Dec 29 2009
My Son’s First Photo
My five year old son used a camera for the first time the other day.
It’s his own feet. Either he dropped the camera and it took the photo when it hit the floor, or he’s bending over taking the photo upside down.
Archive for December, 2009
Dec 27 2009
Comments on “Food, Inc.”
Food, Inc. is a documentary film that addresses the problems of industrial food production. Nobody wants to see how hot dogs are made, but you don’t want to see how factory farm crops are grown either. We’re gradually making ourselves sick with this crap (which includes meats, fruits, vegetables and just about everything sold [...]
Dec 17 2009
“Avatar” Matinee
I have a Friday matinee ticket to see James Cameron’s new 3-D epic science fiction movie, Avatar. I’ll update this post afterwards if I’m impressed with what I see.
Dec 16 2009
Violin Bow on a Banjo
In this song, Lauren O’Connell plays a banjo like a violin, or maybe a cello. Kinda cool. I first heard about her from J-Walk.
I was wondering what she uses to record the songs and videos. Apparently, it’s iMovie and Garage Band on her Mac. Which makes me want to get a Mac.
Dec 16 2009
“Citizen Kane” – Wow
I’m not sure how it happened this way, but I recently watched Citizen Kane for the first time in about 5 years and was in awe of the whole damn thing. I was pretty much transfixed from the first frame to the last. Every 30 minutes or so I had to pause the [...]
Dec 15 2009
“Star Trek” is Tarantino’s Favourite Movie of 2009
He excludes Avatar, Invictus and The Lovely Bones because he hasn’t seen them yet, and he wants to watch some movies like District 9 again before he makes up his mind. But so far the list of his favourite 2009 movies begins with the new Star Trek movie as #1.
I will eventually write a gushing [...]
Dec 13 2009
Murray, Our Xmas Tree
We put up our Xmas tree yesterday. His name is Murrary.
This is the bare naked Murray.
