Okay, hello.
You know what I absolutely love? Documentaries. I really do. Yes there are a bunch of baloney ones and lame ones. Some of them are so biased it can make your skin crawl. But when you trip over a good one… man it’s good. And you know what? I don’t care if I’m decades behind. I’m frequently not on top of the hip or secretly underground cool things of the world. For example, I use the word ‘hip’. But if I really like something, then I really don’t care.
The latest has been Sherman’s March. A documentary by legendary film maker Ross McElwee. He captures the deep deep realness of the deep deep south. So much so, you feel almost hauntingly awkward. As though you’re watching home video’s of a family you’ve never even met. 
Other documentaries I’ve watched in the last week include- The September Issue and Unknown White Male. I’m guessing you actually are cool and have already seen both. If I’m wrong, then I still suggest you watch them. Well, if you’re into that kind of thing.
On a news topic completely different- I’ve been struggling lately with there, their and they’re. This is frustrating seeing as I always felt like sort of a Duchess in that area. Not quite a Queen… just someone who noticed when it was used wrong and had an almost auto-habit of using it correctly. Now I’m all fumbles– questioning myself each time. Notice how in my Doco-spill above I said ‘there are‘… that’s because I couldn’t work out if I needed to say their or they’re or what?! I just freaked out. It’s really rather odd and worrying.
I sometimes wonder how smart Audrey was. You know, like ‘typical’ smart. Not the deep wise kind of smarts… more so like the stereotypical grammar perfect-math genius, who is so logically minded it can drive an illogical person like me insane. I like to hope that she wasn’t ‘smart’. That she used her fingers and toes when counting and that if she was to write a letter on Word today- she’d need to use spell check. Am I horrible to not want Audrey Hepburn to be a genius?
The End.
Love and calculators,
Charlie.
Quote: That’s why I have always admired documentaries, because they open windows that can make you understand much better where you come from, much better than fiction, I think. -Walter Salles
I miss your blog :C
it’s been quite a while since ive signed into gmail and been delighted with a Charliebansk new post. i do miss reading your blog..and ofcourse the +1 to my imaginary tally of emails that don’t make me want to delete the internet.
so..what gives?
I gotta side with the (P) Irate Piper.
What gives? This was one of the few blogs I actually enjoyed reading.