The Borders of Things

Long Drive at Night

Tonight, Capria and I are driving to Montana for the Thanksgiving weekend. This should be a good time and we're looking forward to it. The only lousy part is that we can't leave until 8 pm, and it'll take us about 9 hours. I must be getting old, because the prospect of an overnight road trip is quite unappealing. Plus, there will be snow going over the mountain. Even more fun. But it won't be too bad. I plan on espresso-ing myself up before I leave town, listen to good, thought-provoking CDs for the first half of the trip, and then loud, cheesy 80s metal for the last half. This recipe usually works pretty well.

I'm still having class today, although I know a number of students will have already left. I've decided to show clips from The Big Lebowski, namely the first scene in the bowling alley and then The Dude's interview with the Big Lebowski. The pedagogical value of this is that those are great scenes. Actually, I'm showing it because those scenes are nothing more than an extended argument, which I'm going to have them analyze. It should be fun.

Everyone have a great Thanksgiving. I'll probably drop a post or two over the weekend.