Just watched “JFK” on DVD. This might be an all time classic, but I’ve missed it somehow when it was in the movies. The movie is about assassination of John F. Kennedy. Directed by Oliver Stone and featuring all familiar faces you could get into one movie (Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Tommy Lee Jones, Gary … Continue reading JFK
Watched a very good movie on TV – “Philadelphia“. Tom Hanks (“Forrest Gump“) and Antonio Banderas (“Desperado“) play a gay couple, where Hanks gets infected with AIDS, while being an excellent lawyer in a somewhat concervative but powerful law firm. They eventually find out that he is gay and that he didn’t tell that he … Continue reading Philadelphia
Heh. This year I haven’t been waiting for my birthday too much, but it came anyway. Does that mean that I get old? I don’t think so. I was just busy. Anyway, here I am and I am 26 now. I’m just over a quarter of a century old. Sounds a lot but it actually … Continue reading Happy birthday to myself!
Just watches “L’Auberge espagnole” (aka “The Spanish Apartment”). Excellent movie. There is something about European movies that I like, but I am not sure I can define what it is. They are way more original, maybe. In the sense that there is always something different about the film. Camera work, music, scenery, situation. I don’t … Continue reading L’Auberge espagnole
Family tree has been updated today with some more information. Everyone and their brother knows now that I am somewhat interested in the genealogy and it pays. My mother (through her sister) has found out some more bits regarding my relatives in Belarus. Apparently, they moved there from Astrahan when my great-great-grandfather returned from the … Continue reading Family tree update