and it will spill.
Keep sharpening your knife
and it will blunt.
Chase after money and security
and your heart will never unclench.
Care about people's approval
and you will be their prisoner.
Do your work, then step back.
The only path to serenity.
My wife and I say Burn After Reading. This is their "spy thriller", involving the CIA and...uh...others. I'm a fan of the Coen brothers, but this was a bit of a misfire. It was brilliant in parts, but overall quite uneven. The acting was brilliant, but the story just didn't ever fire. I'd accuse it of being random and confusing, but that was really the point. Also, I'm not a fan of deadly violence for laughs, especially when the victims are not entirely deserving. I loved the reactions of the CIA officer in charge.
Also, unlike "The Big Lebowski" or even "Hudsucker Proxy", there isn't really anyone to root for. Everyone's either an idiot or an asshole, and the idiots are venal idiots, as opposed to Tim Robbins' wise fool in "Hudsucker Proxy".
We went to the SF Academy of Science. Review: cool except for all the fucking people. If it had been the wife and I, we'd have run screaming, but we promised the kid... An hour or two I was fit to kill. Hopefully in a few months the crowds will die down to the point where it is sane.
Huh. I thought I had more to post.
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