We're basically at the point where we have to enroll our kids in school here despite not knowing which of three states we'll be living in. After a very busy summer it is starting to look, though, like there will be no move at all.
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July 27, 2014: Nobody’s Listening Anyway
Man, it's quiet around here on the weekends yesterday, but with a third fourth straight year of these Twins it's getting to be a ghost town sometimes.
July 26, 2014: Almost Did it Again
I typed "June" first. I'm not sure what the difficulty is there.
June 25, 2014: The Calm
No work nor swimming lessons today.
Movie Day
Alright, I've got a little time to type something up here. Last night I watched this one...
The Last Days (Los últimos días)
2013, David and Alex Pastor
As I grow more cynical about big-budget film, it takes longer and longer every time I open Netflix to settle on something. Last night I got somewhat lucky with this movie which, despite plenty of problems, jumped out at me as a post-apocalyptic journey, which is something I'm always into.
The movie's absurdly stupid premise is that agoraphobia has gone viral due to a volcanic eruption. Thankfully, the filmmakers ask us to just go with it rather than attach some unlikely science. Anyone who goes outside ends up dying, which gets us farther from agoraphobia, but whatever. The rules are inconsistent; cars offer no protection but in a couple of scenes, several characters enjoy open windows and nothing happens. I forgave all this for a couple of reasons: one, it was rather well-acted. There are scads of extras in this film but only two or three characters important to the narrative. Two, it was artfully shot. Three, I liked the two lead characters so much that I truly wanted them to succeed in finding one's pregnant fiance, from whom he was separated when the world went to hell.
You'll have to shrug off some other nonsense - a GPS is used frequently and with pinpoint precision underground - but all in all, I'm typically glad when I make an unlikely selection, and this was no exception.
I have Django Unchained next up and otherwise the month's been light on film, heavy on video games and a couple of books. What have you seen, Citizens?
July 24, 2014: The School Problem
The most difficult thing about not knowing where the Milkmaid's interviews will take us is having to look at schools in three different areas.
July 22, 2014: Bang Bang
I watched Kill Bill for the first time in ages last night. It reminded me I was actually home on a third Monday and forgot about movie day.
July 21, 2014: Let Sleep Come
I can't take a third straight night of insomnia.
July 20, 2014: I’ve Got Nothing
I'm too tired to think of anything today, dudes.
July 19, 2014: In My Hands
I received my copy of my game in the mail yesterday. It was a bit overwhelming, though tempered by the sight of a mistake on the rule sheet that I have to correct before it goes out to everyone else.