Happy Easter! And this year, I see both the Orthodox and Western Easters happen on the same day. So my wish to all of you is for happy egg hunting and mazeltov.
This morning, I was listening to Dean Richards on WGN, and he was talking about this cute little rapping Easter Bunny Flash animation. He said he didn’t have the link, but if you went to a certain site you would find a link to it. Slight problem, Dean– the link you gave on the air was for a porn site. Ooops.
I finally got around to watching my new DVD of The Commitments. Man, what an awesome movie. I’m just starting the bonus disc now. Next up: Abre los Ojos, the movie that Vanilla Sky was based on.
New to the iPod this weekend is The Best of OMD. I remember when their first album came out– they were like a combination of Kraftwerk (though with cheaper synthesizers) and a Brit Pop band. It worked, though. As the years progressed, they added guitars, real drums, and eventually horns. (Fans of 80s music will know their song “If You Leave” from the movie Pretty in Pink.) OMD’s finest moment, though, was a track called “Time Signals” on their album Dazzle Ships. This was basically an overlaying, one at a time, of different “at the tone, the time will be..” recordings from all over the world, in different languages, with the time pulse synced up. A neat concept, especially for the geekier among us.
There’s a questionnaire circulating the blogs these days asking some seemingly random questions. This is similar to the thing that’s going around where you’re supposed to post “100 Things About Me.” My answers are on the next page.
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Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 18, find line 4. Write down what it says.
“what has happened to you, and you get the terrible experiences” (The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell with Bill Moyers)
Stretch your left arm out as far as you can. What do you touch first?
The left arm of my couch.
What is the last thing you watched on TV?
Part of the Cubs-Atlanta game. They were winning 4-1 in the top of the 8th.
With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
Emma asking if we can buy Disney’s Haunted Mansion on DVD.
When did you last step outside?
Last night, when we went to the movie.
Did you dream last night?
I don’t think so. I was really wiped out. Too many late nights. 🙂
When did you last laugh?
About 3 minutes ago. I don’t remember why.
What is on the walls of the room you are in?
Splotches of paint, and nothing else. Waiting to paint the rooms before art goes up.
Seen anything weird lately?
Well, the other day I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas, I’ll never know. Seriously, though, most of what I see is actually everyday kind of stuff. Although Becky just had a pair of Barbie shoes in her nose and said, “Hey, look, Dad!”
Tell me something about you that I don’t know.
I have never seen any of the Lord of the Rings or Harry Potter movies.