i think that it was about as much as we could have hoped for. jar jar had no dialogue. lucas overdid some bits, but fixed other things which had been problems with the other prequels. led very nicely into the real star wars movies. i only caught one continuity error. i did not come out wanting to throttle someone as i did after clones, although i'm ( Read more... )

saw The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy last night. i enjoyed it very much. alan rickman was the best possible choice for the voice of marvin ( Read more... )

the little cards have all been filled out and mailed, so its settled. i'm going to swat next year.

in other news, i will be doing another SCA crew this summer, this time in isle royale national park. i am most excited.

i need to update more often. last weekend was the science olympiad- 'twas much fun. vote_sluggand i took first place in the "evolution" event despite not doing any ( Read more... )

HIV vs. Cancer

i think that this is most nifty. i'm also really relieved that they aren't rushing into human test subjects, because that seems to have screwed over a lot of otherwise cool genetic research.

alas, i have no interest in the first three of those things.

yesterday i was reminded of just how fucking much i love my friends when they threw me an uber-enjoyable surprise party. as a result, i now have, among many nifty things, shiny new hats and beer money.

apparently there is a cartoon show called "Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!", ( Read more... )

"Alex, I realized why I'm your girlfriend: I'm the only person who came to both your Buffy party and your Masterpiece Theatre party." - Joanna

in seattle. staying with cousin and her family. her little children are sickeningly cute ( Read more... )

mr. harsanyi told us that reinhard selten, the game theorist who shared the 1994 nobel prize in economics with john nash and jon harsanyi (mr. harsanyi's father), played diplomacy with a strategy of strict honesty, on that grounds that if its an iterated game people will trust you, and you do well.

alright, so i'm still not sure exactly where i stand on the issue of placing things like the ten commandments in public places such as court houses, other than i think that i think there are other issues i would rather see addressed first. nonetheless, i find this amusing.