You've got her in your pocket...
My buddy Ben Maher came over yesterday. He had to meet with Dr. Haykin about his Master's thesis. Ben's signed up to do a ThM with us this year. His thesis topic will be a comparison of Soren Kierkegaard and Martin Luther on faith. Ben's just finishing up an M.A. in philosophy at York.
Ben is also joining the reserves here in Toronto. He had his medical this morning, so he crashed at our place so that he wouldn't have to travel in from Newmarket. It was cool having him around. I always get my fill of talking philosophy with him, which of course I always enjoy. He specializes in the philosophy of mind. He's a big Kierkegaard freak.
Vicky made an excellent dinner last night. After we ate, the three of us went to Jarvis Street for their midweek service. Dr. Adams preached on Psalm 51.
Afterwards we had some pie and watched Cold Mountain. I'd been wanting to see it for a while now, but never had the chance. It's a pretty dark and depressing movie. I think it displayed the horrors of war well. The opening scenes were quite horrific. I was saddened to see that lack of love and care for other human beings in war. It was just a mob bent on killing one another in a dirty and gritty way.
I'm thankful that someone had told me the ending to the movie beforehand so that it didn't take me by surprise. I would have been disappointed if I hadn't known what was going to happen. Because I expected it throughout the whole movie, it wasn't a shocker.
I have to admit, I like neither Jude Law nor Renee Zelwegger. Cold Mountain didn't do anything to make me like them either. But Jack White's mini-role in it really made the movie for me. The fact that he sang Poor Wayfaring Stranger blew my mind. I have to go get the soundtrack now.
I think that Jack White is a musical genius.