The world knows about Sufjan now-- he made MTV News. My sister told me as soon as I got home that Sufjan graced his face on MTV this afternoon. You can check it out at this link:
http://www.mtv.com/news/yhif/sufjan_stev ens/" title="http://www.mtv.com/news/yhif/sufjan_stev ens/" target="_blank"http://www.mtv.com/news/yhif/...
You have to use a PC and Internet Explorer to use the MTV movie player thingy.
They had a link to buy his music on iTunes-- I was surprised at this as well because the last time I checked he wasn't even on there.
So the word's out.
-boo
08.09.05 (12:55 pm)
sufjan on mtv and iTunes [edit]
08.08.05 (3:51 pm)
movies, books, and such [edit]
I am so sick of looking at my own un-updated blog, so I thought that I would write a little sumthn' sumthin'.
Lately, I haven't been up to anything too interesting. This last weekend I went to Cedar Point with my family. We camped there on Thursday night, went to the park on Friday, and then camped another night. I loved MaxAir-- highly recommended.
I have been watching a lot of movies lately and reading a lot of books. It feels good to chose what I am consuming rather than having to just read classwork.
Well, right now I am watching Space Camp. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid and I haven't watched it since I was 10 or something. Oh, this is so good.
Do you know Joaquin Phoenix? This was his very first movie.
I also have watched American Splendor (good), and I watched the first half of Spirted Away (okay, so far). I visited my grandma yesterday and got glued to the Judy Garland marathon and ended up watching Easter Parade and Meet Me In Saint Louis:) Good stuff, I know.
I just finished reading To Kill a Mockingbird. I am supposed to teach it next fall and so I decided to reread it. I hadn't read it since third grade. I had forgotten most of the story. I really enjoyed it this time around. Previously I thought the story was just about racism, but there are much deeper issues that I think are overlooked when people talk about the book/movie.
I also read Harry Potter. I loved it as much as I loved the others. Sure, there are the sad parts and the typical parts-- but HP is just good.
I am reading The Gnostic Gospels by Elanie Pagels right now. I have read parts of that book for IMPACT stuff before, but I have never read the book all the way through. She is writing about the gospels that were left out of our current Bible and why they were left out. So far, all she has established is that there are found gospels written around the same period, or even a little before the orthodox ones were written. When I read the rest of the book, I will have to tell you what they're about.
Well, this sure was a boring post. That is what I get for trying to post when I am watching SpaceCamp--woo hoo!
-boo
Lately, I haven't been up to anything too interesting. This last weekend I went to Cedar Point with my family. We camped there on Thursday night, went to the park on Friday, and then camped another night. I loved MaxAir-- highly recommended.
I have been watching a lot of movies lately and reading a lot of books. It feels good to chose what I am consuming rather than having to just read classwork.
Well, right now I am watching Space Camp. It was one of my favorite movies as a kid and I haven't watched it since I was 10 or something. Oh, this is so good.
Do you know Joaquin Phoenix? This was his very first movie.
I also have watched American Splendor (good), and I watched the first half of Spirted Away (okay, so far). I visited my grandma yesterday and got glued to the Judy Garland marathon and ended up watching Easter Parade and Meet Me In Saint Louis:) Good stuff, I know.
I just finished reading To Kill a Mockingbird. I am supposed to teach it next fall and so I decided to reread it. I hadn't read it since third grade. I had forgotten most of the story. I really enjoyed it this time around. Previously I thought the story was just about racism, but there are much deeper issues that I think are overlooked when people talk about the book/movie.
I also read Harry Potter. I loved it as much as I loved the others. Sure, there are the sad parts and the typical parts-- but HP is just good.
I am reading The Gnostic Gospels by Elanie Pagels right now. I have read parts of that book for IMPACT stuff before, but I have never read the book all the way through. She is writing about the gospels that were left out of our current Bible and why they were left out. So far, all she has established is that there are found gospels written around the same period, or even a little before the orthodox ones were written. When I read the rest of the book, I will have to tell you what they're about.
Well, this sure was a boring post. That is what I get for trying to post when I am watching SpaceCamp--woo hoo!
-boo
