So yesterday went to see Darjeeling Ltd., not a bad movie (not an incredible movie either, Anderson's form doesn't improve content), but Oliver Platt was there. In Concord NH, watching Darjeeling Ltd. at the new theater on South Main street. He was in front of me in line for tickets & then refreshments, maybe a foot away. It's a weird celebrity to get excited about, but kind of cool as it was like he was a secret celebrity - nobody but us recognized him out of everyone at the theater. Awesome.

Dear reviewers who are pulling Spiderman 3's Metascore down to a 60: wtf? I hate to tell you, but it was as good as Spiderman 2, which you've apparently decided is the greatest movie ever. Three is actually closer to the feel of a comic book. I don't care that the plot is ridiculous. Have you not read Spiderman comics? The source material isn't Gaiman, it's Lee. Get over it!

WTF. Weren't they supposed to resolve SOMETHING this week?

I'm sick. It sucks. Because it's nice out.

Saw Yonatan & Carol in B-town last night, went out to Grasshopper for the first time in a long time. Saw a bad band briefly in Great Scott.

Dear Massachusetts: fuck your stupid tax forms.

Dear Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez: that film was three hours long, but it was okay because it was the awesomest.

Friday:

Picked up Super Paper Mario for Jess. It's pretty good, like Paper Mario meets Super Mario DS with some Kirby Canvas Curse visuals. Went to the Barristers' Ball, aka law school junior prom. The experience was made more bearable by Frank & Mandy from work coming. There was some guy there who was exactly like Dwight from the Office. It was ridiculous. Due to limited selection I was drinking Coronas all night - oh yeah, the booze was free. Best part.

Saturday:

Bought GHII and spent about two and a half hours playing it with Frank. Saw Aquateen, which I liked a lot even though it wasn't as awesome as it might have been. Too much plot. ** Spoiler ** The dancing snack intro was the best part of the movie. That was awesome.**/Spoiler**

Today:

Rain not snow, which means I probably have work tomorrow. Lame.

Oh yeah, and now I have a myspace, after years of denunciation. Hypocrite!

If I don't start with a little post today, I will never start again. So, uh...

This past weekend was pretty cool. Went to Frank's show at "Uptown Tavern" dive bar in ManchVegas Friday. Jess says calling it ManchVegas means I want to live in NH forever. Whatever. Saturday the mom and sibling showed after Jess got her macabook healed up in Salem. Gave the little sis a booze 101 Saturday night with the leastdrinking game of Kings in the past century. Sunday breakfast with Dad & Jenny in-house wasn't too torturous, the sibling back to the Hudson River Valley and proceeded to watch half the Battlestar Galactica 3rd season straight. Note to self: stop being such a nerd. Work today okay, had my first review, didn't get fired, all in all not to bad. Tomorrow night team building + booze = awesome.

Snow = awesome.
Snow day from work = awesomer.
Getting paid for snow day home from work = awesomest.
Still having to work Saturday morning = still a WTF moment, even if it is time and a half.

The Aquateens just took down Boston.

Yesterday I officially became an agent of the man. I had my first day of my new job. For which I have to wear a suit. A suit. And I have an office. Looking at myself in the mirror, I felt a little piece of myself die.

Turkey day was kinda crazy, but it went well, all considered. It was weird because Jess & I were hosting it - and my parents, sister, and Dad's British girlfriend (who doesn't really celebrate Thanksgiving) were the attendees. It felt kinda strangely grown up, but much more satisfying because I didn't have to do dishes. The kid-adult reversal was made even weirder by the fact that while we were cooking in the kitchen, the elder generation was occupied playing video games. My parents - my totally-anti-videogame mother in particular - were practically obsessed with the Wii. My sister left the living room to help cook because my MOM was being too competitive at video game golf.

Saw Asaff & Igor yesterday, good to see them both. Kept trying to watch Casino Royale, but the only copies we could find were in French. Seems like the French we-hate-everything-corporate-and-establishment wackiness pays off in screener rips if nothing else.

Currently listening to the new Brand New Album God and the Devil are Raging Inside Me for the sixth time since yesterday. It's an odd thing to say, but Brand New, Jude-Law-and-a-Semester-Abroad Brand New, has written the album of the year so far for me, surpassing Thursday's and MCR's efforts by leagues. Tracks 4 through 6 are constantly getting stuck in my head. Yes, you can tell what band Brand New is channeling for every track, but it doesn't matter because the whole album ends up cohesive and just so damn tough that you can't fault them for it.

Stood in line for literally 24 hours in sub-freezing temperatures, but now we have a Nintendo wii. And it's awesome.

Voted yesterday. Didn't think I was going to, but then it turned out I could register at the polling station, so I did that. Jess got to vote as well.

Then we drove down to IKEA and got a steal with two giant (literally, they're six foot by six foot) cube-array storage pieces in the as-is section. One of them should solve the horrible mess that our office is now. The other is an entertainment center: finally something that will properly hold all the systems that we have.

Of course, we had to disassemble both of them right there in IKEA, which took a hella long time and left us with two giant stacks of boards. Everything just barely fit into the Civic. Both Jess and I had our knees squashed against the dash, and the six foot boards made a direct line of death from the rear end of the car to the backs of our necks.

After IKEA had dinner with Yoni in Waltham. I haven't eaten in Waltham in god knows how long, but there was no way I was driving into Allston with all those pieces ready to decapitate me at any second. It was good to see Yoni, if only for a little while.

Today is for IKEA reconstruction.

This moviefilm most humoring. I suggest for all peoples of the U. S. and Ay. Maybe you not need see naked men fight for five whole minutes, but it very important "up yours" to ratings system of M. P. Ay Ay.

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For those who might not have heard yet:

Jobless again! Why? I'm stupid in many ways, but at least this partly wasn't my fault this time. Days are occupied looking for work and watching every episode of Lost ever with Jess when she's not doing schoolwork.

Went to NJ last weekend for awesome party @ Beth & Mike's w/ Jess & Greg. The drive was a bit of a bear, but I finally had White Castle and became reaquainted with Mr. Bacardi after a long estrangement. The combination of all these factors killed my immune system and I was out of comission for the first half of the week.

Made a sweet H-ween mask, will have pictures up as soon as I find the cable to my camera.

At last, the interweb returns. Updates to come.

So New Hampshire. Yeah. Hour commute, no internet for another week or so (except for here at Panera via Jess' comp), hot as balls. All moved in, in the sense that everything is now in the apartment. Thanks to everyone who helped us move, especially interimismine, who was as usual everyone's personal Jesus.

Once we get internet fo reezy, there will be pictures.

This was a short post!

Things you should know, pop-media related:

1. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is the funniest (live action) show on television. New episodes air Thursday at ten on FX. That's right. Nip/Tuck, Shield, Thief FX has an original comedy series. And it's hilarious.

2. There are new trailers out for two of possibly the best movies of this year: the Prestige and the Fountain. The first is a period piece/magic/scifi/thriller with Michael Caine, Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale and Scarlett Johannsen, directed by the director of Memento. The second is a three-timeline scifi/fantasy epic starring Hugh Jackman (again) and Rachel Weisz, directed by the director of Pi and Requiem for a Dream.

3. Do not watch the trailers for the new Charlotte's Web or TMNT. It will just distress you how they are systematically destroying the icons of childhood.

4. The Boondocks is out on dvd, but do not attempt to find it in a store. It is all sold out.

5. Psych (USA network's third oddball-detective series) has cute leads but doesn't live up to its potential. They went for a more Monk -ish comedy angle: safe, cute, bright-colored romping with low, low stakes and plenty of campiness. I would have liked to have seen a show with more bite, more risk, and more interesting/complicated mysteries. As it is, they're the same kind of Clue-whodunit that make Monk so boring. Why can't they take the intensity of L&O shows and apply an interesting concept to it like a fake/real psychic detective without making it a SciFi Channel dud? No offense to SciFi, but they fall into their own convention traps far too often to put out serious shows.

Once you've been tagged, you have to write a blog entry with five complete lies about yourself. That is, five things about you that are completely not true. Not even slightly. Then tag up to five people you want to turn into compulsive liars too.

1. I couldn't tell you the detailed explanations of more than ten different kinds of UPS shipping.
2. I love driving in the state of MA.
3. I own a fabulous racing car.
4. I am better at Nintendo games than my girlfriend is.
5. I have no trouble at all focusing on a creative venture for an extended period of time.

I hereby tag - c0sgr0vef0akley, even though he has just, sadly, declared his resignation from the lj scene; monkz; iamthechimera; interimismine; jhonnandrhea.

... the reason that entry was called "i almost just passed out" was because I just got blood taken at the doctor and while standing in line directly after came so close to passing out that I couldn't see anything with my eyes wide open and had to sit down for almost five minutes.