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Bad news.

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 20:23:23 GMT

Sam and Melanie's baby, Mary Jo, died this morning.
I got home to find Sam and Melanie outside talking to someone and Sam told me what happened.
I said i was sorry, hugged them both and told them we would be here to help with anything they needed. I didn't know what else to say.

I kept thinking of when my turtles died and how when i picked them out of their tank they were limp. I kept imagining how it would be if I picked up Elliott and his arms and head kind of fell back. I couldn't say anything else. babies aren't suppose to die. old people die, or people in car accidents. But babies don't die. they grow and laugh and cry and spit up on everything.

i told them i would pray for them. I hope that somehow they can turn to God in this time of loss, and not blame Him for it.

I walked around all day feeling that i should tell someone so that they could pray too. or so that they would just know. But it is too much to just tell someone at lunch. There isn't anything that sets up that conversation. it's too hard to deal with. It ruin's your day without you even knowing Mary Jo, or Sam and Melanie.

so what now?

paintings

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:02:56 GMT

here are some pictures of my paintings....so far.

"Watch for Baobabs" is finished.

and "pirates" is unfinished...

more to come later. I have to get the other camera working right.

Raquel doesn't like Juno.

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:51:56 GMT

meh, the camera has no batteries.... so i bought some, but we will have to wait till tomorrow to see my paintings again.

I like it when people like what i like. Raquel said she saw Juno in theaters she then said she didn't like it, it was a "generic indie film." and She could tell from the "Napoleon Dynomite opening scene" i said "fuck you".

anyone else and i would have been a pussy, and Jacob called it.

1st: A generic indie film is most often better than any and all blockbusters which fit much better the term "generic."

2nd: Napoleon Dynamite was okay until it became a culture.

3rd: I don't see any connection between Juno and Napoleon Dynamite besides a similar filming style. Juno had a much more in depth plot. and I like simple plots dammit! and this Juno actually happens much more than Napoleon, and i'm sure you can relate to it much better.

4th: this a million times closer than a wes anderson film than napoleon Dynamite.

5th: so it fits in a genre. a genre that happens to be kind of new and much more interesting, to me, than any other. how is that bad?

that is my spiel.

p.s. Raquel is my friend.

p.p.s. tyler doesn't like juno either. he likes it better than raquel, but also said he didn't like things being indie for the sake of being indie.
I don't know how much one can judge that. I didn't feel that way. I did feel that way about Little MRs Sunshine, though, so i can kind of see what they are saying. but, Juno was good. I'm sticking to it.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:36:52 GMT

new blog Hooray!!!

i turned 21 yesterday, am still yet to get shit-faced.
we rented and watched Juno and i think it is the best movie i have seen in a while. at least since Darjeeling limited. maybe i like it better than that.

i think the soundtrack is amazing. it features a lot of the moldy peaches and specifically Kimya Dawson. the music is pretty good. real folksy. the vocals are not super but they fit. As far as music goes it could be much better, but as a work of art i think it is amazing. perhaps my favourite music for right now. it is very lyrically driven which i value a lot in the music i listen to. I feel like i'm listening to something that means something.

I should keep everyone updated on my paintings. at one point i wanted this to be an art blog, and it was... kind of. more of a picture blog i guess.
i'll try to get some pictures of my paintings.

you should get your friends to read this now. if people want to read i'll prolly write more.

i don't care if you read it. but i think it would be more reason to write which would be good i think.

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