Blah (again)

The day ebbs away in anonymity.

I finally contacted a priest about converting to Orthodoxy. I emailed Father Christopher at Holy Cross Orthodox Church in High Point and he responded. He suggested we meet at some point to discuss it. Holy Cross is with the OCA, which is Eastern Orthodox, and affiliated with the Russian Orthodox Church.

Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" was on last night, as part of TCM's "Essentials" show, which for some reason is co-hosted by Rose McGowan. McGowan's commentary reminds me of something a college student would say; it pretends at being meaningful, and may even sound educated, but it's actually a whole lot of B.S. (In parentheses here I will mention that Rose McGowan is hot - the Lord giveth, the Lord taketh away). When asked by Robert Osborne if she was a Kurosawa fan, McGowan replied that she liked "elements" of Kurosawa, but then totally changed the subject to how influential Kurosawa has been. So you don't like Kurosawa? I kinda got the sense that Osborne, one of the most knowledgeable film historians out there, was as irked by McGowan as I was. When the film was over, which is 3.5 hours (3.5 hours of excellent, mind you, in which every shot and scene is necessary and awesome), Osborne asked McGowan what she thought of the film. "Well, I know film students are going to throw popcorn at the screen when I say this, but I prefer 'The Magnificent Seven.'" Seven Samurai, apparently, is too long, and there are, like, you know, all of those words you have read and stuff?