I wanted to be them, but instead I destroyed myself.

Now that I'm back in the swing of work and the cool weather is here (not sure what the weather has to do with this...)I have more time to read. During the summer, especially the past few summers, I have been bogged down by the energy hoarder known as Quest Camp. During Fall though, given the gloomy weather and what not, it's prime time to get your read on. Currently finishing up Pygmy and just started Jesus' Son which I'm already in love with. I recently finished Everything is Illuminated and enjoyed it. It was told from a few different perspectives and over many years. It was confusing at times when it was telling the story of the hero's relatives back in the 1700 and 1800's. Overall though it was highly enjoyable. I had seen the film that was based on the book a few years back and it took me by surprise how much I liked it. I knew next to nothing about it, but was very pleased with it. Now that I finished the book and it's been a while since I saw the film, I wouldn't mind seeing it again actually.



Last Tuesday Kim and I were lucky enough to go and catch Sunny Day Real Estate at the Fillmore. They've been pretty much for almost 10 years. With all the original members, they took the stage playing primarily songs from their first two releases Diary and LP2 with one new song and one song from How It Feels To Be Something On. Diary is one of my favorite albums ever so for them to play a nice chunk of songs from that record was pretty exciting for me.



They sounded incredible and this show was exactly what I needed. Every one in the audience was excited to be there and there were no assholes...not around us anyway which is pretty rare.



The fact that they played a new song gives me hope that they are working on a new album which hopefully means another tour. With them though, you never know. Spanning 4 albums and 1 live album, they've broken up multiple times, sometimes bringing in new members, which fortunately is not the case this time.

I really want to see Paranormal Activity, Where The Wild Things Are, The Informant, and A Serious Man. Soon enough. I'm moving through my netflix at a steady pace. Most recently:

Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill - Not too bad. Interesting, but kind of boring to me.
Coraline - Good animation, but not all that great. Didn't live up to the hype I was subject to.
Eastbound and Down: Season 1 - Funny for the first 10 minutes, but pretty repetitive and tiresome.
Revolutionary Road - Great performances. Great costumes and set pieces. Decent film. I'm assuming the book is far superior.
Crank 2 - Highly entertaining. More below in the previous entry.
Away We Go - Funny and heartfelt. I wanted the best for the main characters. Great soundtrack as well.
Sunshine Cleaning - Funny, but more serious than funny. Kind of falsely advertised. A good rental though.
The Dirty Dozen - Best thing I've rented in quite a while. Great cast and complete fun all throughout.
The Education of Charlie Banks - Meh at it's best. I didn't really care about the characters, just hated some.
Broken English - Meh as well. A good rental if you can't find anything else. Parker Posey is awesome as always so it was fun to watch her. I'm also a fan of Justin Theroux.