I've written an article about two recent news reports involving Hitler: one is about his quotations in a yearbook, another about a new museum dedicated to him. It's a little long so I've added it in an LJ cut.

Last semester I studied abroad in St. Petersburg, Russia. One of the most enjoyable parts of the trip was the excursions we took to sights ( Read more... )

When The Milk Wharves exploded onto the experimental/indie/alternitive music scene earlier this year with their hit Myspace Songs are Gay, nobody could have predicted what would happen next. Now, the single musician band has released what is sure to be a surefire follow-up hit, which will surely far surpass their freshman hit’s place on the charts ( Read more... )

The good thing about the Xmen movies is that FOX went to great lengths to secure dream casts. I can’t think of anyone better to play most of these roles. Patrick Stewart seems born to play Professor X while Kelsey Grammer makes a perfect Beast. FOX has succeeded wildly in featuring Oscar and Tony winners and often including notable actors in small ( Read more... )

I bought these dvds today. because there was a sale at the pawn shop ( Read more... )

As I took them out of the bag, I found a small piece of a melted ruler in between two notebook dividers. I can't even begin to imagine how it got there... but I think it's pretty emo.

Last night I saw the play “Ugly Duckling.” It had an all female cast and was all about female issues… like how everyone hated men and was gay (at least it was better than that other play I saw in auburn a few years back…). The acting was not good and the writing left a whole lot of SUBTELTY to be desired ( Read more... )

i moved into colby today for the third time. Everything went fairly smoothly. My room is huge: 130 square feet. Sean Kamp (AKA Tex) lives in the next room. This is a two room double. My fam and I finally found a suitable arrangement for the furniture so that all drawers open, all appliances are close to outlets, and you can see the TV from the ( Read more... )

I went to see Avril Lavigne yesterday. It took 19 hours. And it was truly great ( Read more... )

Steven Spielberg (sitting in a pile of $100 bills): I want to make War of the Worlds.

Josh Friedman and David Koepp: Sure. We’ll write it for you.

Steven Spielberg: And I want the beginning to be really good, but I want the ending to suck us much as possible.

Josh Friedman and David Koepp (Think for a moment): Yeah. No problem.

In short, this ( Read more... )

Tomorrow that girl is graduating. That makes me old. Also, I haven’t been called back from the Lewiston Rec, leading me to believe that they didn’t hire me as assistant director (hopefully I can still be a councilor). This is lame. I need a job. I need to make money. I hope it all works out ( Read more... )