the village

at the moment, i have nothing to say about this film (apart from "damn, doesn't joaquin phoenix continue to look nice" (cmshaw, the answer is 'yes')) that wouldn't spoil it.

damn.

maybe i'll think of something while i'm sleeping (mmmmmmmmmmmsleep), and have thoughts tomorrow.

observation

every wedding i've been a part of the photo-madness for, i've hated the pictures of me the first couple times i've looked at them. we really do look different in cameras than we do in mirrors, and i often feel that i look like some sort of beached sea mammal when i see myself in photographs.

but with time, normally on about the third pass through the photos, i feel better. the pictures look better. i have no idea why this should be, but this (looking at my brother's wedding pictures, trying to decide which ones to order) is at least the third time it's happened. fortunately, because it's happened before, when i did first see -- and hate -- these pictures, i remember saying to myself, but you hated the ones from K's and L's weddings, too, at first. so.

random side note: i have now been in or involved in the weddings of, in order, college roommate K, college roommate L, and brother M. by my calculations, that means that the next wedding i'll be in will be of someone whose name begins with ... [looks at datlowen, darthrami]

perfect weather. no, really.

mid-70's, a slight breeze in the air, humidity below 40% ... i don't understand. is there a hurricane coming? (actually, no, because then there wouldn't be any breeze in the air, nor any clouds at all in the sky.) is the world about to end? did someone somewhere sacrifice the right thing, finally?

i opened my windows today, for the first time in about eight months. went out this afternoon to nag the eye-doctor people about my contacts, came back, and lay down on the couch -- what in the world can be better than a nap in the afternoon with the windows open and the breeze nudging the wind chimes? (well. the same nap without a deadline you know you should be working toward. okay. but besides that?)