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 So the car wasn't as bad as it could have been. $330 to get the transmission fixed. I've still got the list of 7 or 8 hundred dollars of further work that I need to get done eventually, but I do at least still have a running car that takes me places ( Read more... )

So last week I got called into work, to close. On my way in I got a $263 speeding ticket ( Read more... )

from IMDB news:
Actor Jason Bateman has confirmed plans are underway for a movie version of cancelled TV sitcom Arrested Development. A rumored meeting between the star and series creator Mitch Hurwitz late last year fuelled speculation a big-screen adaptation of the cult show was in the pipeline. And now the Juno star has confirmed the cast has ( Read more... )

So I was just watching the mtv/myspace presidential forum thing on mtv (forgive me for not being eloquent, I just drank a bunch of vodka), and I have concluded that the vast majority of people my age in this country are unbelievably stupid. People are asking Hillary Clinton questions who can barely form a coherent sentence and clearly have no ( Read more... )

My parents gave me $300, I hadn't even asked for anything. Surprising, and nice of them. Its for textbooks, but you know how it is, I hardly ever get to get things for myself, so I went out and bought a couple books and a couple cds (not too bad, there's impressive restraint there I think). I bought another David Foster Wallace short story ( Read more... )

So I finally got around to seeing Sicko today.

Gives me a bit to think about. Being only 21 and having a serious condition doesn't leave me in the best position in this country. In a for-profit system no insurance company could ever benefit from having me as a client. Well, basically anyone in this country who ever gets sick from anything isn't in a ( Read more... )

So I added a class called "philosophical reading and writing". Mostly it should be good and easy. Typical entry level stuff, plato, dante, marx. One thing makes me wonder. At the end of the semester we're watching "The Matrix" and writing something about it.....come on. We can do better than the matrix. Maybe if I was in high school ( Read more... )

 Hey...know what would be a huge surprise if you've been following my life lately? More bad news ( Read more... )

Dear 2007,

Fuck off.

Love,
Chris