So...What did ya do over the weekend?

wil · 05-05-2008, 04:03 PM

They don't have pictures up yet of this years races, but you can get an idea of my weekend from last years pictures.

I wasn't a participant, just a member of the crowd, but seriously thinking that I should either get the scout troop, my church, the holistic community to put up an entry or me and the kids...

Baltimore Kinetic Sculpture Race: 2007 Race Report with photos and videos

path_of_one · 05-06-2008, 05:34 PM

Fun! Looks like a ball!

I went antiquing and picked up some craft supplies. I'm creating a bunch of miniature displays (1:3 and 1:6 scale) of antique furniture and accessories for a doll show coming up in June. It was a nice weekend. I haven't been to antique stores in ages. Always fun what you find, and you get to re-use everything that was used 100 years ago.

Paladin · 05-06-2008, 07:49 PM

Cool pics Wil, but I think the "Attack Of The Sculpturians" is actually a creature dreamed up by Miyazaki in his film Nausicaa of the valley of the wind.

YouTube - Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind - trailer

i know, i'm a geek

Francis king · 05-11-2008, 03:08 PM

..this weekend I performed as a singer in a concert to raise money for charidee...

Jack Halyard · 05-12-2008, 04:57 PM

A couple of friends from work took me to see "Rain: The Beatles Experience."
It was fantastic.

wil · 05-12-2008, 05:15 PM

nice stuff gang...

I took my daughter to a soccer game. They were outplayed, and outshot, unfortunately her team only held the lead for a minute and a half. Fortunately it was the last minute and a half.

dauer · 05-12-2008, 05:15 PM

I spent a quiet shabbos with my girlfriend and then on Sunday rented Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

Dream · 05-12-2008, 06:45 PM

Drove a long way with my little sister to see my other little sister graduate with her bachelor's and helped her move her stuff. Imagine a can of compressed biscuit dough on wheels, and you've got an idea of what my car was like. Open the can and...FOOOP! -- out comes the dough.

Tao_Equus · 05-12-2008, 10:46 PM

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..this weekend I performed as a singer in a concert to raise money for charidee...

lol....I want the youtube link!!

17th Angel · 05-13-2008, 09:06 AM

Pretty much what I do every weekend, (try to take over the world!!!) Saturday spent alone as usual, played some GTA IV, had some burgers for lunch, then spent time playing/wrestling with the dogs and then alot of time finding myself in deep thought, then cooked diner for my beLoved.

Sunday dogs had a long walk on the moorlands, then rest of the day enjoying each others company finished with an early diner over my mothers then came home... Ask me what I am going to do this weekend? The very same thing most likley.

17th Angel · 05-13-2008, 11:13 AM

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I spent a quiet shabbos

*thinks of the big lebowski and chuckles*

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then on Sunday rented Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.

What do you like about that film?

dauer · 05-13-2008, 12:41 PM

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*thinks of the big lebowski and chuckles*

I dug and couldn't find either the "I don't roll on shabbos" or "shomer shabbos" sounds online.

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What do you like about that film?

SPOILERSPOILERSPOILERS

It had Bill Murray in it, was off-beat, focused on midlife crisis and father-son relationships. There was something very triumphant about the way Bill wrestled with his shadow and eventually learned to embrace it as a part of himself, coming through the other end a changed man. He was an antihero, acknowledged as one by both himself and the people around him, and in some way it is the acknowledgement of his failings that seems to be most transformative for him. By owning his negative traits, his negative traits cease to own him. There was something beautiful about the man who was not his son dying and about the confession from Hans, and in the closing scene he is there with his friend's child who earlier in the film he had neglected but now he is able to connect with. It is very strange what he says about not wanting to be a father, the way he puts it, that he hates fathers. The film doesn't explore his relationship with his own father and that may be for the best because it leaves the focus on him as an individual and the transformative events following the loss of his close friend. One thing I noted that I thought was very beautiful is the way he transformed an enemy into a friend. Earlier he stole from him. Later his nemesis demanded money in return for fuel to replace what the pirates had stolen. Shortly before the rescue there is a sort of triumphant video clip of his enemy's sunken ship. But in the end he is able to rescue his friend without seeking reward. It has an almost humanizing effect both on him and Goldblum's character. They're able to connect face-to-face and relate to one another.

There were a lot of things I liked about the film.

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17th Angel · 05-13-2008, 12:57 PM

I had high hopes cause it had Bill Murray in it, but not my kind of film. Then again you enjoyed the darjeeling right?

Big Lebowski Tshirt - Shomer Shabbos - T Shirts

Tried to find his rant on shabbos in wav format couldn't find any, when I get the time, I'll make his rant into an mp3 for you.

dauer · 05-13-2008, 01:10 PM

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I had high hopes cause it had Bill Murray in it, but not my kind of film. Then again you enjoyed the darjeeling right?

Yes I did.

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Tried to find his rant on shabbos in wav format couldn't find any, when I get the time, I'll make his rant into an mp3 for you.

Thanks. I saw that shirt too. There used to be a similar shirt put out by a popular blog but then the company that owns the rights to the film pressured them and made them take it down.

Francis king · 05-13-2008, 06:06 PM

this weekend, I have an audition... I'm auditioning for the part of Fairy Queen, in my local Am-Dram production of Iolanthe... yah know, gilbert and sullivan...

very British...

I'll put it on YouTube and give u the link, Tao- then u can have a really good laugh, instead of the mild chuckle which emanated from ur previous post.. lol.. (wish I knew how to use the emoticons...somethings just never sink in, no matter how hard I try...) "smileyface"...