Bioshock

Today a college kid I met briefly at the bookstore told me I reminded him of this character in a video game called 'Bioshock Infinite.' I don't play videogames but I have wanted to create a story for one or design some graphics. So I started watching a bit. It's fairly long and it's New Year's Eve so I would like to get out and do things now but I'll save it for later. The graphics are beautiful! Just watched the beginning with the setting in Maine and loved the lighthouse imagery.

Here's the full video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iZZg2qiBos#t=316

Planning for Reyjkavik trip

In 3 weeks, I will be heading over to Reykjavik. Going to the Airwaves festival, which I have wanted to attend for almost a decade. : ) Excited. It's been a while since I have been out of the country (4 years). The last time I was in Reyjkavik, I passed through on my way to Oxford (2004). It will be great to be back!

This time around I'd like to travel a bit more. It would be fabulous to catch a view of the northern lights. We've had some great nights in Vermont lately. Some photographers have captured it beautifully. The first time I saw the northern lights I didn't actually know that was what I was looking at. I was driving back home and had just passed Waitsfield in the central valley and it was pitch dark out. I was the only driver on the highway. I was reaching a bridge, one of the highway markers reminding me I'd made progress when I saw a faint glimmer of red.  I squinted and paid better attention to my driving. A few minutes later, the right side of the sky started to glow brighter and brighter red with white and slightly yellow. It was spectacular. It throbbed, cavorted and danced away.