I guess I haven't been watching as many movies this year because I've been writing!

( Man on Fire: B+ )

Tonight, I went to a John Scalzi event at Borderlands! There was John Scalzi, talking about geekdom, reading about aliens, answering endless questions about the Old Man's War movie, answering MY question about balancing humor and heartbreak, being all-around entertaining.


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So on Thursday night I am flying to Miami to embark on a cruise to the Bahamas with dozens of Indian youth in the hopes of finding a wife and/or Indian friends. There will probably be snorkeling. And awkward social situations. Because I am terrible in crowds. I figure it will either be a good experience or a miserable experience, but either way, it ( Read more... )

Last month, I went on a superhero comic kick, and, oh, it's not even over! If you love superhero comics, you are in for a treat. If you don't, you will be bored. But, wait, most of these are worth reading if you don't think you like superhero comics! Seriously, these are pretty fantastic books here.

In his continual quest to get me to care about ( Read more... )

Oh my God, why haven't I been posting? Because my world is a crotch, that's why.

1. Work. Work. Also, work. So much work. I was at work till after 7 the other night, and, honestly, if I weren't busy with other things, I would be staying late(r) all this week.
2. My passport expired, and I need to get a passport photo and send in the application and all ( Read more... )

Oh, is it time for the AM WA Annual Conference again? Oh, do I no longer have time to write epic posts, even with the help of Gerald? Are lists less time-intensive?

• alternating between reading The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, working on my play, and preparing for my workshop on the long-ass plane ride from San Francisco to Charlotte
• drawing the ( Read more... )

Let's go all the way back to May 17, when I was in a reading of Los 7 Magnificos, an old Thunderbird show. It was a reading I was actually asked to be in! I didn't have to audition or anything! I was Jerry/Sanjay, an Indian landlord mistaken for Jerry Garcia by a bunch of hippies, so I got to break out my Indian accent, and I was also Señor Roboto ( Read more... )

For the fourth year in a row, I traveled to Asilomar for a medical writing conference, but for the first time, I don't really have time to write about it in much detail, which is just as well since hardly anyone reads LJ anymore. But I do have lots of gerunds, and if you make it to the end, you will find the funniest thing that has been said to me ( Read more... )

It was that time again! Time again for the AMWA Annual Conference, this time in scenic Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

That sounds sooooo exciting!

Hi, Gerald. How you been?

Hungry.I'll bet. All right, whatever, let's do this. Can we get through five days in a reasonable amount of time? We don't want to bore the living crap out of everyone. They don't ( Read more... )

Some of you may have missed my last post, which features a book review that may be Relevant to Your Interests. This post, however, features many such possibly relevant movie reviews.

( Hot Tub Time Machine: B/B+ )