Mike, Mark, Michael, T.J., Jay, and myself had a grand afternoon at the Portland Apple Festival at Portland Nursery; lunch at Laughing Planet; afterwards at Pied Cow.
A lovely day.
10/16/2009
Apple Festival
10/15/2009
critque
Alligator
Bridging the gap between '70s camp and '80s cheese, Alligator is 90 minutes of time well wasted. Words can not express the sheer ridiculousness of this "film."
Chained Heat
Real tits, full bush, and forced lesbianism, Chained Heat is 95 minutes of frumpy Linda Blair and bad frizzy hair. Words can not express the sheer ridiculousness of this "film."
Some Kind of Wonderful
Nothing more than Pretty in Pink with the characters' genders switched, Some Kind of Wonderful is 95 minutes of twenty-something-year-old "teenagers" and Lea Thompson refusing to emote. Words can not express how shitty and unecessary this "film" is.
Mash Tun
Sunday, Vadim and I checked out the Mash Tun Brewpub on NE Alberta. It was decent, in my opinion: not awful, not wonderful. Their BLATO (bacon, lettuce, avocado, tomato, onion [and mayo]) sandwich was tasty; and I'm usually not much of a beer drinker, but I thought their Penfold Porter was pretty good. Though part of that could be rooted in my love for this guy.
If you're in the area, give it a shot; but I wouldn't make a special trip out to the place.
recent
Tuesday
~~ into town to kill some time before appointment with the podiatrist; realise I left all my insurance info at home; back home; back into town for appointment.
~~ per the podiatrist: all of my recent foot pain/problems stem from tight muscles and tendons which aren't giving much slack to each other. So, I have a twice~daily stretching regiment, heel elevations, orthopedic inserts, and a sleeptime brace to help ease the stress on one of the tendons of my left foot.
~~ late lunch with Mike at Kornblatt's. One day, we will catch them before the salt bagels are gone.
~~ *enormous* apple fritter from Voodoo Doughnut and quick visit with Vadim
~~ darkroom class at Newspace. Printed on fiber paper for the first time. Time consuming, but worth it.
Wednesday
~~ bus ride into SE for therapist appointment, only to be told my appointment is next week.
~~ work
~~ help out with Michael Chabon's reading/event.
~~ series of weird, random txts from some unknown number in Yakima, WA.
~~ guy at bus stop tried scamming me for/out of something; earbuds in and music playing, so didn't hear his speil or react; he walked away.
~~ into town to kill some time before appointment with the podiatrist; realise I left all my insurance info at home; back home; back into town for appointment.
~~ per the podiatrist: all of my recent foot pain/problems stem from tight muscles and tendons which aren't giving much slack to each other. So, I have a twice~daily stretching regiment, heel elevations, orthopedic inserts, and a sleeptime brace to help ease the stress on one of the tendons of my left foot.
~~ late lunch with Mike at Kornblatt's. One day, we will catch them before the salt bagels are gone.
~~ *enormous* apple fritter from Voodoo Doughnut and quick visit with Vadim
~~ darkroom class at Newspace. Printed on fiber paper for the first time. Time consuming, but worth it.
Wednesday
~~ bus ride into SE for therapist appointment, only to be told my appointment is next week.
~~ work
~~ help out with Michael Chabon's reading/event.
~~ series of weird, random txts from some unknown number in Yakima, WA.
~~ guy at bus stop tried scamming me for/out of something; earbuds in and music playing, so didn't hear his speil or react; he walked away.
10/11/2009
10/07/2009
10/06/2009
all that glitters
Prince - Gold
For some reason, I've been listening to a lot of Prince recently. A lot of Prince.
Dirty Mind
Purple Rain
Around the World in a Day
The Gold Experience
Musicology
3121
over and over and over and over and over
An intervention may be needed.
pinhole pinhole spinning around...
The Pinhole Camera class yesterday was a blast! And the fact that my employer paid for it made it even better!
We spent a part of the day making the typical oatmeal-carton-pinhole.
We also had some of the instructors homemade wooden box pinholes to mess around with.
(they looked similar to this)
And then, he also brought along the bulk dry-food barrel that he had converted into a large-format (16" x 20" negs) pinhole. That was worth the price of admission alone.
But, I also pulled out a nice array of photos; most of which impressed a lot people in the class. So much so that a few of them tried to jack my style. Whatever.
As soon as I can get them scanned (well, the 4x5 images, at least; it'd probably cost a pretty penny to get the larger images scanned), I'll post'em.
Tuesday, my second round of darkroom class starts up.
Free darkroom access for a month! Yay!
* in case you missed the reference in the title, here you go
We spent a part of the day making the typical oatmeal-carton-pinhole.
We also had some of the instructors homemade wooden box pinholes to mess around with.
(they looked similar to this)
And then, he also brought along the bulk dry-food barrel that he had converted into a large-format (16" x 20" negs) pinhole. That was worth the price of admission alone.
But, I also pulled out a nice array of photos; most of which impressed a lot people in the class. So much so that a few of them tried to jack my style. Whatever.
As soon as I can get them scanned (well, the 4x5 images, at least; it'd probably cost a pretty penny to get the larger images scanned), I'll post'em.
Tuesday, my second round of darkroom class starts up.
Free darkroom access for a month! Yay!
* in case you missed the reference in the title, here you go
well hellooooooooooooooooo 21st Century!
If everything in the process goes through with no hitches, then this will be my new phone.
It's through AT&T, and I was able to find a deal of 450 minutes (+5000 night/weekend), 200 txts, and unlimited data (at first, I was opposed to getting a data plan, but figured I'd give it a go) for right about $60/month. Which is about $5~10 more than what I've been paying Qwest for a rather low~tier plan.
A co~worker of mine has one of these phones, and I like it a lot.
10/02/2009
the donut place
"We would love to sell you a doughnut if we happen to be open at that moment"
The first time I saw this, I thought it was the doughnut place out on Sandy Blvd.
SRSLY WANT!!!
"AK 100: 25 Films by Akira Kurosawa on DVD on 12/8/09 (SRP $399, but it's available for pre-order on Amazon for just $299). This extraordinary set will come enclosed in a linen-bound box and will include an illustrated companion book. Released on the 100th anniversary of the legendary Japanese director's birth, the set will include 25 of his films on 25 DVDs - the most complete such set ever released in the U.S. - 4 of which have never been available on the DVD format in this country. Included will be:
The Bad Sleep Well (1960), Dodes'ka-den (1970), Drunken Angel (1948), The Hidden Fortress (1958), High and Low (1963), I Live in Fear (1955), The Idiot (1951), Ikiru (1952), Kagemusha (1980), The Lower Depths (1957), Madadayo (1993), The Men Who Tread on the Tiger's Tail (1945 - new to DVD), The Most Beautiful (1944 - new to DVD), No Regrets for Our Youth (1946), One Wonderful Sunday (1947), Rashomon (1951), Red Beard (1965), Sanjuro (1962), Sanshiro Sugata (1943 - new to DVD), Sanshiro Sugata, Part II (1944 - new to DVD), Scandal (1950), Seven Samurai (1954), Stray Dog (1949), Throne of Blood (1957) and Yojimbo (1961)
Each of these films is presented with a restored digital transfer, with audio in the original Japanese and English subtitles. The companion book features an introduction and notes on each of the films by Stephen Prince (The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa) and a remembrance by Donald Richie (The Films of Akira Kurosawa)."
If you loved me, you'd buy me this.
one wonderful movie
One Wonderful Sunday (Subarashiki Nichiyōbi)
An early, nearly unknown (in the US) film by Akira Kurosawa. One of the first post-war films of his career, and one of the first that wasn't nationalist pap churned out at the behest of the Japanese film studios. It tells the story of two young lovers spending their weekly Sunday together (the one day a week they get to see each other), with barely 35 yen between them. It's an incredibly simple tale and an incredibly simple movie with some incredibly complex characters and performances.
It's one of the best films I've seen in a number of years; and one of the only films in recent memory that has engaged me enough to make it through in one complete, uninterrupted sitting.
It's not really representative of what Kurosawa would go on to do, and go on to become, with his samurai epics and odd retellings of Shakespeare; but it's definitely a wonderful introduction to the man if you don't know him, and almost necessary viewing by fans and admirers.
a proper return
It's been out for nearly a year, but last night I finally got around to watching Return to Sleepaway Camp -- a direct sequel to the fantastic Sleepaway Camp, written & directed by series originator Robert Hiltzik. In his sequel, the events of the former sequels (Unhappy Campers and Teenage Wasteland) never happened and Peter/Angela has been locked in an asylum for 20 years.
So...no Bruce Springsteen's sister, no murder-by-outhouse, no weird character name in-jokes. Just a straighforward sequel to a movie that was made nearly 30 years ago. And, surprisingly, it's not that bad. As could be expected from a low-budget, direct to DVD horror flick, it stumbles here and there; but all in all, it succeeds. Obviously, it couldn't capture the magic that's found in the original, but -- much like the sequels before it -- Return to Sleepaway Camp isn't trying to be the original. It's simply a welcome new entry in a franchise that's been dormant for far too long.
so pretty~heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...
This was the last song I listened to on my way to work this morning; so it follows that it's been stuck in my head for the past 8 hours.
F U Q
Dear Qwest wireless,
Did you really need to cut off my service just to make me call you just so that you could tell me that Qwest was discontinuing their wireless service at the end of October -- the same thing you've been sending me letters and email about since January?
Did you really need to cut off my service just to make me call you just so that you could tell me that Qwest was discontinuing their wireless service at the end of October -- the same thing you've been sending me letters and email about since January?
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