With planning the wedding, life has been even crazier than usual, so I haven't had a ton of time to blog. So just a few quick updates on various odds and ends. Really enjoying the new Patty Griffin
Children Running Through
album a lot. If it's possible, she's gotten even better on this one. I'll have a full review up on BlogCritics before too long. Also enjoying UK R&B sensation Amy Winehouse
Back to Black
, although I had to order that one from Amazon UK. It's available in the US now.
Kristin and I finally saw Children of Men a few weeks ago and boy is it a compelling film. Really dense in both imagery and ideas. Quite thought-provoking, although unrelentingly brutal in the bleakness of its mood and emotionally draining. Highly recommended.
In other news, Kristin and I made our first batch of homebrew beer and it should be ready to try this weekend! It's quite a fun thing to do for the most part, although you really have to worry about sanitation and that's hard for me, being a messy cook and all that. Kristin has an easier time with that, since she works in a biochem lab and is used to sterilizing things, so between the two of us we do okay. We'll see how the beer turns out, but we are already thinking about our next recipe which will probably have to wait until after the wedding.