Saturday, June 24, 2006

Today is the first time I've noticed spam in my junk e-mail folder that is in French. The from line said: "BDSM & Amateurs" and the subject line said: "Les derniers escorts d'Escorteam!" I learned today that there exist in our world Mandarin-speaking Jehovah's Witnesses. I never knew! Installed Slickr (Windows only)—it's very nice, the best of all the Flickr screensavers I found for Windows so far. Read Adobe Proxy (volume 2, issue 2)—disappointing (still) for so many reasons. Unsubscribed from Adobe Proxy. This evening, Patrick and I watched Madonna's I'm going to tell you a secret—a behind-the-scenes look at her Re-Invention World Tour. The film was longer than I had expected—the disc says 148 minutes, and I'm guessing that doesn't include the bonus features. It's very slickly edited—the audio contains very little of the audience noise, and the documentary filmography incorporates the footage of the video that appeared on the giant screens behind her on stage. My favorite part was hearing her young daughter Lola translate an English sentence to French for her. Second favorite part: the reaction of her father and stepmother to her concert which they had just seen. Third favorite part: her son Rocco's charming whining. I'll tell you a secret: she doesn't tell you her secret until the very end, and I found it fascinating to have watched Madonna arrive at this maturity through these 25+ years. You'll want to see this film to understand her modern American life.