The last weekend of summer
What happened…
Friday night I finally saw Sin City. It was worth the wait. I was prepared for a lot of special effects and a so-so story line. Yeesh, was I wrong. The story and the visuals worked perfectly. The casting was also amazing (Elijah Wood’s character still gives me the chills. Very small part, but WOW, there’s something about that guy’s face…). I haven’t seen many movies at all this summer, but of the few I’ve seen this one definitely takes the prize. If you haven’t seen it and you don’t mind stylized violence, language, some nudity, etc., RENT THIS MOVIE.
Saturday night B. and I went to Usana Amphitheater to see James Taylor. Her company forked out the dough for the tickets. I’ve seen JT before and he’s a pretty good entertainer when he wants to be. Unfortunately over the years I’ve shifted my view of what is and is not favorable for an outdoor summer concert and JT doesn’t quite fit the bill. I still like a lot of his stuff but he’s very, very light. I tend to prefer more drama and excitement in my summer concerts. Also, Usana isn’t the best place to see bands perform. You’re basically in the middle of nowhere with no trees to speak of and you’re watching a band play inside a large concrete box. Compared to WolfTrap in Vienna, VA, or Deer Valley and Red Butte Garden here in northern Utah, Usana is severely lacking in personality.
Basically I’m glad I went, but I don’t know that I’ll do it again, not at Usana, and not JT. (The Salt Lake Symphony performed their annual 1812 Overture concert at Deer Valley on the same night. All I could think about was how much cooler that show would have been.)
Today was spent making bread, cleaning, running errands, etc. The usual weekend stuff. I stuffed a 35mm roll of expired film in my Holga (the B&W roll of 120 film is shot and in need of inexpensive local/mail-order development) and took a few shots out back. I’m still experimenting with the thing. Half the fun of Holgas is you never know what you’re going to get.
Um… That’s about it. Not a mind-blowing weekend, but a nice, calm wrap up to a nice, calm summer.
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