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I think I watched it 10 times.

Best Suicide Scenes

I watched The Last of the Mohicans today, and I was thinking about some of the "best" suicides in movies I have seen. By best I mean, suicides with the most appropriate music, camera work, and basically, those which illicit an emotional response from me. Suicides that are sudden, shocking, disturbing (aren't they all?). Which ones are your favorite?
If you have not already guessed, important parts of movies are mentioned below, so do not proceed if you don't want to know anything about the italicized titles. duh.


I thought of these so far (people like lists, right?):
1. The Last of the Mohicans: Can't seem to get the theme music or that last scene out of my head.

2. The Royal Tenenbaums (suicide attempt): "Needle in the Hay," the preparation, and the lighting...ah, see for yourself:


3. The Hours: Virginia Woolf's is decent, but Ed Harris's character's suicide is amazing.

4. Full metal jacket: Gomer Pyle can't take it no more.


5. Shawshank Redemption: (two good ones)

6. Rules of Attraction:

picture from here

why is this funny?

hint: look at the big blue print and picture. lulz.

Art

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This video kind of starts out slow so you can feel free to skip ahead. This is a fun and innovative way of making street art. These little things are called LED Throwies which is basically "a lithium battery, a 10mm diffused LED and a rare-earth magnet taped together."

Outlining is pretty cool too.

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I love this projection graffiti with a laser point too. This stuff is amazing and a far cry from the usual tags or other crap I see thrown up. Not that more basic street stuff is bad, but this just takes it to a new level.
LED and projector graffiti from the dudes at graffitiresearchlab




Gotta throw in some Banksy for good measure.
Also this post is not meant to induce a discussion on the ethics of street art.

Comeback Kid

Frances Koons of Villanova was named the "Outstanding Track Athlete" at the Big East championship meet at Villanova this past weekend, winning both the 1,500 and 5,000 meters yesterday. This is all after recovering from kidney cancer that she was diagnosed with about a year ago. It's amazing she even got this type of cancer which was "result of clear-cell renal-cell carcinoma, a cancer most commonly associated with people over age 50 and with smokers."
I have seen this girl race several times, and she is tiny and tough. A great athlete. I mean, technically I guess I raced with her at Big East Track and Cross Country Championship meets, but she is way way faster than me so it doesn't really count.

full article from here and here

The End of an Era

My buddy showed this cartoon awhile ago so thank you JD.

One more final to go, and my dreams of summer will be a reality. After four finals, I thought I would feel more of a relief since I am closer to the finish, but I just feel anxiety and anticipation when thinking about "the end." As much as it will be relaxing after finals are over, I realize that means I have to return to normal life. I'm so used to being strung out in lawschoolland that it will be strange to put together some semblance of a life without constant worry, pressure, and struggle.

I have a 5k race this Sunday after I return home which is a 9.3 on the Hillometer Chart (out of 10, and I think they made this hill scale up). Last time i ran this race, on the "Bastard" (the worst hill in the race which we have to go up twice), people were basically crawling or walking at the top. So this will be a nice ending to my first year of law school especially considering I feel out of shape.

Gearing up for the River to Sea in August, which is a 92 mile relay race across New Jersey and hopefully, if all goes well and I don't get mysteriously injured again, a marathon (Philadelphia?) in the fall.
I need to get more serious about running. I love running for the love of the sport but I also am dying for the self-satisfaction that comes along with improvement. (sort of reference to that Pre quote "You have to wonder at times what you're doing out there. Over the years, I've given myself a thousand reasons to keep running, but it always comes back to where it started. It comes down to self-satisfaction and a sense of achievement").
So I miss being competitive and challenging myself physically and mentally. I have to quite playing around and commit.

scientific studies have shown

Serious study I have done calculating the rise in Sublime radio plays in relation to rise in temperature.
Chart creation supplied by a good friend and engineer who wasn't that busy at work one day.