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06/15/2004 Entry: "Tuesday june 15"

This week has been kind of hectic at work with the end of the year performances happening in the three schools, but it has really been worth it. So far Kennedy and Smith have done theirs and they have really been great. Both have had smaller audiences than we would have wanted and both have had technical difficulties, but overall the performers more than made up for it. This year has really been a great test run for next year which I know if going to be great.
Last night Jeannie, Omar and I went to go see "the Chronicles of Riddick". The movie is visually beautiful. I love the idea of the movie and the costumes, sets, designs for the ships and everything else. Vin Diesel talk s very little. there are a lot of action scenes. so why is it I wished they had talked even less. The dialogue was garbage. Many times a great scene was ruined by a line that was stupid that wasn't even needed in the first place. The story was told well enough with the visuals so that they could have cut half the dialogue. I still think it was worth seeing though. The visuals alone are worth it.
I brought a bag of doritos into the theatre with me yesterday and it reminded me of something funny in France. The day we went to go and See "harry Potter" In paris we had bought a pizza. We were eating it on line when it was time to go in. I was walking towards the door with a big pizza box in my hand ready to throw out the two remaining slices because they were going to say something. I motioned with the box to the person taking tickets. She took my ticket and didn't say anything. In the theatre I took out the box and finished my two slices. I realized later why I was allowed to go inside with the box. In France people don't eat on the go. Everything is sit down even fast food. You don't eat in the car, on the train, or in the street. Pizza is a sit down thing eaten with a knife and fork. So when I walked in with the Pizza box it was like walking in with a turkey. They had no idea that I would fold up the slices and chow down in the theatre. I should have brought a full pie with me.


Todays song of the day is "looking for he perfect beat" by Afrika Bambaataa to go withthe break dancing that the students did yesterday at Smith and friday at Kennedy.