Fever Break

Yesterday and today Kelly's been home sick with a fever, coughing and generally feeling miserable. I have stayed home with her in the morning, working late to compensate while Jean spent the latter part of the day with her. I was going to take her to the doctor tomorrow if her fever hadn't broken, but Jean took her today. She had a cold, and got an ear infection as a result, which was causing the fever. They prescribed amoxycillin, she's had two doses, and her fever is dropping. I'm quite relieved.

Tokyo Raiders

Okay, I saw this one on sale at Fry's for $7! At that price, I figured, it would be hard to go wrong. All the reviews I read said it was heavy on action and light on plot, but that's my bread and butter. I'll go one further, and say it's about pretty people saying clever things while fighting in fashionable jump-cuts and slow-mo.

I'll just include a quote from this review:

"I’ve said this before, but I relish the chance to say it again: I love Hong Kong movies where you can spot the bad guy because he’s unshaved and Japanese!

"I hope you love those too, because this film is one of them. This is also the kind of film where a bunch of little Asian chicks in black leather show up, beats the crap out of everybody and saves the day! In other words, we’re in the shallow end of the pool here."

Back Porch Vipers

Arrived in the mail today, Light Up:

Back Porch Vipers

1. When I Get Low, I Get High


2. Jack, I'm Mellow


3. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens


4. If You're a Viper


5. He Don't Care


6. Caldonia


7. Light Up

I heard the first song in the SXSW Sampler, of which I've still got 590 to listen to. But I've heard some good bands, and this gives me a chance to support indie labels.

Easter 2005

So Kelly once again partook of the homestead ritual, searching for eggs so that we wouldn't have to suffer the odor of orphaned ova in the coming days. She also got to do a treasure hunt, deciphering clues in verse supplied by her own esteemed mother. Here she is after a particularly satisfying discovery.

More candid snaps are available at my Flickr account. Just follow the 'next' links...

The Bloodmobile

This one's for my friend Tom:

A Flash-based music video created by Dave Logan based on They Might Be Giants' The Bloodmobile. Enjoy, Tom!

A Little Song, A Little Dance...

Yesterday evening was Kelly's annual school musical production. Typically, it lasts about an hour, and has a theme of sorts. This year was Go America, or something like that. I don't know if they buy these programs prepackaged or if they write them themselves, but they are generally pretty cloying. Anyway, Kelly didn't have a speaking part, and her singing was limited to the chorus. She did get a walk-on part as a runway model, and looked quite cute.

I took my camera, and snapped a few pictures, which I'll try to get online in a day or two. I used the kit lens since it is a few stops brighter than my Sigma. Unfortunately, it's about one quarter the zoom length of the Sigma, so Kelly will tend to be 'tiny'. But even with the somewhat brighter lens, my auto-ISO was hitting 1600, so say tiny and noisy. Well, you get what you pay for, and I didn't pay for prime telephoto lenses, lacking the six or eight thousand dollars.

Free and Legal Music Sampler

Cool, I've managed to listen to the first 28 songs from the SXSW Music Festival Sampler! Only 728 more to go.