September 16, 2001 
It's early Sunday morning, and the weekend has come to a close. Despite everything, it's been a good one. I feel my regular self returning, and while that's good news, now it will be the regular me dealing with a certainly different world. Expect some new illustrations on Siteway soon. ¶ Why was
this movie ignored?
September 14, 2001
Although it is almost impossible to say anything in light of what has happened to the world in the last few days, I am grateful that I have been able to be close to friends and family. The seriousness of these relationships has never been so justly grounded. I must admit that even this posting seems trivial. But, at the very least, I do want to express my gratitude.
September 12, 2001
I spent all day yesterday watching the hell unfold on television. I don't expect this sick feeling to lift any time soon.
September 11, 2001
Tonight I attended the premiere of Tony Zierra's documentary feature,
Carving Out Our Name, at the Uptown (thanks
SQ!). The film itself was slightly dissapointing but watching a documentary about the lives of four actors in attendance certainly added to the experience. The question and answer period afterwards was also good.
September 10, 2001
Roger Ebert recently picked Vin Diesel as the next big action hero for Hollywood. Not a bad choice. I thought he was pretty good in The Boiler Room. He was also good, though mostly silent in, The Iron Giant (as the Iron Giant). Lots to rave about here. It's the story of an Iron Giant that comes to Maine in 1957 and befriends a small boy named Hogarth. Casting Harry Connick, Jr. as the voice of Dean McCoppen, the laid back hip cat artist, was an inspired decision. ¶ The thesis continues to go well. More writing today.
September 6, 2001
Picked up an invaluable book tonight,
Naturalizing Epistemology edited by Hilary Kornblith. Great stuff by Quine, Goldman, Dretske, Stich, and more. It literally is exactly what I was looking for.
September 4, 2001
Been working on some new portraits which I hope to publish soon. One of them is of Brando as The Godfather. ¶ Putting the thesis into high gear now. I'm writing fulltime this week. Must be the autumn in the air.
September 2, 2001
Ordinary People was on television last night. It doesn't much bother me that it beat out Raging Bull for best picture in 1980. The best picture Oscar is rarely awarded to the actual best film of the year. It's usually awarded to safe films that stir up something despite their safeness. That's what's good about the best picture Oscar. You watch any from the last thirty years and you're guranteed to find something worthwhile in each one. In any case, Ordinary People is a fantastic film. For those of you that have seen it and know it, this one's for you: What do you make of how Conrad relates to his old best friend? It seems to me that their exchange in the car right after Conrad punches one of the members of the swim team shows us that Conrad is not just unlike his mother but actually
shares her tragic character flaw. But not to the same extent and this makes all the difference in the end.
