First weekend of the New Year...
Well, Gentle Readers, what a great week it has been. I spent several days of it with Michele here in Muskegon, which almost breaks our record for the most number of days spent in the same state. So I'm in a pretty good mood, and instead of subjecting you to some sort of enlightening essay about a topic of great significance, I have decided to simply scatter some weekend closing thoughts out into the wind for you to enjoy.
- So I went to Brian's church this morning, and experienced a few moments of bewildering surreality when I saw none other than bcp himself standing in the church lobby, dressed as a wise man. He looked quite dapper in his robe and turban. I trust he plans to wear it to work sometime this week.
- Rendezvous-ing (how do you conjugate that verb?) with each other requires Michele and I to both make the epic journey to our secret meeting spot in South Bend, Indiana. The Amtrak might make our lives a bit easier, if only Amtrak's pricing policy didn't make it more economical for us to build our own Apache helicopter from scratch and fly to and from Chicago ourselves. But I digress. I tend to measure the drive back to Muskegon from South Bend (after dropping Michele off at the train station) musically; that is, by the CDs I listen to during the different stages of the journey. Today, Social Distortion provided the soundtrack for the South Bend-->Benton Harbor stage of the trip. The Cult got me as far north as Holland, at which point I switched over to NPR, the Official Voice of the Democratic Party(tm), for a few minutes until I got bored with listening to ACLU press releases. I then listened to Sarah McLachlan remixed by Bill Leeb of Delerium and Frontline Assembly fame (if being listened to by two dozen angst-ridden Goths in South Dakota and 1 pasty-white Protestant male in West Michigan constitutes "fame"); that was about as close to pure audio bliss as I figured I would get, so I put that on repeat until I got back to Muskegon. All and all it was a successful musical foray. Selecting CDs to accompany my on my car journeys is always a fun experience.
- Michele and I went scouting for apartments in Grand Rapids on Saturday. That was quite enjoyable, although it didn't turn up anything too promising (lots of places don't like cats, it seems, which is a problem). But it was a day well spent. If you can recommend any good apartments in GR, we'd love to here about them.
- I then convinced Michele to watch the phenomenally good Donnie Darko with me, and she claimed to enjoy the film although she wasn't convinced by my rather convoluted theory on what exactly is transpiring in the movie.
- confidential to Alan: I like the new look.
Now to brace myself for a new week, one that will not be mercifully interrupted by the occurences of any holidays or vacation days. Here's hoping you all had a good New Year's!
edit 1/6: I think you conjugate verbs and decline nouns, not the other way around. It's my love-hate relationship with languages, I swear.
Comments
Now that you've watched Donnie Darko twice, I think you should try to write up your interpretations, possibly noting Michele's disagreements when appropriate. Someone needs to explain that flick to me. I tried to impulse buy the soundtrack when I was on my regular pilgrimage to Fry's this weekend, but they were out-of-stock :-(
Oh, and i you want to say something confidentially, I recommend escewing bold text. Thanks though, it's getting better (tighter/neater) with every day.
Posted by: alan | January 6, 2003 11:38 AM
Ah yes, I would love to write up some thoughts on Donnie Darko. I'll see what I can do. If nothing else, I'd enjoy having holes poked in my theories by the likes of my illustrious blogging compatriots.
I love Fry's. What a bizarre, but cool, store. I wish I had remembered to pay it a visit while in southern CA. Alas for chances lost.
And yeah, the bold was less than subtle, but I wanted to make sure you saw it down there.
Posted by: jrau | January 6, 2003 10:36 PM