See The Sun

Lately, I’ve not felt as motivated as I used to to work on my sites. I rather watched whole seasons of TV shows (Bones, Doctor Who) or some episodes (Psych). I think I’m back now. However, there’s so much work that needs to be done I often don’t know where to start…

Marion: Check new 2007 & 2008 event pics for duplicates and add them to the already sorted ones and then to the gallery. Add portraits to the gallery. Screencap some video clips & add the clips themselves to the video vault. Transcribe articles. Scan magazines from before 2007. Finish the projects section (add gallery previews for movies, add sections for TV, TV-series and theatre work).

Sophia: Cap 2 Moonlight episodes. Finish the long overdue extensive projects section. Add remaining affiliates to the script. Scan some old clippings.

Catalina: Add event pics. Cap a movie. Generally work more on the site!

Emily: I think it’s no longer a secret. Amanda and I are working on opening the site soon. I don’t want to finish it a 100 % before we open but there are some basic things that I want to get done. Otherwise I’ll just procrastinate more and more. I’m really proud of myself for having sorted 1,000+ event pictures for 4 hours without taking a break yesterday afternoon. Remove old tags from Television caps. Cap some interview, events etc clips. Sort Portraits. Resize HQ event pics and add them. Scan magazines. For the info part on the site I think for the time being we won’t work on an extensive projects section. However, this is something I really want to add to the site sometime.

??: Another site project of mine that I promised to work on in July. I should focus on capping projects, scanning my clippings and adding info for the projects section.

Entering in its 4th week in our theatres tomorrow ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’ hasn’t just arrived here. However, I’ve only managed to go and see it yesterday. I’m happy I did. This was really a film I have been wanting to see on the big screen for so long. Last time I really wanted to see a film on the big screen months ahead of its release was Enchanted. I then promised to go see it with my sister - and she gets really angry when I afterwards end up going with someone else. So we tried finding dates when we could go to the cinema. But it was as always: either she or I were busy. On the day we had decided to see it it was already out of theatres. Bad luck. I really didn’t want this to happen this time around and so - due to a lack of other options - I went by myself. Now this is something I used to do a lot and used to enjoy very much only a couple of years ago. But now, I don’t like it that much anymore - I guess I’m getting old now lol

Anyway, about the film. I really really liked it. I thought all the lead actors were great in it. I don’t understand the critique of the performances. Natalie was so great in this difficult role to pull of. I still liked her in the end. Scarlett’s part wasn’t less difficult. She was very much in danger of being dull because her character’s drawn as this rather sweet and innocent girl. But she really brought across the emotion. Eric, yes, his role is rather one-dimensional. But his eyes, I really really loved his eyes David Morrissey, I already loved him in Sense & Sensibility and in this, I think it’s the first time I like the bad guy.

I think it’s a faithful adaptation of the novel - especially in spirit. Obviously there were too many events to cover in a film. But it all felt complete nontheless. Apart from the fact that Mary’s first husband is never spoken of again (I like that in the book when he dies she regrets to never have really gotten to know him) and the love affair between Mary and (the commoner) Stafford wasn’t as developed as my romantic soul would have wished…. But clearly, the film had to focus on the king as the centre of the story.

What else? I had this awful and embarrassing interview at my work today. They built my problems with lateness up quite a bit. Yes, I have a problem but no, I’m not missing time. I do all the work hours I’m supposed to - I just stay late if necessary. And I keep track of it - and hand it in to my superior every week. So they should know this. And when public transport is messing with their timetable etc so that I miss one of my connecting busses what the heck am I supposed to do?!

Gallery2 finally stopped working on the Marion site. I never fully grew fond of it but I really liked how it hid the real url of images and thus made it possible to prevent hotlinking etc. Anyway, I have my excuse to switch to Coppermine. I’m currently adding the about 24,000 pictures to the new gallery. A bit time-consuming. However, at least I don’t have to re-upload everything. Gallery2 has the original (yet already downsized) and un-watermarked versions in its ‘hidden’ folder and I basically just drag&drop them via ftp to the Coppermine folder.

On a final note, I saw a certain person again. Did I go up and speak to him? No! Damn me. I currently feel like I’m attending this lesson in life - I’m very observing of other people, their decisions and situations. Also I’m evaluating my life too. Maybe I’ll do some major changes soon - contemplating work and/or home move - and I’m trying to say ‘no’ a lot more when I need to say it.

I don’t know whether our radio stations played ‘This Is The Life’ by Amy Macdonald. May well be they didn’t. But they’re playing ‘Mr. Rock & Roll’ now - and upon hearing it I immediately went out to buy the CD. I’m in love with each and every one of the 10 songs on it - yes, 10… once again our edition is lacking one song from the original UK edition aargh.

Apart from listening to that CD for about 1000 times since last Wednesday, I’ve also been very busy with RL and of course my sites. I’ve made a list of my priorities with them. However, there’s always new stuff coming in throwing me off track. But oh well… I’ve at least managed to more or less keep up the motivation to care for all of them. However, I’m becoming more and more unsure of whether I should finish the upcoming tribute pages… I’d say let’s wait & see lol

Also, in view of recent totally out of place and unfair news coverage for Marion Cotillard - and also to congratulate her on her big awards wins (Golden Globe, BAFTA, César and Oscar, not to speak of all the critics awards and nominations) the users of marion-cotillard.org have decided to leave short messages of support in the site’s forum - I will include them in a letter and send it off the old-fashioned way via regular mail to, I guess, the production office of ‘Public Enemies’. If any of you are admirers of her work as an actress please consider adding your message here till Wednesday. I’ll send off the letter on Thursday.

I’m feeling very groggy today. Yesterday my boss gave me a small pill - I was having such terrible headache. Then, half an hour later I had one of the worst allergic reaction I ever had. Well, I then remembered a very similar (if not slightly worse) incident about 3 years ago that also happened after I took a painkiller pill from a brand I never used before. However, at the time the doctor put it all down to hayfever. Anyway, my boss had to drive me to the doctor’s yesterday and they took me in as an emergency I will now have to go to the big university hospital to let them find out what exactly is causing these reactions Already looking forward to the looong waits there. I’ve only heard rather bad stories…

We’ve been having some fantastic weather for the longest time. Clear blue sky and sunshine - but it’s freezing cold. Anyway, it’s doing wonders for the mood. On the other hand, the extremely dry air has lead to serious Fine Particulate Matter. For 10 days now it’s been extremely high: 95 (up to 50 is ‘normal’).  I’ve found this comment for levels between 50-99: “People with respiratory disease should limit prolonged exertion”. I suffer from something one could call allergy-induced asthma and only show sypmtoms when fine particular matter levels are high, as they are now - or pollen are in the air. Which of course they are currently as well - the warm weather in January has led to some early blooming. So additionally, my eyes & nose are all itchy. Still, I enjoy going out and do some walking - but I’m paying the price in the evening after moderate exercise or right after some heavier excercise (such as walking up a hill). Coughing, coughing, coughing… Maybe I should add that what I consider exercise other people would never dream of calling that. It’s just regular walking around town. I think I’ll have to ask the doctor for new medicine.

Site wise: I’ve managed to get a ton of scanning done for the Marion site. I’ve finished adding all the portrait sessions I have and am about 2 thirds through adding video clips & screencaps of recent interviews and public appearances. I intend on finishing all of that before the César & Oscar awards this weekend.

My computer, while still working, has recently been behaving weird. So I’m doing much of the capping, encoding & scanning off-line and when I do go online I’m not running MSN. So if you’ve been wondering where I’ve been that’s what happened. I’m mostly on Gmail - so you could send me chat messages on there. Or email me. I’m currently much better at maintaining email correspondance than I usually am. Oh, and if you’re having problems reaching me at my domain emails (sophiamyles.org, seethesun.org, marion-cotillard.org) please let me know. It’d help sorting out the problem if I can be sure that there really is one.

In reference to the post title.

Honestly, I don’t know how I should manage with everything! Marion is everywhere right now - but in a good way, I think, more like subtly everywhere - which is absolutely lovely because there’s all this fantastic coverage. It’s just trying to find all the various pics and especially digging up videos is so time-consuming…

I still need to finish the Projects section on the Sophia website, it’s coming along great, and in my opionion it will be a great information source, but, again, it is a time-consuming task. I still need to finish writing the transcript of the Fan Q&A, as well as the re-write of the biography and re-add all the affiliates.

Even though, I’ve decided to keep Catalina I have not once worked on it this year - shame on me - but am reluctant to talk to 2 people who asked to help out/take over the site. Don’t know what they want really. But I want to continue to be involved, so no fears there, but I sure can use some help.

The upcoming projects - well, I don’t think I should even contemplate them right now. But they might end up as some kind of mini-site or whatever…

I never seem to muster up the necessary motivation to keep working on sites day after day in all my free time - don’t know if that’d be a good idea to start with. So I watched Season 2 of Life on Mars this week. Even though, the way the ending left everything doesn’t clear up all the questions and plot ‘holes’ I love the series. It’s really cool and intelligent. I so envy UK residents who can watch the sequel Ashes to Ashes as of this Thursday. I have a feeling it might be even better. Keeley Hawes? I think she’s great. I think I’ll have to try to find a way to watch this as well.

Oh, and I’ve been watching YouTube videos again… Isn’t this making you fall in love with Moonlight? Watch