I'm Just Visiting This Planet

I've been on a bit of a movie jag lately. Saw " The Fighter " this past weekend, and " True Grit " the weekend before that. Two excellent movies, and I'm listening to Arcade Fire 's The Suburbs-aren't I hip? ---------------- Now playing: Arcade Fire - Modern Man via FoxyTunes I'm preparing for the Academy Awards, I even have my very own ballot! And unlike other years, I've seen 70% of the movies nominated for best movie. I don't think I can sit through Black Swan, no matter how good Natalie Portman is, just give her the Oscar and be done with it. I didn't like Winter's Bone-too slow, too sad, too bleak for me. And Toy Story 3 might be a Netflix Instant Play one of these nights. Hey, I think I like Arcade Fire, and if I bought the mp3 from them, instead of Amazon, I'd saved $1.50! Oh well, it's only money. See you at the movies!

We took a trip up to Amherst this December with Vicki and Kristine to visit Emily Dickinson's house , on the occasion of her birthday . Since we were celebrating her birthday, I thought it would be fitting to also visit her grave , so we did that, too. Unfortunately this would be the last birthday celebration of this type at the house, since the anonymous benefactor has decided to reveal himself and stop handing out roses. Here's an article from December 19, 2010 from The Boston Globe: For the love of Dickinson A young man’s love of Emily Dickinson’s poetry blossomed into a tradition almost as mysterious as the woman herself. Now the anonymous donor of roses to celebrate the poet’s birthday has unmasked himself. For the past 13 years, James Fraser, a retired physicist living in Acton, has bought roses to commemorate the poet’s birth on Dec. 10, 1830. During the open house at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst held on the Saturday closest to her birthday, roses hav