January 2009
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The Decalogue.
I recently finished a classic set of films from Poland called The Decalogue. There were ten films, each based on one of the commandments. I wouldn’t call these films religious in the sense that they were trying to push an agenda of the church or even that they had characters who were necessarily religious. Each film takes a look at a commandment and poses a situation in which the...
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“I don’t mean to seem like I care about material things like our social...”
– Animal Collective- My Girls
My favorite band at the moment.
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Faces: Ooh La La
That's Bogus.
The one concert that I was willing to drive to Iowa to see is 19+ show! What is that?! Who has a 19+ show?! The Hold Steady was going to play with The War on Drugs in Iowa City on April 7th. So I’ll say it again: that’s bogus. Peace. Upon further inspection I realized that it is an all ages show… Oops my bad.
Upon further further inspection I realized that this show is over...
Top Things of 2008.
So I want to make a top things list of 2008 because that is what people with blogs do and now I have a blog. It’s pretty simple.
Movies
5. Man on Wire. 4. The Reader. 3. Doubt. 2. The Wrestler. 1. Slumdog Millionaire.
Honorable Mentions: The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas, Rachel Getting Married, Gran Torino, Wall-E and The Wackness.
Music
5. Stay Positive- The Hold Steady. 4. Visiter-...
Slumdog Millionaire Crowd Scenes Shot Covertly... →
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The jittery 12fps scenes when the kids run from the Hindu-Muslim riots? Point and shoot cameras.
Wow, that’s really awesome.
“And we’ll wear it like a tattoo
Every scar is a smile,
To hell with the...”
– Cloud Cult- “Purpose”
“The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure.”
– Sven Goran Eriksson (via kari-shma)
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P.O.S.- “De La Souls”
Download the...
“I’m not right in the mind, I’m left, I mean I’m fine, just...”
– P.O.S.- “Music for Shoplifting”
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Bon Iver- “Blindsided”
It’s...
College Update #3.
Today I got accepted at UW-Madison today which is cool but it’s low on my list. It’s a great school and I could see myself going there but I just am looking for something with a more established film program. That’s where my sister goes and she loves it so I’m glad I got accepted so I have the option but right now, it’s looking like I have at least two others that I...
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Back to School.
Well tomorrow I’m back to school for the last half of my senior year. This break has been very nice, relaxing but it has to come to an end some time. The past few days have been filled with actually doing the homework that was assigned over the break as well as finishing my second draft of my IB extended essay. The next two months are going to be very busy as far as school work goes, a...
Winter Fun.
My friends and I play a little game in the winter time that we like to call “Foosockey.” This is, as the name suggests, a combination of three sports: football, soccer and hockey. A pretty brilliant name if I do say so myself. The rules are relatively simple and this game can be played anywhere there is a frozen hockey rink with two hockey goals. I’m not going to say we were...
College Update #2
More news regarding my college acceptance process! I was just accepted at the University of Iowa. It’s not in my top three but it is good to know that some people want me to come to their school. I applied because I heard they have a pretty good film program and I wanted to apply to another place within a one state radius of Minnesota. Right now (and this could easily change from day to...
Happy New Year, folks. Today I spent the day looking to buy one of these (which I didn’t end up getting because the Apple store was out and the other places I visted didn’t have it either) and going to the thrift store then going sledding and I had friends over at my house to chill and eat and play ping pong. It was a good time.
I had a great 2008, It started off very stressful but...