( Robots rise up to kill humanity; Sunset Boulevard; a professional interlude; gypsy girls with beautiful words and dangerous hands. )

( Sundry and various. )

I mapped out a jogging route that had me skirting the City College and running down to the Huntington Botanical Gardens, but what looked on the Google map like a route right into the trails through the gardens proved to be a gated private road. The gardens are surrounded by a wall of iron, brick, and high greenery that hints at what lies within. ( Read more... )

I haven't seen Watchmen. I haven't seen Monsters vs. Aliens. I'm not interested in mall security guards. I finally saw Coraline at the $2 movie theater up the street from me when I got here last weekend, and it was good, not great.1 (Though admittedly I was underwhelmed by Stardust too, and probably like Mirrormask the best of the Gaiman movies to ( Read more... )