Man, 2010. I'm not much of a resolution-maker - love coming up with them, hate sticking to them - but this time I've got one to publicly declare: post more on this blog! Oh, and also: take more photos. So that's two!
Not that I accomplished much during my holidays (unless you count long bouts of eating, sleeping, and TV watching as accomplishments), but there were some flickers of inspiration here and there I wanted to take a few snaps of and blog about. Unfortunately, I'm a tool and didn't carry a camera/hijack one of my relatives', so I have absolutely no photo documentation of my holidays. However, my resolution to take more photos in 2010 will be much, much easier now that I have this:
That's right, I am now an iPhone owner! I'm soooo in love with it, a love that will hopefully endure a huge spike in my monthly phone bill. I have a feeling it'll all be worth it, though, because there doesn't seem to be anything this thing can't do. Web browsing? Check. Applications that will make me lazier than I already am? Check. Multiple prop usages? Check. It even has a level. A GODDAMN LEVEL! Welcome to the future.
So now that I'll always have a camera at the ready, here's hoping I actually use it and find more inspiration in my everyday life. Speaking of inspiring, have you guys seen Fantastic Mr. Fox? Wowee is it ever great! The story, the voices, the colors, the detail - I want to live in every frame of this movie!
The color scheme is so rich and autumnal and I want to wrap myself up in it. I think the colors sum up why I like this so much more than Where The Wild Things Are. The colors (and everything else) in Fantastic Mr. Fox are fun, vibrant, and alive while the palette in Where The Wild Things Are is dull, dark, and depressing. Sorry to any Wild Things lovers, but I was really disappointed in that film. Good thing I listened to my brilliant friends' recommendations and gave this one a chance.
I can't even imagine how much time went into creating all the tiny details in a single scene of this movie, let alone the entire thing. Come on, look how tiny these guys are:
I feel like the painstaking detail that goes into work like this would be right up my alley, but maybe not the stress and carpal tunnel that probably go along with it.
Aside from all its visual splendor, the characters themselves were just so damn adorable. I'm definitely not a warm and fuzzy person by nature (get me near a cat and you'll see), but these little guys are some of the cutest creatures I've ever seen. Just delightful!
Here's to a Fantastic 2010!
