Corpse Bride
two new toys for my office. will take pics soon.
munich. and xmas.
so it’s xmas. or so they say. if xmas is supposed to be cold, rainy or snowy, then i haven’t seen that here at all. it was almost 65 today and there i was, swimming at the pool, lounging around catching some sun and staring at the trees and grass fields of my campus.
and then movies. yes, movies. apparently, the only thing that never closes in america is the theatre. so there i am, me and my friends, watching munich. and the thing is full. sold out. amazing. probably even more so when considering how non-xmas this movie is.
it’s been billed spielberg’s masterpiece and yes, it is. it’s on par or even better than schindler’s list and it’s about the munich massacre at the olympics back in the 70s. stunning. long. but incredible.
and after that, coming back home and turning on pbs reminding me that there’s also some good channels. stevie nicks is singing an acoustic song. and it brings me back to the burning of the temple. and it makes me smile. cause i have to be the luckiest person alive.
merry xmas everyone.
new posters…
finally getting the chance to start hanging some of my posters. the first three got done today.
i think they look awesome.
Black Rock City
I miss this town. The wind. The people. The dust. The music. The smiles. The hugs. The love.
Knick-Knack
The tree not alone anymore.
The snowman not alone anymore.
Keep smiling. Merry Christmas.
mri
so i did it. my first mri. have to say i found it fascinating. just sitting there, going in the tube, seeing everything disappear in a second… the noise was completely muffled by some earplugs they gave me and some soft isolating pillows that were used to keep my head in place… head strapped to the bed to hold still for half an hour or so.
what did i think? dunno. to be honest i don’t remember what i was thinking. i was just imagining i guess all that stuff going in my brain, reacting with my cells and coming back to the computer to produce an image. i could see the woman sitting in the computer, and she would talk to me sometimes over a microphone too.
15 mins later i had all my prints and a cdrom with all the slides and a software program that does everything you could imagine a doctor would do. even does 3d reconstructions of my brain and head. it’s amazing. i can’t stop playing with it.
it really amazes me how we can achieve such high quality images. i had never seen the inside of my brain. it’s amazing. so small, yet all my emotions, thoughts, actions, beliefs, are all somehow contained in that thing. and i can stare at it for hours. life is
unbelievable…
(you need quicktime to see the following movie)
mri animation
