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If you see any movie by him make it Zero Effect if you haven't seen it. It's a nice mix of intelligent indy and comedy. That may be one Stiller film you'd like, but taste is awfully subjective. If one doesn't like Stiller one might not like anything he's in. Did you see Flirting With Disaster?
Hey Origin,
Did you see Starsky and Hutch. It wasn't a great movie but I loved it regardless and laughed my arse off. I needed a good laugh and Ben Stiller is one of my favorite comedic actors off all time. And I love Owen Wilson to pieces.
Anyway, Stiller has been in some brilliant comedies like Flirting with Disaster and Zero Effect, and of course Something about Mary. I love Stiller's style. He can walk and crack me up.
Hoop
lol
but spelled backwards it has a certain ring to it
Not a waste at all. I was inspired by your terrific question and you enjoyed reading the response.
unless, of course, they are starving for someone who CAN actually make them really think
the four people i spent my evening with last night... if you're not on your game just shut up, listen and learn what thinking really is
the room practically combusted from the minds therein
P.S.
Moved on but can't help adding another .0001 of a cent. In the course of learning the traditional craft and skill of painting a student has the opportunity to gain a personal relationship with the medium. During this time you are also developing your unique ideas about the world and they become interwoven. At a certain point art education changed. I remember a professor laughing because I wanted to put people in my work. WAAAAAAAY after the fact these dinossaur idiots were propogating the myth that figurative painting was passe, ancient history. So now you have generations of students who would now have to struggle just to render the simplest of representational forms because they have never been taught the skills. People are inherrently lazy and once you've gotten the diploma, how many do you think would start over even if they suspected there was something shallow and meaningless in painting blobs, squares and circles in the 21st century. Sure, wind up an abstract painter by way of evolution - sincere interest in a certain aspect of the visual experience, but don't start out that way because now you have no choice. Of course, teach thinking out of the box as well, encourage originality but DON'T limit ones options. The universities were hiring these losers who were incredibly limited not only in skill but even a modicum of development in whatever malarky they were producing. Discipline, a degree of traditional training teaches discipline and focus and depth of understanding of the visual world. The mind can now envision a thing and see it in three dimensions and render it. Once you make that process overwhelming the potential artist sets out with a shallow base and limited posibilities.
Add to that that commericalism is no longer a dirty word (though even the most idealistic artists of the past secrety wanted to be commercial successes - with a few exceptions) and you now have some of the most creative minds guiltlessly going to animation, advertising, web design, film, you know the list. I have to stop, soooo sorry to anybody who took the time to read this tome. Hot topic for me - obviously.
Thomas Kinkade - ROTFL
You know why I think that is.... there was a period when photographers were getting alot of attention, like Cindy Shermann, Sally Mann, Nan Godin, etc. (who? :), as the medium matured and now I think movies have become a more pertinent art form than the static arts. Also, there's a shift to digital art forms (suits modern sensibilities more - quick). It took awhile for movies to be accepted as a serious art medium just as it took photography to do so. Not that there weren't great artistic photographs and films made along the way, but the indy film (a substantial art form) is nearly a household word and far more entertaining and pertinent to modern life and the modern mind than a static image. Film and computers are the new mediums. Sure, there still are awesome traditional artists working (though I've seen pitiful little that moves me) and they'll be remembered but attention is elsewhere to some degree. The artworld is in a state of flux. 'Modern Art' and the new role of the patron (like Gertrude Stein) in the 19th and 20th centuries set the stage for a shift in the evolution of how the 'genius' is identified and made into a commodity. I won't go on but that really changed how artists think of themselves and I see a steady decline in the sincerity of work beyond a certain point, hence we find ourselves with pitiful few great artists beyond a certain point. I could go on as to why I think that is but this is probably more than you wanted as is.
truth
Actually Hawk, you're pretty cool. I was just being sassy. Lots of cool sublovers. I'm in a love/hate relationship with them myself right now. I HATE losing money. Wish these mofos would be a bit more predictable. I might not have the balls for this :)
when the males i meet LIKE these stocks i trade em
or males
I like it! Brief and good advice.
Though I'm actually not in CRHM (would have been if I'd caught the OS though) your response didn't go to waste. I've been mostly selling, consolidating and averaging down these last few weeks - and watching while catching my breath. Trying to learn a bit more before I jump back in. So much has happened in the month+ I've been here I'm uncertain. Owned many of the major disasters as of late. Working out a new strategy overall - for my entire portfolio. Trying to figure what role subs and pennies will play and how I will play. I'm down substantially and I can't justify throwing good money for bad any longer unless I can honestly see a way to catch up here.
I wish I knew what security is safe. I've been making dreadful decisions lately. Enlighten me regarding CRHM. What might be the purpose of such a move.
You know where I err, in falling into thinking that any of these companies are trying to do something ultimately positive for the company and consequently the shareholder. I'm not corrupt enough yet :)
You're no doubt correct. I did the math and just can't figure what the purpose of such a move is. I could see if they had 50 billion OS. It's baffling to me. Maybe I'll see an answer that makes sense when I go back and read some of the responses.
I don't know the company AT ALL but is it possible they're half serious and want to go to another exchange with certan requirements? That might make the stock more inherently valuable and they could then issue more shares once there? A far left field guess and most assuredly wrong but a guess.
Very cool. Those euphoric, inspired moments: fleeting but somehow worth the lugging and laying of all those bricks to get there.
Drugs would be sooo much easier :)
Yeah, those people who say such things.... one recently said, "Then why do you do it? Quit!" That' s like saying, "stop being gay already".
Really love that photo. PM me your email again and I will get around to digitizing some images. Actually, I have some photos I could send and one old painting but at least you'll know what country I come from - aesthetically of course :)
How'd you know what I was alluding to?! Damn.
awwww - i wanna make up with somebody
Is that so :)
Well put! This one was like the inception and birth of Rosemary's baby - a 17 lb, fire breathing, flailing devil. I had to pretty much be careful with my posts as they were getting more and more reflective of my state of mind :(
Love the photo. Is it originally digital?
You will appreciate this... after a week of toying with how to finish a painting, you know, "what exactly does this thing want, what is it asking me for", I just got it. But the sudden flash of inspiration tired me out so I came back here for a breather before starting on the very last element this baby needs. It won't be easy, but I know where I'm going and that's all I need to make me happy.
I really need to learn brevity. THEN! I won't feel like a newby anymore :)
Hi Mariner,
Glad to hear from you. When I responded to your post ... I was embroiled in a few projects and drowning in self-doubt. Everytime I start a painting, because of the nature of how I work, there's a terrible period when I'm convinced my well is dry and that I am a charlatan. Just coming out of that agonizing period, momentum has kicked in and I'm able to paint with some confidence. Doing much soul searching. Sometimes I think it's best not to get bogged down by self-awareness. The greatest genius I know is an asshole but he paints like an angel. Luck of the draw. His constitution is thus.
All that having been said, I'm very happy to finally get a response because that makes me feel that what I said wasn't taken badly. As you may know, people who are embroiled in self-doubt have a bad habit of alienating.
Yes, innocence. To see the world as if anew. I remember the first time I realized I loved the color yellow, I understood the color, intellectually and aesthetically observed it and felt its effect on my body (don't freak, I'm female - I always feel I have to say that when I write anything like that!). It sends a shiver down my spine. It was so fresh and pure a revelation. I do try to keep that awareness alive.
Long one... sorry.... TX Mariner
That's the one! What I loved too was that they avoided imbuing the dwarf with some incredible profundity. He had such stoicism that you expected, in the hands of a lesser director, him to suddenly blossom into a caricature of sorts, but he remained humble and human... every character had their place and cliches were avoided beautifully. So glad to encounter people here who also enjoyed that wonderful movie. TX for reply.
I was going to mention The Station Agent when I posted here last week or the week before as a film seen in recetent years that did not disappoint me in any way. It made me laugh, love, feel, want, I was moved and completely drawn into every nuance. It was one of the best movies ever. I pissed my pants in the swerving the car scenes. It was brilliant. On my top ten.
Nemo, that was the BEST post ever. I sort of understood how that worked but had never taken the time to put it together in my head so succinctly. I feel enlightened!
THANK YOU NEMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Coulson is the CEO of PinkSheets?
I would LOVE to throw a hissy fit party. Can I throw breakable things and eat all the chocolate I want?
Getting involved in subs has put a cramp in my style, Sub. I can't quite put my finger on it, not regretting it but there's always this weight I feel when I have half a dozen stocks in my protfolio that I don't understand for starters. Don't know if I should cut losses or hold for followers. Feel married to my computer and it's starting to irritate me a little. Do you ever feel that way? Maybe it just hasn't settled into place in my life yet is all. I don't know when to walk away or anything. It's become a mass with inescapable gravitational pull.
I see, by what you wrote to euth.
I want UCAD to do well! I need these shares to be worth something in a year or I'm going to throw a hissy fit.
what what what? What's going on with UCAD?
Just one more comment (well two or three more):
The problem with life as far as I can see is redundancy. If we could just do away with redundancy.... :)
Some redundancy is good, like your morning coffee, and lots of zeros in your bank account.
I think it is a sign of immaturity when you are still contemplating life and the ramifications of things as frequently as I am.
In summation, I'm happily baffled.
good luck today GTC
P.S.
But! It is true that you have to size up your thrills before jumping in. I've been pretty damned lucky but also have a STRONG self-preservation instinct.
We're all so convoluted. Yummm.
Now you're talkin! Wish I could brain meld you to let you know how much resonance that has for me. Got bloody knees and elbows from squeezing in and out of deliciously tight situations. Let the chocoate and martinis flow!
Got one ride on this coaster - what the f.
Do you think they'll be worth anything in a year, more or less? You're more up on this company than I am at this point.
Good Friday to you.
The sad thing is, if one attains this definition of maturity - life becomes a drone of the expected, few surprises and less adrenaline and fun. Once you've reached this level you're as good as in the grave because it means that everything tastes pretty bland. However! Having these noble goals in mind makes for a richer and more interesting journey than had one not considered a more objective way to perceive and persue life. I think I'm somewhere in the middle. How bout you?
Now! Got my 500 restricted UCAD. Sold on day of record and wondered if I'd somehow not get them. Hope it's still 10+ when legend is up so I can break even on this nutty trade.
See 500 restricted shares of UCAD from CMKX in Ameritrade Acct. I sold the day of record and still got dividend. Hope UCAD is still worth 10+ a share when legend is up. Then I'd at least be even on that ridiculous trade.
Yo Sub,
Just snooping around for any signs of meaningful life. Still pluggin away on these paintings. Screwed up those illustrations I wrote about that you probably don't remember. Couldn't keep it up long enough to do them justice. Have two paintings to finish by tomorrow for two shows. This is my moment of procrastination. Back to the ditch. Over and out.
Hoop
Best of luck to you pizza. Let's hope for some fun today.