it's not life that matters but the journey...

I'm gonna update my journal today...

meanwhile, enjoy these great pictures from the cat community to which I belong:

http://community.livejournal.com/cat_adoration/1362844.html#cutid1

Well, I'm not in the U.S., but this weekend, a movie is being released there that makes me shudder.  And its not horror, but comedy (or should I say a lame attempt at comedy). 

As a huge fan of Peter Sellers, and as the daughter of the biggest fan of the "Pink Panther" series (I loved them too, and saw them so many times when I was growing up - and just bought the series on DVD for my dad last year for Father's Day), I was very shocked when I heard that someone was going to TRY to play Inspector Clouseau in a whole new "Pink Panther" movie.   And I was even MORE shocked when I found out it was Steve Martin.  Now, I've always loved Steve Martin, and even bought the DVD of "The Jerk," which is one of my all time favorites (and I also love so many of his other movies, like "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid", "The Man with Two Brains," and others....)  BUT ... not even someone as talented in his own right as Steve Martin can pull off the character that was so artfully, and hilariously, put into film history books by Peter Sellers.  In my opinion, and I'm sure my Dad and other fans would agree, Inspector Clouseau was Peter Sellers, and Peter Sellers was Inspector Clouseau.  When Peter Sellers died, there should never have been any more Pink Panther movies made.  End of story.  But several people had the gall to make do just that, and the film looks horrible (and Roger Ebert has attested to that with his review:) 

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060209/REVIEWS/60131010

Frankly, I'm horrified that the movie is even out there, in the theaters, for people to see.  I wish I could boycott it and instead make people sit down watch the brilliant Peter Sellers, and the brilliant Herbert Lom, in those wonderful movies that can never be matched...

well, this is the second of possibly three entries today... I have lots to say! 

Today was so dull, and after spending almost the entire day doing nothing (except for talking to my mom briefly, and surfing endlessly on the internet), I finally watched the first half of the movie "October Sky" with a very cute, very young Jake Gyllenhaal.  I do still need to see the second half and see how it ends, but so far, I've loved it... I laughed and cried, and stared in awesome disbelief at Jake's gorgeous eyes...he's just the kind of boy I would have had a major crush on in high school (oh, but I have a major crush on him NOW...and its almost like robbing the cradle...but who cares!!!)

then after being on the computer all day, I felt guilty, so I studied Japanese for an hour (just verbs today, no kanji or hiragana, thank you!), and then because I had sat all day, I did yoga for 45 minutes.  And I had to reward myself with a huge dinner and some chocolate (only two pieces)...

I still have lots to do online, and get to the rest of that movie.

But, before that, I am going to report on my fun day yesterday.  ( click here for the whole report )