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Wordless Wednesday- LOL TV
April 22, 2009 By
Happy-Go-Lucky on DVD Delivers Laughs and Surprises
April 20, 2009 By
I just finished watching Happy-Go-Lucky
The film starts out with Poppy blissfully happy yet seemingly unaware of the world around her- she attempts to engage a bookstore clerk in conversation and doesn’t even seem to notice that he has no interest in talking to her. When her bicycle is stolen, her reaction is to say “I didn’t even have a chance to say goodbye”, then enroll in driving lessons. She agrees to accompany the headmaster of her school to Flamenco dance lessons, exercises by jumping on a giant trampoline, even tries to cheerfully deal with a class bully.
Slowly, however, the real world begins to intrude on Poppy’s enthusiasm. She encounters a homeless man, witnesses the Flamenco dance teacher’s emotional meltdown in class, discovers the real reason her pupil is hitting other kids, and in the most surprising element of the film, finds that her driving instructor Scott is a seething ball of hatred and anger. She takes one driving lesson a week, and each subsequent lesson reveals more and more of Scott’s paranoid, intolerant view of the world and the people in it.
The last few scenes of the film show Poppy finally having to face that not everyone is as happy as she is. I was completely unprepared for her final confrontation with Scott, and found myself on the edge of my seat waiting for her to finally explode with frustration. Instead, she manages to diffuse the situation with a calm tenderness, but her final scene showing her walking home from the encounter leaves one wondering if Poppy will continue to view the world with such optimism. I’d like to think she will.
Did you see Happy-Go-Lucky? I’d love to know your thoughts about it, please leave a comment!
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Site review- The Exit Store
April 19, 2009 By
Here’s something I bet most people don’t think that much about but can be found in every building everywhere- EXIT SIGNS. Building codes require exits to be clearly marked, whether it’s an office building or restaurant or school. Talk about something we take for granted! We assume that in any public building, we will be able to figure out quickly where the exits are, and that’s where The Exit Store comes in.
Until I reviewed this site, I had NO IDEA how many different kinds of exit signs there are. They come in “thermoplastic”, steel, and aluminum. They can be self-luminous (some kind of glow in the dark material so that the sign glows without need for batteries or an external power source), or lit with LED bulbs. For “high abuse” areas like correction facilities, apartment buildings, and schools, exit signs can be made with tamper-resistant materials and even housed behind steel cages.
Different cities have different requirements for compliance, meaning that The Exit Store carries exit signs that are New York compliant as well as Chicago compliant. This is a scary yet comforting thought- what would you do if you were in a building during an explosion? (YIKES) You’d want to be able to find your way out, right? The Exit Store has an exit sign category called “explosion proof”.
The Exit Store has something for every budget, from value priced to a designer series. They work with governments, schools, businesses both big and large, profit and non-profit. Their site says they can work to find a price and product to suit any need. If you’re reading this and have a need to purchase exit signs for a building, I hope you’ve found this post useful. We might be in a recession, but some things will always be important.
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