The New Boredom

I think I can safely assume that at least 90% of people with broadband internet connections have seen that video of women’s faces represented in art history morphing into one another. But what is new to me today is that the same thing was done (I assume by the same people) with women in film history:

and also with men in film history:

What is probably the most interesting thing about all of that tome is which faces I find interesting. There really are timeless and classic beauties and classy looking fellows that pop up through the presentations. While Mister Ed (Julia Roberts) kind of scares me, Ingrid Bergman and Ginger Rogers will always be gorgeous. Cary Grant and Gregory Peck will always be classy looking dudes.

Of all the ones in the art montage though, I found the abstract ones to be the most interesting. I guess I’m weird like that.

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Speaking of weird, it wasn’t until about noon today that I realized what all that stuff was on everyone’s faces. Sorry for being really insensitive. I forgot that Ash Wednesday follows Fat Tuesday.

The idea of Lent has always been really interesting to me. I don’t know much about it or where it comes from, like any of the historical roots of it all, but I always thought of the idea as a nice gesture. This is surprising since I find most organized religious practices to be silly at best. But the idea of “Hey, that guy gave up his life for you, what are you going to give up for 40 days?” is not bad. Giving up something that you rely on every day for 40 days is a really nice reminder of the scale and significance of what your main dude gave up for you. It’s a nice practice what you preach act that goes well beyond the “we’ll think of you in our prayers” type vapor that most people never go beyond.

So even though I’m not really all that into religion, I am into challenges. Let’s see how many days (40? yikes…) I can make it without Hating.

I’m giving up hating for Lent.

That doesn’t mean I’m just going to be a push over or that I’m going to love everything. I just think that I’m going to try and take a break from player hating. I may still disagree, sometimes strongly, with certain things but I’m going to test the waters in taking a break from player hatin’.

I’ll either come out of this a better and happier person or it will kill me.