barrington99@gmail.com Yesterday I spent the whole day cleaning and moving us out of our summer house sit, then went with to Walmart with Paul on his nightly craft-services run for his current film at school. (Craft services is the snacks table on a film set.) Per the list he was given, we bought probably twenty-five 2-liter … Read more
They have one of those i-pod vending machines at the Indianapolis Airport. It looks like a big freezer case with a touch screen. Items for sale included i-pods of various sizes, self contained audio books with little headsets attached (fortunately all Dan Brown books so I wasn’t incredibly tempted) ipod arm bands, and a couple … Read more
OK Go – Here It Goes Again The Leach Center–our campus gym– opens back up this week. Although I mostly like the elliptical machines, treadmills are cool, too.
My little vacation is coming to an end…butI’ve had a great time. In addition to my family and girlfriends, I have seen my friend Tom M and met his wife and their new baby. I’ve visited Jenny and Dennis at their new venture–an art gallery and yoga store, and seen my friends Troy and Rosie. … Read more
Still in Indiana. Tuesday afternoon three friends, Suma, Anne and Amy, who I’ve known since elementary school, junior high, and high school, respectively, converged at my parents’ house. Had a great time over sushi dinner out (They have a sushi restaurant in Terre Haute now!). After we returned to the house and played a game … Read more
Travel Day Ah the dilemma…to discuss international events? Or food….I guess that’s not really a dilemma at all, is it? I traveled to my parents’ house in Indiana today, and as I sat on my U.S Airways flight from Tallahassee to Charlotte, the beverage cart approached–something I was unusually excited about, since today’s increased security … Read more
We just had the big “Screening” weekend of the year at the Film School. Friday night, the students who are just finishing their first year, debuted their second directing projects. Twenty-five 6-minute films were shown, Paul’s among them. It was called “Porn and Protons” and was a comedy about a married couple whose attempts to … Read more
Periodically I go through a phase where I feel completely out of control of everything. Like I can’t wrap my head around any single aspect of life: Not finances, not career, not our household, not our marriage. Normally these things pretty much just float in the atmosphere above my head, and I guess through some … Read more
I have a strange, late-night addiction to internet cancer surfing. I doubt it is particularly healthy. More likely it would be healthier to go to bed before 2 AM for once and get a bit more sleep. I got in the habit after I was diagnosed and was facing decisions regarding treatment options. I spent … Read more
Earlier today (today still being Thursday even thought it’s not), I had what I thought at the moment was a really profound thought: Why is china—like the dinnerware- called china? My immediate thought was, because it’s made in China. But if that were our predominant labeling system, many other things would also be called china: … Read more