strongbhoy

I am going to be starting summer school soon. I just want to be done with all of it.

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A friend I made on the imdb message boards over the years gave La Haine a pretty thorough going over recently over on his blog. In addition to being a pretty good read, at the end he gives a great deal of references through which you could expand your knowledge of foreign films that may relate to this one (since we know you like it, seems like a good point to branch off from), even tangentially. Might wanna give a look some time if you get the chance. You may find something that sparks your interest in some of his other entries as well.
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part 2 - video commentary

Great news about the boxing group. It's about time! Hope all is well in the banlieue/hood, sir.

Thanks Man, not great timing but hardly worth mentioning!! Was outside Notre Dame when I got the call!! still, Rome is rebooked for the end of June and I'll go back to paris to finish it soon as possible. For now I work!! hope all is well

Just joined the group, about bloody time. I'll try and join in a bit when I have a bit more time.

Congrats on the new group.

yes it very much based on "paying your dues" but its ultimately the promoters choice what happens to your character. If he's got a good diea, he'll run with it, and just make sure eveyone else gets work. None of us in THIS promotino get paid, so we're all there just trying to ply our craft and get some footage to put on our own highlight reels

How were the fights this weekend? i did not know you were a boxing fan! I taped Castillo on Showtime to watch today (it's easy to stay unware of results as the NYT rarely covers the sport, and I just avoid the Ring) as I had a whole weekend of MLS. Sigh. 12 games in one day with UK, Spain, France, Argentina and elsewhere.

The Houston-LA game on Sunday was good, but the rest of the weekend was rather tepid. the NYRB/CC game was tuff to slog through.

That DUFC game was super -- it might be on Setanta USA today, actually.

Well its raining here today, just in the net cafe catching up on the net before heading for Breakfast, Split is lovely as normal plus I hope we get the three points on Wednesday.

Well, I am a Memphis fan, so I was speaking purely from a stressed out, sleep deprived, lunatic fan standpoint. I went to school there and even taught a class for one semester.

You are never going to turn on ESPN or CBS and get even a remote idea of what an enormous public service Memphis Tiger basketball is to this entire city in terms of creating civic pride in places where there is very little pride or hope to be found; but also in terms of guiding an entire city and county public and high school system that is virtually penniless for any extracurricular activities that do not pay for themselves on how to model athletic programs that can pay for themselves while still fostering academic success.

They really are the perpetual underdog. Conference realignments have screwed them because the SEC already owns the Memphis market, so has no interest in ever really taking Memphis in. Tennessee politics will also never allow it. I could do an hour long lecture on the history of disproportionate spending of both state funds and federal grant money in East Tennessee, where there are much fewer people, by comparison to West Tennessee.

Anyway, I just wanted to extoll their virtues, because I watch TV, and read web sites and get the feeling that Memphis is the EVIL EMPIRE, while tv still so feverishly tries to paint this picture that bourgeouis institutions like Duke and North Carolina, etc etc, ad infinitum are "winning the right way" (with good old middle American (white) family values). As though they are providing some kind of intractable public service that University of Memphis is not providing. See, it's better, because their tuition is higher. See? Do you See? It is really sad.

My bracket was actually looking okay until the Memphis loss, but I rarely take my bracket seriously in any year when I think we have a chance to do stuff. I had them losing in the final against Florida. I got everyone in the Final Four correct except for Ohio State, but not enough with only Florida left among my winners.

You are exactly right about the alums, but also add in studentsand fans who did not even go to the University. Places like Kentucky think they are entitled to championships. Getting into the trounament is not enough. They are not going to get a better coach than Tubby, but I am not sure this can be expalined to them.

NDs recuritng problems have nothing to do with IU. Digger Pehlps took ND to three final fours when Knight was at IU. ND recruits mainly in the Middle Atantic, because the paly in the Big East, and players there want to go to Big East colleges, Notre Dame wants to see good gtades and SAT scores. The players have to keep thier grades up in a very demanding academic enviornment. For instance, the starting point guard was expelled for low grades. Sometimes, it works out. Collin Falls became the best outside shooter in the histroy of the Big East. More often, they cannot get impact players.

I think Duke may be starting to suffer from the same thing.

There is a little bit of lee way. Certain members of the faculaty are complaining that some of the players Charlie Weis has brought in ard "not Notre Dame material." Weis just wants to make sure they have a chance to survive the academics at ND. Brey should follow suit. Even considereing the first round exit, this year was a pretty good year, but he needs to follow up on it.

Pete Gillem, by the way, is doing commentary for a network I have never heard of.

Everything you wrote is correct.

No. Yes we do. Riordan.
I don't care what you say. If we had played him we would have won. I love him. Something about him just tells me he is what it takes. He has it. When we make it next year he will play and we will win.

As for the Old Firm game. God Bless it. I need that game to make my week better. I'm counting on the Bhoys to make it better and not let me down.
They better play that boy. If they don't play him I will be mighty sad with Strachan.

haha, I bet that was awesome....though I fear the football atmosphere in Italy has gone a little bit wrong just recently!!

There should be a folder of my stuff on my page - Let me know if you can't see it - this site's come all new fangled since I've been away!! urk!!

I'm hoping to be out there for about 3/4 days, all I can realistically afford, means limiting the sights i want to see - Vatican City is number One though and will defintely have one day spent on it - anything you'd recommend??

Yeah that's kinda what i was thinking. Either look for a place colse to the Vatican and walk it or camp out near the termini. Though the airport I would fly in to will need a bus and a train to get there but the flights are cheap!!

I think the colleseum has to be done really, just to make some lame gladiator reference and leave again!! I 'm not catholic so don't think I'll be atending the mass but I hae seen that you can apply to go. I think I would have if The last pope was still alive, there was something about him that the current doesnt seem to have.

I've heard it's dirty but that's just traffic crammed in to an old city, London's pretty grotty so quite used to it!! Do I recall right in the bus tickets can be bought for a day and you just scoot about?? I remember getting really confused the last time in Italy - I imagine getting tickets at major airports and tourist areas though will be easier ( and more in English!)

cheers for the help mate

Surviving alright there, strongbhoy?

Just saw your post in Foreign Film. It's been too long since I've seen La Haine to recall exactly which song you are talking about, but I have the soundtrack to the movie if you want it.

Just a little piece of general advice: Moving is a soul sucking experience. Three, four boxes maximum. A book of matches and some gasoline for the rest. Keeps the mind clear. Maybe I should find a way to express that in haiku to give it more snap.

Take it easy, sir. I am crawling in to a book for the weekend.

I watch the quiet man early in the morning of every st., patricks day. It's a tradition because I'm always out at night when it's on. Great movie, and Marueen O Hara in that movie is right up there with Lauren Bacall in Key Largo and Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's as far as most beautiful women ever to be captured on film that I've had the pleasure to see.

Maybe Gina Lolabrgida in Beat The Devil and Domino from Thunderball are up there too.

and Ursula Andress coming out of the Caribbean in Dr. No.

I guesss that's my pantheon

indeed. I will hopefully be in Las Vegas for that figt. Really want to. Excited for Mosely tonight!