Louis Garrel, OH!

printed off my latest version of the new poetry thing I've been working on. I'm quite pleased with it, so far. Don't know whether it's finished or not. Lots of shuffling and editing to do. Anyway, I think I'm going to record it all for my youtube channel. It's going to be a bit crazy though, because I'm desperately post-modern it's got one line poems in and quotes from other poets, so I'm going to have to do some fun editing for it all to make sense. I might even film some other things and add a bit of voice over. Don't know when I'll get all of this done, but I'm saying now (and will restate later) that you guys don't have to watch it. It's just me playing around and performing pieces really helps me with editing and stuff, so don't feel obliged to watch when I do get it all filmed. I think It'll probably stretch over two or three long videos too. I imagine it's pretty embarrassing for you all to watch my youtube escapades as it is, but add in pretentious poetry and it'll probably be insufferable. I'll still make it though, because I want to, I'm just saying, you guys don't have to watch.

So today has been a bit rubbish really. Looking for work is a long and frustrating process, news comes everyday that more people are loosing their jobs, it's difficult to keep on looking really. Thought about going back on jobseeker's allowance, but I'm not sure I can bare it. Then there are things I want to do, but can't because of where I live and the fact I'm too poor and stubborn to learn how to drive.

Really, dreaming about French men has been my wonderful escape for the past few days. Did I mention that I have a giant crush on all French men (as it seems). I watched Les chansons d'amour again last night and ordered it from amazon (I rented it and couldn't face giving it back!) I got good deal, Les chansons d'amour and Dans Paris another film by the same director with the same wonderous Monsieur Louis Garrel. Yes my obsession with him has come to the point where I have to post pictures of the man:








this shot is from the final scene of the film...let's just say it's a wonderfully gay ending...I love this film so much!



and don't ask me what I'm listening to right now, because it definitely isn't the Chansons d'amour soundtrack...


EDIT: forgot to say that I watched Margot at the Wedding, which was a really odd film. I liked it. The dialogue was very fresh. Nicole Kidman gave quite a strange performance, I liked it. And it had Jack Black in it. If anyone went to see this film hoping to get some Jack Black madcappiness, then they'd be a little disappointed...even though there was some craziness there, it actually worked for the film... it was good to see him do something a little more dramatic. The direction wasn't especially intrusive, nor was the set design or anything else really, which is funny considering Noah Baumbach worked with Wes Anderson, who makes everything deliberate, hugely filmic and custom-built. I liked Margot at the Wedding, it had some good moments, it was mostly driven by the dialogue and odd moments, like Nicole Kidman's character climbing a tree. I own Baumbach's over film The Squid and the Whale which I've only ever seen twice, I think it's a good film but Jeff Daniels's character in that film is too excruciatingly annoying to watch.