G.R.i.D. (Get Rich in Dallas)

I just got this notice from the Volunteer Center of North Texas. Not a bad deal…for the ladies. Grr

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If you make under $50,000 you can obtain tax preparation free of charge at the Women’s Center of Dallas. Contact Rick Griffith at rsgriff@sbcglobal.net. If you go to the Women’s Center it is located on Haskell at Bryan behind the Thai restaruant. You can bring a voided check for a electronic deposit, SSN, ID’s etc. They are great people and very interested in saving you money so they will help with any deduction info. Be sure to use TAXES in your subject line if you email Rick.

 

For fun and giggles, I’ll head to YouTube and search up “Dallas, Texas” to see what comes up. A variety of things obviously do but I’m starting to find it slightly more interesting when I punch in the suburbs. So while searching today, I typed in Garland and lo and behold I found Dallasinblue08.

I’ll link to his profile but won’t post his vids. See, Dallasinblue films half-minute streetfights with titles like

• black guys jump a group of white people
• 2 black guys fightin
• fat white boy gets jumped.

You get the idea. The thing is, I can’t clarify a few things. First, are these fights being “staged” to be filmed? Second, are these happening on campus or nearby? One kid who likes to fight without his shirt seems to be prevalent in the three vids I’ve seen of about six.

I don’t like seeing fights. Especially among kids. Especially among dumb kids who like to fight. These vids aren’t necessarily disturbing but perhaps troubling. Ambushes are just weak and cowardly and Dallasinblue seems to enjoy filming these people (his friends?) jumping other people. Thus, that’s why I won’t put a vid on here. Probably doesn’t help that I’m linking to him because I don’t necessarily want to perpetuate anything but a slight hope is that the right person will see it and put an end to it.

I saw this movie on Saturday and it sucked because it takes place in a snowy cold Canada yet it was all warm that day. Today would have been much more appropriate. I was looking forward to this movie because I am without a doubt in love with Julie Christie. She reaks of elegance which is ironic to say but completely appropriate. And I love it even more that she’s basically a goddess but has the talents to back it up than say, oh, maybe a Kim Basinger.

This understated performance as a woman in the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s was perfect. No overacting, no dramatic monologues for Oscar consideration, no nothing. Thank God Meryl Streep wasn’ in it. This movie was bare bones in its scenery, its story and its cast. Not only does Christie shine, the whole cast does, most notably her husband played with perfect sympathy and devotion by Gordon Pinsent. While the story could easily be a sappy tear-jerker, it stays on track to tell a simple story of a couple who can truly define what love means. The movie is magnficent but would never claim to be.

The film is directed by indie ingenue Sarah Polley. It’s well directed but not perfect. She’s nominated for best adapted screenplay which will probably lose to either No Country for Old Men or There Will Be Blood. But, I do think Julie Christie could win her second Academy Award for this role. She’s won both the Golden Globe and the Screen Actor’s Guild and those both usually precede an Oscar. I’m torn because I wouldn’t mind them giving it to Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose because I like those unknowns coming out of nowhere to kick a$$. BUT, I haven’t seen that movie yet. In fact, it’s next. So we shall see.

Otherwise, I HIGHLY recommend Away From Her.