hour for the next 3 hours, (it actually comes out to 4 times) so they can check to see what wonky things my body does. That's my idea of a good time, let me tell you. I'm so looking forward to this, I can hardly say. And knowing my luck, the results will come back the same as last time, which is to say, weird. The doctor will call and say, "Well, you don't have gestational diabetes, but your results weren't normal, so we're not really sure what's causing that. So, just eat often, and keep an eye on it", which is what they told me last time I went through this mess. Ah well.

Why it doesn't suck to be me today:
1) I have great insurance. I called the advice nurse about my throat and she talked to me for a good 10 minutes, asking my symptoms and being really thorough. Instead of just dismissing my concerns, she told me to go in for a culture, just in case. I was able to show up at the hospital today, walk in, get my paperwork, get my throat culture done, and get out in about 10 minutes. Next week when I go in to get my blood drawn for the glucose test, chances are high that I'll get one of the technicians who uses the little needles to be nice, and tells me what to say to the other technicians to get them to use the little needles. And I didn't and won't have to pay an extra dime for any of that. No fee for the visit today, no fee for the lab work next week, no fee for the call to the advice nurse. I can get any and all health assistance I need without worrying about money, and for that I'm truly grateful.

2) I got my drivers license in the mail today! My real live drivers license. Add one more thing to the list of accomplishments I've achieved before 30. I know it's not big for most people, but it is for me. Hooray!

"I was really going to be somebody by the time I was 23."

2006-02-10T13:27:00.000-08:00

In a little over a month I'll be turning 30. That fact, in and of itself, doesn't really bother me all that much. I've gotten to the point where I realize that for the most part age doesn't really matter all that much, as is evidenced by the fact that I really have no idea how old most of my friends are, and don't know how old I am most of the time.

But I remembered the quote at the top of this post the other day; it comes from Reality Bites. I've never actually seen the whole movie (I know, that's probably some sort of crime), but I have seen that part, and it made me cry. I know that feeling, the sorrow over the childhood dreams that reality took away. When I was little, and then in high school, I knew who I was going to be when I was 23, and it certainly was going to be somebody. I was going to accomplish and be and people would know me.

But life takes us in different directions than we think, and my life now is nothing like the life I thought I was going to have. I haven't accomplished the things I wanted to, but those things aren't important or even realistic to me now. I realize now that the "somebody" I thought I wanted to be isn't really what I want at all.

Instead, I'm somebody completely different, and I like the person that I am, and the things that I've done. I've started to compile a list of things that I've accomplished in the 13 years since I graduated high school, and I have to admit that I'm kind of impressed with myself.

So what have I done? Here's a partial list (in somewhat chronological order):

* Graduated with a BA of Literature with Honors
* Managed Atlantis for 5 years and stuck with it despite people saying I should get a real job, because I loved it so much.
* Planned and pulled off the 25th Anniversary year at Atlantis with at least 1 event a month and didn't kill myself or anyone else
* Edited the 25th Anniversary comic
* Became somewhat known and gained a good reputation in the industry
* Went to New Orleans twice
* Had the nerve to get out a bad situation, and fix a mistake rather than make it worse
* Got married :)
* Wrote 2 novels
* Edited a novella that's been published
* Got the job I've wanted for a long time
* Got a gig writing graphic novel reviews
* Read 300+ books
* Learned how to knit
* Got pregnant

Do you know of something else I've accomplished? Remind me so I can add it to my list!

Why I love Prince today

2006-02-07T15:43:00.000-08:00

I love Prince everyday, for a number of reasons. They include, but are in no way limited to:

1) He's a musical genius
2) He has amazing cheekbones
3) Even though he's short (5'2"- same as me), he somehow looks 7 feet tall when he performs
4) He's taken the swear words out of his songs since he doesn't use them in real life
5) He's sexy as all get out

My reason today, however, comes from one moment in his performance on Saturday Night Live this weekend. He was towards the end of the song, doing a guitar solo, and he hit one of those riffs where guitar players usually get that screwed up look on their face that says, "look at how hard I'm concentrating, playing the guitar is really hard, look how well I play". The look on his face was entirely different. It simply said, with no hint of pride, "This is what I do. It's what I was put on this Earth to do, and it's the easiest and most joyful thing in the world". What he was playing was complicated and beautiful, and looked completely effortless. I watched part of Purple Rain today (it happened to be on TV), and the look is the same in his performances there. I don't know that he ever felt the need to make it look hard, or maybe it just never was.

Rhetorical Questions

2006-01-24T16:50:00.000-08:00

Why, why, in the name of all that is logical in this world, would the Family Channel choose to show Cruel Intentions? When you have to edit something to the point that the plot of the movie no longer makes sense, perhaps it's a sign that this movie does not fit the demographics of your channel. Honestly, if someone watched it who had never seen it before, they'd think it was about people with the superpowers to make people do whatever they wanted, because all of the arguments/coersions are cut out. But then, most of what they want them to do is cut out too, leaving a very confusing chain on non-events. It hurt my head to watch almost as much as when I tried to watch an edited version of Heathers. I made it about an hour into Cruel Intentions- I only lasted for 10 minutes with Heathers. It was just too weird that all the lines I knew were missing.

Why, why, in the name of all that is talented and smart and good in this world, is Master P still on Dancing with the Stars? The man can. not. dance. I don't think the man WANTS to dance. Please, who ever is voting for him, put him and the rest of us out of our collective miseries, and STOP VOTING FOR HIM. There are a whole bunch of other couples who actually want to be there, let them stay on and let him go home. I've given up on the show, I refuse to watch it again until he's gone. Instead I'm watching Skating with Celebrities, better known in my home as Skating with Disaster. Yay disaster!

2006-01-06T20:56:00.000-08:00

I am appalled. Appalled I say.

Dancing With the Stars is either rigged, or a large number of the people who watch the show are idiots. Or possibly both. It boggles my mind that Master P, Mr. "I can't be bothered to even try as this is the stupidest thing I've ever done", got more votes than the ESPN guy who knew he sucked but tried so hard, and Tia Carrere, who I thought did a lovely job.

As far as I can see, Master P has shown nothing but apathy at the least, and contempt at the worst for the whole process, and yet the judges told him they want to see him back next week trying harder. If I was a judge, I would have flat out told him to go home. I'll watch it next week, but if he doesn't improve and somehow still stays on at the expense of someone else who is working their butt off, I'm not watching it again until he's gone.

2006-01-05T17:47:00.000-08:00

It was pointed out to me today that it's almost the one year anniversary of me last posting to this blog, which I find amusing. And snarky. So, without further ado, a post.

My favorite things of last year:

Book- The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
This book has the magic that you (or at least I) wish that all books did. It sweeps you away into another world.

Graphic Novel- Capote in Kansas by Ande Parks and Chris Samnee.
Hands down, no question. Read it now.

CD- Here Come the Tears by The Tears.
Majestic, orchestral, compulsively listenable, heartbreaking and exultant.

Movie (New)- Chronicles of Narnia or Batman Begins.
This one is hard because I don't see that many movies generally, so I really only see ones I know I'm going to like. Chronicles of Narnia wins because it made me believe that the world I thought was real actually was. Batman Begins is just the best comic book movie I've ever seen, even when the first time I saw it was the worst movie going experience of my life. And actually, it did the same thing as Narnia- convinced me that Batman was real. Some will argue that Sin City is a better comic book movie, but I would argue that Sin City is rather the most accurate translation- which just testifies all the more to the power of the comic itself to tell the story. It made me want to read the comic again, not watch the film again. Dwight's still the coolest ever. But anyway.

Movie (DVD)- Untold Scandal. (How do you credit a movie? Who is it by?)
It's a fact that I have an unhealthy obsession with the Dangerous Liasons story. I currently own five different film versions of the story, and this one is perhaps the most odd, and most revealing. It's set in 18th century Korea, which is remarkably like 18th century Paris, where the original is set. The change in setting allows for a new look at the interplay between the characters I know so well, and it's visually stunning.

Fruit- peaches
I don't know. I ran out of ideas momentarily.

Series of Books- Kerry Greenwood's Phryne Fisher mysteries
These books are set in the 1920s, and embrace that time period; they deal with class and gender issues as well as flappers and bobbed hair. Phryne, the heroine, is marvelous, and the books are just the right blend of pulp and escapism.

New skill- knitting
I took one step closer to becoming the ultimate pioneer woman when I learned how to knit this year. Now if there is a disaster and I have yarn and knitting needles, I can keep everyone stocked in scarves.

TV show- So You Think You Can Dance
Laugh if you will, but I watched this compulsively. The world stopped when it came on, and I've never been so invested in a show, not even when it came down to Clay and Ruben on American Idol. I think my sister and I singlehandedly (or would that be doublehandedly?) willed Nick to win- I really think I would have cried if he lost. Well, maybe not cried, but I would have been seriously upset. The man pulled off something like 20 turns in a row in his final routine, it was gorgeous.

I'm out of ideas, and now I've posted so Mr. Smacky can't say it's been a whole year. He's still my favorite cousin though. :)

2005-01-16T20:17:00.000-08:00

Five minutes after I post my self righteous diatribe about celebrities, I'm watching the Golden Globes. I love awards shows, I love seeing people so excited about getting recognized for their work. I'm going to try this blog as you watch thing.

Natalie Portman just won, and is she so adorable or what? As they announced the nominees and got to Meryl Streep I thought "Could you imagine winning over Meryl Streep?" and then she did! And she was so genuine and sweet as she thanked people, you could tell she didn't expect to win and didn't have anything prepared. I'm so glad she won, she really is so talented.

The Dr. Pepper commercial with Meatloaf's "I would do anything for love" is really funny. The joke has been done before, but the timing of it with the drama of the song is well done.

People who wear silk dresses really need to remember to wear some kind of bra. They make them strapless, there's no excuse.

How darling was Mariska Hargitay's dad? You could have just plucked him up and put him in the dictionary under "proud papa". Him crying so unabashedly was really touching.

I could just watch Ellen dance and be entertained for days.

I really really hope that The Incredibles wins. Really really really.

Aah! My loyalty is so strained right now! I really want both Jason Bateman and Zach Braff to win for best actor TV comedy- YAY! Jason Bateman just won! That show is so intelligent and so funny, and he's so good in it. I'm really scared he's not going to mention Ron Howard since they keep turning the camera on him- I don't think he did, I'm not sure.

I'm loving Halle Berry's hair. And Johnny Depp is such a beautiful man. Those cheekbones are amazing.

Annette Benning was incredible in Being Julia, I'm honestly thrilled that she won. It's a movie I'll be buying and watching over and over again. If you haven't seen it, you should. Annette Benning plays a woman her own age, sometimes without makeup- wrinkles and all, which is frankly amazing in this day and age. It's a funny, touching movie, and I highly reccomend it.

Ok, I don't know who the woman is who presented for best TV drama, but surely she has friends and family, or at least a stylist who could have told her that her dress was rather poorly chosen. Man, it was just bad.

How do they make Julianna Margulies' hair so straight?

It's refreshing to see Glenn Close so excited to win, does she not know that everyone considers her an acting goddess and that it would have been bizarre for her not to win?

OH MY GOODNESS! What is that gold lame toga thing that woman is wearing? Her boobs are all smashed, it looks like it's torn, is it supposed to be someones take on a sari? How does an outfit like that even happen? It's so atrocious!

Hooray for Teri Hatcher! I don't watch Desperate Housewives, but I like her as actress, and doesn't she look so thrilled? She's so cute and so genuine, she wins.

Don Cheadle is an incredible actor, I hope he wins tonight.

What exactly is Lisa Marie wearing? I doubt she intended to look like Elvira.

I'm being won over by Mick Jagger tonight, I never really had an opinion on him before, but he's a charming man.

Since there's a commercial at the moment, I feel the need to clarify my stance on my previous post since I was going off about not obsessing over celebrities and now I'm sitting here talking about how pretty and or sweet I think they are. I have no problem with people liking celebrities as people, it's when people start thinking they have a right to information about their private life, like they're some kind of communal property that I have a problem. That's all. And I think the GE healthcare commercial where the brain doctor says they have to get back to the ship is funny.

Prince is truly one of the most gorgeous men who has ever lived. Ever.

And on the same topic, doesn't Clint Eastwood look good? For any age! He was breathtaking when he was younger, and he's still pretty dang nice to look at now. I hope I age half so well.

I'm so pleased that Jamie Foxx won Best Actor, I've heard only rave reviews of Ray (I haven't seen it, but I haven't seen any of the movies any of these guys were nominated for), and it seemed like such a labor of love. His acceptance speech was so humble, pointing out everyone else who made the film happen, and his words about his grandmother were so sweet.

Yay Robin Williams! I don't have words for how much I like and admire him. He has such a light in his eyes, he seems so kind and so good, I think the world is a better place for him being in it. The fact that he's one of the funniest men ever is almost secondary.

mmmm, Orlando Bloom.

mmmm, Charlize Theron.

So Leonardo DiCaprio won over Don Cheadle, ah well. I can't complain too much, I think Leonardo is incredibly talented. I was sad that he kind of got railraded after Titanic, when he was so popular that it became unfashionable to like him. I didn't watch Titanic, but he was incredible in What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and really good in Romeo + Juliet. It's nice to see him getting credit for his talent again.

Yay Hilary Swank!! Seeing Morgan Freeman and Clint Eastwood tear up at her words says so much. And Chad Lowe is one of the cutest people ever. His crying when she won the Oscar for Boys Don't Cry is one of the sweetest things I've ever seen.

Incredibles really had no shot against Ray and Sideways did it? I could dream.

Another awards show over, and I didn't win anything. =)

2005-01-16T18:26:00.000-08:00

So I don't mean to add to the tons and tons of wasted paper/ cyberspace being dedicated to this topic, but I have to sound in for just a moment. WHO CARES WHY JENNIFER AND BRAD ARE BREAKING UP?? Honestly! I like these actors as much as the next person, but it is none of my business why their marriage is breaking up. Nor is it anyone elses business, except perhaps their friends and family. Are we so suckered in to the idea of celebrity that we honestly don't remember that these two are real people going through a tragedy in their lives? Or are we just such sadists that we can't stop digging in deeper to see the pretty priviledged people bleed? I don't buy into the statement that as actors they signed on for this, pursuing your craft is not the same as selling your soul, and I definitly don't buy the argument that people are fans of them together and that they owe those fans an explanation.

Number 1: You can't be fans of a MARRIAGE! Ok, I take that back a little. I fully believe that you can admire how well a couple do in the work that is marriage, and that seeing a couple work through a difficult time can be uplifting and reinforce your faith in love and all that. But keep it to a couple YOU KNOW! We as a public don't really know anything about their marriage, we only know what we've been told by people who don't really know either. The people who pull this argument don't feel betrayed, they just want the dirt.

Number 2: People who do feel betrayed by this breakup- GET OVER IT! These people do not live their lives for your amusement or gratification.

Number 3: Actors, celebrities, don't owe anyone anything on a personal level. (Except of course, people they know on a personal level.) I'm sure people will disagree with me, but that's my stance and I'm sticking to it. The obligation that actors have to their audience is to work their hardest when they're filming, to be honest in their craft. That's it. We can expect them to be polite and respectful, but no more than we'd expect from any other human being. No one else alive (save perhaps Mother Teresa) would stay civil and smiling with people stopping to talk to them while they're eating dinner, taking pictures of them while they're walking the dog, or gossiping about their private life to everyone in the world. Again, let me make a slight exception- if the actor is trying to get money for being an actor- for example, signing at a convention- then they have an obligation to be nice and genial, as people are paying them for the experience. But other than that, they owe no one a thing. We don't ask lawyers or doctors to put up with crap just because they get paid a lot of money, and really, it's the same ballgame folks.

I realize that I'm being hypocritical, since I read the gossip pages as much as anyone. I'm making it a goal as of this moment to do that less. They have a right to their life, and this isn't high school anymore. We're supposed to be above this by now.

2005-01-04T15:08:00.000-08:00

A new year, a new blog. I'll still be keeping up my reading blog (100 Books at lilmaryanne.blogspot.com), but I thought I'd try my hand at a regular one as well, mainly to have a place to put random thoughts like the following, inspired by random songs playing on my iPod.

I'm always surprised by how enveloping Ozzy Osbourne's voice is. It has a quality that I really like, and I forget about it, then am pleasantly startled when I hear it again. I have a soft spot for Ozzy, and was extremely pleased when I saw him coherent, clear eyed and clear voiced on that new reality show he's doing. I'd kind of assumed the grogginess that everyone mocked from The Osbournes was a permanent result of his hard living earlier in life, so it was nice to see him fully functional.

Everyone I know is doing their Top 10 lists for the year- I have trouble doing them because I never remember what came out when or when I saw/ heard/ read it. However, here a couple of my current favorites- again, inspired by the iPod.

Favorite line from a song: "She's gonna miss you at first, but then she's gonna buy me things. Thats when I'm gonna lay her across my piano stool and... sing to her" The Marrying Kind by Prince

Favorite Song: Louder than Words from the Tick Tick..Boom Soundtrack Favorite line: "Why does it take catastrophe to start a revolution? If we're so free tell me why, someone tell me why, so many people bleed."

Favorite New Band: (Tie) Jem, The Killers

Favorite use of music in a movie: the dramatic crescendo of Life on Mars? as Steve Zissou walks down the deck after meeting his probably son in The Life Aquatic.

Speaking of The Life Aquatic, I really really liked this movie. We just saw it last night, and I already want to see it again. While it hasn't displaced The Royal Tenenbaums as my favorite of Wes Anderson's films, it definitly has it's own place in my heart.
The one thing I thought was missing from The Royal Tenenbaums is that one blissful moment when everything clicks, when the epiphany hits. The Life Aquatic has that moment, and it's stunning. When Zissou finally sees his leopard shark, the look on Bill Murray's face, the depth of his expression, is incredible. The whole movie is tied up in that look, everything after it is just epilogue. With it he realizes that the inevitablity of mortality is inescapably tied to it's beauty, and that no matter how hard we try, sometimes we have to settle for witnessing life, not controlling it. Truly stunning.
I could have done without the gay jokes, they didn't seem needed (are they ever REALLY needed?), and some short pieces felt disjointed, but on the whole I really liked it. The CG underwater world Anderson dreamt up was gorgeous, I think it served to capture the probably delightful, unpredictable feel of deep sea exploration, seeing creatures that no one has ever seen before. The Portuguese David Bowie songs were inspired, I really hope they're on the soundtrack.