My friend’s dog, Amity, has been stolen. If you live in Portland, please keep an eye out for her. There have been sightings of her around town and she was stolen near PSU. Details here.
What kind of lowlife steals a dog? Let’s hope Amity is found and the dog-napper is brought to justice!
UPDATE: She’s been found! Details to follow…
Earlier, I shared a link to my friend, Brandon’s, new business venture. Here are two of his creations: A tribute to our hometown and, of course, one remembering Billy Mays.
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I’ve decided to review the top five documentaries I’ve seen in the last twelve months (June 2008 to June 2009). After I accomplish this, I will continue to review the documentaries I see after June of 2008. Here is the first installment. All reviews, good or bad, can be found at this page. Please feel free to add your own opinions in the comments as well as suggestions of documentaries I should watch! ~Neva
Inspired by an article published by the New Yorker in 2003 titled “Jumpers” by Tad Friend, Director Eric Steel and his crew filmed every daylight minute of San Fransisco’s Golden Gate Bridge in 2004. Out of the 24 known suicides that year, the film makers were able to capture footage of 23 of them, and even more unsuccessful attempts.
In this documentary, Steel interviews friends and family members of the jumpers, as well as witnesses to jumps. Also interviewed are attempted bridge suicides and a man that saved a young woman by pulling her off a ledge. The most powerful interview, by far, is that of survivor Kevin Hines, who jumped off the Golden Gate in 2000 after suffering from severe psychotic episodes at the age of 19.
While not directly addressed in this documentary, the message is clear: a suicide barrier must be installed on the Golden Gate Bridge. As of May of this year, plans to build a barrier are slowly moving forward.
Documentary filmmaking at its best, The Bridge is incredibly powerful and amazingly compassionate when it could have easily have been exploitive. (A handful of the jumps are shown in the film). I recommend watching this film with caution by making sure you are in the right mental place for such a dark, heartbreaking, and facinating subject.
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©2009 Neva Cavataio
This is an ad on the back of a magazine I got in the mail the other day. I’m not sure, but I think they’re trying to sell me a car…
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