i forgot to comment on the moon on saturday. It looked like a black orb with a sliver of white cresent. in the spring cool night, it was glorious. When i went to get in my car after the show, the moon was no where to be found...
today, i woke up sick to my stomach, need to vomit sick... can i call in sick and leave TFF stuck without a CORE in theater 1. i got up and tried to throw up and went back to bed for a half hour, maybe it was something i ate but i was sick. I slept again
dreaming about my roommate from college Grace and she turned into Vicky Robles, another friend... another Blur... United 93 became two lives. two lives, a line in a Mary CHapin song and my friend bobby and sally's email address... they own the domain TWOLIVES and are the biggest chapin fans ever.
i got up and showered and dressed and had a calm stomach so i went to Manhattan. i got coffee and water and checked in feeling squimish... i made it part way through the first movie when my stomach started to cramp. I took two rolaids and stayed in my seat. I was uncomfortable and sick to my stomach. After the showing, i was still sick but needed fresh air so i went for a walk. I saw the immigrant march starting to assemble in Union Square and went into whole foods, i passed on rolls that i originally thought would calm my stomach and went back to the theater.
i was feeling better through the second film that I LOVED.. and ate and apple after wards as i needed food. I drank water and a soda to keep hydrated but still had a dull head ache..
i came home hungry but still feel my stomach is fragile so i ate a salad with soy cheese and a hard boiled egg and heated a sweet potato i had in the fridge. I guess i ate something that made me sick from yesterday...
i am going to bed early as i have to be up to go to the TFF tomorrow again
today i saw a film called 37 ways to use dead sheep... a documentary on the immigration and history of the Parmir Khurgiz to Turkey and then saw CHOKING MAN... a film about a diner in Jamaica Queens and the ethnic workers who work there.. THe stars of the film where at the screening and we delightful.. i am rooting for this film
i used my vouchers for three tickets for the sunday... the audience award winner, the NY documentary award winner and the international narrative winner...three movies..three winners all at regal cinema in battery park 10-8... more movies
we are invited to a swanky volunteer party on monday the 8th at a bar on 13th and 9th ave... it should be cool...hope there is food..
the choking man
37 ways to use dead sheep
37 Uses of a Dead Sheep
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Brief synopsis:
37 Uses of a Dead Sheep
Until 25 years ago, the Kirghiz tribe lived a quasi-Iron Age existence in one of the remotest places on earth. Now, having migrated an amazing five times, they live in Turkey, a tribe divided. Those over 30 pine for their nomadic history and the rugged mountains of their homeland; the young have a modern education and live in a world of pop music and internet cafés.
A feature-length mix of the ethnographic and authored documentary forms, the collaboration between distinctive director Ben Hopkins and the Kirghiz tribe makes this film a unique record of a unique people.
the choking man
'Choking Man' is set in multicultural Jamaica, Queens. At the Olympic Diner, Jorge (Octavio Gomez Berrios),the dishwasher, is choking on the American dream. Jorge is caught between his Ecuadorian roots, his new American life working at the diner for Rick (Mandy Patinkin) and his own crippling shyness. When the diner adds a bright new member to the staff, Jorge's world gets a little more complicated as his affections grow from the new waitress, a beautiful Chinese girl named Amy (Eugenia Yuan).
