lame stuff & great stuff
The lame:Most of my co-workers were away at a conference today, so I had a great opportunity to get a lot done in my lab without being bothered. The computer lab is on the second floor, and I had all of the hallway lights on, my classroom door open, and music blaring. After four hours of work I walked downstairs to fix the wireless connection in the library when the alarm started blasting my eardrums out. Some stupid a-hole had set the alarm downstairs at 1:00 in the afternoon without even checking to see if anyone else was in the building. The alarm is so loud that it is very difficult to think clearly, and I found that the disarm code had been changed, so I couldn't turn it off. It took ten minutes for me to shut down the computers I had been working on and to properly lock up, and by that time the cops showed up. I had to stand in the pouring rain and convince them that it was a false alarm. Grrrrrr!
The great: Last night Akilles and I went to the SF premiere of Inland Empire, David Lynch's new film. It was a completely sold-out crowd at the Castro theater, which added to the experience. Yes it is 3 HOURS LONG, has an absolutely NONLINEAR narrative, and is really damn puzzling, but we both loved it! Lynch is such a master of every aspect of filmmaking, that Inland Empire was packed full of compelling moments of suspense, humor, horror, beauty, and wonder, even though you rarely knew what the hell was going on (which was most of the time.)We discussed it for the next two hour straight.
The great: Last night Akilles and I went to the SF premiere of Inland Empire, David Lynch's new film. It was a completely sold-out crowd at the Castro theater, which added to the experience. Yes it is 3 HOURS LONG, has an absolutely NONLINEAR narrative, and is really damn puzzling, but we both loved it! Lynch is such a master of every aspect of filmmaking, that Inland Empire was packed full of compelling moments of suspense, humor, horror, beauty, and wonder, even though you rarely knew what the hell was going on (which was most of the time.)We discussed it for the next two hour straight.