I got things done today.
First off, I finished off my shopping. Well, I have two more gifts to get. I just realized, looking at the stuff I bought, I've been buying more for the kids than the adults. That's what they get for begetting kids. But at the same time, I'm not getting anything from my aunts, uncles, and godparents. Maybe because I've become an uncle and godfather too. I've been bumped up and all the good stuff are going to the kids, damnit.
I also got a whole bunch of DVD-Rs. That's for archiving a year's worth of work. That's getting done while I write this thing up. It might take a while though. I think I'm barely one-fifth done.
Been getting a lot of new music lately. Liking MGMT and Silver Jews is up next.
I also finished watching Milk this morning. That was pretty good. It's so easy to make a mediocre biopic. Just get the guy to overcome some hurdle in life, or die trying, then cue the dramatic music. Well Milk does all that but it does it pretty good. Gus Van Sant gets awesome work out of Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch and company. He gets Harris Savides to light it like they're rioting in the 70's again. But at the heart of it, I mean aside from the solid acting, is the really great writing (Dustin Lance Black). I like what was said, how it was pieced together, and how they chose to show the end. It was just good filmmaking by Van Sant.
Just now, between archiving and writing, I set up my brother's laptop so my mother could talk to her sister in LA over Skype. They squealed like high schoolers. They're talking about yesterday's Christmas lunch menu and discussing New Year's menu already.
That's how I'm spent my day-after-Christmas. Very productive. But the two more gifts I have to get are actually for my parents. So I have to hurry up on those.
First off, I finished off my shopping. Well, I have two more gifts to get. I just realized, looking at the stuff I bought, I've been buying more for the kids than the adults. That's what they get for begetting kids. But at the same time, I'm not getting anything from my aunts, uncles, and godparents. Maybe because I've become an uncle and godfather too. I've been bumped up and all the good stuff are going to the kids, damnit.
I also got a whole bunch of DVD-Rs. That's for archiving a year's worth of work. That's getting done while I write this thing up. It might take a while though. I think I'm barely one-fifth done.
Been getting a lot of new music lately. Liking MGMT and Silver Jews is up next.
I also finished watching Milk this morning. That was pretty good. It's so easy to make a mediocre biopic. Just get the guy to overcome some hurdle in life, or die trying, then cue the dramatic music. Well Milk does all that but it does it pretty good. Gus Van Sant gets awesome work out of Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch and company. He gets Harris Savides to light it like they're rioting in the 70's again. But at the heart of it, I mean aside from the solid acting, is the really great writing (Dustin Lance Black). I like what was said, how it was pieced together, and how they chose to show the end. It was just good filmmaking by Van Sant.
Just now, between archiving and writing, I set up my brother's laptop so my mother could talk to her sister in LA over Skype. They squealed like high schoolers. They're talking about yesterday's Christmas lunch menu and discussing New Year's menu already.
That's how I'm spent my day-after-Christmas. Very productive. But the two more gifts I have to get are actually for my parents. So I have to hurry up on those.
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