Picture of the day. It snowed this morning but it didn't close school so here I am outside Westby, which doesn't even house most of my classes but it seems like I spend most of my time at Rowan here anyway. I have two hours between classes every Tuesday and Thursday so I have a good amount of time to kill.
My Art History III class is alright but it's a tease. We are looking at paintings that deal with subject matter I'm interested in like Greek gods and goddesses but we talk about the artist's style more than the subject matter. It's still interesting, just makes me want to take Greek and Roman mythology classes.
Aesthetics class is more my kind of thing. It's a philosophy class that deals with the ideas about beauty and art. We read a lot and we read interesting things like Plato and Euripides. We just read the Greek tragedy "The Bacchae" by Euripides. It's cool to be able to read something like that and then have a conversation about it with other people. I'm looking forward to more of that.
I originally started Stories Unfinished to challenge myself to find new ways to photograph the things I do everyday. I figured it would force me to find creative and interesting ways of looking at daily chores and give me some good photos. It turned into me just feeling obligated to take pictures of desks when I substituted or the art building at school. I really enjoy actually being able to look back at what I did everyday last year and having pictures of my friends so I'm going to keep it up but not on a daily basis. The days where I just go to work then to school and then watch six episodes of House aren't interesting.
To make up for lack of posts (and the lack of creativity,) I'm going to challenge myself to take a good picture that will say something about the day. I will also post random other things on here, so it will be a photoblog but also more of a journal than a log this time.
I've watched quite a few great movies lately. First, Man on Wire was a great story. It was even better that it was a documentary of a true story. It is about a tightrope walker that keeps trying to outdo himself and when he sees the World Trade Center being built in Manhattan, he sees it as his destiny to walk across the two towers. Check this out if you have a chance.
I may be way behind on the hype for this movie but I saw it for the first time last week and I loved it. It was so... I'm not sure what it was but it fit the way I was feeling just perfectly. I was in a solemn mood and I didn't want to watch anything too loud or weird. I had this on the shelf for a while so I picked it up and it was just nice. The mood was great and the humor was subtle but just what I wanted. If you haven't already seen this, see it soon. Ah Bill Murray.
I saw Slumdog Millionaire in the theater the other night with Chuck and Nate. It was definitely a great movie for the big screen. I had no idea what it was really about but I'm glad we saw it. I don't want to give away the plot points, but the main character is on a game show and all the questions relate back to his life growing up and the girl he loves. So, through these questions we go back and see the things that have led him to where he is now and why he there. It was awesome enough that I might want to see it again before it's out of theaters.
I hadn't even heard of this movie before we picked it up at the video store the other day but it was a great choice. The main character is a college professor that nobody likes and he really just likes to hear himself talk because he thinks everything he says is wonderfully insightful and intelligent. He starts to wonder what his life is about and worry about his daughter who may be turning out a little too much like him. It's a great, funny movie even though Sarah Jessica Parker is in it.
"I wonder why I can
Why I go through it all
I know I love you and I don't wanna let it all fall
Try not to save me
(I'm not the one)
All I ever wanted was to care
Try not to care
Try not to save me....."
~ Two Tongues
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Picture of the day. After a mostly boring day, we went to Philly to Maoz for falafel. It was great as always. It was quite cold out but it was a good time being out with friends. We walked around the city a little, spending most of the time walking in the subway tunnels to keep warm. I always look forward to little trips like these because they're just as much fun as big trips to me. I prefer small trips with bigger groups of people to large trips. Maybe. I'm not sure, but they're at least equal. I just want more hanging out, going to bars and just doing things as a group.
