July 2006 Archives
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
This weekend E and I watched The Godfather. He had seen it before, but it was a first for me. I knew about the horse head in bed, the bouquet of fish, and the tollbooth scene. And everyone looked so young they didn't look like themselves (especially Keaton and Pacino). But that's not what really struck me about the movie. What struck me about the movie was the culture and the family and the position of the family. Yes, I know, The Godfather movies have probably done more harm to the good name of Italians everywhere than anything else. It's
Posted by Chiara | Category main_page
Not just because folks like the infamous Dooce just walked in the front door. Or that my co-workers can have a heated debate on the value of the term "user experience" that continues both on email and in person. Or that we are going to get to take not one, but two private tours of museums in Washington DC during our User Experience Week conference next month. No, I'm stating that because despite all the cool things that happen in this office, there are days like today where I cannot find the focus or energy to do good work. Hell,
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I used to think my mother was crazy when she would close all the windows and curtains during a beautiful summer day. It really is amazing how as you get older, your parents get smarter. This morning E and I closed up the entire house around 9 am. We shut every window. Closed every curtain. We hung towels over the windows in the dining room and bathroom. And you know what? It worked. At least during the morning hours. I did have to close the kitchen door most of the way because that room (which gets the eastern/morning sun) was
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Is anyone else horrified / distressed / upset / shocked / outraged / I can't even find the words to descibe what I'm feeling at the way the world seems to be pulling itself apart? Israel is bombing Lebanon. Somali Islamists have called a jihad against Ethiopia. Ethiopia has invated Somaila. Fighting in Iraq and Afganistan continues. This is not to mention the problems that are on-going in the DR Congo, Uganda, Sudan/Dafur, Tibet, and other parts of Asia, South America, Africa. And this is just armed conflict. The amount of suffering is staggering when you add in homelessness, starvation,
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E and I traveled to CT this past week for a wedding and to see family and such. E had a good birthday; we spent the day with his mom in NYC. We went to the Botantical Gardens (got to play with my extension tubes for the camera - photos to follow), bought way too many knishes at Zabar's, had an awsome dinner and The History Boys was great. I'm really looking forward to see how they port it to the big screen this fall. The wedding was lovely. It was so good to see M and meet S. And
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Thank the fucking lord, we finally watched Gandhi. I've only had it since JANUARY! It was a very good movie. Ben Kingsley was so young! It did make me sad though - all that strife and suffering and is India and Pakistan and that whole part of the world any better off? There is still fighting. There is still mass poverty and starvation. *sigh*
