This weekend, I’ll be visiting a friend in upstate New York, in the area of Ithaca. He has recently moved there to start up his own little homestead, and I’m excited to see the progress he has made in renovating his land. We have plans to do some video work, so I’m hoping for a productive weekend. Hopefully, there will be some stuff to show after the visit.
On a side note, I’ve only recently begun to actually read a bit about Ithaca, but apparently it’s a very progressive area. (Go figure: a week away from the actual visit, I’ve seen Ithaca mentioned in two different magazines, completely by chance… In the first magazine, it was named one of the top vegetarian-friendly cities in the US, and in the other it was named one of the top twelve “great places you’ve never heard of”.)
Anyway, should be an exciting weekend.
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Slate.com: “The deluded world of air conditioning”
Apropos. When I was younger, it would take nothing short of a miracle for my parents to turn on our air conditioner. We had one for the entire house, and it was located in the downstairs family room. When it was finally turned on, we all slept there in that one room for the night to keep cool, since it was the only AC.
Now, it seems as though my parents will turn the air on as soon as they start to feel the slightest bit uncomfortable. Should I be understanding of this, or frustrated? Typically I get frustrated, knowing what I do about the immense levels of energy we are all burning away to keep ourselves from some sweating. Whatever the case, we now have central air upstairs, and the one AC in the family room that pump the house with cool air throughout much of the summer.
It’s cruel, the heat / AC / yet more heat cycle.
Woke up to some very exciting news this morning: my recent group documentary, ¡Sí, Se Puede! has been accepted to the third annual Newburyport Documentary Film Festival (formerly the Northern Lights Documentary Film Festival). The fest will take place from September 29 to October 1 in Newburyport, Massachusetts. Unfortunately the festival website was recently updated and is still lacking a lot of fest information, but this should be a good one.
Clouds are endlessly intriguing.
Well, The Journal of Short Film Volume 4 is now available for sale. Buy it now… if you could be so kind.
