Yep, it's official. I'm part of "I Kiss Boys" now.

Just finished playing Mah Jong with the family downstairs. 'Course, I only won one game... but at least I was very close to winning three others! Still, there's nothing scarier than a filipino family playing Mah Jong... especially when you add a pitcher of iced tea with a quart of sugar in it. Let's just say that my ears will be suffering a little bit from all the unnecessarily loud yelling.

Another interesting thing to factor into the scenario described above. Philadelphia was playing on TCM, so we decided to watch it. I absolutely love that movie... although the directing was a little bit unusual at times, and the facial shots were sometimes unnerving, I still can't get over the final impact of the movie. Tom Hanks, as much as I detest his recent work (with the exclusion of Saving Private Ryan) has a lot of acting talent. That particular opera scene, where he's translating and describing the aria to Denzel Washington, is rivetting. Whenever I see it, I'm moved by the passion so ever present. And the director's use of close-up facial shots, although unnerving in all other scenes, was used so appropriately in this one. Beautiful.

My sister hadn't seen this movie before, so when she saw it then, she was bawling when the film reached it's final conclusion. And I was the one to tell her to watch it when she adamantly refused since it was a "Tom Hanks" movie. Oh well, I was right in the end, neh?

Currently watching Riverdance on Bravo. I happen to like Riverdance a lot, but it's like the nutcracker... It's cool the first time viewed, but then it gets boring. Any coherent plot is lost in the near repetative dance steps and music... I don't know, maybe if I were able to dance like they do and hold an appreciation for it, it would entertain me more. The other rip-offs of Riverdance, I could do without.

.... Happy St. Pat's day, everyone!