this old post of mine (it's not even a post, it's just a quote I like) has been getting the majority of my traffic. I was baffled - couldn't figure it out. Nobody big had linked to it - not that I could tell - everyone was getting to it merely by googling "Freud and Irish". WTF? Had a new book come out about Freud and the Irish? Had it been mentioned in the NY Times? Why?
Well, I just came back from seeing The Departed and now I know why.
Too funny. Everyone sees that movie, races home, Googles "Freud and Irish" to see if he really said what the movie SAYS he said ... and there is my post.
Glad to be of service.
More thoughts on The Departed later. I thought it was fantastic. My head is still spinning. You don't get one second to breathe or think. Which is as it should be.
Oh! And guess who's in it????
Posted by sheilaI thought of you when David O. appeared on screen.
Posted by: Anne at October 9, 2006 9:37 PMAnne - hey you! From the land of white crosses and agriculture departments! ha!
I love that you thought of me when you saw David O'Hara. That's delighfully insane.
Posted by: red at October 9, 2006 9:38 PM(Fixed that issue there ... in case it was, you know, an issue.)
Posted by: red at October 9, 2006 9:41 PMThanks. I said to myself, "David O'Hara David O'Hara David O'Hara!"
Posted by: Anne at October 9, 2006 10:09 PMSaw the Departed this afternoon. Great flick.
I liked Nicholson in this one. Despite it being a Scorcese flick, he had a very "Witches of Eastwick" vibe about his character--he just seemed to wallow in evil....
Posted by: Tommy at October 9, 2006 11:03 PMTommy - how bout how when he ate, stuff always dripped down his chin? Did you notice that? He was this messy eater and it was so disgusting to watch him ... it made him seem like an animal.
Yeah - he was great. Definitely wallowing in evil!!
Posted by: red at October 10, 2006 9:08 AMDearest: Tony Estrella was the guy who set up the cameras incompetantly, and was beaten to a pulp by Alec Baldwin. A very funny scene. love, dad
Posted by: dad at October 10, 2006 10:22 AMDad - yes! I saw that and recognized him immediately! He did a great job in that scene, I thought - good for Tony!!
Alec Baldwin was hysterical. "I'm tired after fuckin' your mother ..." ba-dum-ching
Posted by: red at October 10, 2006 10:30 AMThis Freud quote is now hanging outside my cubicle. I'm hoping it gives my planners some insight into at least a part of me.
Haven't seen The Departed yet.
Posted by: PatrickP at October 10, 2006 11:33 AMWait ... after all my reading of your blog, how have I missed both your blurpy post AND your David O'Hara post????? I love blurpy, and I LOOOOOOOOOVE David O'Hara -- though I had no idea that was his name: he's always, "that guy from The Matchmaker" to me. I have seen that movie umpteen times for the love of him. When I first saw it I was single and the whole experience make me a little bit irrational, like: I am going to GO to Ireland and FIND that guy and MAKE him love me; it CAN happen, I WILL do it. It was a serious fantasy that I nurtured for a while, and I have to say it got me through a kind of rough patch!
As I was reading the first comment on that post by Carrie, saying she'd had drinks with him (but before I saw your response) I thought to myself, "Hmm. I hate you." And two seconds later I scrolled to what you said. Hahaha -- what other reaction could there be?
Posted by: Another Sheila at October 11, 2006 11:50 AMI can't WAIT to read your post about The Departed. God, I thought it was such a fabulous movie.
Posted by: Jen at October 12, 2006 4:10 PMI saw the movie last night and did a Google "Freud quote Irish" and found you. I have to belive that Freud didn't intend for this to be a complement, but as someone 1/2 Irish, I take it as one.
Thanks.
Posted by: MPK at October 27, 2006 8:38 AMDo you have a source for your freud quote?
Posted by: noblekinsman at October 27, 2006 5:37 PM