external monologue

bulb

on tuesday night my roommate brent returned from his annual family vacation in cancun. it was a rainy night when i picked him up at the chattanooga airport and as i was waiting in my car i started fiddling with some of the settings on my new camera. and i discovered that it has a "bulb" setting. what this basically means is that as long as you hold the shutter release button down, the shutter stays open, which can make for some pretty interesting photos. here's a first attempt.

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other stuff...

there's a pretty cool photo over on tenyearsofmylife.com today. wish i'd thought of something as creative on tax day.

kill bill 2 comes out today, and as disappointed as i was with part 1, i'm actually pretty eager to see this one. i guess i'm still hoping that tarantino will redeem himself and that what we saw before was merely an intro to something a bit more self-aware and dialogue driven. david denby, whom i often disagree calls it a "shapeless mess." elvis mitchell, on the other hand has this to say about tarantino and his film: "His movies are about loss and betrayal, and "Kill Bill Vol. 2" is a double-burger helping of those motifs. It is rich, substantial and sustained, yet also greasy kids' stuff, a wrapper filled with an extra large order of chili fries, stained with ketchup, salt and cheese."

and finally, the friday-mp3-of-the-week: aqualung's baby goodbye. i've been listening to this band for the last few weeks trying to decide what i think. this track is beautiful, and stands pretty well on its own. on the whole, they're certainly easy on the ears, and have a similar sound to some of coldplay's quieter songs. however, i'm not sure that they really have much staying power. from listening to clips of most of the songs on their new album, i wonder if wouldn't all start to run together after a few listenings. tell me what you think...