- I’ve been shaking off a mild autumn cold for most of the week.
- We have a new table at home: it’s round. It has no sides or fronts, so all those who sit around it are equal.
- Went to see One Battle After Another and I have to say that I was quite pleased with the ticking jazz soundtrack and over-the-top villains. What really worked for me was the pace and editing, it somehow got the energy of Thomas Pynchon novel. It just kept going and going, almost three hours of decent filmmaking surprises. I wonder how much it’s perceived as a political film in the US. For me it was more of a personal epic, but for a Hollywood film it maybe reached the limits of both.
- Our short Saturday walk led up the hills past an abandoned ski lift and slope. Even at 400 meters above sea level, there used to be a lot of snow.
- I’ve collected a bunch of barcodes and QR codes from various packages and tickets. Now I’m doing some kind of collage out of that!
- Only one run again (9K).
- Thanks, bye
- In order of appearance: work, teaching, moving some old stuff out of the house, taking some rest.
- After some initial stress with admin, teaching always starts to be fun.
- We had a general election, which I have almost nothing to say about. Aside for the fact that almost all outdoor ads changed literally overnight from ads for people in suits into ads for cars or insurance, which just feels refreshing.
- Watched Killers of the Flower Moon. It is utterly terrifying true crime movie, but something felt missing there for me, and I suppose I now want to learn more about Osages and other Native American tribes.
- Also watched a few episodes of Andor S02, which had a funky visual style with all these analog and bulky interfaces, but I almost forgot what was it all about. That unfortunately happens to me with most of the recent Star Wars franchise, sorry!
- Only one run (10K) this week.
- Finished reading the essays by Jan Patočka I mentioned last time. Processing some notes on it. This week I’m reading a relatively short, but packed Investigation/Design by Nicholas Nova.
- Thanks, bye!
- More rain, more and more rain. Mood has changed and summer is ending with some occasional sunshine.
- I watched some of the 90s Agatha Christie’s Poirot. I love the sound of all these people walking, their hard shoes making step step step clap clap. Nice productions, interiors, and it’s mostly one episode, one case. Title designer Pat Gavin created the opening sequence which fascinated me as a kid. David Suchet is perfectly, almost annoyingly … perfect.
- In the words of Chief inspector Japp: „I don’t know why I bother sometimes. I may as well stay at home and do my garden.“
- Listening to Mark Frost talking about Twin Peaks on MUBI Podcast made me realise how much I miss working on some collective creative/art project.
- Some local news! Curious Emil the Elk, who bravely walked accross the densely populated Central Europe (and gained solid following on social media) was captured by Austrian authorities and released to a small population of his kind. Best wishes for him.
- Running streak: 41 weeks. Managed to do two basic running sessions plus one orienteering local competition (middle distance) near Brno. Did some fine route choices, messed few other ones and very much enjoyed the terrain and all that! The competition map had a nice retro design.
- I’m currently reading a small book of essays by Jan Patočka, it’s quite interesting but not exactly a bedtime reading.
- Thanks, bye