: an adventure or exploit ; especially, a romance in verse
Happy birthday, Rene Lalique (1860-1945). The most famous jeweler of his generation and a titan in both glassmaking an Art Deco deign. (I just learned about him the other day.)
Information on Lalique: http://rlalique.com/rene-lalique-biography
Well, it's Arts Fest day for Julia (oh no!), a torridly boring, pointless affair/festival thrown by Georgia Southern to try and reach out to the indifferent local community of hicks. Good thing Gabriel and I get to stay home and play and read and get ready for the Final Four tonight.
Picks:
Louisville over Wichita St.
Michigan over Syracuse
(So far: Correct - 43 ; Incorrect - 21)
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I watched Shame (2011) yesterday, an often harrowing, often ponderous account of an N.Y.C. man (Michael Fassbender) in the throes of sexual addiction and forced to confront his own isolated, emotionally hollow existence when his needy artist sister (Carey Mulligan, in a sharp, vulnerable performance). Director Steve McQueen (no, not that one) hampers himself with his own script, which gives no background and depth to Fassbender's Brandon, a white collar, handsome worker who thinks about and pursues sex around the clock. Fassbender's otherwise riveting performance is shackled by his character's unlikable vagueness; he's contemptuous, cold. The film is sleekly shot, but the film is drably moralizing at times too. Because this is an Addiction, we can't revel in any of Brandon's behavior or consider its plusses. (Hollywood couldn't have us enjoying sex.) When Brandon does find someone he has a slight emotional connection to (Nicole Beharie's Marianne), he naturally can't get it up. Very graphic.
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