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Month: January 2008

  • Movie: Venus (2006)

    Peter O’Toole faces old age and death with longing, lust, and humor. It felt really good to laugh through a movie after the heavy film diet we’ve been on. The subject is not belittled at all though, this is the sort of laughing at ourselves that gets us through the hard times. Certified Fresh

  • Movie: Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

    Not at all what I expected – I would call this primarily a war horror movie. The gore was nearly too much for me. I made it through because it is a good concept, following both the inner and outer life of a child in a war situation. Certified Fresh

  • Grays Peak Road Ski

    Ann, Dad, and I make our way up the road to the Grays Peak trailhead, and have a nice run back down again. (Ann literally had a run, in her snowshoes.) I’m still playing with flash slideshows – mouse over “Notes” to see captions on this one: Grays Peak Road Ski at EveryTrail:

  • Live Music: CSO & Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

    Due to some imprudent timing of caffeine and alcohol intake, I was drowsy when we arrived at Boettcher concert hall. As a result, the energetic program of 20th century big-hitters thrust me into a turbulent half-dream world that I won’t soon forget. Britten’s “Four Sea Interludes” from Peter Grimes began the spell with an hypnotic…

  • Northern Colorado Climbers Coalition

    I went to this pre-meeting mostly just to listen in and see what’s up. My only contribution was when people were yelling out ideas for the website. Everything people wanted I recognized as features of a wiki, so I yelled out “Make it a wiki!” And everyone yelled out, “No!” Here are the minutes mailed…

  • Movie: Return To Schralptown (2007)

    Steep would have been enough ski porn for awhile, but then I saw that Return to Schralptown was playing at New Belgium Brewery as a fundraiser for the excellent Colorado Avalanche Information Center. With beer. For donations. A cause too worthy to ignore. I enjoyed this movie more than Steep. The emphasis is less on…

  • Movie: Babel (2006)

    A movie in the same vein as Amores Perros (also by director Alejandro González Iñárritu), several disparate characters with some common tie are followed. This time the settings spread across the globe instead of just Mexico City. Also like Amores Perros it’s very effective, but unrelentingly heavy. The title theme seems to apply at least…

  • The Centennial Mining Project

    I knew nothing substantial about the uranium mine being proposed near Fort Collins, so I went to a panel discussion held by the Fort Collins public library to see what it’s about. I’ll summarize what stood out for me in the three-hour discussion. The setup was like a scene from a movie: white-faced, white-haired men…

  • Movie: Steep (2008)

    We’re hanging out at the Bean Cycle with Kate and Mark when I notice this movie starts in ten minutes at The Lyric Cinema Cafe. We try not to make Kate run on her recently injured ankle. (Every time Mark says “slower”, we slow down for about 2 seconds – why is it so hard?)…

  • Movie: The Queen (2006)

    It must be really daunting to make a historical film featuring characters who are still alive, telling a story that is remembered so well. I found this really convincing, although I don’t remember the death of Princess Diana nearly as well Ann, or probably most people. The tension and dependencies between the British monarchy and…