• I'm supposed to be going to Vegas next weekend with Chris and John and some other people. I'm seriously considering bailing considering, #1, I don't have tickets yet, #2, tickets are now expensive, #3, I really shouldn't be spending that much money right now in the first place (even though I suppose I could use part of the check I got from my ( Read more... )

• Anna Karenina - This novel was magnificent. I loved how Tolstoy manages to get inside everybody's head and show how they analyze every little phrase and every little gesture and every little situation they're in, just like actual people do. Anna's tragic story was well told, and Levin's spiritual transformation seemed to be what 50% of the people ( Read more... )

Unfortunately, it's probably too little, too late, but good to see he's still fighting:

Dennis Kucinich's open letter to the Hip Hop Community

I think this voting segment might give him the bump he needs to take down Kerry in Illinois. *chortle*

I went to practice, and now I'm back at work to finish up some stuff I said I'd have done by tonight ( Read more... )

Through the wonder of Netflix and its ability to offer you movies that you wouldn't generally go out and rent if you felt like you had to pay for it, I just watched 8 MileThis was a bad, bad film. I thought the look of it was great - very gritty and dirty looking, just like the real Detroit. The problem arose when they tried to have a character ( Read more... )

I just got back from the Key Arena. I got there at 7:00AM to volunteer to run the clock / keep score during the Hockey Challenge tournament games today ( Read more... )

I'm freaking out just a bit to think that in six months, I won't be doing this anymore. I mean, I was sitting there, copying over resource files so that Rascal would regenerate them and so that this tool I was working on would build under the 2.0 CLR Razzle environment, and just thought, "Man ( Read more... )

From an email I just received:

Congratulations! I am very pleased to inform you that you have been admitted to the UCLA School of Law for fall 2004. We look forward to having you join our law school community and become a part of the class of 2007.
Well, how about that. News parts 2 and 3 hopefully are upcoming soon.

Whoa! Here's a quality rumor:
Charlize Theron, who walked away with the Best Actress Oscar for "Monster," is already reaping big rewards from the unglamorous role. Variety reports the blonde beauty is thisclose to earning a career-high $10 million to star in a live-action version of the animated MTV sci-fi series "Aeon Flux."
Live action Aeon Flux ( Read more... )

• I discovered about two hours ago that Liz Phair is playing the Moore tonight. Given my newfound Liz Phair fandom, the fact that I really wanted to go see her when she came to town, and the fact that I already promised myself that I'd work late tonight to catch up on stuff, I'm not currently a happy camper.
• Had my second Tech Rec game last night. ( Read more... )