I wasn't a hypochondriac until I spent a lot of time reading Wikipedia. Seriously, though, I do get a little nervous reading some of these descriptions of mental disorders until I realize that a) it's Wikipedia and b) many of the symptoms are so vague because of the previous reason that anyone could qualify for them. Case in point, Schizotypal ( Read more... )

In an effort to validate my fears for a nameless doom, on Friday afternoon, during a heavy snowstorm during rush hour, a furniture delivery truck gave my little Matrix a kiss as I stopped to make a turn. I was lucky in that I saw him coming and, at the last second, released the brake and began to turn. I didn't make it out of the way in time, sadly ( Read more... )

While I'm technically a day early, I'm fearing the Ides of March. I don't know if it's just paranoia, but I have this feeling of impending doom lingering over my head. I have this feeling like something terrible is going to happen. It's only 8:40. I should not expect doom this early in the morning ( Read more... )

Not being lv 70 yet proves I'm not an addict!

I saw 300 this weekend. Twice. In a row. Leaving the theater, some friends called to see if I wanted to see it and I said "yes". I liked it. I know a lot of critics did not, but I've learned that most professional critics are idiotsIt's, at times, a bloody, angry, and testosterone-driven film and that's exactly what I was looking for. Men with ( Read more... )

Reading up on some of the scarier news, there's the talk of copy-writing genes. Michael Crichton writes about it in his fictional novel Next and the subject is brought up briefly in the movie The Constant Gardner. I haven't read Next, but I've heard mixed reviews. Still, it brings up the question of where the line gets drawn. I can see millions of ( Read more... )

Sorry. I'm a bit giddy at the moment. I've read that the new Massive Attack, featuring Damon Albam, Dot Allison and Mos Def among other musicians, will be out next month. Portishead has been updating their MySpace page saying that they've played a couple shows in England and expect a new album to be done this year. I stand by my claim that if they ( Read more... )

After coming home from the grocery store where every register lane was littered with images of Brittney's half-shaven head as well as speculation as to why she did it or what will come of it (Will she lose custody of her children? Does Kevin have a new man? Will she sing duets with Sinead O'Connor?), I returned home and turned on the TV ( Read more... )

Where the hell did all that snow come from?! I woke up to two inches already on my car and more falling. "One to two inches" my ass! My know-it-all boss went around explaining, in detail, why it's still snowing and why we got more than expected. I was quick with the rebuttal: "Don't try to trick me with your science (and I pronounced the "c"), I ( Read more... )

For the last couple of weeks, I've been very tired at work. It's not that I'm working to hard (behind a desk staring at a PC for 8 hours a day) or that I don't get enough sleep at night (7 or more hours every night), it's a mix of not having anything to do and listening to my iPod all day. For instance, right now I'm listening to Brian Eno's (who ( Read more... )