You know what's awesome? I just spent the last three hours working on a new song, and then Logic crashed and I lost the audio. In my ensuing frustration, I tripped bad over my guitar stand. Apparently it is a non-music evening.
So I'm trying and trying to find something to get excited about, and the closest thing has been basketball, which I am severely enjoying... but it makes me want to punch my damn shins in the shins. I've been doing all sorts of exercises, got some sweet new shoes, some arched insoles, and a shin brace, and it all sorta works but not really. It's a strange feeling to be indignant towards and insulted by your own body parts.
Saw The Fall at Dreamworks last week, and I love it's ambition. The story is so-so but the acting is wonderful - I don't even know if that little girl knew there was a movie in production around her. She was so there.
I ordered Tekkonkinkreet last week on the recommendation of several friends (as well as the Cowboy Bebop boxed set, which the obedient consumer in me had to own), and we watched it at Ben's yesterday. It's a masterpiece of a film. The visuals are a joy from start to finish and they serve the story well. I'm not usually a fan of abstract scenes to depict internal conflict, but they made it work perfectly. Check it out!
Before the movie, we spent the whole day swimming / eating pizza. Armed with a long bamboo stick, a heavy rock, and a plastic bucket, one comes up with such games as: in-water pole-vault challenge, carry rock and walk along pool-bottom, hold rock to chest and sink to bottom, in-water high jump challenge, under-water breathing in air-filled-bucket, and long-distance bucket toss using stick. More days should be spent like this, I think.
If you want to have a conversation about anything science-related, I will never stop you. Not thinking about space, atoms, the human genome, or the future is a real challenge. That said, Amy sent me some videos that I think you might find interesting too.
Michio Kaku's Vision of the Future:
- Part 1: The Intelligent Revolution
- Part 2: The Biotech Revolution
- Part 3: The Quantum Revolution
The Century of the Self: