leenks...

i know the move is in a mere six days but if you weren't able to see pics of the new house, here's a cached link and one of the soon-to-be old house...this one is of a virtual tour that has much more content than the old listing (which was only up a couple weeks).

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did anyone catch the oscars? we missed the first half because we were at dinner at this place, which still has the town's best hummus and pita, hands down. we've been eating there for probably 14-15 years. in fact, the first or second time i ever ate there was with this guy and our friend, Duc. man, time flies...



sigh...how i'm going to miss their phenomenal food and dismal service ;) oh well, since we're going to be coming back twice a year (march & september) minimum, we're already compiling a list of restaurants we can't live without.

anyway, back to the oscars. i'm really glad that no country for old men won four (best picture/director/supporting actor[Javier Bardem]/adapted screenplay) of the eight awards for which it was nominated. have you all seen it? those coen siblings have finally topped fargo with this masterpiece. here's the trailer:



i'm especially happy for javier bardem though. he was just plain sensational as the crazed executioner, anton chigurh. although bardem had already scored 18 other best supporting actor awards over the past year for his portrayal of an icy killer w/ the world's worst haircut, the golden statue finally makes him a top tier actor...he's really gonna start raking it in now ;)

i just saw on his imdb profile that he's in pre-production for Killing Pablo, which totally intrigues me. why? well, i've always been interested in the iconic Pablo Escobar, the slain chief of Colombia's notorious Medellín cocaine cartel. this man was very much public enemy #1 to the u.s. war on drugs from the 80's until 1993, when he was killed while evading capture. what's most interesting about Escobar is the fact that he was hailed as a hero/savior by the poor of Medellín at the same time the U.S. gov't deemed him as murderous scum. the guy w/ the bad comb over was a civic philanthropist who built numerous soccer stadiums, churches, and homes in the poorest Colombian slums. of course, all the jobs he provided were drug related and basically provided him w/ a good measure of protection.

another thing that intrigues me about the upcoming movie (2009 perhaps) is that makeup will have to work quite hard to make Javier Bardem look like Pablo Escobar. how are you gonna go from this to this? it ain't gonna be easy ;)



Of course, if they could make him look like this, it might just be a piece of cake. There's a great story behind the haircut. In researching Anton Chigurh's hair style for the movie, the Coen Brothers used a photo of a brothel patron taken in 1979 as a model. Immediately after getting the haircut, Bardem looked in the mirror and exclaimed, "Oh no...now I won't get laid for the next two months."

ha!