migblog

i think it's pretty ridiculous that in the span of a week, it went from almost summer to in-the-middle-of winter in berkeley. and it happened pretty suddenly, too; it was shorts weather one day, then out of the blue i had to look for my sweatshirt that had been carefully stashed away up above my clothespace.

it's also weird to be here during spring break when nothing's happening. i wanted to do something but the more i look into actually planning and executing something, the further away i get from more days of spring break. it's a vicious, vicious cycle, it is, just laying here around town, munching on chips, watching cable television, waiting for my laundry to get done.

have you ever noticed the sound of rain when it hits different surfaces? i wasn't even paying that much attention when all of a sudden i heard the rain hit my windows. it sounded like glass bells, with a nice resonant thump that's too pretty for that action. there was rain on asphalt which sounded like little feet scampering on the road; there was rain on foliage which just reminds me of peaceful nights and going to sleep.

more memory-evoking, though, is that smell. every time before it rains, the soil starts to smell like it's going to be ready to soak it all in. wet pavement just brings me back to suburbia -- it was the signature smell of my formative years in anaheim, when the air would get too dry and the sun would be too hot and we'd still water our lawns because it was in the middle of the fucking desert hills and we didn't know any better because the developer thought it would be a nice place to put tract housing. (notice how i don't like sprawl?)

i'm pretty sure the weather, among all things, will clear up soon and make it better again in california. (i mean, it could most definitely be worse; just look at boston!)

speaking of getting better again, the movies i have seen recently have gotten a lot better. they tapered off since ong-bak; i saw be cool; gunner palace; steamboy (no, it's not porn; it's anime); and constantine, to name a few. the one movie i still have on my "to-see" list is gurinder chadha (bend it like beckham)'s clever bride and prejudice. so far, the reviews liked it. (and if you want my take on any of those movies i mentioned -- or basically any movie i've seen so far -- just let me know.)

all right! kaeli gets a cookie! nadmivwag indeed!

posted by Open Source Food @ 8:08 PM