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May 13, 2008

Still here, taking a breather between shindigs

I'm still here, just enjoying the short break before the celebrations continue with RR's birthday this coming weekend. I've got nothing of note to share other than mother's day was nice, and the weather is warming up nicely.

A small film digression, RM and I just saw Into the Wild, the Sean Penn movie based on the book written by Jon Krakauer which chronicles the true story of a young idealistic young man whose journey lead him to Alaska where he loses his life. I read the book last year and really liked it. I didn't think the movie is as good as the book, but I did enjoy it. The movie seemed to focus more on how the people who met Chris McCandless were affected by him, whereas the book wrestles with what he was trying to find out in the wild. I will say that the soundtrack and Eddie Vedder's music is amazing. So, I thought I'd share this video. You can get a preview of the movie, and listen to one of Vedder's fantastic songs.

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The Celebration Death March continues, eh? Have fun!

I still think Chris McCandless was impossibly selfish but I do want to see the movie.

Posted by:Carrie K | May 13, 2008 at 09:23 PM

Glad you had a good Mother's Day.

Posted by:Elysbeth | May 14, 2008 at 03:12 AM

I love the soundtrack!! Well worth getting. I wish I could unsee the last 10-15 minutes of that movie.

Posted by:Chris | May 14, 2008 at 03:18 PM

I read the book about a decade ago, when it first came out (and like most of Krakauer's works), and I have to agree with Carrie's comments... somehow, his whole misadventure seems too close to pointless to me; I do think you have inspired me to look for the movie, though.

Posted by:Birdsong | May 14, 2008 at 09:23 PM

Not sure I want to see the movie, but you did motivate me to request a copy of the book from my library :-)

Posted by:Pioggia | May 14, 2008 at 09:46 PM

LOVE the soundtrack, and the book! The movie is good, but took a different approach to the ending. Unlike others, I have a totally different opinion of Chris McCandless - which may seem odd as I am not anywhere near that generation!