Current Ramblings
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
I like court shows. They're a lot like talk shows, no doubt thanks to the producers picking really dysfunctional guests, but the host gets to yell at them and tell them they're horrible. Also, I have learned a very important lesson from these shows: Never, under any circumstances, buy anybody a car.
I've gotten back to walking again. And by "again", I mean this morning. The seasonal change kind of threw off my schedule; I was walking at night during the summer to avoid the heat and intense sun, but now it's too cold. I had been taking the occasional walk up to Target to make up for it, but now I'm back on my non-summer schedule.
Graham and I went to see 28 Days Later at the cheap theater last night. For those who do not live near one of the miracles that are second-run theaters, they show movies that have been out for a couple months and the tickets are dirt cheap. With the crazy prices of movie tickets around here right now, it's gotta be a pretty impressive movie for us not to wait for it to hit the second-run theater. And it also means we see more movies in general. How many movies aren't worth 50 cents-$1.50 (depending on the time and day of the week)? 28 Days Later was pretty good. It maybe wasn't as scary as it seemed like it would be, but it was still a really good low budget-artsy zombie movie with some very cool directing. I'd recommend it, unless you're some kinda squeamish horror-movie-phobe. Next up will be either Finding Nemo or Freddy vs Jason, both of which just started there.
A friend of mine just relayed to our mailing list that the very excellent Ben Folds has been eschewing his record label in favor of releasing EPs directly from his site (that would be www.benfolds.com. I will definitely have to look into that when I have money again, and I would recommend that others do so as well.
With my recent re-acquisition of a cell phone, I have become facinated with cell phone straps. It's probably for the best that I don't have any money to spend right now, because if I did last night I would have probably blown it all on light-up charms of Mashimaru and Jack Skellington. I'm not entirely certain why these haven't caught on here, since they seem to be popular everywhere else - though mostly Japan. The thing is, I'm not 100% sure my new phone has a loop for one. I guess I'd have to get out the Dremel and make one. And I kinda want one for my Game Boy SP, too.
I like not having to open at work.
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