random (stream of consciousness) lists

mala educacion, third man, harold & maude, halloween, requiem for a dream, notes on a scandal, amores perros, talented mr ripley, mysterious skin, welcome to the dollhouse, king of the hill, clerks, ordinary people, ice storm, brokeback mountain, the wedding banquet, hero, the graduate, who's afraid of virginia woolf, rear window, m. . .

peer gynt suite, grieg piano concerto a minor, pictures at an exhibition, beethoven piano concerto no. 3 c minor, night on bald mountain, bartok string quartets, ravel string quartet in F, martin mass for double choir, bach b minor mass, purcell lamentations of jeremiah, shostakovich symphony no. 4, khachaturian tone poems, barber adagio for strings, respighi pines of rome, hayden die sieben letzten worte. . .

melissa hoover, rebekah fowler, rob huether, dean barr, ben rasmussen, liv loge, brent dummit, joel krier, karen miller, carlos smith, carlos cruz, dan ness, deepa nayini, scott king, jacobe caditz. . .

rock 'n' roll in arizona

best marathon of three! time = 3:41:46 (8:28 pace).

frozen marathon!

i'm about to do a marathon in "frozen" weather this sunday. while this may not seem out of the ordinary for january in chicago, this cold run will take place in phoenix, az! that's right, i'm arriving there tomorrow (saturday) just in time to enjoy a rather uncharacteristic bout of chicago-like weather. race day - sunday - will have a low of around 30 degrees and a high of around 50! not terrible for a marathon, but i was looking forward to the first long run without my winter running hat in about 3 months!

oh well, i guess at least i'll be used to the cold. . .

old thought

i know that everyone and his slow brother has probably already seen that genious flick, Mysterious Skin, but i just thought of it again today, and couldn't stop. as an adolescent and teen struggling with many issues, i used to take comfort (if you could call it that) in Gregg Araki's films such as The Living End and The Doom Generation. however, i'm quite certain that Mysterious Skin not only blows those movies away in nearly every aspect, but it manages to do the same to every other movie of 2005, period. when nary a mention was made of the genius that was that movie in neither the oscars or the independent film awards of that year, i think baby jesus must have cried.

if you haven't seen it, do yourself a favor and rent it. just make sure you aren't alone and near a full bottle of downers or a noose at the time.

a new year

so i'm not quite as savvy as many other bloggers, but it was evident to me that i needed a new slate this year, and what better look than to use a pic from little sayulita, the mexican village where we spent new year's 2006-2007. it calms me just to think of the view and the salty-sweet air.