Long update

I want to change the format of this blog. I have pages at the top with different labels, such as Taste and Tunes, but the problem is that the stuff I put there gets all jumbled together. Maybe it’s my fault, but the organization isn’t very good for allowing viewers to see what is really there. It would be nice if each page would be like the main page and I could have individual posts on it. I realize I could probably start separate blogs for each one and have the tab link to them or something, but that gets even more cluttered, in one sense. Does greater organization also generate more clutter? More folders, files, etc.? Hmm.

I tried making another page and having it be subordinate to an existing page, thinking maybe I could make a new page every time I wanted to post and it would show up under that existing page, somehow. It didn’t work. I dunno if anyone will read this who can help, but if you can please leave a comment or contact me.

For now, I’m going to put my updates in this here blog post. Rhyme or reason? Maybe not. As far as Taste goes, I am about to take a sip of some Kenya Peaberry Ruera Estate that I picked up at Extracto. I think they’re getting all their supply from Barefoot Coffee Roasters these days, but I can’t be sure since this one doesn’t show up on their website. I’ve been using my Aeropress for normal coffee lately, with some really yummy results from Stumptown’s Costa Rica Montes de Oro, so that’s what I’m using this morning. The smell is right on for a yummy cup of some Kenyan coffee, and the taste is close. Not mind-blowingly great, but that might be my technique or choice of extraction method.

For the Flicks, I’ve seen a few things recently. Most recently, I saw “The Bank Job”. Not bad for that type of flick. Interesting that it’s based on a true story. You have to wonder how accurate it is. You should know what you’re getting into when you go to something with Jason Statham in it. It’s not as action-packed as “Transporter” and it’s not “The Italian Job”, either, but it was enjoyable. Not that I’m putting those movies on a pedestal, understand. The night before that I saw “Be Kind Rewind” and felt let-down. Jack Black is all right, and I liked Mos Def as Prefect Ford in “Hitchhiker’s Guide…”, but I was expecting more considering it was directed by Michel Gondry.

I loved “Eternal Sunshine…” and “The Science of Sleep”, but his latest film doesn’t live up to his previous work. It seemed like the story jumped very quickly and unbelievably to get to where it was going in the beginning, so I guess I would say the screenwriting left something to be desired. That and I was watching for Gondry’s tricks using the camera, perspective, props and scenery to create the effect he desires instead of using CG or other special-effects techniques. There were some bits of the absurd and some tricks in the film, but it felt more like someone holding out a hand that contains a description of a magic trick and how it’s accomplished rather than performing the trick and leaving it to the audience’s imagination to figure out how it’s done.

In Tunes, I went to see Silverhawk a few weeks ago. I really enjoyed their live show and would recommend them to anyone who likes good, live, rock ‘n’ roll music. One thing I am disappointed with is their CDs. I bought two after the show and they just aren’t as powerful as the live act. I don’t know if it is just the mixing, something else about the studio atmosphere or what. See them live, then buy the CD. It is good enough to remind me of what the live act was like, and I enjoy some of the songs enough that I’ll keep listening to it at home, but when I saw them live I didn’t feel like any song was just dead. They put on a good show, those Densmore brothers.

On the Reading front, well, I guess that page is pretty up-to-date. I’m still reading “Diary of a Bad Year” by J.M. Coetzee. I’ve been reading too many little things online here and there to mention. I am putting some links to stuff I find interesting on my other blog, though, so check it out.