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Sound and Color
Oct. 19th, 2024 12:59 pmContinues to be busy, but Julie's taking Erica today (after Erica swim lesson, they're going to watch some of the Head of the Charles Regatta and check out an acquaintance's art exhibit) so I have a few quiet moments to do laundry and write.
Last weekend was a long weekend. Saturday, Andrew and Min got married, the ceremony was at the Science Museum out back on the Charles River Promenade, and they got beautiful fall weather, too. On Saturday, we went to visit Xave, Sarah, and baby Adair (who's now mobile and rather communicative, though not talking and walking quite yet), was great to see them. Erica was really excited to get the chance to meet Adair for the first time.
On Monday, saw an early-afternoon showing of the Pharell Williams documentary Piece by Piece with the family. The movie's animated-in-Lego style brings a lot of creative verve and visual metaphor to what would otherwise be a rather straightforward interviews-and-archival-footage structure. Was really fun and interesting, Erica enjoyed it, too. Afterwards, I took Erica to the aquarium and we had a snack at Lakon Paris and spicy noodles at Yume Ga Arukara in the Seaport.
The short week went by real fast. Lots of work meetings and work social stuff with the new person a few levels up from my team.
I finished S a few weeks ago, it was interesting but it's not like there's some neat conclusion that brings it all together in a very satisfying way. I thought I'd enjoy deep-diving video essays about the content of the book after finishing it, but most of what I found was just people arguing about the best way to read it and discussing whether that worked well for them or not. So I guess tentatively recommended if you really like Lost or ergodic literature in general, and I definitely did appreciate the book for being an interesting example of the unusual sort of thing it is.
I also finished Scavengers Reign. It's masterful, recommended if you like animation or science fiction.
Last weekend was a long weekend. Saturday, Andrew and Min got married, the ceremony was at the Science Museum out back on the Charles River Promenade, and they got beautiful fall weather, too. On Saturday, we went to visit Xave, Sarah, and baby Adair (who's now mobile and rather communicative, though not talking and walking quite yet), was great to see them. Erica was really excited to get the chance to meet Adair for the first time.
On Monday, saw an early-afternoon showing of the Pharell Williams documentary Piece by Piece with the family. The movie's animated-in-Lego style brings a lot of creative verve and visual metaphor to what would otherwise be a rather straightforward interviews-and-archival-footage structure. Was really fun and interesting, Erica enjoyed it, too. Afterwards, I took Erica to the aquarium and we had a snack at Lakon Paris and spicy noodles at Yume Ga Arukara in the Seaport.
The short week went by real fast. Lots of work meetings and work social stuff with the new person a few levels up from my team.
I finished S a few weeks ago, it was interesting but it's not like there's some neat conclusion that brings it all together in a very satisfying way. I thought I'd enjoy deep-diving video essays about the content of the book after finishing it, but most of what I found was just people arguing about the best way to read it and discussing whether that worked well for them or not. So I guess tentatively recommended if you really like Lost or ergodic literature in general, and I definitely did appreciate the book for being an interesting example of the unusual sort of thing it is.
I also finished Scavengers Reign. It's masterful, recommended if you like animation or science fiction.
