Last night, I went out on a date with my beauteous and oft-praised jungle_goddess to see the original 1954 uncut Japanese version of "Gojira." I'm not a film critic, but it was an enjoyable experience, and I did like it much better than the Raymond Burr version. The message against H-bombs was a bit thicker than it needed to be (I expected more subtlety), and ( Read more... )

I made it through my first five day work week since April 12th-16th. Woo-hoo!

( Musings about time off )

I'm not much of a drinker, but I know some of you are. And I thought this link (ganked from the Vodka God, allah_sulu) was amusing and informative.

Apparently, Continental Airlines is offering direct flights between Newark, New Jersey and St. John's, Newfoundland.

This is so great!!

Just 15 special Centenary Rolls-Royce Phantoms will be sold in the U.S. Sticker price: $351,500.

Brothels need trainees, too.

Aussies aren't as laid back as many assume.

In about half an hour, our car will arrive to take us to Newark Airport. A few hours later, we'll be in New Orleans for our first Jazzfest! We're all packed (except for the computer, which I'll be packing up momentarily.

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone!

I'm inside, though. But it's Friday!

This Sunday, jungle_goddess, Logan and I will be attending a brunch for entering freshmen at NJIT. So tomorrow, after reviewing the mail with my parents (they're back in Florida), I have to figure out exactly how we're going to get there, and get home, by bus (and Newark city subway), and hopefully remember to bring home ( Read more... )

The second most famous Serbian assassin in Europe was sentenced today for the murder of Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh. According to the article, his sentence is life (which in Sweden usually means 15 years). Seems a bit short to me, but that wasn't the strange part ( Read more... )

Rosie Reid, 18, from London, slept with a 44-year-old BT engineer in a hotel room in Euston after he paid her £8,400, the News of the World reports.

I don't know what to say . . .

This is for sharkbait and the other fans of the bloodsucking undead. :-)