nebraska

i'm leaving for omaha nebraska tomorrow morning. a whole week with my older brother scott. he moved to omaha several years ago to fly a particular plane for the air force. it's called a CA-135. well i'm really looking forward to the next 8 days, we're going to paint his house, drive around the great plains in his cool black jeep, and probably do some fitness (he's training for a triathalon). and with scott, one is always assured of having great food and a full slate of action/adventure things to do.

yesterday for fathers day we had grandpa and all the cousins over. believe it or not, it's rare i have anybody to go out on the boats with so that was great for me. and oh, yeah, my little brother todd showed up saturday morning at like 600, having just driven from chicago.

right now i'm in the basement, re-watching a movie called "house of sand and fog". it's intense. it's not a popcorn and soda type of movie. actually it's really depressing at parts but nonetheless a valuable movie, i think. wish i knew more about iranian culture and especially how the men and women interact. great filming and i like the musical score by james horner.