Exploration: Internet Cat Video Film Festival

Oh, Friends,

What a soul-warming evening! I rode my trusty steel steed a couple miles on my first downtown dwelling bicycle commute to my friend's house for a little pizza and film action.

The bike ride was great: I kept finding wrong turns--entrances onto 394--and ended up riding through the bowels of downtown, but it was a zippy, safe ride, perfect for downtown dwelling.

The trusty Surly Cylclocross with a kitschy Serfas bike seat. I do what I can to keep things interesting.

The pizza and company were great, but what iced the evening was the Internet Cat Video Film Festival at the Walker Art Center. Us and about two thousand fellow video enjoyers sat on the lawn and enjoyed about 70 videos last night together. It was fun for a few reasons:

• We were outside!
• We laughed!
• There was a full moon!
• The video screen was tiny (we were waaaay up on the hill), which really gave a sense that we're still watching these on a teenie laptop; this time, a public laptop.
• And this: 

•  And this!

• And finally this: