More Vidi-hos

When I used to ride to my friend Jeff's house late at night, this would happen to me all the time. But it was just deer faces. And I was sprinting out of fear:


Also, tomorrow, if I can swing it, and if I get enough commas into his sentence, I'm going to start doing my own morning ride on days off, cuz, you know, I want to have disproportionately large legs, and all.

- David

More Tiny Videos!

People love these more than they love my wordsmithin', and I can't say I blame 'em:


Bathtub II from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.
Apparently it's called Tilt-Shit Photography and if I knew this was how people in Heaven could look down and see the world, I might just start putting in some time on my knees. ...praying. Wait, what were you thinking?

- David

Tiny Videos!

Stolen from here! I love stuff like this.


Beached from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.

Bathtub III from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.


- David

Mobies

I like movies. I like seeing movies in theatres. Some people don't like to pay for movies when they can download them for free, but I like the experience of going to the movies. Even though they take a (Coca Cola-)red hot poker and jam it into my ass with ticket and concession prices. As long a your girlfriend doesn't throw it away (and I'm looking at you Kaseyfacey) that movie popcorn lasts forever anyway.

Recently I've seen The Fall and The Dark Knight. Twice. Once in IMAX. Suck it! The Fall was beautiful. I'm at work and shouldn't be blogging anyways, so I'm not going to go all hypertexty on you guys. Look it up yerselves. It was mostly everything I like in a movie. Beautifully shot, with purdy people, and a little girl with chubby cheeks and no front teeth. Did I cry during this movie? Yes. Was it because of Charles Darwin? Yes. I wish I could see it again but it's one of those movies that only stays at The Naro for a short time. I'll just say a few things then move on: Lee Pace is a handsome, handsome man. You don't need special effects to have a visually stunning movie. Sugar pills are not funny to some people.

Now. The Dark Knight. I love this movie. The action is fantastic: well done but not over done, exciting, and imaginative. The writing is very un-comic-book-movie. You forget you're watching Batman; it's just a movie. If that makes sense. And the acting: Christian Bale, I like you. I really do. But your Batman voice in this one was duuuumb. I liked your fighting style better though. Gary Oldman, nothing less than I expected. You are the man. Aaron Eckhart, you sure are handsome. Too bad you didn't get to bang Katie Holmes again! You definitely have the eyes for Two-Face. Am I forgetting anyone? Oh. Right. Heath Ledger. Heath, you make me so sad. You played the best Joker anyone could ever play. I want to be The Joker's friend, even if he does scare me sometimes. And he did. But I also love him. That's hard to do. You gave me chills. Both times. As Kasey put it, watching The Joker is probably the most bitter-sweet movie experience I've ever had.

IMAX actions scenes of the Dark Knight were breath taking. My definite favorite is when they're transporting a certain someone and a certain someone else comes and messes shit up. Then someone else comes and messes the second guy's shit up too. The entire thing is sweet and contains the only action sequence to make me literally sit up in my chair and speak some kind of expletive. Go see it.

Also seen recently was a re-release of Blade Runner. Lordy is that movie long. But I like it, and it looked really good. I watch it regularly while I fall asleep. Sean Young is hot in a kind of bitchy way and (young) Harrison Ford is the man. I'll say this: I'd rather watch long-ass Blade Runner than the new Indiana Jones. That's for sure.

Okay, I'm outie for now. I'm tired as balls and twice as ugly so I gotta conserve my energy.

Keep it real, dawgs.

- David

Farewell, My Lovely

Oldboy is a great god damn movie (thanks be to Aero!). A very strange movie, yes. But still, a great god damn movie. It has action! It has drama! It has comedy! It has the longest uncut fight scene in movie history! Saying anything about the story gives it away, so I won't. Be even if I did, the last parts of the movie are crazy and unexpected. All the acting is amazing and the story is intense. One of my favorite movies of all time. And the soundtrack? Beautiful.

Today I got lucky and found two awesome books. It was kinda funny, after going to have lunch/dinner at 3:30pm (slept in till 2:00pm, hey, I was working late!) at the 5 and Diner and then hanging out at Staples for a bit, we just decided to drive around and ended up at the mall. Being pretty broke until Wednesday we headed for the only bookstore in the place. Not even one I'd ever heard of.

So I go to their Religious section and 4.5 of the 5 shelves are Christian stuff which is understandable but still kind of frustrating. But on the last shelf near the bottom is a small section of Buddhism and an even smaller section of Taoism.

I managed to find a book by Thich Nhat Hanh, a Buddhist monk I've only just found through podcasts. Just from a few talks I've listened to I really like him. His teachings are very profound and simple and I love the way he talks. It's very calming and compassionate. The book I found was "The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching". The fact that Thich Nhat Hanh wrote it and it's about the core of Buddha's teaching was a one-two knock out for me and I didn't even read the back before buying it. I still haven't, haha.

The other book is the "Tao Te Ching" translated by Gia-Fu Feng and Jane English. I've been reading some translations online but it's slower going that way for me because of more distractions and after all, it is the Internet. Who knows how valid the translations and interpretations I'm reading are? Just cuz it's on the Interweb don't make it true! I'm really excited to learn more about this philosophy and this book was just what I was looking for.

I also got a nice journal cheap to help me keep notes. I put my "I Am Ten Ninjas" sticker on it, so it looks all mysterious!

While I was in Staples I noticed that HP has put out customizable printable covers for the iPod. After payday I'm gonna pick up a pack and see if they work with our Canon printer. Usually HP paper comes out looking like ass but hopefully this works out. I've been trying to decide what cover to get for my scratched up iPod. Ones I can make myself are the perfect idea!

Lately I've been thinking that a lot of Buddhist schools are too complex. The Buddha's teachings are very simple and direct and I feel that over the years too much unnecessary stuff has been laid on top. For some this isn't a problem, but I feel that I need something simple and pure. I picked Tibetan Buddhism to follow because it seemed to be the closest to the original teachings, but I've been wondering if there is anything closer out there. After over a year with Tibetan Buddhism I'm thinking about following a different school, if I can find a better one out there. More updates to come as this goes along, and any suggestions and advice is most welcome.

Have a great day, filled with peace and success!

- BuddhaDave

Simple minds, simple pleasures.