a monday, a monday, a monday is very very good

i'm starting to write this with three minutes left before i actually am supposed to start work, but thanks to my little brother i have to get to the metro mad early, which means i get to work 20-25 minutes early. i really could use those minutes for sleep. oh well, life goes on. it was a good weekend, even though it was kind of gross outside. saw inside man, which i loved, and con air, which was kind of funny. jerry bruckheimer is ridiculous. the man has got it all figured out and he has no shame at all whatsoever. good for him. but inside man...wow. good work, spike lee. although i thought the bit with the italian cop and denzel was kind of stupid, because no white person with an ounce of intelligence--and this character is obviously set up to have some--would call a black person a nigger to their face, let alone a superior within his or her own profession. that was just spike being spike, but it was clumsily done and distracting from an otherwise tight, clever, exhilarating movie that's even more impressive once you finish watching it and realize that not a moment is wasted, even the ones you thought could have been left out (except spike's homage to himself as antiracism crusader; and don't get me wrong, i love do the right thing like everybody else, but come on).

i got some new shoes and a functional dresser--finally, i can unpack. once i build the damn thing.

yesterday i went and watched jack's frisbee game against field, which was hilarious because it's so discombobulated. dad was there, too, and we sat on the sideline and cracked up every time somebody rushed a throw and put it in the ground, or cut one of their teammates off, or got hit in the face because they weren't paying attention or moving. fun times. then we all went with the dogs to great falls and went for a nice long walk, even though it started pouring at the end and the dogs were completely soaked and covered in sand by the time we got back to the car. also saw some psychos kayaking down the falls. one guy fell out of his kayak and had to watch it go careening down the river and out of sight. he's lucky he's not dead. three other guys made it through the part we could see, though, including a 15-foot waterfall, so that was cool. there were a ton of people gathered along both sides of the river, watching.

to do list for the week: get background check, health/hiv test, passport photos for visa; go in cori's hot tub at least once; play pickup ultimate at least once; start seeing people as they come home from school, finally.