next time you talk to someone who's utters the "it's only 16 words" line, send them over to the bush administration's top 40 lies about war and terrorism
friday night we saw dirty pretty things. i really liked it, although it was a pretty depressing view of the immigrant experience in london. audrey tautou is supposed to be a turkish immigrant. it didn't quite sound like a turkish accent to me, but at least it wasn't french either. oddly, tautou's character spent the whole time trying to escape the hell of london and get to new york. but the hellish part of london that she sought to escape--immigration authorities, low wage jobs at sweat shops, sexual exploitation by bosses, etc.--are not much different in nyc when you're an illegal immigrant. in any case, the film is definitely worth seeing.
it's gonna be a busy day today. i am helping to organize an event for the philadelphia vassar club. plus, i gotta do all the stuff i have avoided doing all weekend (including memorizing this passage in arabic. i feel like i'm always dragging my feet on those).
m'a salaama
