Kamataki and Pi Day

First of all, happy Pi Day (March 14) 2006. The official celebration should have occured on March 14th (3.14) at 1:59 p.m. (3.14159). I bought some strawberry rhubarb pies to bring to my class on Tuesday night, to give pie to some of the people in my class. It was a small class, so I only had to buy two pies, and I had pie left over. It was yummy pie.

And tonight, I went to see Kamataki. It is a Canadian production about a half Japanese, half French-Canadian kid who jumps off a bridge after his father dies. He miraculously survives, and his mother sends him to Japan. I really don't know what the point of the movie was... There were some nude scenes, he has sex with some American apprentice, as well as the Sensei who is a lot older than him. He helps with the kamataki, where he fills a giant kiln with Japanese raku pottery, tends the fire of the kiln, and the people take shifts to make sure that the flame in the kiln doesn't weaken. He then meets a Japanese girl and he takes up other pieces of Japanese culture.

At least I found out that Pet Shop Boys is releasing a new studio album on March 28, 2006...