i feel like as i get older -- today being my 26th birthday -- that i should, in some way, remind myself that i'm an adult. this isn't usually difficult. most of the time i'm happy with how i react and how i deal with outside stimulus, whether it's good or bad news. i don't act irrational. i don't burst into temper tantrums or feel the need for ( Read more... )

Fernando asked me, along with several other friends, to contribute to a blog on arts and entertainment. He's a fan of Alan Sepinwall, a well known TV critic. So I figure the site's going to be review and criticism oriented. Check it out below and subscribe ( Read more... )

first, i wanna say i miss Dan up on here. his blog was a good diversion to whatever bullshit was going on in my life. i liked his rants and his wit ( Read more... )

in about 5 days, i'm going to be moved out of my apartment in cockeysville. it's bittersweet but necessary. and my decision showed some reluctance at first but i knew WHY it had to happen. people either know the first reason or the second; but the main one being i hate the hour commute to and from work. it's aging my ambition ( Read more... )

so things are starting to slow down at work again. every summer we go through a lull, where there's exactly 2 hours worth of REAL work to do in a given day ( Read more... )

so there are little things i've wanted to think on, mull over, and reevaluate on here. however, with an increasing sense of ADD and interest in not writing the encyclopedia of mind-emptying rants i've already expressed on these topics, i feel it can be nothing short of disappointing ( Read more... )

i got some glasses yesterday. first time i've ever had glasses. it's weird being able to see things so crystal clear. i wasn't legally blind or anything, but after being told i have astigmatism about 4 or 5 years ago, the presence of The Ol' Fuzziness has become more prevalent with each passing year. the small digital read out on my decks at work ( Read more... )

it happens in bursts. i remember i have a LiveJournal account, decide to post something...or not. then another long stretch occurs until i remember AGAIN that i do, in fact, have a blog to, at the very least, entertain, analyze, and give the old shot of psychotherapy to my life. i would say "entertain my friends" or write "for my audience". but let ( Read more... )

1. i have been thinking recently about the state of classics vs. remakes. don't get your hopes up, this isn't a dissertation. for one, i can't think of more than 3 or 4 examples right now. second, i'm not nearly organized enough to spew forth scalding hot education for your wacky, pedophilic eyes. but i don't think remakes are necessarily a bad ( Read more... )

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