John Cusack Pivot

1. kinkajou
2. ferret
3. energy
4. passivity
5. i like hearing a sound of a home run
6. when it's against the Cubs
7. three top contenders, I'd say fuck, motherfucker, and cunt.
8. i think probably be a musician
9. oh, anything dealing with morgues and dead bodies
10. "What happened?"

Jim Carrey Pivot Questionnaire

1.I like making up words, one of them being statusphere, the place in which we all kinda end up in the pantheon of "supposed importance." there's another one. you know that feeling you get when you feel like some one walked over your grave? That's called a fner.
2. its actually two words "a lot," but it wants to be one.
3. I have one sound in particular that I'm crazy about, but you have to close your eyes. yells after having everyone close their eyes
4. "Is that it?" Somebody saying, "Is that it?"
5. painting and then there's this little spot on the back of my neck that if you stroke it in an upward motion very slowly, I'll go crazy.
6. people who need me too much
7. custodial work
8.
9.
10. "It's okay she's not coming."

I don't know why they skipped profession other than your own you'd most like to attempt and what is your favorite curse word.

Tom Hanks Pivot

This is from his second appearance on Inside the Actor's Studio

1. I'd have to go with the original, and that'd be, "Dad."
2. bitter compromise (because if it is a bitter compromise, it's not a true compromise.)
3. laughter
4. eggshells (not the kind that you eat, the kind that you walk on)
5. the family's conversation when they're in the other room
6. the ringing of the telephone
7. well, years ago it was horseshit. now it's the old stand by. it's fuck.
8. I would like to try to be a weekly columnist
9. a lawyer, that's doing homework for a living
10. "Different than you thought, ain't it?"

Holiday Movie Oscar Bait

ovie marathons are usually more fruitful now because all the good ones are released this time of year. Here's the five I saw this last week, since we've been closed at work.

True Grit: Really great. I recommend it to everyone. Everything that always makes Coen Brothers' movies great is here. Jeff Bridges is super in his role as Rooster Cogburn. I found Matt Damon's character really funny. And yes, as all the other reviewers have said Hailee, the actress that plays Maddie Ross "holds her own."

The Fighter: It is also bolstered by wonderful material and tremendous performances from all its actors. I was kinda surprised by how much it affected me at the end, which was a good thing.

Black Swan: This one was really, really wonderful. Pi caught me at a more impressionable time, but this is second only to that for Aronofsky films for me. The difference is the writing. It achieved quite well what is so difficult when paralleling the film plot with the ballet plot (the ol' play within a play). Doubt was probably the last film whose writing I appreciated as much.

The King's Speech: The best part of this film was Colin Firth's performance, which was very good. The film is well made and has many funny parts, but if you aren't particularly interested in the subject matter, it isn't necessary to watch it.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I: Tired of heming and hawing about how I was going to first consume a piece of the Harry Potter ouvre, I tacked this onto the end of a movie marathon and enjoyed it. I'm sure I was missing some things by not reading or watching any previous, but it is a good movie in and of itself. And I look forward to the next one. I might go back and watch the Christopher Nolan directed Potter or something like that, but I'm pretty sure I won't read any of the books. My reading is scarce as it is to fill with an obligation.

as per usual the drop cap is from Daily Drop Caps by Jessica Hische