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January 25, 2004
ubuntu!
Another good word which means "I am what I am because of you." It's of Zulu origin which seems to be popping up a lot.
I was watching The Two Towers Extended DVD and Peter Jackson talks about how he was inspired for the lead up to the Battle for Helm's Deep from a Zulu film he had seen years ago, and then I lear this new word. Perhaps I am being drawn to Africa since the Zulu's are in South Africa where I was thinking of traveling to for a bit before I jump over to Madagascar. Yes, my long-talked-about-but-never-come-to-fruition trip to Madagascar has been on my mind a bit of late.
Portrait and Profile of an Excavator
Posted by genex at 07:33 PM | Comments (0)
January 24, 2004
I love schadenfreude
My favorite new word of 2002 or 2003 was schadenfreude and tonight it was the word of the night not for it's meaning so much as for the conversations that surrounded it, and more importantly who I was having the conversations with.
I have noticed Julie around before and haven't been able to forget her, so it was fortuitous that she happened to walk up right near me at the bar and I struck up some conversation with her and ended up hanging out all night.
Not sure what it is, but there something about her... (maybe it's the fact that I noted her almost a year ago in this entry)
Posted by genex at 02:40 PM | Comments (1)
January 20, 2004
Quirkyalone
I guess my sister and I are both considered 'quirkyalones' which is a term I had heard before and just revisited when my Flavorpill email came in. Since Valentine's Day is coming up, I guess it's quite appropriate.
Anyhow I took the quiz at that page and I am:
Your score was 91. Very quirkyalone:
Relatives may give you quizzical looks, and so may friends, but you know in your heart of hearts that you are following your inner voice. Though you may not be romancing a single person, you are romancing the world. Celebrate your freedom on National Quirkyalone Day, February 14th!
my sis
Posted by genex at 02:33 PM | Comments (4)
January 19, 2004
No wonder everyone likes Aragorn
Viggo Mortensen says in an interview about the LOTR films: "The more I explored Tolkien, the more I felt I had two bosses: Tolkien and Peter Jackson. I tried my best to be loyal to both of them."
And on the topic of film, I found this site that has some interesting thoughts, one of which I especially liked was the Fight Club = Calvin and Hobbes post.
Posted by genex at 07:45 PM | Comments (0)
January 09, 2004
flying...
Ever since I was a little kid I remember enjoying flying. I don't know if it was the fact that I was doing something that seemed extraordinary or if it was the destination or just the view out the windows.
My first flight was from Chicago O'Hare (ORD) to Anchorage, Alaska (ANC) to Tokyo Narita (NRT). I always loved the three letter abbreviations and back then, the sticker covered hard-covered suitcases that always seemed to exotic on the luggage turnstiles...
I also love people watching and wondering where everyone is going, just enjoying the tension in the air. I think I am going to try and photograph people in flight this year, although with all this terrorism bullshit it might be a bit hard, but we'll see...
I want to find out where interesting people are going, why they are leaving where they were, and who they are (insomuch as you can with a stranger). Hopefully it'll be as fun and interesting as I think it will be although having that expectation has already jinxed it a bit I guess - doh!
Posted by genex at 01:19 PM | Comments (0)
January 02, 2004
What matters
There was this story about this homeless guy who's almost a millionaire that was in the Chronicle today. I like the fact that he doesn't give a shit about money and stuff. Of course being an alcoholic isn't the coolest thing.
I also saw Monster last night, and first off Charlize Theron is great. I kept trying to visualize the Hollywood version of her during the film but couldn't. Anyhow the thing I got outta that movie is the same thing - what really matters? If your mind is a bit off-kilter, then what you believe matters may still be grounded in the same thing as what is important to others, but twisted in it's 'implementation'
So essentially if love is so important it is just like religion and other things where ultimately people kill each other in the name of it, and justify just about anything, because if something is the most important thing, then that in itself justifies the means...
On a lighter note, on New Years, I didn't feel much love in the air, but a lot of alochol breath and general lighthearted joy. Only got two pix that I really liked...
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