by sandra.

if you watch the daily show (which you should) you’ve probably already enjoyed the humor of demetri martin.  if you’re up for some more giggles, you should rent demetri martin. person.

here are a few funny quotes from the movie:

“the easiest time to add insult to injury is when you’re signing someone’s cast.”

“my friend steve likes cats. people are always saying ‘oh, steve’s really a cat person.’ no he’s not. if steve were a cat person it’d be, like, ‘hey, steve never goes in the pool.’”

“whenever i’m on my computer i don’t type LOL. i type LQTM : laugh quietly to myself. it’s more honest.”

“hiking is just walking where it’s okay to pee.”

and a few more not from the movie:

“when you have a fat friend there are no see-saws.  only catapults.”

“i wanna make a jigsaw puzzle that’s 40,000 pieces. and when you finish it, it says, ‘go outside.’”

posted by sandra.

during winter break frank and i wanted to get away for a few days for some much needed r and r. we had planned on going to the coast but decided the weather would make it just too icky. the mcmenamins hotels seemed charming (and cheap) so we decided to stay overnight at hotel oregon in mcminnville.

overall we had a good trip. the drive to mcminniville wasn’t too far away, but was far enough to let us feel like we were out of town. our experience at hotel oregon was typical of other mcmenamins; the food was okay and the service was awful. original to this one, the bed was so bouncy we couldn’t sleep and the shower was so strong it stung my face! all in all we wouldn’t recommend hotel oregon to our friends and family.

however, we’d definitely recommend the darjeeling limited and the evergreen aviation museum. we saw the darjeeling limited at a second run theater just a block down the street from the hotel oregon. like all wes anderson films we were left feeling quite puzzled, but delighted nonetheless. if you’re a fan of any of his other films, i’m sure you’d appreciate this one.

the museum housed a wide assortment of aircraft including the spruce goose, an airplane from mash, and a b-17. we were able to go inside two of the planes and the many docents were quite helpful. i was surprised to realize that we had spent 3 hours there. we were only disappointed that their smashed penny machine was broken! frank and i look forward to returning to the museum again, especially after their new space building opens.

posted by sandra.

since viewing the science of sleep i’ve been entranced by this idea of the space between dreams and reality. pan’s labyrinth beautifully and flawlessly dealt with this concept; i watched it yesterday with frank and his brother, jeremy. the hopeful story of a girl destined for royalty in an underground kingdom unfolds amongst the cruelty and misery of war-torn spain. i highly recommend it.

in addition to fueling to aforementioned thoughts, the science of sleep and pan’s labyrinth reminded me of my love of foreign films. life is beautiful is one of my favorites. does anyone have any recommendations?