there is an interesting parallel that i've just noticed. it seems to me that.....

the negative reaction to spider-man 3 that is now circulating is bringing out criticisms of the first 2 movies that i  - and i consider myself a reasonable person - have always felt.

and

the negative reaction to the bush administration (specifically the new bill moyers ( Read more... )

so, i think i've reached somewhat of a breaking point - i've been in kind of a mini-funk as of late.  nothing too serious, i'm not depressed or anything, but i'd describe it as chronically bummed.  i think i've been in a philosophical rut, and i think my warcraft habit is largely to blame.  so, in a brand new direction, i'm going to start weaning ( Read more... )

driving home
after working yourself out halfway to exhaustion
at 2 am on a saturday night when all the drunk drivers are out

is not fun.

nothing special to report.  EXCEPT THAT JENN AND BRIAN GOT MARRIED.  and i was there.  it was the first wedding i've been to since i was a wee little toddler, serving as the ring bearer at my aunt and uncle's wedding in california way back when.  i don't remember much from that wedding, which, like my family, was of the jewish persuasion.  i ( Read more... )

comic books suck, man.

i stopped into my old comic book store today.  not really to buy anything, just to browse around.  i wanted to see what books were still around from the period several years ago when i was collecting them.  i figured if something jumped out at me, i might pick it up.  maybe i'd check out the posters and whatnot.

what i saw ( Read more... )

why is it that whenever i have 2 days off in a row, i get so completely bored?  2 days in a row is like a weekend - the majority of working america shares the same experience.  can they all be as bored as me?  maybe i just need to get together with people more often.  especially in a non-spending money kind of way.  so, if you're reading this, and ( Read more... )

about to do my taxes... hope i don't fuck it up.  apparently, i did in 2004, and it just cost me $600. 

it's been a couple of days, but i'm back with a vengeance.  my mini-vacation with the grandparents was nice - we stayed over, went shopping all the next day, just basically put in a lot of good face time.  then, today at work, even though we had to deal with the hordes of post-easter service customers, i was still able to get lots done.  to top it ( Read more... )

the end of work tonight marks the first 2-day stretch that i've had off in quite a while.  not only that, but i think i'm not even going to be able to go into work at all on the second day.  and by go in, yes i do mean go in to do work.  not just rent movies.  that's how much of a perfectionist/masochist/control freak i am about work.  i'll ( Read more... )

so, i'm cleaning house today, and i gotta say, there really is no better feeling than just kinda.... purifying, ya know?  it's downright cathartic.  (plus, my lady really likes it, cause she thinks i'm doing it for her.)  it also lets you find a bunch of stuff that you might never have found again.  like, i don't know how i lived without my spare ( Read more... )