Pics outside my dorm

It's raining here a bit.

On the way to the parking lot, that whirpool is over the drain

A car behind my dorm

The emergency exit door at one end of my dorm, luckily I'm at the other end, a little uphill

Spring Vacation

Agricola

Laura and Buster

Nick

dyeing eggs

Thank you all for the early Easter egg hunt this morning, it was fun.

Laura, at the 'Ancient' playground in central park. The weather was soooo warm and glorious that the park was mobbed. Chandran, Sara, Madhu and I went to a matinee (Times Stands Still with Laura Linney) and walked back from the play through the park.

Chiara came back with us, she made Lemon Squares.

Bad news for me, the uinpleasant MRI revealed a substantial tear in my shoulder. The surgery is easy, the recuperation is long and hard, I was told by my doctor. And, it will not heal on its own.

Update on my Life at URI

I'm up early to finish studying/get ready for a macroeconomics exam, so I thought I'd procrastinate a little and write a blog post. I changed my major to a BS in economics this semester, I took microecon last semester and liked it a lot, plus it's a pretty topical major these days, I suppose.

We're experiencing the good weather down here too, last week it was 50 and sunny most days, the weekend was rainy and miserable, but yesterday it was in the low-60s all day. People are dressing like it's 80 out though. To get outside more, I've been out longboarding with my friend Jeff and his roommate.
It's like skateboarding but easier to balance on, and you can pick up and maintain a pretty fast speed on it. I've been learning on Jeff's roomate's 700 dollar board, so I'm a bit spoiled.

Spring break starts Friday for URI (the dorm closes at 6pm sharp on friday, which is is weird and will clog up the roads on campus enough to make leaving a living hell). My plan is to stay home for the weekend (dentist appointment on monday), and probably head to Manhattan for a few days.

I'll take some pictures and post them later today if it's nice out.

First Sunny Day

Well, not really, but it has been awhile! Buster and I surveyed our domain just now. I made a list of jobs to be done. I will hire someone!!!! (hopefully)

Anyway, the spring state of the water level is a little lower than normal. The 'moat' does not surround both of the pines. The 'pond' seems as high as usual, but I think I will blame the willows that are growing like weeds there. Maybe this summer I can find someone with a small back hoe to uproot those willows. after the pond dries up. My memory says that I planted some of those willows from sticks gathered at the lake house.

MRI

I had an MRI today, and that is the last one and the first one, that I will ever have. It was soooo unpleasant. It was to see what is wrong with my shoulder. My instinct says, I will get over it, it may take awhile, but this procedure was unnecessary. It was unbelievably loud (jack hammer) and painful. The pain was because the device used to stabilize the shoulder pressed into the problem.

A few things

Dad: best celeb sighting ever.
Noah: Massa-cre -- Seinfeld & Myers: Really
Nicky: After watching this video, Nicky said: "Bob Dylan is a genius." I swear to God. Thunder on the Mountain.

This is good-

Hello Everyone!
Last Thursday (March 11) evening there was an RPO concert. Before the concert started, I was in the men's room washing my hands and I see Wallace Shawn! (For the younger set, they may know him from Gossip Girls, Clueless and Princess Bride). I say to him: Are you Wallace Shawn (I think I may have said "Wally"). He says: Yes, I am. I tell him that I am honored to meet him in person. I shake his hands and tell him that I have seen most of his movies and what is he doing in Rochester? His brother Allen Shawn is a music professor at Bennington and has composed a violin concerto especially for RPO's concert-mistress Juliana Athayde. Thursday was its world premiere. He starts leaving but when he reaches the door, he stops, holds the door open for me and starts asking me questions: whether I am a resident of Rochester and so on. I tell him about the Little Theatre's first movie was "My Dinner with Andre", which we saw twice. He also says that he attended the rehearsal that afternoon and Juliana was fantastic. I mention that she is only 29. Then we part company. I told Mom about it when I got to my seat and felt that we should invite him for dinner next evening. We did not, of course, but I would have been really tempted if I had run into him during the intermission.

Popop

A book about Brighton

A writer who lives on Sandringham Dr. decided to start sleeping over at his neighbors' houses as a community building exercise. One of his neighbors is Jamie Columbus.

In The Neighborhood

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Felix

Buster outdid himself this year, I think. We have Helen Mirren, Precious, Clooney. Hurt Locker--he hated it. Avatar? Pocahantas in blue. And it's the soundtrack from Sherlock Holmes that speaks to Buster.

post #997! who will be #1000???

Get your ballots in if you haven't (and Kalyani, etc)!
I have mom's, Sam's, Uncle Chan's, Aunt Sara's, Popop's, Grandma's, and Noah's.
I'll post the complete list at 7 tonight.
Really nice weather yesterday and Hannah was visiting with Kelsey. Went into Boston with them, Sam, my friend Sofie. Saw a 3D Imax movie at the aquarium about surfing in Tahiti. Walked around. 'Twas nice.

Chiara is Home!

Back from Portugal last night.

I love reading the blog this morning. The Memorial service, snow, Felix (we had better look into that quickly). My thought is that it should be printed, it is such a good record, not only the posts, but the comments.

Well, we returned last night after a very long day of travel from Lisbon, to Frankfort (airport) to Phil. to home. The Frankfort-Philly leg was on Envoy class, thank you Ison! That makes a huge difference. Some photos, more on my flickr account.

Top: view from 'our' apt in Lisbon. next: a delicious meal.

Massa is resigning!?#$&*%

Any insight on this, Noah?

FELIX AWARDS 2010

FELIX AWARDS 2010

• Whoever receives the most points, wins.
• Wrong answers won’t cost you any points.
• Costume Design is tie-breaker.
• Deadline is March 7th at 7 PM.
• E-mail ballots to elizacalvin@gmail.com

4 Points each -- Best Picture, Leading Actress, Leading Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Directing
3 Points each -- Foreign Language Film, Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay, Animated Feature, Documentary Feature, Film Editing, Cinematography
2 Points each -- Original Score, Visual Effects, Original Song, Art Direction, Sound Editing
1 Point Each -- Documentary Short, Animated Short, Live Action Short, Makeup
Tie-breaker -- Costume Design

NOMINEES

Best Picture (4 pts)
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air

Leading Actress (4 pts)
Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side”
Helen Mirren, “The Last Station”
Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
Gabourey Sidibe, “Precious”
Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”

Leading Actor (4 pts)
Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
George Clooney, “Up in the Air”
Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
Morgan Freeman, “Invictus”
Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker”

Supporting Actress (4 pts)
Penelope Cruz, “Nine”
Vera Garmiga, “Up in the Air”
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “Crazy Heart”
Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
Mo’Nique, “Precious”

Supporting Actor (4 pts)
Matt Damon, “Invictus”
Woody Harrelson, “The Messenger”
Christopher Plummer, “The Last Station”
Stanley Tucci, “The Lovely Bones”
Christopher Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”

Directing (4 pts)
James Cameron, “Avatar”
Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Quentin Tarantino, “Inglourious Basterds”
Lee Daniels, “Precious”
Jason Reitman, “Up in the Air”

Animated Feature (3 pts)
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
The Secret of Kelis
Up

Cinematography (3 pts)
Avatar
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The White Ribbon

Foreign Language Film (3 pts)
Ajami
El Secreto de Sus Ojos
The Milk of Sorrow
Un Prophete
The White Ribbon

Documentary Feature (3 pts)
Burma VJ
The Cove
Food, Inc.
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Elisberg and the Pentago Papers
Which Way Home

Adapted Screenplay (3 pts)
District 9
An Education
In the Loop
Precious
Up in the Air

Original Screenplay (3 pts)
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
Up

Film Editing (3 pts)
Avatar
District 9
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious

Visual Effects (2 pts)
Avatar
District 9
Star Trek

Original Song (2 pt)
Almost There, “The Princess and the Frog”
Down in New Orleans, “The Princess and the Frog”
Loin de Panama, “Paris 36”
Take it All, “Nine”
The Weary Kind, “Crazy Heart”

Sound Editing (2 pt)
Avatar
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Star Trek
Up

Art Direction (2 pt)
Avatar
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Nine
Sherlock Holmes
The Young Victoria

Original Score (2 pt)
Avatar
Fantastic Mr Fox
The Hurt Locker
Sherlock Holmes
Up

Documentary Short (1 pt)
China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant
Music by Prudence
Rabbit a la Berlin

Short Film Animated (1 pt)
French Roast
Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty
The Lady and the Reaper (La Dama y la Muerte)
Logorama
A Matter of Loaf and Death

Short Film Live Action (1 pt)
The Door
Instead of Abracadabra
Kavi
Miracle Fish
The New Tenants

Makeup (1 pt)
Il Divo
Star Trek
The Young Victoria

Costume Design (Tie-breaker, 0 pt)
Bright Star
Coco before Chanel
The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus
Nine
The Young Victoria

Oscars March 7th

Who is doing the Felix?