Day 291 | Thursday, October 15 | 2009

Wild Things...

I had two midterms today -- Spanish Civ. & Culture and one in Biological Anthropology. I felt pretty good about both of them.

Tonight Caitlin and I and a group of friends went to go see Where the Wild Things Are at the midnight showing. We all wanted to sit together and sat in the 2nd row (to my insistence). Boy, that was the wrong choice. My eyes are still sore from watching the moving at such a close distance and I feel like I just came out of an audio/visual prisoner of war brainwashing session.

I should probably see the movie again before judging it. I thought the cinematography was excellent but the writing was poor. There was such little character development it was atrocious. The level of communication between characters never surpassed a certain superficial watermark and it just felt empty. The puppetry and animation was superb though. Cool visual presentation of characters; nice photography.

Here's a photo of the group of folks I went with to see the movie acting like Wild Things outside of the Athena Grand.

Day 206 | Friday, July 24 | 2009

Mom and Dad...

Here is a cute photo of my mom and dad.  We went out for a really nice dinner and then saw the movie Up together.  Up probably my favorite movie of 2009 and it is a really poignant film.  If you haven't seen it, I whole-heartedly recommend going out tonight (or as soon as you can) and go see it.

This picture is really great

Day 31 | Saturday, January 31 | 2009

Many Rivers to Cross...

Today was a mix of good feelings and bad.  The good feelings came mainly from getting together with friends for a potluck dinner at our house.  The bad feelings came from the stresses incurred by being in heart of the quarter.  School work is getting heavier and the weather is also beginning to get a little colder.  Today was sunny but the cold just sucks out any enthusiasm one would have toward life.  It slows the body down and puts everything into submission.

Last night was a truly enthralling night -- we went out with Leo, Jordan, Amanda, and Rem to see Gus Van Zandt's Milk starring Sean Penn.  It was an all-around great movie -- the cinematography, the casting, and the sequencing was all so perfect.  After the movie we went to see Justin Gordon and Zeb Dewar play acoustic performances at the Donkey Coffee Shop.  That, too, was completely mesmerizing. 

I am really tired now but I am probably going to stay up a while working on a spanish midterm that is due Monday.  Tomorrow should be really busy -- midterm, readings, group study meeting, meeting for Cuenca, and a lot more planning for the week.  The highlight of my day tomorrow will be in the morning when I will spend time with Caitlin and her mom and dad.  It is Susan's birthday on Monday so I am gonna try to make a card for her tonight.