"Zum Sterben ist immer noch Zeit."

Last night, we finally got it together to see Der Untergang. I'm not sure what I expected or how to evaluate such a project. I admit that it held me absolutely spellbound for two-and-a-half hours; most of the performances are of surpassing excellence. Yet afterwards, I couldn't really say what I brought away from it beyond a grab bag of Nazi trivia. ("It sucks to be at war, especially when you're losing badly" was something I knew already.) That and, if I'm cowering in a bunker on the eve of the destruction of my nation and all my ideals, I really want someone like Eva Braun (at least as portrayed by Juliane Köhler) there with me.

New frontiers in student stupidity

I'm walking back from lunch. I see a car parked off to one side with the driver's door ajar. There's a guy in the driver's seat and two more standing by the open door. I have a bad feeling, but I figure Who would be stupid enough to back out with his door ajar?

OH. MY. GOD.

He waited until I was right behind him, natch. I stood there for a moment thinking He's got to notice me but he continued not to, so I started saying "Yo! Yo!" to get his attention.

It wasn't easy, because he was on the phone the whole time. I finally had to walk up to the front seat and practically wave my arms in his face. The two guys standing nearby, who I assume were buddies of his, made absolutely no effort to stop him from running me down.

From now on, I'm calling this place "Midvale School for the Gifted".