Not too much to report in my life at the moment. With the end of the school year imminent, work has been laid back. We have a field trip to the Minnesota Zoo on Monday and then our last day is Tuesday. Tomorrow I have an all-day training and orientation for Camp Sunrise. My friend Ellie's birthday is also this weekend, and it should be a lengthy and fun affair. Tonight we're meeting for drinks and tomorrow night she's having a party. Sunday is Grand Old Day, which is a one day festival on Grand Ave, a street that's about five blocks south of us. It's a big event which apparently includes lots of drinking and music. The drinking in the middle of the day isn't exactly my scene (big shocker I'm sure), but we'll see how it goes. We're having people over to the apartment beforehand.
Anyway, with the lack of exciting news I thought I would share an article that I just came across today on NPR's website, written by Linda Holmes. I think that some of you might enjoy reading what she has to say. Holmes has written a letter to Pixar, the Animation Studio that has partnered with Disney on such classics as Finding Nemo, Toy Story, The Incredibles, WALL-E, and most recently Up. In the letter, entitled "Dear Pixar, From All The Girls With Band-Aids On Their Knees", Holmes asks Pixar why they can't make a film centered around a girl ... more specifically, a movie centered around a girl who isn't a princess. It's a wonderful letter, although I can also agree with some of the comments that suggest Holmes is being too generous with Pixar, and that we shouldn't have to plead for a leading lady. At the same time, I admire her tone. She doesn't come across sounding like the stereotypical "angry feminist" that is so easy for people to just tune out. Here's hoping that someone from Pixar was listening.
Here's the link:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2009/06/dear_pixar_from_all_the_girls.html
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