Relocation

I'm in San Diego now.
Before I left for SD, I went through a bit of a glory-of-Rome phase. I read The Lives of the Caesars by Suetonius. Quite a fascinating read. Now there's an ancient scholar who would have provided quite an interesting interview on the History Channel (which tries to get the celebrated but more interesting historians and specialists for their programs). Suetonius' descriptions of the lives of the Caesars, starting from Julius Caesar, are very detailed, but in a way that really explains the character of the ruler. Weird habits and beliefs and the like. Like the fact that Julius Caesar started combing his hair forward because he was self-conscious about going bald. HAH. History suddenly becomes human and not so removed from now.

Then I decided that I wanted to watch Gladiator, so I did. I love Russell Crowe in this movie, then again . . I like a lot of his movies. He chooses to be a part of many good projects. Then I got pulled into my love for the Gladiator soundtrack, which was written by Hans Zimmer, who also wrote the soundtrack to The Dark Knight. God the man is talented.

Now I'm rereading some of my favorites from this summer, namely "The Mysterious Stranger" by Mark Twain and Big Sur by Jack Kerouac. I'm still exploring darkness in effort to be reconciled with it.

School starts so soon. I can't wait.