Episode XXXVIII: Film

According to my regular schedule, I should have posted something on Saturday. As it turned out, however, I spent essentially my entire Saturday pursuing cinematic excellence. You see, it was the day before the Oscars, and the AMC movie theater down the highway in Olathe was having this special event where you could watch all five of the Academy Award Best Picture nominees, all in one day, all in a row! And the best part about it was that with the price of admission you got unlimited free popcorn!!!

I daresay, I held up remarkably well, considering that I was sitting for almost twelve hours straight, staring at a large screen and consuming nothing but popcorn and soda. In fact, I probably could have sat and watched another five movies in a row, no problem.

Here, for your viewing pleasure, is a photographic log of my responses to each of the five movies:

#1: Good, enjoyable thriller, but nothing terribly special. One down, four to go. Bring it on!

#2: Wow. Fantastic movie. Brilliant. Powerful. But not all that bloody. Is it possible that there are better movies awaiting me? Or have we reached the climax already? The answers, it turns out, are no and yes, respectively.

#3: Very nice movie, and very sad. Appearing in this picture is my date, and myself, putting on our sad faces. We didn’t have to try very hard.

#4: How on earth did this movie get a Best Picture nomination?

#5: What? This is the movie that ends up winning Best Picture? It was good, and it was poignant, but it was not the best picture of the day.

Well there you have it! I had a lot of fun. I felt like it was a day well-spent. To celebrate, I came back to Lawrence and ate an entire loaf of uncooked bread from our local sandwich shop (it was a dare).

Episode XXXVII: Seal

Here is a little something that I did not know about the University of Kansas. I figured that if I did not know about it, you probably did not know about it either. I also figured that if I found it interesting, you would also find it interesting. This is probably where I made my mistake.

Anyhow, the point is- take a look at the University of Kansas' official seal:

You may not be able to tell, due to the low resolution, but the seal is entirely a picture of Moses kneeling before a burning bush. Kind of cool, I thought, although I did not know how it applied to KU. I read on KU's website that fire was supposed to be a symbol for knowledge, and that Moses kneeling was supposed to be a symbol for humble learning.

The same scene plays out a few places on campus, including a window pane in the delightful little chapel we have:

And finally, a larger-than-life statue of Moses, kneeling before a stained-glass burning bush. Here I am looking over Moses' shoulder (actually, I just took this picture today, and it was the inspiration for the post- I had never noticed the burning bush before- it was cool!!!)


Well there you have it. Whether or not you found it interesting, you can probably now say that you know something the majority of KU students and alumni do not know about KU.