secret life of bees

STILL BROKE, just thought i'd mention that. but for my own sanity, and basically to have an excuse to not look at the 4 walls of my room, i decided to see the movie 'secret life of bees'..it was playing as part of the london film festival at leicester sq and i said, what the heck...y not? i will just cry about spending the equivalent of $17 USD to see a damn movie later. (according to x-rates.com today's exchange rate is 1.68 USD = 1GBP).
Anyway, my friend monica and i arrive to the theatre only to be greeted with the usual red carpet, flashing lights, paparazzi, and other pushy guests who paid $17USD for their tix as well. Of coures the cameras and paparazzi were for Sophie Okonedo, a leading actress in the film, and the film's director Gina Prince-Bythewood, amongst others, but it still felt cool to be thisclose to 15 minutes of fame.

Once inside the theatre, the film director, and her entourage expressed that they hoped the audience enjoyed the film and welcomed questions we in the audience may have for after the film.

I thought secret life of bees was a great movie, and I encourage everyone to see it..I don't really want to give away any details, but it was set during the period of segregation in America. After the film ended, Monica and I got into a conversation with 2 sisters seated beside us from Wisconsin, roughly in their 60's. One of the sisters remarks that she had been crying throughout the film (i could tell..i saw her puffy eyes and tissue), and how she remembered being a little girl, not really understanding why their were separate toilets and separate water fountains, etc. and this film brought back so many memories..
ah, i was touched. i really was..
Q&A followed afterwards with the producers, Sophie Okonedo, and other actors in the film...i felt like such a celeb being at the premiere, it was cool tho...
and now, back to staring @ the four walls in my room.


But, this makes me happy

miri ben-ari 'stand with me'

ENJOY!

you know you're broke when...

i am lame, i know..
wait, no i'm not lame, i'm fabulous.=)..and BROKE! =(

anyway, i apparently was not broke enough to buy a marie claire magazine for 3 quid...BUT suddenly there was a glimmer of hope.... could i be a 'lucky winner' of the 2 sratch off cards that were stuck within the magasine pages...*gasp* was i so lucky as to actually scratch off 2 or 3 symbols of a kind on these scrath off tix SURE was =) technically, one 1 card i won 10 pounds cash and on the other i won a greek isles cruise for 2...
now, all I have to do is spend more money to mail these claim forms in..which kind of defeats the purpose of me winning only 10 pounds..assuming i actually receive a cheque in the mail?
....and then there's that cruise..ha! i'll be checking the mail daily tho, cuz like i said, i'm BROKE (and fabulous)...
damn right i mailed the forms in...i can still hope*

SNL Parody of Sarah Palin interview w/katie couric

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/couric-palin-open/704042/

tina fey is just too hilarious.nuff said!