Thus far the promised posts from earlier in the week haven't materialized, due to technical difficulties and restricted email access. But here's where we are: Concord, CA, at a buddy's house for thanksgiving, and has been quite cool so far. Points:
1- saw two movies yesterday, one being the disc of 'I Am Sam,' scary good, in that it was good, yet scary (those involved did a great job capturing compounded stress on film). Not going to elaborate fully, but it's just what hit me, and i wanted to put this to pen.
Second movie was 'After the Sunset,' in theater. weird movie, all over the place, but i do recommend it to anyone who has to be convinced that salma hayek is gorgeous.
2 - writing this pentateuch paper about babel, and reading the story of the text alongside the story of our church has been quite something. again, more to elaborate when i have the hour.

My roommate borrowed the Star Wars DVDs from a friend this week, and i put in the original, A New Hope...
and I must say, even granting all knocks against the prequels, and having not yet seen Revenge of the Sith and the climax of the obi-wan/anakin arc that came to the fore in Clones, the backstory has so totally enriched the original.

Case in point: Obi-Wan's Death Scene.
As he turns his eyes from Luke to Vader, and his lips curve upwards into the smile, there's so much there...between those three...
The Jedi/the Padwan/the Son...

First, we saw Episode IV on its own.
Then, we saw it in the context of IV-VI.
Now, we've got I and II.
Soon, the saga is complete, and new viewings can be occasioned.

Weeks since I've posted? In my mind, days, for Sunday's 'Paul on eating meat in Corinth/later Wittgenstein' connection, made last Wednesday, got killed by the blogbot (either that or it fell into the moat of errors and time-outs).

Quick thought today on reading for method: Roland Barthes' analysis of Genesis 33 and Jacob wrestling with the angel, or with God, or some mysterious figure. It's like Jacob's adversary was Mitsuhara Misawa, fighting Kawada in a match with equal stature to 6/3/94, and he pulled out the Tiger Driver '91, and Kawada kicks out! That's what Barthes sees going on in the text: Jacob kicks out. He doesn't reverse to a pin, but the 'death move' out of desperation doesn't get the pin, nor the tap out. He takes this thing all the way to the time limit...daybreak.

Now that's cool.