A story about the last time I consumed "qdoba burrito" — 6 years ago
NOT WORTH CONSUMING
I used up 16 points for weight watchers… :P
Items keyman1408 consumed in…
September, 2006
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Tuesday 5
Not worth consumingFinished consuming…Tommyland — 2 people
Worth consuming!Finished consuming…My Flesh and Blood — 31 people
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Friday 8
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Sunday 10
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Monday 11
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Tuesday 12
Worth consuming!Finished consuming…Touch My Heart — 1 person
Worth consuming!Finished consuming…The Lost City of Faar (Pendragon) — 3 people
Finished consuming…Grace — 2007 people
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Thursday 14
Worth consuming!Finished consuming…old-fashioned oatmeal — 37 people
Not worth consumingFinished consuming…qdoba burrito — 9 people
Not worth consumingFinished consuming…Californication — 2593 people
Worth consuming!Finished consuming…Closed on Account of Rabies — 2 people
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Sunday 17
Worth consuming!Finished consuming…Hard Promises — 7 people
Worth consuming!Finished consuming…Rules of Travel — 1 person
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Monday 18
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Tuesday 19
Worth consuming!Finished consuming…The O'Franken Factor Factor — 1 person
Finished consuming…7 — 1 person
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Friday 22
Worth consuming!Finished consuming…A Night at the Opera — 1138 people
Worth consuming!Finished consuming…The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place — 87 people
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Thursday 28
Worth consuming!Finished consuming…Bring Yer Wellies — 4 people
Worth consuming!Finished consuming…Everyone Is Here — 5 people
Worth consuming!Finished consuming…Leonard Cohen — 16 people
Worth consuming!Finished consuming…The Never War (Pendragon Series #3) — 6 people
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Utter Crap — 6 years ago
NOT WORTH CONSUMING
This was mistakenly filed under Country at my local library. I checked it out thinking…hmm Tommy Lee doing Country with Dave Navarro – a curiousity. WRONG! I don’t know how to describe the “music” on this disc. Dreadful crap comes to mind. I know I’ve used crap twice… Sorry, this waste of time isn’t even inspiring me to be creative in slagging it!
Avoid at all costs!
Unless you like crap.
Why I recommend "My Flesh and Blood" — 6 years ago
WORTH CONSUMING!
The family featured in this excellent documentary were later featured on Extreme Makeover:Home Edition. But, this is not a “feel-good” tear-jerker in that vein.
As a parent of a child with disabilities, I watched this film with interest. It was described as disturbing in some of the reviews. Possibly due to my perspective, I did not find it in any way disturbing. The film follows one family for one year. The family is Susan and her children. Eleven children in all although the oldest two (and only two born to Susan) are grown and mentioned only in passing. Susan has adopted eight children with special needs. Some of the children have profound physical disabilites, others have terminal medical conditions, one is developmentally delayed.
The director uses a strong narrative approach to film. The film focuses primarily on Susan and three of the children. We see conflict, tension, mental illness, lonliness, isolation, anger, sadness, loss and yes love and hope and life.
Susan is a remarkable person. Initially, I questioned the appropriateness of her being allowed to adopt so many children and how she could possibly give each the attention they need, but after watching the movie and seeing how she feels about the children and the amazing way she deals with the struggles, I have decided to leave that issue up to Susan and her God.
I sometimes feel like life is too difficult and can fall into self-pity all to easily. raising children is not easy under the best of circumstances… but this film presents a very moving, very real peak at a life which I cannot even begin to imagine.
The film is heart-breaking at times… I won’t give anything away. And, parents should be warned that there is some strong language, but the language is real…
The secret that people who have the opportunity to get to know children with disabilities share is that they have much more to offer us than we have to offer them. That is made abundantly clear in this film.
One last note: as a fan of film, I was pleased with the style the director used in telling this story. The use of home movies, old photographs, and the way the movie is shot and edited make it interesting to watch from a film-making perspective.
Yeah… THUMBSWAYYYYY UP…
