Well, well, well… here I am again…

Unlike the (supposed) majority of the ladies in the world, I’m not a big George Clooney fan… I know some are utterly in love with him… They actually get jealous seeing him with his latest girl on the cover of tabloid magazines!!! Years ago, I used to like his character in “ER”, back when I was a TV fanatic, but to me he was only another actor…

All that aside, I think he did a fab job in “Michael Clayton”… As a matter of fact, the whole cast offered great acting which made you smile at the end of the film… The first half hour of the film got me totally lost, but after a while, you start to place the puzzle pieces in their right place…

To me, a film which makes you think and talk about it afterwards is considered a good movie… To me, “Michael Clayton” is a good film and indeed deserves some awards… My favorite character in the film was Arthur, played beautifully by Tom Wilkinson (may I add ‘Brits Rule’?!)… It’s a shame he has quite a strong competitor at the Oscars this year… Javier Bardem is the main one, though I can’t deny that he also acted amazingly in “No Country for Old Men”…

You can tell that I’m now officially catching up on recent movies! Yay…

S

Today the storm was strong… The wind blew me around morning time… Back and forth, left and right… My nose was running and my ears had no feeling in them … Unfeeling… The snow, however, was falling beautifully, crystal white…

Today I will write… Not as a distraction… The distraction that seems bothersome every so often… But for myself and only myself…

Today is creative… and dynamic… Should I expect some good things to happen? Or should I perhaps aim to make good things happen…

Today I will make it smiles all round...

S

“Time is no law of nature. When you look at it with awareness, or start to touch it, then it starts to disintegrate.”

Peter Høeg, Danish author

It’s sweet to see that people actually miss you… Not so much “you” as a person, but your writings… I admit, I’ve been pretty lazy blogging since the new year began and I just realized we are almost done with January… How scary is that?! It’s not actually the days of the year passing; it’s more like the days of our lives are flying by so quickly… So quick that it becomes hard to grasp hold of them in a way you want… Wondering whose life we are really living… Yet another challenge!

I’m reading a lot these days… Jumping from one book to another… A lot of poetry, actually, to the point that I print a few to read on the train back to home everyday… They have an incredibly calming effect on me… You just read them, and read, and read… There’s no story (as such) to follow and no ending to look forward to… For me, they summarize a moment’s enjoyment…

I’m planning to watch a lot of movies… Foreign, Hollywood, Black-and-White, you name it… I’ve actually begun participating in few movie clubs initiated by friends… My favorite mode of watching films, however, is snuggled up in my tiny den, accompanied with sushi, hot green tea and an artsy golden oldie…

Oh, and have I told you about my favorite new snack: almonds with dried cranberries?! How bizarre you would think, right? It’s very tasty, though… Especially when the flavors melt together in your mouth at same time, washed down with white tea in the end… 🙂

S

“The need for society which springs from the emptiness and monotony of men’s lives drives them together; but their many unpleasant and repulsive qualities once more drive them apart. The mean distance which they finally discover, and which enables them to endure being together, is politeness.”

— Schopenhauer

Darlings:

I know, I know… I haven’t been blogging for some time… But before going anywhere, let me raise a toast to you all and wish you cheerfulness and loveliness in the year 2008… Let me also thank you for reading my posts in the past year…

Yes, I was away… I went home… Such a strange yet great experience, after all these years… Even better was seeing the loved and “special” ones who I hadn’t seen for a long time…

Now I’m back… Refreshed and revived… I won’t talk about the drama I went through the first few days of the year… What’s important is that it’s over now… What’s even more important is that I’m back in Toronto, up and running with a list of resolutions for 2008… Cooking is one of them… Making delicious, healthy meals… the other items on the list will remain with me…

Sending you great vibes and an even greater smile for the year to come…

Much love,

S