This is the first post in over a month. This is inline with the reality that 2020 and the beginning of 2021 have been a blur due to the pandemic. One day fades into the next as there really isn’t much to differentiate them. We get up, to to work and school remotely, do exercise…… Continue reading Journal Entry – 4.24.21
Category: Movies
Movies watched
2019 – On the plane to Tokyo
8.1.19 It is 3:54 PM San Francisco time and 7:54 AM in Tokyo. I’m somewhere over the Pacific ocean on my way to Japan. My bachelorhood of 2019 comes to an end tomorrow, but I’ll get to that in a minute. It all started out slow enough but then it seemed I was in a…… Continue reading 2019 – On the plane to Tokyo
Don Juan de Marco
While I’m a bachelor I’ve been catching up on a few of my favorite movies. One of my all time favorites is Don Juan de Marco. Like Don Quixote, Don Juan de Marco lives in a fantasy world, but in doing so the world conforms to them instead of them conforming to the world. This…… Continue reading Don Juan de Marco
Aisling Song
Níl sa saol seo ach ceo,Is ní bheimid beo,ach seal beag gearr. There is nothing in this life but mist,And we will only be alive,for a short time. Aisling Song https://youtu.be/tTiSak8r9P8
この世界の片隅に
この世界の片隅にIn This Corner of the WorldWikipedia- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_This_Corner_of_the_World_(film) This is a very powerful movie. It is the story of a simple countryside girl who goes through life in wartime Japan. Usually when we hear of war stories there is a good side and a bad side, reasons are justified and perhaps some heroes are thrown in. …… Continue reading この世界の片隅に
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? – Mr. Rogers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? I finally was able to watch this documentary on a flight today and it made me realize how necessary Fred’s message of love, for being just the way you are, is in our current climate. For people of my generation we look back fondly on Mr. Rogers as it reminds…… Continue reading Won’t You Be My Neighbor? – Mr. Rogers
LA Trip – Red Carpet
It is 6:27 AM and I’m at the gate in Oakland Airport for my flight to Burbank. These past few weeks have been a daze and I haven’t had time to write. I’m so busy with the new job that time marches by in a blur and I have to catch myself and take a…… Continue reading LA Trip – Red Carpet
Irish Party in Third Class
Here I am on the grandest ship in the world having champagne with you fine people.I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting itYou never know what hand your gonna get dealt nextYou learn to take life as it comes at you.To make each day count https://youtu.be/KffX-8tx_Jw