This week's Zeitgeist is a toss-up between Tom Skilling and Chungking Express. Two non-overlapping circles of a Venn Diagram to the untrained eye, they in fact share the common ground of having been heavily influential over the past week.

Yet they cannot both be The Zeitgeist; I must choose and so the honorific goes to Chungking Express. Yes, Tom Skilling dominates the foreboding realm of Meteorology in a seriously amazing, respect-garnering way. And yes, in a sense he (with a regularity that goes far beyond the confines of one week) predicts Mother Nature's Zeitgeist, leads it, shapes its portrayal to the masses and spearheads seminars on it, but [alas] he himself is not it. Chungking Express, on the other hand, deals in the more attainable realms of Love, Asia and Pineapples. Its scope is universal and for this reason alone it should attract a fan base at least as large as Skilling's. Though upon viewing one might find oneself initially doubting its critical acclaim, second and third viewings will undoubtedly lead to toggling with reckless abandon betwixt a sampling of two or three amazing scenes.

This past week was also shaped by:

1) Simple Green for providing a cleaning medium during the dis- and (hopefully successful) re-assembly of my bike.
2) Japanese Pod 101 lessons to for supplementing my evening studies and reminding me fondly of so many a genki fellow instructor.
3) Dubstep for providing an enlightening experience at Cafe Lura.