My brother fails at life. Twice this week, he has movie-blocked me with his usage of the car. Once on Tuesday, when I tried to see Frost/Nixon (I saw it two days ago, so that's not so bad) And now again today. He decided on a spur of the moment that he would be going to Santa Barbara for the weekend, and so he had me drop him off at his friend's ( Read more... )

I finished a whole bunch of anime recently, but I'm not quite in a frame of mind to post about it just now. cacophonyblood's over at the moment- we just got back from seeing Gran Turino- a film with the darkest of comic sensibilities, a harsh view of social justice and fascinating contrasting cultural views to boot. While some of the performances from the ( Read more... )

Not to harp on something everyone knows about, but it is fucking freezing today. I've lost feeling in so many parts of my body, I think I might turn into Iceman if it happens any more ( Read more... )

Uh, yeah, not a lot happening guys. It's mid-December and it's pretty cold, though I'm finding various ways to insulate myself against the heat. A nice toasty MacBook does the job nicely. I also got out to the movies a few more times, and I'll be going out again tomorrow ( Read more... )

I wanted to do a prolonged entry after a horrific experience I had on my flight back to NorCal yesterday, but I don't really have it in me at the moment, so perhaps in a few days, if at all.

Speaking of said flight, yesterday was my last day with poiuppx and Co. at his place in Santa Monica. In the morning, we watched Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, a movie that's ( Read more... )

A full day into my LA trip, friends of mine, and things are going quite swimmingly. I awoke at 7:30am Saturday morning, and after quickly throwing together everything I hadn't already packed the previous day, I was out the door. My flight wasn't worth mentioning, got off a bit early, and poiuppx was at the airport to meet me. We cruised out of LAX before ( Read more... )

I did the ColorGenics meme that sacredmonster pointed out to me, and the results are accurate for certain walks of my life, but not all. Have a gander:
( This makes me sound like a ticking time bomb )

And here's round two of my picks for Fall '08.

( Tales of the Abyss )

Well, it's a new season and there's a lot of stuff that's got some very promising-looking first episodes out. Here's what I think about the shows that I've watched and liked so far:

( To Aru Majutsu no Index )

It's been a slow weekend, although it's looking like it's going to be a busy week ( Read more... )