I've been too busy to blog lately. Busy may not be the right word. Call it: occupied. I've been too occupied lately with other thoughts and concerns to blog, or care that I wasn't blogging. So it goes.
But things are slowly starting to turn around; slowly. And I have an interview in Boulder next week which is better than a punch in the neck. So. Anyway.
What did I miss?
The Superbowl
The Giants played a great game, no doubt about it. But it was the defense that made it all possible by holding the Patriots in check long enough for Eli and Co. to gain their footing. I think we saw two things: The Giants defense were the only team that could match-up with the Pat's offensive line (unlike say, the Packers and the Cowboys) and going undefeated is just too hard. What would have happened had the Patriots lost that game to Indianapolis way back in the middle of the season? Would they trade an undefeated season for the championship?
Lost is Back
The first two episodes have been more than entertaining. They've actually been really good. And perhaps it's because I've been watching them casually: unspoiled and unobsessed - and just letting things happen. The new characters are interesting as are all the flashbacks and flashforwards. John Locke continues to be the heart and soul of the show and Ben can still manipulate anyone and everyone whenever he chooses. It will be interesting to see what happens when the present catches up to the future (or will it be the past?)
Movies
I watched a bunch of new movies last weekend (on DVD), all of which were entertaining without being anything to get too excited about: Bourne Ultimatum, Knocked Up, Ocean's 13, and The Kingdom.
Actually the Bourne movie probably is worth another look for two fairly obvious reasons. One is the crazy overlap trick it pulls off where the first half of the movie takes place during the third act of the Bourne Supremacy. It's also interesting to think about Bourne as a character: a person who only exists when he is in motion, whose entire life is defined by his context and his enemies. When he is at rest he disappears from himself; becomes a nameless figure floating, floating, floating. Desire-less and free.
That's it for now.
