Word: boredomization
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...tension between perpetual boredom and perpetual readiness is purportedly a skill they teach us, a horrible patience.?But it is just as often apparent that a mix-up or a missed assignment has occurred at the hand of some sergeant?or other, and no one ever seems in any hurry to get things moving again...
...Gore's childhood is the stuff of classics. Specifically, the children's classic Eloise, by Kay Thompson. Both Al and Eloise lived in a hotel, both were born in the late '40s, both had busy parents, both have had to wage wars on boredom. And this month, the Eloise licensing campaign heats up with dolls, furniture and collectibles. How the two kids match...
...absorb all that I could. I tried to listen to the messages that the various peer-counseling groups presented and ignore the distractions of the two girls whispering in front of me and the guy next to me cracking his neck and smirking in between his sighs of boredom. The presentation did not focus on addressing the gravity of sexual violence, but raised comical questions about whether or not a woman lying down on a man's bed and winking constitutes "asking for it." Although all the groups had the best of intentions, the short skits trivialized the serious issues...
...around him, as though money could chase even the last inkling of real feeling out of a person. Russo does her best to convey the emotional excitement that this movie needs, and she does a good job of it so long as Brosnan isn't around. But Brosnan's boredom is infectious, and by the end of the film both principals seem thoroughly weary of one another. Maybe that's the way wealthy people love. If so, it doesn't make for great cinema...
...retaliation for complaining about it. In a settlement, Ford agreed to pay them nearly $8 million and to ensure that three years from now, 30% of its supervisors will be women. So just because we're tired of Clinton doesn't mean we should tire of the cause. Boredom shouldn't make us forget that bad things still happen to good women...