Fell asleep watching the movie Harold and Maude last night… it’s been years since I had seen the movie. I forgot how Cat Steven heavy it was too.
Movie 34/365
Having fun at work is a high priority for anyone that works at the IMD department at M.E.T.C.
There’s been talk of getting NERF guns but we opted to go with indoor basketball.
Every Day
I wish I could find a copy of the Netflix movie poster for the movie “Every Day”… I envisioned the movie being a little romantic comedy about Liev Schreiber choosing between Helen Hunt (who peeled like 25 pounds off) and the sultry Carla Gugino.
The film however is about Live Schreiber dealing with a couple of silly issues and him getting a pass on cheating on his wife (Helen Hunt) because her father is at death’s door.
The best part of the movie is getting a couple of laughs out of Eddie Izzard.
I would recommend watching this if you happen upon it but do not put any effort into seeking it out.
Movie 33/265
Amos did something today that he’s never done before… I rushed upstairs after walking Elliot so that I could just sit down and decompress after a long day. Amos chased after me and attempted to disrupt my every step around the apartment. Just as I was reaching for my phone to call my dad back - Amos leapt into the air and landed on my right shoulder to demand attention.
Took a photo right after that and the lyric “The Beast and Dragon, Adored” popped into my head.
Eames: The Architect and the Painter
Watched a beautiful documentary today on Netflix called “Eames: the Architect and the Painter”
It looked at the creative and loving relationship between Charles and Ray Eames. A relationship I didn’t really know very much about outside of their work with their Herman Miller efforts.
It was amazing to see their contributions to film, art and architecture.
I am constantly stunned how many important people come out of Detroit.
Movie 32/365
When I got into the office today, it was great (not saying this sarcastically either) to see that my co-workers missed me immensely.
Circus Peanuts →
Bet you didn’t know that I’m a character in an online cartoon strip. Well, after taking a number of years off… there’s word that the Circus Peanuts may come back soon.
Dark Shadows →
Sorta poaching this from Terrible Ted, but you gotta check out this box set for the show Dark Shadows.
I’ve never seen a single episode of “Dark Shadows” but this box set sounds really tasty.
131 DVD’s, 15.5 pounds, 1,225 Complete Episodes (this is fucking insane) : $540 dollars thru Amazon.com
Until the Light Takes Us
A few years ago I picked up a book called “Lords of Chaos: the Bloody Rise of the Satanic Metal Underground”… an outline of sorts that starts with the origins of “Heavy Metal” progressing up to Norwegian Black metal scene. 
If you’re not familiar with the subject and you’d rather not delve to deeply into this word - I recommend checking out the movie : METAL : A Headbanger’s Journey
They touch on this subject really nicely…
The book Lords of Chaos has come under a lot of scrutiny since its release… and until now I never thought I would get to take in a first hand take of the Norwegian Black Metal scene.
Until the Light Takes Us - sorta does this…. The documentary gets first hand interviews with key individuals who took part in both (suspected) Church burnings and Murder.
The only problem however is that the documentary is really hard to get through… I found a number of the key interview subjects to be pretty boring. The documentary sorta loops around 2 specific things - Murders of various people and the burning of Churches where everyone on film seemed to deny taking part in it but are delighted to see that they burned down.
Maybe I missed something in the telling of what happened thru the eyes of the Norwegian Black Metalists… but I guess there isn’t just much to get.
Sticking around the apartment so that my landlord can do a key audit and have my fire extinguisher checked out by the Live Oak fire department.