I think I had the best New Years Eve in... ever? Yeah, that seems pretty accurate, no offense to the Pates and their excellent parties, or to past instances where Fatties were involved, etc. etc., but Jamee throws one hell of a party, I'm fucking glad I met her. Thanks Introduction to Russian Culture and also random crazy happenstance ( Read more... )

Roger Ebert on Day the Earth Stood Still, the shitty-assed remake, mind you, not the apparently brilliant original (which I'm going to track down at the library very soon ( Read more... )

I'm still in the process of applying to schools and whatnot, and frankly don't want to write about that on here right now. However, I did just read Sourcery by Terry Pratchett and am in the process of reading A Christmas Carol by Dickens (which is so good oh man) and will then be starting An Arsonist's Guide to Writer's Homes in New England by a ( Read more... )

One of several perilous balls is now rolling, and I've done most of my application work for the University of Texas at Austin. I still need to write my letter of intent and e-mail it along with my writing sample. The letters of recommendation are an online affair, and Drs. Ash, Retish and Port will be notified shortly by e-mail that they need to ( Read more... )

Again, feel free to ignore this post (which you all do anyway, ZING) as it's more grad school organiztion crap ( Read more... )

Dragonforce is going to be playing in Royal Oak on December 6th, and I can get tickets for $18 each, I guess because of school or something. So I guess if anybody is interested in going, let me know, and I'll order some up. But do it quick.

If this cocky looking mother fucker right here is not some kind of Pate, then I do not know what a Pate is. And let me tell you, I know me some Pates.


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So the trailer below is for a movie based on the book Let Me In (well, technically it's based on Låt Den Rätte Komma In, but I read the book in English). The book was pretty awesome, and while I knew there was a movie comming out, I didn't know when. It's opening (or at least playing) at one theater in Grand Rapids on December 12th, and I would ( Read more... )

I'm with Jeff Rowland, I'm finally proud to be an American again!

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