Last month I rented the movie "Mitt Liv Som Hund" (My Life as a Dog) and surprisingly I enjoyed it. The 80s Swedish movie sets place in the 50s. It is about a 12-year old boy (Ingmar, awesome name) growing up in Stockholm and moving to a small rural town due to his mother's sickness. There's a subplot line about his obsession with Laika the Russian space dog and his beloved pet dog. The movie is really slow but really awesome comedic timing. At least, I thought it was funny. There's a scene that plays the Swedish version of the 1930s song "monkey stole the coconut" like at least twenty times. That really irritated me. Anyways, the film gave me the idea to do Nordic Swedish wood paintings for a gallery show next month. I've never done wood paintings and I had to experiment a bit. I wasted a few wood panels. Here's my work in progress. I'll post them once I have all of them finished sometime this week.
So a wrap up of the month. Last week I stumbled into the Obama rally at the waterfront. I was running at the waterfront early in the morning and I saw people crowding towards the great lawn. Later I realized what it was and biked down there from the gym. I didn't want to wait in the 10 block 2 hour line so I just went around the fence. Obama was like a white dot on stage. His speech of course, inspiring and very well written. He is definitely a great speaker and made me feel like I wish I could vote for him. But, I'm Canadian, vive l'Liberal Party. It was the biggest primary democratic rally yet in history.
I am also doing my first sprint triathlon next month, and that's the same Sunday as the Portland Pride weekend. I'm going to be so tired that weekend. I'm also planning a trip to Toronto next month, and possibly New York in September. I originally was suppose to make a trip to Amsterdam and Copenhagen this summer. But I didn't know if I was going to get my work visa on time to travel out of the country. Now I know I do! Which now the ticket is $500 more expensive. ARGH!
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