What's my Line?

I love finding videos of old movie stars from interviews and television. My posts have been pretty video-heavy lately, but I can't help it -- these clips from What's my Line? are all so good! Elizabeth Taylor made me laugh out loud. I could watch these clips all night, but I need to finish packing for Bonnaroo!

Disney and Dali

After showing Tyler my new favorite tumblr, we started doing a little googling to try and figure out why Walt Disney and Salvador Dali were hanging out and being awesome together. Dali is one of our favorite artists and we were delighted to discover that these men were collaborating and creating a short film.

According to the sources we read (thank you, wikipedia), the story boarding had been mostly completed but the project got dropped after eight months due to some financial concerns. When Disney started working on Fantasia 2000, they decided to finish what had been started. The short "Destino" is apparently on special editions of Fantasia 2000, but you can also watch it on youtube!

Again, according to what we read, it is a love story between the mythological character of Chronos (personification of time) and a mortal woman. (Chronos is apparently quite different from Cronus.) It is a pleasure to watch and Dora Luz's voice is enchanting.

I can't believe that it has been three years since our visit to the Salvador Dali museum in Figueres, Spain.

Like the book says, "Everyone should consider the museum as a work of art in itself." It was an incredible place that I would love to visit again someday.

Sadly, Tyler's book about the museum got lost somewhere between the train ride back to Zaragoza and the plane ride back to Arizona. :(

The girl who read to the boy about the boy who lived.

Tonight, Tyler and I started reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone together. I was ecstatic that he actually suggested it, and it wasn't until the second chapter that we realized that I was even wearing my Harry Potter pajama shirt -- I am a serious nerd.

Awesome People Hanging Out Together via Cup of Jo

My new favorite tumblr.

Cup of Jo always stumbles upon the coolest stuff.

Gimme gimme gimme

On the lookout for a few new sundresses before Bonnaroo next week.

3, 5, and 8 are my favorites, but I still don't think I'll be ready for Tennessee humidity.

Midnight in Paris

I can honestly say I have never seen a Woody Allen movie (unless you count Antz), but I think I'm gonna have to get myself out to Camelview before this one leaves theaters.

Rachel McAdams, Marion Cotillard, Carla Bruni, Paris, time travel to the 1920's... yeah, I definitely need to see this one.

Summertime blues, Brett, and bean dip

So far this summer I have done very little.

It has been such an odd transition from waking up at 5:30 am every day and always having work to do to having nothing to do but feed myself and run random errands. If I don't establish some kind of summertime routine, there's going to be trouble.

My little brother's graduation party is this weekend and I've been trying to help my parents get the house ready (long story, but they are trying to put their house back together after painting and getting new carpet) and the graduation video ready. FinalCutPro and I will be best friends by the end of the weekend. Here is a preview of the video:

Still, I'm in desperate need of some hobbies to entertain myself without having to drive to Gilbert every day of my summer.

Suggestions?

On an entirely unrelated note, Fresh and Easy's cuban black bean dip is the greatest bean dip I have ever had.

Bonnarooooooooo

10 days until Bonnaroo!

In no particular order, here are a few of the bands I'm looking forward to seeing...

Ratatat

Freelance Whales

Girl Talk

Explosions in the Sky

Arcade Fire

Alison Krauss and Union Station

Mumford and Sons

EDIT:

Iron and Wine too!

Sick of being sick.

Immune system: Oh good -- now that Katie doesn't need to call in sick for work anymore, we can go on vacation too!

via weheartit

DayQuil and I are becoming close friends. Not exactly how I pictured my first days of summer vacation.

On a more exciting note, my baby brother graduated from high school. Congratulations, Brett!

What is a youth?

For obvious reasons, watching Romeo and Juliet in a classroom full of teenagers is not the same as watching the films in the comfort of your own home.

I thought that I preferred the 1996 Luhrmann version over the 1968 Zeffirelli, but the Zeffirelli version has really grown on me. How perfect is Olivia Hussey's face? She looks like a porcelain doll.

But then again, nothing beats Leonardo di Caprio. :)