Month: October 2003

I feel totally out of the loop: I didn’t put 2 and 2 together to realize that the Harry Shearer in Spinal Tap is the same guy in A Mighty Wind and the same guy that I see in the credits for The Simpsons (Waylon Smithers, Mr. Burns, Kent Brockman). And he’s had a show […]

Alrighty – the fireplace at the coffeeshop is on! I hope that when I get a condo I can either have one with a fireplace or get one of those corner units that uses a gas tank and doesn’t put off noxious fumes. I’ll always remember when we were kids and we had one of […]

Listening to Scott Joplin as I eat my oatmeal and my scambled eggs. Gonna write my journal whilst they cool off and then go offsite (to the coffeeshop) for some early morning meanderings. Here’s the journal entry from Monday I didn’t get around to posting: (from 10-13-03) It is Monday morning now. I’m at the […]

Ron, I’m sad to report that food dropped on the floor is tainted immediately. “Bacteria and viruses grab on by contact, and even brief encounters of the split-second variety can be more than enough for them to claim a new home address. Though of course Ron’s lazy-ass calls it the 10 Minute Rule.

Caught this film at the Chicago International Film Festival last night (it’s going on a couple blocks down at the Centruy mall). “The Cambodian genocide of 1975-1979, in which approximately 1.7 million people lost their lives (21% of the country’s population), was one of the worst human tragedies of the last century. ” Filmmaker Rithy […]

In a new book, a mother and daughter team studied 2000 families filing for bankruptcy in the past year – their findings are stunning. From Salon (free ad-click registration req’d): (via Metafilter discussion) Americans are going broke over home mortgages and health insurance. This year, more children will live through their parents’ bankruptcy than their […]

My parentals were out at a restauarnat and two waiters (Xavier and Mathis) were flirting quite heavily with my dad which led to a discussion with my sister where she told him about the whole bear thing. I delineate: Yep, the bear community is sort of a reaction against the musclebound, hairless guys found out […]

The Sir Mix-A-Lot song translated into to Latin and then back to English: “I am tired of reading in the gazettes That flat buttocks are judged more pleasing Ask any black men you wish: the answer will be Rather that they prefer fuller ones. O colleagues [What is it?] O colleagues [What is it?] Do […]

Rented The Debut as well last night. It’s about a first-generation Filipino-American son and his conflicts with culture on the eve of his sister’s debutante ball. What I’ve learned from watching Ron watch the movie is how vitally important it is for minorities to see familiar faces and situations on the big and small screen […]

Bend it Like Beckham is one of those movies that is a total gem – it’s a feel-good hit but not in the Disney ‘feel-good-and-go-by-shit-you-don’t-need’ sense. But it is a sparkling comedy about the clash of cultures and futures when a young Indian girl tries to follow her dreams of being a professional soccer player. […]