2011 in only first three weeks

I don't believe that this new year has had a great start, but food wise I was enjoying myself since when one gets to the age where life is mostly tolerance and patience with everyday details, food is one of the most pleasurable and essential parts of living.

So in that respect, I was actually thinking that the new year was off to a good start as I had a couple of really great meals, thanks to some great buys at local supermarkets...I had king crab legs one night thanks to a Safeway bargain that really made me very happy. Crab legs cost a fortune and this was just a package enough for one and I found it and enjoyed! Thanks Safeway!

However, if the new year is to be measured by annoying and irritating events, then the water problems at the apartment are so ridiculous and annoying that it makes the year already a bummer. We have had the water shut down twice, and it will be a third time tomorrow so that it is off to a really bad start.

However, Zenyatta was named horse of the year at the Eclipse awards which makes me feel that finally someone has done something right in the world of horseracing.

Zenyatta has an enviable record that will not be matched for many a decade as she is a filly whose reputation for winning can only be compared to the awesome and mighty Man of War. So we of this generation were lucky to finally witness a race horse within our own time that deserves the recognition and accolades that have finally been bestowed upon her.

I am in the process of reviewing my novel about Alexander and shared a couple of pages with a group and know that one person there has read the page I shared. I have not heard from others to know if they did or did not read it.

I had it come to my file at yahoo in a way that I could not read it, but I have the original so that I know what is in it. One person was kind enough to let me know that she/he had read it and I appreciate that.

I have a lot of work to do on it. So far, the year has only begun...Gads, I wish I could make it a great one yet!

The Tourist - Official Trailer (2010)

Watch THE SOCIAL NETWORK Trailer

Golden Globe Awards 68th edition

The Social Network took the best picture award tonight at the Golden Globe Awards. I had heard but have not seen The King's Speech which did earn an actor, Colin Firth, his Globe award, for portraying the King of England having to undergo speech therapy.

Social Network turns out to be a movie about FACEBOOK of all things. I was shocked at the number of awards that it received, having never heard a darn thing about it.

A comment at yahoo said that they had walked out of it halfway through as it was so awful. So I wonder what it is about. I will post a trailer here if I find one.

The elaborate gowns, the usual Hollywood nominate them and never let them win anything proved to be a constant also as the same old repeats won again and again, and everyone there seemed to be surprised and happy for some and probably a bit sour grapes on others. I mean really, when a newcome young kid wins and an old timer who has been around many times always to be beaten out, it becomes a bit strange to wonder what kind of game is this going on?

Remember, some actors who were considered great never won an oscar at all but were nominated repeatedly. For awhile, it was the Susan Lucci bad joke of the Emmy's, but we see it again at awards time in Hollywood.

In other words, why didn't Johnny Depp win a globe award? Up for two movies and no globe award...oh well, such is the Foreign Press.

I guess I will post a trailer for The Tourist too and maybe even Alice In Wonderland.

Le Roi Just Dances

In response to Sandra Taylor's posting Lady Gaga's video on the French Revolution, I found this Lady Gaga meets Louis XIV which uses a song of hers, Just Dance, to the video of the film Le Roi Danse, The King Dances. I have not seen the film or even know much about Lady Gaga except to know that she is a current ongoing name in music, and history teachers for some reasons uses musicians to parody history. Some are good; some are soso, and so this is the Madame GAGA but not with historyteachers, just a Louisfan group. To be honest, I am not as receptive of the musicals about women who have lost their heads in history as I frankly am in true sympathy with their fate, and find nothing remotely amusing about Henry VIII or the French Revolution. Sorry, but I find it deplorable.

Doug O'Neill and Paul Reddam after Square Eddie wins

When the trainer and the owner are this excited, then you know that this race is more than just legitimate. I had noticed the horse during his walkon and the cameraman, director, and horse combined to tell me that he was ready for the win. In fact, he broke the track record for the distance of 6 1/2 furlongs. It was a great race and the one I decided to stick with in my day of betting,so I walked out of Brennan's a happy camper also. I learned a lot from this video which I saw at Twitter soon after. It made me happy to show that most races are as much a surprise to the trainer as to the bettors! Good race. Jolly good win for me. Now if we can only keep this up!

Queensland Floods Jan 11th 2011 Race Horses swim for survival

This story from Queensland, Australia, appealed to me. I had seen a view from space showing the flood waters rising in Australia at the NASA twitter link, and it is perfectly dreadful to see the tragedy that faces so many who live in "down under". To see these race horses attempt to survive is incredible, especially when one considers the phtoographer who captured these images. I wish that there were a follow up story on this but my last Twitter breaking news story told of 13 dead according to Sydney news story.

I know that Todo Bramble also posted this photo at Facebook but the Twitter story caused me to add it to my ongoing daily journal here.

I have been overwhelmed all this first part of January also through day to day routines which have frazzled my nerves. I had not realized how much I had needed companionship until I acquired this kitten. Love stories are strange as it is difficult to find someone to love and to let love you in return. The kitten is teaching me a lesson that way. As I love horses so much, this story in Australia is very poignant. We had had nighttime racing with the Aussies here in this region. I am sure that it is interrupted.