http://www.chickeninthewoods.com/ en-us stephanie.davidson@yale.edu Sun, 27 Aug 2006 11:15:50 -0500 http://www.chickeninthewoods.com/archives/000699.html oh my god, the Ditty Bops are amazing. I'm really sorry I missed them at fest, but I just don't do the stages generally. It's not why I go to fest, and though I'll sit for 2 hours to see... http://www.chickeninthewoods.com/archives/000697.html I wish I had a camera phone, or something similarly unobtrusive. I swear, of all the indie coffeeshops in this little college twintown, Panera seems to provide the most consistently entertaining people-watching spot. Exhibit 1: Friday, August 25, 7:24pm. Two... http://www.chickeninthewoods.com/archives/000694.html After a disappointing trip to KoFusion, I decided to make my next C-U culinary outing a little simpler. More than one person had recommended Milo's in Urbana to me, so I went for it. And boy, was it great. Interesting... http://www.chickeninthewoods.com/archives/000693.html 2005 was filled with film. What's 2006 filled with? running, reading, a new job, and some attempts at socializing. I have a short list of restaurants in the C-U area that i'd like to check out this year, and finally... http://www.chickeninthewoods.com/archives/000552.html And three more movies until I hit my goal! I'll post new stats when I'm finished -- the last few may promise to be some of the better ones. And I did manage to squeeze in a few more documentaries... http://www.chickeninthewoods.com/archives/000551.html I've added two more documentaries to the list: Best Boy and Tell Them Who You Are. Both are excellent. Here are the stats on foreign films seen this year: total foreign films seen: 77 Language: 28 English-language (6 from Australia,... http://www.chickeninthewoods.com/archives/000550.html I've only seen 15 this year, which is much lower than I would have expected. 4% of the total -- and I would have liked to see 10%. The latest on the docket was Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low... http://www.chickeninthewoods.com/archives/000549.html I still have 40 films to go (in less than 30 days! yikes!), so I'll start with a minor factoid: Out of the 320 films I've seen thus far in 2005, 23 were films I had seen prior to this... http://www.chickeninthewoods.com/archives/000548.html and I'm still quite a bit behind on my 365 films in 365 days project. I can catch up by a few over the weekends, but I always slip during the week. I'm working on a kind of report for... http://www.chickeninthewoods.com/archives/000526.html Despite a new professional research/writing requirement, I'm still in hot pursuit of good books and music. I'm sure my newfound efficiency won't last long, but for now I'm managing to get in a little of everything. Next music purchases: Ellis... http://www.chickeninthewoods.com/archives/000501.html I'm finding some reading time again, and am looking for some good fiction. I seem to have lost a very long wishlist on Amazon when I had them merge two accounts, and there are only a few things I can... http://www.chickeninthewoods.com/archives/000500.html http://www.chickeninthewoods.com/archives/000499.html just a little minor tinkering while on vacation (and on dial-up). Pushed Flickr down until I have a chance to upload some new images (sunsets in the northwoods!) and added a little more movie data. Crawling my way back up... http://www.chickeninthewoods.com/archives/000497.html Well, I'm out of the Northeast for good -- no more Connecticut crap. I'm sure I'll miss plenty of things about being there, but that's what visits (infrequent visits) are for. Couldn't stand to get back on the plane in... http://www.chickeninthewoods.com/archives/000496.html As if moving weren't a short-term full-time job all on its own, last week I had to finish up a 50-hour website project, prep for a presentation and attend a conference in TX. Which obviously took me away from the...