For no particular reason, this is the list of television series that our DVR is set to record automatically:
American Idol
America's Got Talent
Best Week Ever
Big Brother 7: All Stars
Big Love
Celebrity Poker Showdown
Deal or No Deal
Desperate Housewives
Family Guy
Feasting on Asphalt
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List
Iron Chef America
Last Comic Standing
Lost
My Name is Earl
Project Runway
Psych
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy
South Park
Stargate Atlantis
Stargate SG-1
The 4400
The Simpsons
The Surreal Life
Treasure Hunters
Who Wants to Be a Superhero?
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Synchronicity
..is playing past the love scene in Final Fantasy X, and then hearing the music, "Suteki da ne", in a Vietnamese restaurant the following afternoon.
Yeah, yeah, yeah
So I haven't posted in much too long. But I've finally got some news: I'm buying a house! They accepted my offer on it this week, and the inspections etc are scheduled for next week. If all goes well, I should be closing by the end of the month.
If you're familiar with the Kansas City, it's in the "Historic Northeast", aka Scarritt Point. True to the name, the house is pushing a hundred years old. Hardwood floors throughout. Once I get done refinishing them, they should be nice. Watch this space for a closing party, and if you come see me in March, I'd be happy to show you around.
Happy!
If you're familiar with the Kansas City, it's in the "Historic Northeast", aka Scarritt Point. True to the name, the house is pushing a hundred years old. Hardwood floors throughout. Once I get done refinishing them, they should be nice. Watch this space for a closing party, and if you come see me in March, I'd be happy to show you around.
Happy!
Wednesday, January 04, 2006
He was a friend of mine
You've all been clamoring for content, so here goes. I'm afraid I'm going to get a little bit Harry Knowles for a minute here.
Over the weekend, I finally saw Brokeback Mountain. I thought that because I'd read and eventually come to terms with the book, I'd be prepared for the film. Nope. Not in the slightest. It destroyed me. I just... well, I guess I just don't know how to deal with the emotions that it contains. And meanwhile, it instantly became the best movie I've seen in 2005, bar none.
"Haunting" is a way overused word in the movie press, but at least this once, it's true. The damn thing has hovered in the back of my head for days now, and I find myself thinking about it at odd moments. American Beauty had the same effect on me, as did Donnie Darko. (Which I got for Christmas, thanks Adam!)
I seriously can't imagine anyone... well, anyone I know, at least, not liking it. Ever fallen in love with someone who didn't love you back? Or, maybe worse, did love you back but somehow you could just never manage to put it together? There's this ache that never really goes away, and it's painful but also in some strange way comforting. "Tis better to have loved and lost," they say, and it's true but in the same sort of way as "may you have an interesting life".
I may have discussed it in this blog before, but it's still a good homework question: why is West Side Story more tragic than its supposed inspiration, Romeo and Juliet? Discuss.
Everyone who I know reads this regularly, needs to go see the film. You might not know it yet, but you do. You'll thank me. In Lincoln, it opens Friday at the Grand.
Over the weekend, I finally saw Brokeback Mountain. I thought that because I'd read and eventually come to terms with the book, I'd be prepared for the film. Nope. Not in the slightest. It destroyed me. I just... well, I guess I just don't know how to deal with the emotions that it contains. And meanwhile, it instantly became the best movie I've seen in 2005, bar none.
"Haunting" is a way overused word in the movie press, but at least this once, it's true. The damn thing has hovered in the back of my head for days now, and I find myself thinking about it at odd moments. American Beauty had the same effect on me, as did Donnie Darko. (Which I got for Christmas, thanks Adam!)
I seriously can't imagine anyone... well, anyone I know, at least, not liking it. Ever fallen in love with someone who didn't love you back? Or, maybe worse, did love you back but somehow you could just never manage to put it together? There's this ache that never really goes away, and it's painful but also in some strange way comforting. "Tis better to have loved and lost," they say, and it's true but in the same sort of way as "may you have an interesting life".
I may have discussed it in this blog before, but it's still a good homework question: why is West Side Story more tragic than its supposed inspiration, Romeo and Juliet? Discuss.
Everyone who I know reads this regularly, needs to go see the film. You might not know it yet, but you do. You'll thank me. In Lincoln, it opens Friday at the Grand.
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