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Monthly Archives: October 2007

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Saturday morning I helped to proctor an exam for $17/hr – it was the most horrifically boring thing I’ve ever done…but it was super easy money.

Saturday night I scored major points with Emily by taking her to see the “where the wild things are” ballet. Emily loves the ballet, and WTWTA is one of her favorite childhood books, so it was a win-win situation.

Next weekend, we are going to see Phantom of the Opera, and then I think I will be all cultured out for a while.

a weekend of food

Thursday night we went out to Surin’s with K. and N. The sushi was awesome, but the atmosphere in there just sucks. With its three huge rooms full of patrons, it feels more like a Thai cafeteria than a cool restaurant. We had a great time, though – and boy that Halloween party is going to rock!

Friday night we met up with L. and A. at Bettola’s for a fantastic meal. We had the whole shebang – apps, pizza/pasta, dessert. I was really impressed by the simplicity – and tastiness – of each dish we tried. They have pizza ‘in the Neopolitan style’ – I’m not really sure what that means, except that it isn’t slathered in cheese and you can really taste the ingredients. I wasn’t that impressed with the pasta that L. got – but the pizza and the tiramisu were amazing.

Maybe L. and I will go biking on the recently completed Chief Ladiga rails to trails.

Saturday for lunch we went out to the Taste of Thailand in Hoover, located in the same strip mall as the Silver Coin Indian place that is deliciously spicy. The decor was … strip mall at its finest, the sushi was just ok, but the spicy basil shrimp was out of this world. Holy cow.

I’m going on a no-eating-out kick for six weeks. Time to create some deliciousness of my own. Enough is enough.

I also bought my plane ticket to go home at Christmas-time (for my parents 40th wedding anniversary on Dec 23rd). It cost just as much to fly home as it would for me to fly to Costa Rica. Egads.

ache – jawbreaker

I believe in desperate acts.
The kind that make me look stupid.
(Look like a fool)
Just keep reinventing myself.
It’s move or die.
(I change my form)
These days the people I love
are spread so far apart.
(All out of reach)
It’s a thin sheet
Across the face.
(Cover me now)

That’s pretty old.
I never felt like this before.
I say that every hour.

It’s never going to be like it could have been.
Now it’s just this room.
(Window looks back)
You’re a big part of it.
But I don’t care.
(You take the lead)
And can you really see me now
Like I made me?
(Made me anew)
Just like anyone at all.
Safer alone.

So right, so wrong.
Another winter’s coming on.
You win, you lose.
It’s the same old news.
(These things go wrong so often)
Pick up the phone
and punch your home code.
Somewhere, sometime let me make you mine.

Lean your head on mine
Like you used to.
(Used to your lean)
I don’t mind if you’re faking it.
(Make it seem real)
I’m not asking the questions.
I’m not demanding the answers now.
(Take what you give)
Right or wrong, just take me,
lead me on.
I’m going.

some quick notes from sidewalk film festival

Films I loved, in order of “must-see”-ness:
1. The Devil Came On Horseback documents the crisis in Darfur through the eyes of Brian, an ex-Marine military observer for the African Union armed with only a camera, a pad of paper, and a pen. The documentary is a disturbing glimpse into what is happening in Sudan. Very disturbing. Please see it.

2. Darius Goes West – The Roll of His Life – is a documentary about an 17 year old guy with Muscular Dystrophy, who travels from his home in Athens, GA with a group of college students he met at a summer camp Project REACH. Their goal is to get his wheelchair pimped out on MTV’s Pimp My Ride. It is awesome – from Darius’ first view of the ocean to las vegas and the grand canyon and back. Lots of laughs in this one – and a good message too. Bonus points were given because Darius and the other cast members were present at the showing.

3. For The Bible Tells Me So tells the stories of five gay folks and how their Bible-believing conservative families react to the news. In doing so, the film also explores how the Christian right uses the Bible to condemn homosexuality, and explains why those Biblical passages are misunderstood. I cried multiple times during this film – it hit very close to home. I have never understood why my mom believes that Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13 are applicable to today’s society, when she eats pork and cuts her hair and wears clothes made of two different types of material. And sometimes I think that my whole quest towards militant agnosticism was sparked by the incompatibility of the faith of my childhood and my sexuality.

There were some other films I enjoyed – but those are my top three. See them if you can.