Monday Personal Notes

Sunday, February 26, 2006

Monday Personal Notes

I went to the High Museum of Art in downtown Atlanta on Saturday morning and really enjoyed myself. I got to spend some quality time admiring the work of folk artist and Reverend Howard Finster. The Reverend made over 40,000 pieces of art - totally kitch and lots of colors - with inline dreams and prayers to God. See portrait of Elvis, United States map and trumpet angel.
Speaking of art... The first video chain letter!
I danced my face off on Saturday night with Jesse and Dalas Verdugo's little sister, Stacey. We danced so crazy and so hard for so long - I am talking soaked undergarments and total exhaustion the next morning. I need to get out more. It was a lot of fun, and thanks to Jesse who convinced me to make the drive to Athens.
BOLLYWOOD - Starting at about 0:50:00 into Hum Dil De Chucke Sanam -- what an amazing dance scene! I watched this three times, back to back - really fast and really beautiful.
Just as I enjoy Bollywood movies, my friend Derek likes Mexican TV shows (he has a good excuse - his Columbian girlfriend watches Spanish TV all of the time). He told me about this show called "Pretty Little Rich Girl" that sounded neat.
Had a nice chat with a WFU student (Class of 2006, check out Groupvine) who really enjoyed the Center for Undergraduate Entrepreneurship that Page West is running. He raved about the resources, the space (open 24H), etc. Really cool to see that things are developing there.
Prediction: Match.com to buy Vimeo or another video-sharing website to integrate moving picture community into profitable dating market. (This prediction stems from my belief that YouTube and Vimeo will have trouble being profitable, and my other belief that dating sites really need body language!)
A customer made a suggestion at work that we do something for our brochures... "Take a picture of your small products next to a common item for reference - like a cigarette." -- How retro!
How long has it been since you last got sick? (For example, a cold or a sinus infection. A partially-stuffy nose does not count if you have allergies.) I might start counting - I think I have been healthy for about six weeks straight.

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Comments:

1. Bring it on! I like a challenge. Is it cage fighting, or a bake off? I just think I need to get mentally prepared.

2. I have been sick all year with something yucky, it seems. First year teacher...gross high school kids.

3. Did you enjoy Wyeth?

# posted by cara ishino : 4:56 PM

Hi Cara! Definitely cage fighting. And I didn't go to the High to see the Wyeth exhibit, but I did walk through and found the art sort of boring. I am not sophisticated enough to appreciate his use of lighting! But I did like the painting of his daughter on the private jet, looking outside and below.

# posted by Nick : 2:20 PM

I seem to have had one ailment or another (or my girlfriend has) since Christmas. Yucky European winter.. Well, we're off to LA in just over a week, so we're going to infect all of them :)

# posted by Peter Cooper : 7:29 PM

I'll have to send you some pics of the Center (all 35' x 15' of it). It really is pretty sweet.

Thanks again for your help...I'll catch up with you about it sometime.

Enjoy the new climbing shoes...haha.

# posted by Scott : 11:12 PM