Scott-Valentine

New Years Daylight in #yyj (at Ross Bay Beach)

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 17:37:31 -0800

New Years Daylight in #yyj (at Ross Bay Beach)

Why Peacho Loves To Go For A Drive

Tue, 01 Jan 2013 14:25:56 -0800

Why Peacho Loves To Go For A Drive

Snow White Fan Club (at Pixie Central)

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 11:47:03 -0800

Snow White Fan Club (at Pixie Central)

Watchin’ The Cream Whip

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 18:23:39 -0800

Watchin’ The Cream Whip

The Princess & The Fairy. (at Pixie Central)

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 12:52:04 -0800

The Princess & The Fairy. (at Pixie Central)

elisabethdonnelly: I kind of wish that for every bit of hype of...

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:54:11 -0800

elisabethdonnelly:

I kind of wish that for every bit of hype of around HBO’s Girls and Lena Dunham, that, perhaps, every third mention could just be replaced with the great and definitely underrated (in ratings and/or real, gushy hype and/or thinkpieces) Enlightened, which will also be back on HBO in January, paired with Girls.

But Enlightened literally gets about a tenth of the hype. Where’s a lengthy look at Enlightened, New York Review of Books? You did one for Girls (and it was good). I think there’s a lot to unpack with Enlightened - particularly as a sort of answer/response to the Eat Pray Love/self-help-ish question of how do you exist in the world as a real, sensitive person when the world - and the corporation you work for - is set up to beat you down, and to beat it out of you? The struggle there is fascinating. I suspect this new season’s going to veer far away from that theme and more towards whistleblowing.

But I really liked that theme. The show felt very real, lived-in, and built up to quiet desperation and devastation each episode, while also being cringe-ingly funny. And it had direction by the likes of Jonathan Demme and Phil Morrison.

Another lesson of Enlightened: that sort of brightly colored, vintage granny Anthropologie look looks great on Laura Dern, tall and blonde. Only Laura Dern, I suspect.

PS. I am available to write about this show foreeeeeeever.

PPS. Even when I am staying in Long Island, with access to cable and HBO, Enlightened is never, ever available On Demand the way that Girls is, which seems strange.

"The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at..."

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:25:08 -0700

“The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which...

"What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in..."

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 18:23:44 -0700

“What’s money? A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night...

"I’ve never claimed to have the answers to life. But I still believe in peace, love and..."

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 10:21:57 -0700

“I’ve never claimed to have the answers to life. But I still believe in peace, love and...

Dude Kills It

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 23:00:09 -0700

Charles Barkley is increasingly becoming one of my favorite people.

"Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative..."

Thu, 19 Jul 2012 08:27:16 -0700

““Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do...

Photo

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 10:33:02 -0700

"Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and..."

Sun, 15 Jul 2012 11:13:02 -0700

“Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and...

Photo

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 02:32:46 -0700

The One-Stop Scott Shop (Where Everything is FREE!)

Sat, 07 Jul 2012 01:24:22 -0700

After 4 long weeks of planning, sifting, collecting, designing, downloading, uploading and posting I...

Toilet Paper

Sun, 17 Jun 2012 02:22:50 -0700

Nothing makes me smile bigger and better than walking into the loo and seeing that my daughter has...

I love baseball

Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:20:51 -0700

Only 22 pitchers have thrown a perfect game in the history of the sport. Watching one makes me feel...

"In the absence of of an effective general mythology, each of us has his private, unrecognized,..."

Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:44:51 -0700

“In the absence of of an effective general mythology, each of us has his private,...

"Truth is one, the sages speak of it by many names."

Wed, 06 Jun 2012 12:51:20 -0700

“Truth is one, the sages speak of it by many names.” - The Vedas

"The world does not belong to man. Man belongs to the world."

Sun, 03 Jun 2012 13:44:00 -0700

““The world does not belong to man. Man belongs to the world.”” - Ishmael