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I just got an email today from the Smithsonian, in response to an application I sent in six months ago, for an A/V Operator opening. Back then I would have leapt for it, but now I’m wondering whether I should bother telling them they were too slow, and that I’m now applying for the Dictatorial Overlord of the Castle position.
Heavy rain as I wait for the Light Rail at Cultural Center stop, Baltimore.
Photos taken with an Aiptek Mini Pencam 1.3MP.
Just watched Insomnia. Dark, dark movie set in constantly bright summer Alaska, with Al Pacino powerfully portraying a dubiously principled Los Angeles cop. It amazes me, how Pacino is able to pull off these vicious, gritty roles again and again, without ever seeming cliché; I found his acting thoroughly convincing throughout the movie — and Robin Williams only slightly less so. Insomia is almost completely free of typecasting, triteness, or even good guys — though I felt some heart was missing from the whole masterwork, as I felt no emotional investment in any of the characters at the final, tragic end.
Or maybe it was just that I knew the ending beforehand. In any case, Christopher Nolan did a good job directing this one. Now I want to see Memento. (And that backwards Seinfeld episode, too.)
Before heading back to Baltimore, I went to see the Post-Deer McDonald’s. The window had been boarded up, and it was business as usual inside. I had expected to see something; perhaps a news team, or at least a few rubbernecks, but there was no one but me: a smart mob of one.
(I don’t know what kind of marathon runners the RideGuide hires to determine “walking distance,” but the walk from Union Station to First St. NE and New York Ave was significantly more than “four minutes.”)
Photo taken with an Aiptek Mini Pencam 1.3MP.
Two deer jump through a McDonald’s window, injuring four. Right here in Washington, DC. Where the heck do deer come from in the middle of the city, anyway?
Well, since the McDonald’s in question is right beside Union Station (from where I’ll be catching my train back to Bawlmer), I know where I’m having dinner tonight. Pencam ready. Oh, the adventure, the excitement! ;)
Maybe they’ll even have McVenison burgers.
Heather (of Harrumph fame) was interviewed for a show on Net-25. Yes, that Net-25, the rabidly pro-Erap TV station owned by prominent Filipino cult Iglesia ni Cristo. What could they have wanted with our dear Heather?
Al Qaeda targeting trains, you say? Well, that can’t be good, considering that I ride the commuter train to and from Washington DC practically every day of the week. Well, in the event of a derailment, collision, explosion, or shootout, you can be sure I’ll have my pencam on me, ready to publish photos of the action. If I come out alive, that is.
Are you in fear of disasters and cataclysm? Don’t be! “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?” Even in the face of terrorism, the believer has a Protector, a mighty fortress for body and soul.
What happens when you throw 2 lbs. of dry ice in an airplane toilet. (Via boingboing.)
Update: Okay, Blogger’s back and working again. Ignore the rest of this entry.
You Blogger-users out there, don’t log in; they just got hacked. I tried logging in to change some settings on my mobile blog, and it told me I’d entered an invalid password. When I requested a password reminder, the confirmation said my login info had been sent to “hax0redbyme.” Don’t request a password reminder!
More from Blogroots, Anil, Tom, and of course, Blogger status.
I’ve changed all my passwords already.