Weekend Review: Museums, Media, and Milwaukee

In what will likely become a recurring column, I do my best to summarize some key happenings in various spheres of my life over the course of the previous weekend. To combat my chronic verbosity (no doctor has officially diagnosed me yet, but why do you think I'm going to medical school?), I will limit myself to 100 words for each individual entry/story within the review each week.

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The Durham Museum Opens My Eyes

My wife and I spent Saturday morning at this museum near downtown Omaha's Old Market District. Located in the former central station for Omaha's railways, the museum has a main floor designated as a carefully-preserved replica of the station from the early 20th century. An enormous lower floor is filled with permanent exhibits detailing Omaha's history as well as traveling exhibits for people to enjoy. When we were there, the traveling exhibit was about filmmaker James Cameron and his innovations in deep sea exploration (who knew?). If you like history or trains, I'd recommend you check it out as well!

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Taylor and I Become the Most Cultured People in Council Bluffs

Later that morning, we walked a few blocks over to check out a couple local art centers, The Kaneko and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts. I am by no means exceedingly interested or skilled in virtually all artistic endeavors, but I have to admit that there were a few exhibits we saw across the two galleries that made me say, "Hey, that's pretty cool." One exhibit in particular included 50+ secondhand guitars playing classics coordinated by a computer program. The best part about both exhibits: They're free.

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Kum & Go Does It Again

The t-shirt pictured above had nothing to do with our weekend, but I might have to buy it if Kum & Go continues to impress me. If you have a rewards card, you can buy a 64 oz. drink for a dollar. Fair enough. We each tried a version of "craft" soft drinks that they had: Taylor had Mint Lemonade and I had Peach Lemonade. Both were phenomenal, and you should look into trying them out yourself. For $1, you could buy less than one-fifth of a Subway sub or a delectable 64 oz. drink. It's an easy choice.

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Fear Street Trilogy Wraps Up With a Bang

After watching the first part earlier in the week, I was able to catch the last two installments of Netflix's horror trilogy. It was honestly a phenomenal set of films. The story was inventive, cohesive, and tortuous enough to keep my undivided attention throughout its entirety. Most of my critiques of the first film were largely improved upon in the final two movies, and I sincerely look forward to see what Netflix has in store for any future projects related to this one.

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Bucks Win Classic, Seize Commanding Lead In Finals

The Bucks's big three finally put together a strong, unified performance on both ends, and they needed every point those stars could muster. In a game where the Suns came out scorching hot in the first quarter and didn't cool off much after that, the Bucks ultimately came out on top in an electric offensive battle thanks to a monumental defensive play by Jrue Holiday that culminated in a Giannis slam dunk. Chris Paul heads into Tuesday's Game 6 with his legacy firmly on the line, but I think the Bucks will ultimately prove too much.

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I Ran the Media at Our Church Service

I volunteered to help run the Powerpoint on our church's production team, and this week was my first training week. Little did I know, the person who was training me thought it'd be funny to spring the fact that I'd be actually running the presentation on me five minutes before the service started. You can review the film of my performance below and feel free to critique me. I promise, I'll get better. The good news is that I had Taylor, equally surprised to be running her part of the production, helping me out with the camera cuts.

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PSA: Council Bluffs' HyVee Is Horrible

That's all.