1. photographers. i dont know what it is about people and thinking that because they bought an expensive camera they are suddenly a photographer. maybe its people in their 20s and trying to figure out what they want to do with their life or something, but just because you have an expensive camera doesnt mean that im impressed with your work or at all consider you a photographer. it is a 'cool hobby' or job and i dont mind you having an interest in photography. but we all could take photos of our friends in front of some random building and then go to the computer and distort the background and blow out the colors so they look hip and 'artsy.'
2. movies. bond is coming out soon. ron is a big bond fan. he would always want to go see them. they are pretty good movies, but the last one was awesome. the bond franchise has done a good job with the recent ones, just like batman. he is a human again. i liked pierce brosnan as bond, but the last ones were ridiculous - casting denise richards didnt help. but now, at least in the last one, bond does things that are 'believable.' i know 'batman' isnt exactly believable, but its at least has a realistic feel, unlike spiderman or x men that arent realistic and they arent trying to be. anyways, the bond looks rad. even nellie is excited.
the other movie that looks great is 'australia.' its the newest baz lahrmann film. say what you want about 'romeo and juliet' and 'moulin rouge,' but they were both 'visually stimulating' and extremely creative. he's more than just a guy that 'liked film and so he bought an expensive camera and decided to shoot a movie.' i think he actually has talent and true creativity. maybe im hyping up the movie too much. but the previews look great, the cast looks legit, its about world war 2 (everyone's favorite war) and the director is creative. im intrigued. we're intrigued. we will go. 
3. beck. oh beck. i love you so. i want to name my first born after you. we saw him on monday night at 'club nokia.' its a small intimate 2000 person venue next to the nokia theatre. it was actually a great venue. it just opened. beck was actually the first person to play there. but the venue was clean and great.
but i dont really know what to say about beck. i LOVE his music so im a little partial to anything he does. but he's just a true musician. words cant really describe seeing him, just like words cant really describe when you see any musician that is really talented and they are just putting on a great show. you can tell he's up there and he is just sort of jamming and almost being selfish about the music. he's putting on a show, but he's also just experimenting with his music. playing and singing songs in different keys. remixing his own songs. if youve been to one of these shows then you know how it is. you have someone or a group that loves their music and loves performing and doesnt really do shows for the fans as much as just for the love of playing the music. sounds corny. i cant really explain it. if you dont understand then go see beck. he's so good. and a musical genius. if you dont believe me, see his show. sometime between his acoustic set and his rapping and beat boxing and his random dancer coming out during the encore youll be sold and amazed and so happy you are at the show. i love him.
4. siestas. so i started thinking about this the other day when i was at work struggling to stay awake at 3 in the afternoon. it might be a messed up schedule to us americans. but thats because we never do what is natural or what our bodies need. like how we eat fast food and work 15-18 hours a day. but i realized that im most alert every day in the morning when i get to work and then at the end of the day before its time to go home. but at that point i really want to go home and i dont care to be at work anymore. im sick of it even though im alert and i could be really productive. unlike those after lunch hours when im fighting sleep and i cant focus. which is a bad combination. it just leads to me being unsatisfied that i cant focus and then being unhappy that im working, which leads me to then question my chosen job and career and ultimately my existence. ok, its usually not that extreme. but i usually cant focus and the last place i want to be is at work.
which is why the siesta is brilliant. these people realized that they werent being effective at their jobs so they said, 'screw it. why fight it? im going home to take a nap, hang out with my family, and then ill come back and finish this when im more alert.' its a brilliant schedule. it will of course never work here where you spend your whole day working. no time for naps. plus, it could never work unless you work 5 minutes from your house. otherwise your whole break is spent commuting. which is no fun.
so it wont work here. which is a bummer because it would be so great and conducive to my natural desires. not that its always a good thing to give into those desires. sometimes though its good to follow the spanish. just people listening to their bodies. too bad these people also have a negative population growth rate so its only a matter of years until they are an extinct species. que vayan con dios.
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seriously about the photographer thing! i know so many people that went out and spent $500+ on some crazy camera because they think all of the sudden they're going to so get into photography. you know what i think it is? it's the cop-out easy way to be "artsy." just because they happened to get an interesting angle on their girl-friends when they were dancing in their rooms while trying on outfits on a friday when they decided NOT to go out, all of the sudden they think they're photographers. i'd write about this on my own blog, but several people who read it are actually these people exactly. and yeah, my readership is probably 1-2 past several.
I've thought that about photography too, especially when I've been blog hopping and happen upon one where I take pictures that are just as artsy and look better with my little digital camera.
I'm so excited for the new baz film, and not just because Hugh Jackman is in it. We're big fans of baz around here. And big fans of naps. Wish we could take more of them.
But MY photos ARE artsy Kent. They ARE.
hey kent, this is your crazy canadian sister-in-law. i grew up on a farm and every day at lunchtime my dad would come in, wash his hands, eat from 12:00 till about 12:20, and then sit down in his loungy chair and SLEEP until 1:00 exactly. His body would automatically wake up and he would go back to work. and he has been enormously successful. i think i'll start taking afternoon naps, too.
i never know whether to respond to people's comments. do people come back to check if i have responded? i want to respond, but wonder if the person will ever read my reply. i guess since i go back sometimes to see if someone has replied to my comment, ill reply as well.
silvs - i completely agree about the happened to take a couple of random 'artsy' photos once. i was a little nervous about blogging about it because the reason i had the thought is because i know tons of people that are suddenly proclaiming photography. but i dont really know who reads this blog or if any of those people do, so i figured what the heck. whats the point in writing if its not going to be controversial or offend at least one person, right?
paige - you can take pictures just as well as those other people. thats what so ridiculous about it all. im glad you are a baz fan. nellie and i saw the preview for the show when we went to see 'ghost town' and she has been excited ever since. i hope it lives up to it.
dave - im not playing soccer tomorrow. sorry.
becky - thanks for stopping by and finding this blog. i figured it was only a matter of time before family members began stumbling upon it. i checked out your blog and all of the photos. between seeing where you guys live, being able to take afternoon naps and be enormously successful, i think im sold on moving to a farm in wyoming.
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