Try not to save me

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

.dm.

This is where we used to meet

My thoughts have teeth
and they're eating me alive.
"Cliches do well to quantify my pain"
Some things never change.
I never change.
I need to take a chance and let it happen.
Who am I?
It's hard to tell..
It's hard to sell..

dm

16 songs...

Something ridiculous and wonderful we saw in Philly's Tattooed Mom bar. Outstanding.

Ragin' Cajun

Anyone else excited that Gambit will be in the new X-Men: Wolverine movie? He's my favorite character and they left him out of all the other movies for some reason. It's about time he got in one of them, let's just hope it doesn't suck.

LA Trip video

Untitled from Don Macavoy on Vimeo.

Caves

Much has happened since I last updated........


I drove with Nathan across the country. We started in Millville, drove to Idlewild Disc Golf Course in Kentucky, then continued on to St. Louis, the Rocky Mountains, Arches National Park, the Grand Canyon and finally, Los Angeles. It was a great trip. Some parts were much better than others, but I could spend a lot of time on the road. I wish I had more friends that would do things like that with me. I jumped at the chance to go with Nate since he was going out of neccessity and I figured it would be my only shot at doing something like this unless I meet someone new that likes doing things that I do. If I get to do it again I'd like it to be warmer so camping is a better option most nights. I love camping just not when it's below freezing outside. We only camped one night. Three nights were spent in hotels and one sleeping in the car. I need to get a new cot for camping as well.
Some of the most amazing things we saw were at Arches National Park. The hikes were awesome by themselves, but the views they provided were even better. Besides LA, that is the one place I really want to get back to. Los Angeles was much better this time than the one other time I was there for a short time in traffic. I didn't want to leave. Everything there was just great.

I went to see Jonah Matranga for the second time last week with Chuck. He played in a chapel at the First Unitarian Church. It was a very intimate performance with no mics or cords of any kind, just Jonah and his acoustic guitar. It was even better this time that I kenw some of his songs.

We had a FalaFest on Friday night with me, Katie, Chuck, Jordan and Sergi. We got falafels and then hung out in the city for a while until we could get pretzels.

Saturday we went to see Bayside. They were as good as I expected them to be. They played a great selection from most of their CDs, including Dear Tragedy, Don't Call Me Peanut, They're NOT Horses, and Landing Feet First. They played all the songs you would expect also and the crowd was geared up the whole time. I've had their songs in my head since then.

I haven't gotten a job since I got back from the trip. There hasn't been anything to take and I need the money, especially with only two more pay days before Christmas. I'm not getting you anything.

I'm in a melancholy mood tonight and I need to be away from people. I usually just want to be around people, but I just want to be alone right now. Maybe it's just the certain people I might see that I don't want to be around. I need to get out of here.

Almost time to go..

It's Sunday night and I have a bunch of stuff left to do before I start driving to California. Foremost would be packing but I have been spending my time watching House or.. updating blogs. I also have some art assignments I should be doing because they're due the day after I get back. I am looking forward to the trip but right now I'm just trying to make sure I get things done and I don't forget to pack anything. I'll be updating things from the road if I can get internet access sometime. I'll be updating on Twitter on the way frequently and sometimes with pictures on here. I'll need some luck to get all this stuff done but the trip should be awesome.