I do have things to say and pictures to post, but not a lot of time at home in which to get it done. So, I am shamelessly filling space with a "note" that I posted on facebook in July. Pardon my laziness and redundancy if you've already read it there!
7/19/07: My hope is revived! Last night I caught the last part of Conan O'Brien's interview with Vera Farmiga. I didn't even know who she was when I turned on the tv, but she has now become my favorite celeb (I've never had one of those before). Why? Because she can speak. Intelligently. Her grammar is excellent. She uses interesting words - not just big words to sound smart but truly well-chosen words that are spoken easily and appear to actually be part of her regular vocabulary (refreshingly sans malapropisms). Her speech is art. This is rare. Sadly, this isn't E! newsworthy and will never outshine current stories of celebs-in-rehab, but I wish it could. If only tweens, teens, and beyond could be bombarded with more such images...we might actually be able to encourage a culture of identifiably intelligent, articulate, delightfully communicative - and even a little bit decorous - people.
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I just watched a little clip of her because I didn't know who she was and I have to agree with you. The video was an interview about her movie The Departed. She sounded intelligent and it was a breath of fresh air.
I don't think she ever said "and stuff" or "like" or "thing" etc.
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