Pushing the boundaries

Another round of masterpieces by Annie Leibovitz for the Hollywood Portfolio; equally mesmerising are the films these pictorial subjects have created.

Cocoon no more

To attempt and accomplish (in order of importance):

1. A job in journalism or production.
2. An education on world politics and sport.
3. Conversational and written Japanese.
4. Physical fitness.
5. Driving.
6. Competent tennis.
7. Resistance against brain-rot.

Grabbing at straws

“[…] defeat for World No. 3 Djokovic means that he will be surpassed in the Rankings by No. 4 Andy Murray on 11 May when the 2008 Rome points drop off.”

Because Roger Federer is giving me nothing, I will settle for the decline of Novak Djokovic… The widening gap of Rafael Nadal’s winning streak notwithstanding.

Judge a book by its cover

Only literally, of course.

I am a superficial book-snob who is all about the aesthetics, so an ugly book cover is simply unacceptable. Never mind if it’s the lousiest pieceashit I’ve read, or too abstruse for my comprehension; as long as it sits pretty on my bookshelf…

Working relationships

Life can be so pedestrian at times that you’d rather it be a stage… Or a set. Then again, reality’s dramatics might provoke a desire to be directed just so one is relieved from doing any decision-making. And on the most banal level, at least the hours in the cinema give a sort of escape.

Shot by Annie Leibovitz for Vanity Fair, the inspiration and imagination, in front of and behind the camera, that are responsible for the films that move us.