Tempting...

Hello, internet. How are you?

Now, I don't drink but I think I might have just found something that tempts me just the tiniest bit. Just a little...

Bubble boy

The other day I saw a presentation on SCID, also known as the Bubble Boy disease because people who suffer from it are confined to a sterile life in a bubble. As part of the presentation, the group gave away a bottle of bubble solution with a bubble wand to people who answered questions. I managed to get my hands on one, and put it in my backpack.

Today I was in a really good mood walking home from campus, so I got it out of my backpack and blew bubbles all the way home. It was interesting to see how people reacted. Most people (including a couple people I know but not that well) avoided eye contact. They just kept their eyes down and kept on with their gray rainy day (it had stopped raining long enough for some bubbles, but it was still gray and cloudy). It was kind of sad.

One dude got this big grin on his face and chased the bubbles as they blew away. That was definitely the highlight of my day. The moral of the story? Bubbles are fun. Watching your feet isn't.

Samur-ific!

Yesterday I went to UVU to watch Yojimbo. Their foreign film club (or something like that) was having a screening, but only 8 or 10 people showed up. It was kind of sad. Nice theater, awesome movie, and nobody there to see it.

The movie itself was freakin awesome. If you don't know Toshiro Mifune, you need to find some of his movies and watch. Yojimbo is a good place to start.

It tells a great story (that will seem very familiar to Clint Eastwood fans who saw Fistful of Dollars) about a Samurai who drifts into a town torn apart by rival families. Toshiro Mifune plays this man with no name, who is called various things including Sanjuro ("Thirtysomething"), Yojimbo ("Bodyguard") and "that two-bit Samurai". Anyway, whatever you call him, he decides to help clean up the town by getting the two sides to kill each other.

I think my favorite part of this movie (along with other Samurai movies) is that there is no real boss inflation, and the Hero and Evil Boss aren't elevated to superhuman status for their final showdown. They're still just people. There's lots of build up and sharpening their claws, but once the actual fight starts, the two run at each other and one of them sticks his sword in the other guy. Then the other guy dies. There's something beautiful about that simplicity. No Die Hard-esque villain resurrection, just a good guy vs a bad guy.

Well, I'm tired of rambling about this movie. Go watch it. It's playing in a couple weeks on the International Film Channel if you have it.

I should keep a list...

The other day I went to a water polo game that some of my friends were playing in. As is my habit, I shouted myself hoarse. When I woke up this morning, I had the most awesome gravely voice. I felt like Edward James Olmos or Will Arnett. The only trouble was that I couldn't think of anything awesome to say with my deep voice. So, I've decided that I need to make a list of things to say just in case I ever find myself in that situation again.

Here's what I've got so far:
Permission not granted
Frak
Where's Sean Miller?
He's no good to me dead
[edit: I can't believe I forgot these:
They hit me with a truck
War, war never changes]

Any suggestions?