July 2009
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brettjohn:
Trailer: Alice In Wonderland
Everyone has been hyping this movie like crazy but now a trailer has hit and it looks AMAZING! Let’s hope the movie delivers as well as the trailer has. I can’t wait to see this film. Check it out for yourself
Wha!? Looks amazing!
Agreed! In 3-D, no less! A couple thoughts based on the trailer: 1. since it’s Johnny Depp as the Mad...
Treat For Sexx, by Mad Martigan (Bert Keampfert vs...
Motorcycle!
Four months and $820 after I brought it to the mechanics’, I got my Yamaha Seca II bike back! It runs all nice, the tires are new, the seat’s been re-covered, it should be good for a long while. I was a bit worried about the riding because it’s been like three years since I’ve been on a bike, but as soon as I got on it, it was fine. So—add one more option for the...
Storm
Crazy thunderstorm last night…hail, sheets of rain, wind, and lightning flashing about every half second. I was just on the couch reading when I heard the tornado sirens go off (in downtown Denver!).
Anyway, like 50,000 people don’t have power, and I’m not one of them. Damn. I like power outages! I’ve got about a zillion lanterns, headlamps, and so on that I could easily...
Favorite Movies
I wonder if it’s possible to look at a list of one’s favorite movies and see if there are any connections or common threads—are quirky comedies more often represented? Certain actors or directors? Shared themes?
Not that I’d know what to do with the information, other than its being interesting. Or maybe just a step up from Netflix’s “Suggestions for You”...
Movies
Last weekend a new cinema opened up down south, and they were doing a “shakedown cruise” for their new staff, with $2 movies, $2 popcorn, and $2 drinks. The movies were all a year old or so, but still, we went on Saturday and Sunday and saw:
The Dark Knight - Wow, this was fantastic. I hadn’t seen it yet, but it was really worth it. I loved the philosophy behind it (about how...
White Fence Farm
Based on a restaurant review in Westword, we visited the White Fence Farm restaurant, in Lakewood (http://whitefencefarm-co.com/). It was wholly bizarre. First off, it’s like its own little theme park: petting zoo, treehouse, carriage museum, gazebo, aviary, duck pond, gift shop, arcade, horse-drawn carriage rides, etc.. The theme is probably “Rural Midwestern America...
Fast Food, Deconstructed →
Fast food from Popeyes, McDonald’s, Domino’s, etc., deconstructed and re-built into beautiful meals. Still unhealthy for you, but pretty. via Boing Boing.
No One Takes Your Freedom - Mashup of Scissor...
Notes from Camping Trip
Bring more stuff in the car for post-hike, e.g. food and dry clothes for when we return.
Get ponchos for us and rain covers for the backpacks!
Get a backpacking frying pan. The pot was good for boiling water, but awkward for frying bacon, eggs, or Spam.
Bring side dishes. The two-portion dehydrated meals weren’t quite enough for two hungry people. A side dish of mashed potatoes or...
July 4 Camping Trip
Camping trip was certainly adventurous! Left Denver late, driving on crazy dirt roads through the mountains in the worst rain storm that I’ve seen in years. After some misdirection and a couple double-backings, got there and slept in the car the first night, eating Chinese food we picked up before leaving Denver (a nice tradition—it’s good not having to make food when we...
Hill is Burning, July 15
Hill is Burning is a semi-regular gathering of Mayor and I and friends and other Burner-y types, usually at Charlie Brown’s. Sort of a version of the old Burning Man Meet ‘n’ Greets at the Thin Man, only with a lot less regularity.
Anyway, this will be the first post-Apogaea H.I.B., and the first of the ones ramping up to BM 2009, so if anyone wants to join us and breathe in the...
Coca Cola
There’s always been a taste difference between regular Coke and “Mexican Coke,” which you’ll find in Latino restaurants and grocery stores here in Colorado. I’d always heard vague things about “less carbonation” or “sweeter” (both of which may also be true), but I just read that the real reason for the taste difference is that Mexican Coca-Cola...
July 4 Weekend
I’m really excited about our backpacking trip this weekend (leaving Thursday after work, getting back Sunday). First hiking trip of the summer (‘cause I was working on Colossus and Apogaea up through June). Got all our gear, got maps, got trekking poles (from Christmas, this is the first chance I’ve gotten to use them!), got freeze-dried food… Now if the weather will just...
