oh that khan!

I saw the movie Mongol, which is the first of three bio pics about Gengis Khan last night.

it was so totally and incredibly awesome!

the fight scenes were bloody, the music was throat singingy and awesome, it was funny and sweet, and all the people were incredible looking, and not to mention the costumes!
ETHNIC DRESS! YES! (different tribes had specific hats, different styles the best involving tiger tails {:O ! }).
i think you guys would really enjoy it, if only because Mongolia is so very beautiful with such varied landscapes and terrains. Totally cinematic! it is shot beautifully, and the cgi is tolerable.
also there is a character named Altan in the movie so maybe a viewing will make you think of me, and wonder along with Jamukha "where is Altan?"
where indeed!
try and catch it if you can, it was totes blockbustery with it's epic battles and love story, just right for summer. (BTW...)

also! today! on the way to coffee and a scone, i literally stumbled upon the annual Somerville Portuguese Parade, complete with floats, traditional dancing and national costume, marching bands, mandolin and accordian players, 1st, 2nd and 3rd parade princesses, antique cars, Elvis impersonator, and these baskets of bread and rose towers carried by women on their heads. The paraders threw candy, and frisbees to the croud (to keep!), and i ofcourse was waving and clapping and grinning like a fool from the sidewalk till the very end.
Parades are still the best thing ever! what luck to just walk right into one!