To illustrate how in-tune I am with religion: I walked past five people on the street today with ash on their foreheads before it dawned on me that it was Ash Wednesday.

More to the point: my honest-to-God first thought upon seeing the first one was "Holy shit-- Is that Gorbachev?!"

Yep, I'm going to Hell.

Any other night, a random guy shouting "Heil Hitler!" at me from a taxi as I approached my dorm might strike me as odd.

Tonight, however, after witnessing hundreds upon hundreds of armored police officers marching in lockstep and patting their truncheons at anyone contemplating leaving their homes, I'd almost be surprised if he didn't.

Oh, and ( because I'm an iTunes geek )

Well, I can knock another one off the "cliched LJ topics" list: the I-wrote-a-song-today post. Last night at the open mic night at After Hours, Andy issued me a challenge: If I could write a song called "I'm a Sick Poodle With My Tail Between My Legs" in 24 hours, he would perform it. The result is significant for a few reasons ( Read more... )

There's something hilariously poetic about listening to "Heroin" by the Velvet Underground while eating straight Tang powder with a spoon.

My Film 2 teacher, who looks like he could shape up to be either a pretentious hardass or an endearing psychopath, made a big deal on the first day of class of how we, as film students, should see as many movies in the theater as possible, and that he sees several hundred a year. He says that this is our true film school, and by seeing movies as ( Read more... )

I feel like putting off my Film 2 homework, and I always like supporting locally grown memes, so I figger I might as well fill out Aaron's survey. Here goes!

( King of all he surveys )

In classic fashion, I thought of something to post the second I hit "Update Journal." I humbly submit:

Mark E. Smith on BBC NewsNight

This might not be as funny if you're not familiar with The Fall, but I think it's hilarious regardless. Basically, to comment on John Peel's death in October, the BBC brought in Michael Bradley, of the Undertones, ( Read more... )

Whelp, I figger I might as well do the obligatory "back-to-school" post. I actually got in around six... and promptly realized I forgot my computer. Fortunately, I've got cool parents who live in the state-- Back in action as of 10 ( Read more... )

Damn, it's been a while since I updated-- Haven't even had a post this year. You're probably all wondering what I've been up to since my last post.

If you guessed "Sitting alone in the dark eating Jell-O and watching Residents DVDs," you get a cookie.

The judges will also accept "Not a damn thing."

Alright... This is gonna be a long one. I know, because I already typed the whole thing, then my computer crashed and I lost it all. Let's see if I have the patience to write it all again ( Read more... )