An Independent Guinevere

Now in bullet-list form!

• The remake of The Great Gatsby is hitting all my art-deco-loving buttons.  I realize the movie has the potential to be a disaster with Baz Luhrmann at the helm, but it might also be fantastic.  DiCaprio is going to keep going like this until he wins that damn Oscar.  I loved the book but I hated the character of Daisy Buchanan.  So whiny and ineffectual.  I am a big Carey Mulligan fan, so I’m hoping she might change my mind about Daisy.  
• Chris Botti’s new album “Impressions” is very good, but he still hasn’t topped 2004’s “When I Fall In Love Again”.  I listen to that whole album at least once a week.
• Now that the broadcast network up-fronts are over, I can’t say I was thrilled by much I saw.  NBC’s Revolution has potential, but I think The Walking Dead has pretty much cornered the “post apocolyptic” niche, and Revolution doesn’t even have zombies.

Thank you all for the replies on the avatar post.  Verdict is in.  Photo stays.

You kids are the best.

Hey kids, I switched my avatar to a photo of me, instead of my usual flower photo.  I’m not sure if I like it.

What do you think?  Flower or me?

While I’m at it: do you prefer the same avatar forever, or occasional updates/changes?

It’s raining today.  Not the loud, windy, booming thunderstorms I love best, but a slow, dreary drizzle.  We need the rain; it’s been bone-dry for weeks.

Hurricane seasons starts in a couple weeks.  I’ll try not to drive you all crazy with weather posts.  No promises, though.

In trying to be all things to everyone, I lost sight of who I was.  The road back to my true self has been longer than I anticipated.  I’ve made good progress and I know I’ll get to where I need to be.  There is no uncertainty about that.  Part of me wants to regret how far I strayed.  But I think I needed to go so far to realize who I was supposed to be.  Regret has no place in this journey.