random thoughts

I'm pretty sure I'm going to write my final paper for my film class on Ingmar Bergman. I'm working on a more coherent thesis, but I want to basically tie together the theme of repentance and silence, which goes into the lack of God (or perhaps silence from God) in several of his films.

Dan and I went and saw the Oscar Short Films at Kahala Theatre. I wasn't really into any of the live action shorts (except Time Freak, which has this trailer but it's really like only 5 minutes long).



The animated shorts were pretty alright. I really liked this one called Dimache/Sunday. It was about a young boy and his visits to his Grandmother's house on Sundays after church and sort of the world he sees. I really liked the animation in this the most; the other films seemed to all be computer rendered and this felt really authentic.



My neighbor grows a ton of cacti. They're are probably over a dozen types all around his house, decorating the walls. He spends a ton of time taking care of them. Kind of wonder what'll happen to them when he (eventually) dies.

it's still august!

I've been having a good week! The work load has become intense and I'm constantly doing homework. Between classes, during classes, while eating, while bathing, while riding my bike (only once! regretted it immediately), not to mention work at Starbucks, too. I feel like there isn't enough time in the day and yet I somehow get it all done. The only exception being my laundry; I've been neglecting that completely.



I have trouble studying at home unless I have a ton of background noise. It's pretty much the reason I opted to sign up for Hulu Plus. It's the first month free with a .edu email address, and the selection of films and TV shows are undeniable. It's cheaper than Netflix, too. Finally got around to watching 400 Blows and I really liked it! Never watched a French New Wave film before and kind of excited since Hulu hosts the Criterion collection. I have an assortment of titles to choose from!

Anyway I only wrote this to get away from reading more but I guess I'll get back to it. 157 pages down, 173 more to go.