Burning Out the Next Twelve Days

School is around the corner and I'm burning up the last few days.  What's in store for Better Live?

Well first, I'm planning a Stanley Kubrick movie marathon.  Won't be a mind-bender like the Lynchathon but should turn us deeply introspective.

The plan:
The Killing  (1956)
Dr. Strangelove  (1964)
2001: A Space Odyssey  (1968)
Eyes Wide Shut  (1999)

Spans his entire career (ignoring a couple movies before The Killing) and four different genres.  Genius-level inspiration- highly anticipated.


AU and D.C. will give me plenty to write about especially when I rejoin forces with the Tin Can Partier- Benjamin Miller.  I see only glory and fortune in the future.  Pretty similar to what I see in the mirror...

When Life is Slow

It's hard to write a blog about interesting events when you aren't doing anything.  But sometimes you gotta squint, refocus, and change your f-stop to really see what's in front of you.  Even easier now with iOS video tap-to-focus!

In small, not-really-big-on-the-international-scene news, Germany overtook Australia in a daunting 4-0 victory.  Watching Podolski and Klose rail (and head) in shots past Australia's ailing defense was exciting, but goals three and four failed to make me sit up straighter.  I mostly felt bad for those tired legs.

And I didn't even care about soccer before!

Chris Johnson plays football

In other news, some friends are graduating from high school tomorrow and it brought back all my memories- Finishing up classes at the quickly-turning-to-crap Quakertown High School, sitting in Stabler Arena with 450 of my peers trying to listen to idiot speakers amble their way through pointless and poorly crafted speeches (one spent five minutes discussing the difference between Dr. Pepper and Mr. Pibb, the other asked us to picture what we want on our tombstone).

It'll be a good summer of grad parties.  But I'm mostly waiting to get back to D.C.  You know the feeling.