As Far As I Can Tell

A spam email message that I received last week wins the award for the unsolicited message to least waste my time. It was for a Korean website named Cyber Orange Festival, and although I can’t read a word of it beyond the name, I’ve gone back multiple times.

It seems to be a celebration of oranges, and is very elaborate. There are games to be played (which I can’t play because I can’t read how to sign up), fun illustrations of orange farmers, and my favorite: high-res photos of Korean people in orange groves.

I assumed at first that it had to be a Japanese site. In my face; Koreans can be wacky too.

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Last weekend I went and saw Frida. I’m told by Meredith, who knows a lot about Frida Kahlo, that is didn’t represent some key aspects of her life and work. That aside, the movie was visually beautiful, as you would expect from Julie Taymor, the director of Titus. The costuming, the sets and the overall feel of the movie are really high quality. I’d recommend it.

I saw The Black Heart Procession at The Abbey Pub last weekend as well. This is the second time I’ve seen them, and each time they started playing at midnight. The enjoyed the show, but I know I would of liked it more if it hadn’t been so late; their music is too enchanting and slow for that time of night.

That show also more firmly cemented my hatred for cigarette smoke. I go through phases where it doesn’t bother me, but right now I can hardly sit in the coffee shop without having my eyes hurt and skin feel like slime. After the show my throat hurt, my eyes stung, and my clothes smelled terrible. How do smokers deal with not only this, but with the smoke going straight into their body yet too? This is a serious question - doesn’t smoke bother smokers too?

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I got a copy of the book that TCUP is featured in last week. It’s really weird to see my photograph in a book next to other projects that I know and respected. I feel like it requires some sort of action or responsibility, though I have no idea what that means.

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I’m currently working on some website designs for Kellogg’s - our cereal friends from Battle Creek. I didn’t realize that they own so many other brands, like Morningstar Farms. I’m a big fan of Morningstar Farms veggie burgers and other veggie products. Their grrreat!

I have a teleconference to discuss a concept in 5 minutes; I’m doing the work through Biggs-Gilmore.

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There’s something very strange and psychotic about Miguel’s cat’s weblog. While reading it I couldn’t help but picture Henrietta Pussycat from Mr. Roger’s Land of Make Believe: Meow time meow meow to make an entry meow meow to our weblog meow.

Birdie would like to challenge Sophie to a cat fight. Meow.