I bet a lot of non-regional folks were confusing West Texas with West, Texas, which isn’t in West Texas.
That little Czech bakery in West that people rant and rave about must have been doing quite the business with the flood of media and help personnel in town. For those of you unfamiliar with the bakery, here’s a nice write up.
Joe Berti finished the Boston Marathon just seconds before the terror attack, he then returned to his home near Waco and witnessed the West explosion. It’s like he could star in the movie Unbreakable.
I heard the Baylor community was doing a lot to help the West community. Also in Baylor news, Brittney Griner discussed being gay. From what I read, I’m surprised no reporter asked her what it was like being openly gay and attend a Baptist university.
I heard a lot of good things about the time travel movie Primer which was made in North Texas for only $7,000 and won numerous awards, so I gave it a go on Netflix. It was good, very technical, and a bit over my head. Heck, I spent time on the Internet trying to understand a few things and I’m still dumbfounded.
I have a friend who is gay who attended Baylor as an undergrad. She said it was a very oppressive environment, and she was only out to a very close circle of friends. After her first year, she transferred to SMU, and found it to be much better. She said that at Baylor she felt like she was constantly being pushed into pretending to be something she wasn't, just so she wouldn't be mistreated. If I remember correctly, one of the conditions for her scholarship was that she "comply with all school rules," one of which was belief in & following the school's honor code, and that included a phrase condemning homosexuality. That was another reason she left – she couldn't in good conscience continue to break that.
Of course, she wasn't a world-class athlete, she was just a regular person.
I saw Primer recently as well. I consider myself pretty intelligent, and can follow most "complicated" movies without a problem, but I swear I looked at that illustration on Wikipedia for a few hours. I think I can almost wrap my head around it now. But I liked it. Have you seen Timecrimes (2007) "Los cronocrímenes"? I really liked that one.
I may have to look at that WIkipedia illustration a bit more and hopefully it will sink it. I haven't seen Timecrimes but will probably give it a try soon. Thanks for the recommendation.
I have a friend who is gay who attended Baylor as an undergrad. She said it was a very oppressive environment, and she was only out to a very close circle of friends. After her first year, she transferred to SMU, and found it to be much better. She said that at Baylor she felt like she was constantly being pushed into pretending to be something she wasn't, just so she wouldn't be mistreated. If I remember correctly, one of the conditions for her scholarship was that she "comply with all school rules," one of which was belief in & following the school's honor code, and that included a phrase condemning homosexuality. That was another reason she left – she couldn't in good conscience continue to break that.
Of course, she wasn't a world-class athlete, she was just a regular person.
I saw Primer recently as well. I consider myself pretty intelligent, and can follow most "complicated" movies without a problem, but I swear I looked at that illustration on Wikipedia for a few hours. I think I can almost wrap my head around it now. But I liked it. Have you seen Timecrimes (2007) "Los cronocrímenes"? I really liked that one.
I may have to look at that WIkipedia illustration a bit more and hopefully it will sink it. I haven't seen Timecrimes but will probably give it a try soon. Thanks for the recommendation.