I guess I've done enough posts lately about real shit (also known as things that are the least bit interesting) to allow myself to indulge in an all about me update. at this point I'm pretty much just typing to keep my brain from shutting off, so if I begin to ramble or misspell words it's not because of a brain tumor, or at least not as far as I know. I worry about that sometimes, although not as much since two Thanksgivings ago Dad took me to the medical college and got me a CT scan, then we hung out in the doctor's lounge drinking bad coffee and looking at my brain in slices. No tumors, but I do have a larger sac of cerebrospinal fluid cushioning my brain stem than most people! It's still within the standard deviation and doesn't make a damn bit of difference, but it's nice to be above average.
the last week or so has been kind of a big ole fucked up blur, starting with the severe insomnia on Tuesday night, severe celebration from rockin' my political psychology final on Wednesday night, and a severe all-nighter "this is my last paper of the semester oh god let this be over" writeathon last night, meaning that over the last 72 hours I've spent about... five, maybe six hours asleep. And now I'm waiting around in the library drinking coffee like I was in Nightmare on Elm Street because I stupidly agreed to squeeze in one more custodial shift today from 3:30 to 8. I honestly have no idea what I was thinking. Given my continuous torrid love affair with procrastination, the possibility (otherwise known as "the certainty") that I would pull an all-nighter really should've entered into that equation. Oh well, live and don't learn. However, thanks to the legally-prescribed magic of a 30mg Adderall XR taken about 10 hours ago, I am currently as energetic and erudite as a zombie on meth!
anyway, here's what I wanted to share in the first place before I wrote all that nonsense. One song. Two music videos. It's a song that gets stuck in my head a lot when I'm sleep deprived.
this one's the official video that they won't let me embed for some reason. If you're already putting your shit on youtube for people to watch for free, why bother limiting its ability to spread? Anyway, I just straight-up love the way this is filmed - every close-up looks like it's pulled out of this amazing and delightfully surreal Spanish movie I watched in my Opposing Cinema class freshman year. What was it called? The Glass Beehive or something like that? It definitely involved bees. It's one of those movies where if you're not paying close attention none of the actions of the characters seem to connect with anything else, but it had the best long shots of people's faces. You honestly don't even need subtitles, the dialogue is sparse and relatively meaningless, because the faces tell the whole story.
the other one I came across while clicking through political blogs, literally right afterI started humming the song to myself. It was all sorts of weird. I really like this style of amateur videos, even if this one feels a little too much like an overly cute Apple commercial. I can't really see it catching on beyond just illustrating songs or demonstrating the capabilities of Google Wave, though.
time to getmore coffee.
1 comments:
that second video was incredibly impressive, both for the aesthetic and time commitment. Also, interesting to see that google wave is at it's most useful when put in fast motion with audio playing over it. we should watch good will hunting over the break.
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