It could just be me...

I just finished watching Bunny Lake is Missing (which was great) but I noticed something very odd about the score. It was very drum/bongo heavy. And I was thinking of what other movies from the 60s with really drum heavy scores. The main one I thought of was In the Heat of the Night (especially in chase scene in the first 30 minutes of the movie) but I think the more suspenseful portions of Charade feature some really weird drumming (and I am sure there are plenty more!). The plot of Bunny Lake is Missing is that a single mother (who has just moved to London to be with her brother) drops off her daughter as a daycare and then when she comes to pick up Bunny, she is nowhere to be found. The police are called in and then begin to suspect the Bunny never existed. This type of psychological thriller is one that I love and I have seen 5 movies with this same plot device: Flightplan, Bunny Lake is Missing, Dangerous Crossing, So Long at the Fair, and The Lady Vanishes. I have to say, giving into my preference for all things Hitchcock, The Lady Vanishes is my favorite. But, I did see some influence of Hitchcock on Bunny Lake is Missing. I recommend all of the movies above (all are DVD except for So Long At The Fair, but it will be on TCM on August 10th at 6:30pm EST), even though Flight Plan is probably weakest of the 5. On the negative side, I read that Bunny Lake is Missing is going to be remade, yikes!

It's time to change, it's time to rearrange

My mom came to visit me this past weekend (I had Monday off) and she thought it would be good to rearrange my furniture and organize my apartment (and she was right). I got a new entertainment center last month (at Ikea) so I wasn't sure what to do with the old one (and ditto for a desk, I wanted to get a smaller less hulking one).




We talked mostly on Friday night of how to rearrange the furniture and the type of desk that I wanted. On Saturday, we went to Lehman's (as per tradition for anyone that comes to visit me!). We also stopped at Wal-mart to look at cabinets to help organize my vanity area. And after some discussions (and difficulty putting the stupid thing together!), we ended up with this:



Later on Saturday afternoon we headed to Target to get a new desk and after about 30 minutes of discussion (and only slight difficultly putting together the desk and the accompanying side table) and picking out some really cute bamboo storage bins, this is what we ended up with:


On Sunday, we went to World Market (in Akron) to get some baskets to help organize the two re-purposed storage cabinets. So after moving them and going through my kitchen to decide what to move and what to put on display:




Which means my awesome Jane Austen quote mugs are on display!
Bonus points to whoever can tell my which book each quote is from (except for the two that say the book of course):

So Awesome

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Brief Absence

I haven't blogged for about two weeks now but I am going to try to do better. I went to the farm for the 4th of July holiday. I talked mom into teaching me how to sew (it didn't take much) so on Friday we spent a little while at Jo-Ann's looking through patterns and then getting some material to make a dress and an Asian style top. We also picked up some flowers and had some lunch (and picked up some feed for the goats and chickens) before heading back home. But we forgot to get material to line the dress, so we went back to Jo-Ann's on Saturday morning to get the lining. This time Lucy (and Vaughn) can with us and Lucy got material (and a few patterns) for a sundress, a pair of pants, and a top. On Friday night, mom and I cut out the material for the dress (which is when we discovered that we forgot the get the lining). And then on Saturday, we went of the Logansport to Josh's family 4th of July celebration. Lucy and I spent about 2.5 hours picking black raspberries (and so our arms are covered in scratches and mosquito bites) in the rain. But, now I am looking forward to delicious jam and the black raspberry pie mom made for our family vacation later this summer!