"Hanna" - cool, cool, cool... what?

I was SO excited to see the thriller "Hanna" about the daughter who is trained to be an assassin by her father played by Eric Bana (hot). SO. Excited. I love love love thrillers and yearn for way more shows and films with strong female leads and this one has TWO! TWO!

It was ok. I can't believe some of the plot holes. With a little more character development and some rewriting of the plot line to get closer to what would actually happen in that very unusual circumstance, this movie could have kicked as much ass as Saoirse Ronan does as Hanna. (She was great.)

Cate. Blanchett's. Teeth. If you've seen it, you know what I mean. She, as usual, was awesome. A great villain. And gorgeous. And super talented. Way to look good in a pencil skirt, Ms. Blanchett.

I thoroughly enjoyed watching it but I wanted it to be great soooo badly... and it just wasn't. But it was a fine thriller!

Next up: "Bridesmaids"!

On Gardening and Auditioning

Well, I bought a begonia today. There are only so many times I can walk by my local garden center eyeing a bring orange/pink/white begonia before i give in and buy buy buy! I planted it and it looks lovely. I have a shitload of veggies and fruits, but not too many flowers. Well, one lavender plant in bloom and the dahlias and peonies (drool) are not growing yet. Altho i did see a hint of a peony coming up in one of the pots... hurrah!

My point is this: Do not buy terra cotta pots for plants. I have a few terra cotta pots, strawberry pots (3) and herb trenches (my wording, 2). Other veggies are in plastic pots because they are huge and pretty flowers are in glazed ceramic pots. Glazed ceramic is the way to go if you have something that won't expand rapidly at the root. It keeps the plant more moist (terra cotta absorbs water so you have to water the plant more frequently) and looks much nicer. Plastic pots work well if you are planting something like tomatoes or zucchini - i.e., something that will grow rapidly and not be a showpiece.

Today I auditioned for a play in Manhattan. I did a cold reading and LOVED the character. I saw her clearly in my head and had a fun time reading the script with the woman who was cast in the lead protagonist role. Then the director asked me to read it again in a totally different direction and I don't think I did very well. It was so hard for me to switch my mental image of this person, I couldn't erase all of the characteristics I had planted (tie in!) in my brain. Sigh. Oh well. I promised myself I would be proud no matter what the outcome - and I am. I risked something and put myself out there for criticism and rejection, always a hard thing to do. And I did have some fun... that was my goal.

Now I get to vacuum, do a yoga video and do paperwork before cooking turkey burgers for dinner (along with a goat cheese salad). Hurray for the domestic life.

At least I have my already-blooming, brightly colored begonia in a pot so every time I look out my window I can admire the gorgeous flowers and feel a sense of pride in accomplishing something today.