Mark Danger Chen

WOW. The winter wallop is here. My windows, which are below grade, are almost entirely covered with snow. In the past ~12 hours we’ve had over 20 inches of snow dumped on us, and it’s still coming! Hopefully Kate and I have enough food in the house to survive for a few days because we aren’t going anywhere…

Last night, we braved the early part of the blizzard to see “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou“. Anyone else seen this movie? It has all the elements of a Wes Anderson film – down and out lead character, quirky characters, unique sets (the cut-away of the Bellafonte is pretty cool), long-camera shots,little to no plot, etc… But in this one, the characters aren’t quite as loveable (Owen Wilson’s souther accent gets a little old), and the story just isn’t as engaging. I have to admit, it just wasn’t as fun as his other movies. Maybe my expectationts were too high… Curious to hear if anyone else has seen it…

Hey all. While I haven’t had time to write up anything about my time in Brazil, I have put some pictures up on my webpage: www.ben-schrag.com/brasil/. I’ll get a more comprehensive account up in the next week sometime.

Robin and I have resolved to watch Super Size Me once a week. It’s the Super Size Me diet, or rather deterrent to eating fast food.

If anyone is interested, my friends and I started a guild in World of Warcraft. It’s called Harsh Winter and we play on the Silver Hand server as Horde. We even have a discussion board!