To Steal a Diamond

It's amazing how fascinated people are by material things. Not to sound like I'm above it all. I'm right in there with the rest of the world. I think deep down, we're all a bit materialistic.

Which is why there are always a ton of movies about thieves and robberies and all that jazz. So today we're going to have a little chat about what I think are the 5 best films about stealing diamonds.

In no particular order:

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

So I may have lied a bit when I said that this wasn't in order, because this film is absolutely my favorite film  that I'm putting here. The film follows an odd foursome - gangster and leader George Thomason (a twist on the name of the actor who plays him), crony Ken Pile (Michael Palin), con artist Wanda Gershwitz (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Otto West (Kevin Kline), the latter two having been brought in from the outside.

Honestly, the theft itself is not the focus of the movie, unlike most heist films. In fact, the heist is easy and goes without a glitch, except for one little old lady who happens to see them. So they hide the diamonds and walk away, only to have Wanda and Otto turn in George and try to take the loot for themselves).

Chihuly - Through the Looking Glass

Today I went to the Chihuly - Through the Looking Glass exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and I have to say, my mind was blown.

Which is an interesting phrase to choose, seeing that Dale Chihuly specializes in blown glass sculptures.

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Anyway, the exhibit was truly incredible to see. The technique and refinement with which each piece of glass is blown is exquisite, although the credit for the actual blowing technique should be accredited to his team, as he is no longer able to blow the glass himself.

But that should not by any means take away the credit from Chihuly himself. While the glass does not come directly from him, the ideas and concepts are Chihuly through and through, as indicated by the magnificent drawings he made, as the colors help inspire him.







This Ikebana Boat is one of the first things you see when you walk in. It was inspired by a time in which Chihuly was throwing glass into a river in Finland (or some other country in Northern Europe) and had the Finnish boys collect the glass in their boats. Personally, I think that this is what it would have looked like if the singing sea creatures had overtaken Ariel and Eric's boat during 'Kiss the Girl'.

Thrills that kill

So basically sometimes you can feel sad and bored.

Remember the days when everything in the world was new and exciting and everything you did was going to change your life and was a source of inspiration.

Like this kid riding his bike. Yeah, he fell.

But just look at that positive attitude. How many of us have that kind of attitude? Not very many I can tell you that. But what I also can tell you is to try and do something that after you're just kind of like

Whoa.

Can't hurt to have some thrills in your life. That's why I want to go skydiving. Really really badly. I was told not to do it and that it's dangerous and blah blah blah, but what mom doesn't know won't hurt her.

Just possibly me.

Oh hey

So yea. I've decided that I have a lot to say and it's about time I get it out there because it seems that everyone else is doing it. I really did try to avoid the whole social blah blah blah at first, but it's too freaking fun! And let's be real. Who am I to not follow the pack?
I'm Adam. Hi.
So that's my introduction to everyone.
Let me warn you, I will be rambling in this blog. I feel like I have a billion thoughts stuck in my mind and no matter what I do, I can't seem to get rid of them. Maybe writing them down will help me sleep at night. Or melatonin. I hear that stuff works wonders. I can't try it though. My mother is very much against me taking sleeping medication to help me fall asleep. She thinks I'll become addicted.
Which takes me to the first thing I'm going to tell you about myself.

Lesson 1: Insomnia
When I was a child I had major insomnia. As in, I was the only third grader who went to bed after midnight. And like the geek I 
was
 am, I would stay up under the covers with a flashlight reading. Usually Harry Potter.
Which brings me to

Lesson 2: Harry Potter
Ummm.... 7th movie is coming out in July! End of my childhood perhaps? All I know is that I cried a lot when Dobby died in the movie (obviously I was in hysterics when anyone died in the book - from Sirius to Dumbledore to Dobby to all 50 trillion people in the last battle scene). Anyway, I love Harry Potter. I read the first one in first grade and now, at age 19, Harry will kill Voldemort and I will no longer be the 11 year old kid waiting at his mailbox for an owl to come with my acceptance letter. Whatever. I know that they must have just forgotten about me. Or maybe there are no American wizards? Just kidding, I know there are because I was the American team in Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup for Gamecube.
Speaking of which - would it be weird to join the Quidditch team at school? Not that I care what other people think. I mean, I do, but not when it comes to Quidditch. I would definitely be Seeker.

Lesson 3: Chaos
In case the fact that I listed Harry Potter as the 2nd most important lesson, and insomnia as the 1st, my mind doesn't really go in order. I kind of just have a stream of thoughts and I put them down in no particular order because why not? So that was a pretty brief lesson.
Some other notes that are way more important than the lessons which aren't really lessons just me being an idiot as per usual:

• I'm totally into film, as you will see by my later posts. Cinema Studies major what up?
• I love fantasy books intended for preteens even though I'm in college (Percy Jackson, The Hunger Games, etc.).
• I love watching TV and movies.
• I eat as if there's no tomorrow. Although I do believe there will be tomorrow. Everyone's got to get over this apocalypse nonsense. Be a little glass half full, thank you very much.

That's pretty much all I can think of right now. Many more posts come.

-Adam