I’m not there

I’ve been busy lately… ok thats a lie. I wish I’d been. I’ve got loads of things to do, but I’m the master of procrastination… so none of the things I need to do get done.

I can’t believe it’s already March! And, here in Budapest at least, it seems as if spring is already here! I went to school today in a t-shirt and a light sweater, a nice change from the regular heavy wintercoat-hat-gloves and boots. (and yes senpai-kun, I know that for you, the surprising bit would be that I actually attended class )

I have caught up with many animes. I’ll touch on True Tears first. I’ve seen until episode 9 and I’m overjoyed that it’s turning towards a Hiromi ending. I’ve got nothing against Noe, it just seems that she lacks -that kind- of chemistry with Shinichiro. Even though the dialogue between Hiromi and Shinichiro is certainly lacking, they give eachother enough -intense- looks to make up for it

I also caught up with Ghost Hound… or at least I was caught up. I noticed episode 14 was subbed today. I don’t think I’ll get around to watching that until a day or two. There was a scene in episode 12 that had me jump out of my skin for a second! When the psychologist saw a ghostly girl figure running in the hall into a classroom, and he goes to check it out. He looks down and there’s this freaky looking thing staring up at him. *shriek*
I found it odd that he was able to act so normally after that incident, maybe it’s possible he just accepts that this is a messed up town where lots of mysterious things happen.

And last but certainly not least, I’ve caught up with Clannad. I’m so happy that Okazaki and Nagisa’s relationship is moving forward. I really wonder why she feels that she needs to apologize to her parents. She seems like the perfect child! What could she have possibly have done to hurt them? My guess is that she feels bad for being such a sickly child, that needed much of her parents attention… something like that.

One last thing thats new with me, is that I watched the Bob Dylan biopic, I’m not There yesterday. Really good movie, but it’s not for everyone. For instance, my friend fell asleep halfway through, and had no idea what the hell was going on. I’m not a huge Bob Dylan fan, and I only knew bits and pieces of information about him… but I thoroughly enjoyed it. Six characters embodied the different aspects of Bob Dylan’s life and work. Each of them were filmed a bit differently, for example- Christian Bale played Jack Rollins, which is Bob Dylan at the early stage of his musical career, when he’s referred to as a Prophet. This part was filmed like a documentary, showing clips of Jack singing and Julianne Moore talking about him. (I have an inkling that Julianne Moore was supposed to be Joan Baez) Arthur Rimbaud (Ben Whishaw) – Bob Dylan the poet, was filmed in black and white and they showed clips of him randomly throughout the film. He had some of the best lines:

Seven simple rules of going into hiding: one, never trust a cop in a raincoat. Two, beware of enthusiasm and of love, both are temporary and quick to sway. Three, if asked if you care about the world’s problems, look deep into the eyes of he who asks, he will never ask you again. Four, never give your real name. Five, if ever asked to look at yourself, dont. Six, never do anything the person standing in front of you cannot understand. And finlly seven, never create anything, it will be misinterpreted, it will chain you and follow you for the rest of your life.

~Arthur Rimbaud

Cate Blanchett was phenomenal, she played Bob Dylan at the height of his career. This movie is worth seeing just to see her performance!
If you like artistic films, or films about music, I highly recommend you check it out!