pulled out the old animation show dvd box set last night for kicks — and because i haven’t watched them since picking up said box set — speaking of which, isn’t it about time for the next one guys? i seem to remember going to volume three around this time last year.

anyhow, i think a couple of my most favorite, and incidentally not part of the original program, are the brother, cousin, uncle trilogy of adam elliot. so sad and sweet and funny at the same time. i think i almost — shut up, i said almost — cry at the end of brother at the closing line which i hope i can faithfully remember:

memories of you i will always keep; god saw you were tired, so he put you to sleep…

so on the dvd they also mention his academy award-winning follow-up, harvie krumpet, from 2003, which i have never seen. now in this season of catching up on the oscar-nominated films i have guiltily neglected, i have decided to track it down in addition to all the obvious ones that have been recently added to the lengthy netflix queue. i mean, i suppose i could watch it on youtube or ifilm, as is apparently possible. in fact, i’d recommend you do just that if you’re less interested than i am, but still at least somewhat intrigued. i, however, refuse to take in such works in a degraded format, so i’m currently taking to the internets to find a higher quality option.