My best friend in the world
Before I get in to my thoughts on Act of God, I'd like to point out a funny figure from IMDb. In the films opening week it made 522 bucks. I haven't bothered to research the budget on the film, but it looks so clean yet the shots have a raw and kind of grainy quality to them. Of course there is a lot of 'home' footage used in the film... wait.. why am I talking about this? I really don't know a god damn thing about moviefilm making... RAMBLE ON!
The documentary addresses the stories of several different people who have been struck by lightning and how they view their own experience. In depth, the film manages to take in account the full spectrum of reason. From gods of lightning and thunder to simple chance, the abstract principles or metaphysical effects are carefully addressed. While some stories of these 'acts' appear playful at moments, there is a general tone of despair from each representative, even if they have put this act in the hands of god or state they have come to terms with the event. To be blunt, they all seem pretty fuckin' bummed out to me, forever changed.
I'll never be good at writing about movies, so be it. I was captivated by this one, so... dearest reader, all zero of you - if you get a chance, check it out. It looks and sounds great, it highlights our biggest questions in life, but in the framework of a lightning strike.
I decided to skip bootcamp today. Feeling pretty run down lately, had an intense hockey game last night, have the 'monday nighter' tonight. The Monday Nighter involves an informal game of hockey with folks who are leagues better than me, so I have to skate a lot harder to get involved in the game. Its a ton of fun, and a good challenge for me.
In lieu of the gym, I am going to do 45 minutes of core exercises, some weights, and walk over to the liquor store. yup.
Deaden (a band I'm in) is playing a show February 8th at War on Music with our pals Scab Smoker and Wolbachia. It should be a great show. We'll be playing some new stuff that I am pretty excited about.
Started a new project with my good buddy "Joe" called Winding Shadows, the writing process is getting some legs, I'm hopeful for another good jam on Wednesday.
I'm fairly certain there are better words out there that will better describe my knowledge on current state of Egypt. It seems to have 'calmed' to a degree, and if the fear of being shot seems to be slowly dissipating quickly leads to my opinion of 'things calming' then I've already given some commentary on the amount of life and death situations I have faced in my life. There have been a couple, however in no instance have I had the barrel in site so to speak. Anyways, it appears that groups of young people have formed in the absence of police to monitor entrance in to their communities. My distrust and hope for the nature of humankind is at war inside my tiny brain right now. My distrust stems from where power draws us, my hope tells me that finally... fucking finally this is happening, a community in the hands of people.
I really just don't know what I am talking about.
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