The new Harry Potter movie is a bit disappointing. They didn’t even say the words “Snape…killed Dumbledore.” The movie seemed rushed, and focused too much on the teen love/hormones/drama angle. Maybe the book had the 90120 with owls angle too, but it also spent more time on the rise of the Deatheaters, the mystery [...]
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SHOCK: George Will is a Snob!
and he doesn’t like denim!
Actually, he does have some good points about how Americans are
slovenly and don’t dress properly. People in Kazakhstan are horrified
to see Americans in jeans and dirty sneakers (what! you don’t polish
your black leather shoes three times a day!!!!). I am always a little
surprised by the number of people [...]
BSG Finale Highlights (and Lowlights)
Overall I really liked the finale. It was exciting, touching, and tied things up as good as could be expected. But there were some groan inducing moments and unsatisfying points. So, bleow the jump are my highlights and lowlights from the series finale. (Spoilers! Obviously!)
Twitter and Culture
A funny Doonesbury today. As a Twitter user, I know that it is completely pointless…but it is a fun way to make little jokes and let people know what you are doing. And reading up on Shaq is always fun.
It seems like there is a Twitter backlash going on (Thanks John Dickerson of Slate for [...]
Best Show on Television
Admittedly, I generally don’t watch shows on TV, since I prefer to binge on entire seasons all at once on DVD or BitTorrent, but I was thinking which I liked better: Lost or Battlestar Galactica. And the winner for me would have to be BSG.
Lost is a very good show, but so far I’ve been [...]
Sleep
Last week, I finished reading “Sleep” by Murakami in Japanese. It definitely gave me a nice sense of accomplishment to read an actual work of literature in Japanese, as opposed to a comic book or the artificial Japanese found in textbooks. There were a lot of words I had to look up, but by and [...]
象の消滅 – The Elephant Vanishes
When I went to the library on Sunday, Ranmafan had just posted about the Murakami novel that he was reading, and for years Naftali has highly recommended Murakami’s work. So at the library, I got a copy of The Elephant Vanishes in Japanese.
I’ve read maybe 6 or 7 pages of the story “眠り/ Sleep” so far. [...]
Christmas Movie Quiz
1) Which movie opening on Christmas will do better at the box office: Valkyrie with Tom Cruise as a Nazi or Marley and Me featuring a rambunctious but lovable dog that teaches its owners about the things that really matter in life?
2) Who is the idiot that scheduled a WWII Hitler assassination-attempt film to open [...]
Norwegian Wood – AKA yes I do read novels
The other day I was at work reading the book “Dune” during my lunch break. One of the Japanese staff walked in with the biggest look of shock I’ve seen from her. She then said, “You are reading!?!?!? Not a comic book?!?!?!!” I always get that remark when people find out that I enjoy reading [...]
Disney Corrupts Kids… What shock is next? George Bush has been a disastrous president??!?
An interesting article, linked on Drudge, about consumerism – as promoted by Disney in particular.
The article is based on the opinions of a Catholic cleric in England, but I think the main points are valid, whether or not you support the Catholic perspective or not. From my experience working in an office with other people [...]
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