should be one of the better movies at the VIFF.

Tapas in. Poo out.

When in Barcelona, eat tapas here. The place is very tourist friendly, but is by no means a tourist trap. The food is delightful, but it can be muchos expensive due to getting carried away and ordering a few too many.

Six Feet Under 512: Everyone's Waiting

I have two things to say about the Six Feet Under finale:

1) The show ended with a Toyota Prius commercial.

2) After the last of many of fade to whites, it should have read "Six Feet Under 2001-2005".

Space Bag

This is one infomercial product that doesn't suck. It gets sucked. This space saving solution has earned my stamp of approval.

Birds have good aim.

Today, a bird pooped on my arm during my bike ride to school. I regret not capturing this milestone (I have never before been defecated on) with my new camera phone. If I wasn't in such a hurry, the thought would have probably crossed my mind. As it stands, you're just going to have to take my word for it and enjoy the dramatization above.

Me & You & Everyone We Know Soundtrack stream

I still haven't been able to acquire this via my usual __ legal means, but I did find out that a stream of the entire album can be found here.

Poo out.

This t-shirt is amusing because it involves poo.

It's hard to believe that all this stuff will be gone in less than a month.

))<>((

Currently Listening Clap Your Hands Say Yeah By Clap Your Hands Say Yeah The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth

If you've seen Me You Everyone and We Know then you'll know what this means: ))<>((. If you haven't, I'll spare you the perverse details. The trailers certainly don't give you any hints.

McGelato

You know that you're getting a quality education when....

..your teacher walks in saying how she was hoping nobody showed up for class and one of the final things she says before telling everyone to go home early is "fuck you" casually and for no apparent appropriate reason.

Sadly, I suppose this is precisely why I belong here rather than at a school with a more demanding curriculum and tenured professors that have a genuine interest in their job. The only thing better than getting out of class early is having it canceled. Go State!

Cinema Indecision

I'm going to be in Chicago next weekend and plan on seeing a movie. I have to choose between Saving Face and Me You and Everyone We Know. Both sound terrific so its a hard choice. Based on Rotten Tomatoes, Saving Face wins out with 87% vs. Me You's 76%. On Metacritic, Me You... edges out Saving Face with 75% vs 65%. Maybe this calls for a coin flip. Serious life decisions such as this one always do. If the coin landed on tails last week maybe I would have stayed at home instead of going to the ER to get my hives checked out. I could have saved myself $214.

Man-like sculpture birthed unintentionally.

One of my many flaws is that I'm often too lazy to pick out my ear wax. When it does come out, it never results in anything too artistic. While cleaning his ears with tissue, someone noticed that he had created something so completely adorable that he put it up for sale on eBay.

Let's play a fun game:

It's called "What do I have?".

Hives are all over my body. Are they bites or an allergic reaction? Within the last day or so I've consumed smoked salmon fettuccine alfredo (my own culinary creation), chicken curry avec rice, Planter's Trail Mix (containing peanuts, raisins, banana, cashews, pineapple, papaya, and cantaloupe), root beer, soy milk, and orange juice. I am not aware of any allergies to the said items. Whatever it is, I hope these aren't my last few hours of life. Sadly though; I'm probably due for something tragic after religiously avoiding church, cheating on all those tests, sneaking into movies, and (most recently) installing an NES emulator on my PSP. My sort of deviance surely deserves punishment this itchy in nature.

I've been meaning to make this into an ironic t-shirt ever since I saw it on a highway billboard. My first attempt with iron-ons didn't go well, so I've decided to use Spreadshirt's services. I hope it turns out ok.

My next cell phone...

Sony Erricson K750i

... as soon as the price drops a few hundred dollars.

La Marche de L'Empereur

A movie about peguins! I'm sold. Penguins rule!

Kellogg Kubrick Series 2

Speaking of Kellogg's cereal mascots, I've just made another impulse purchase. I've been eyeing Lego inspired Kubrick figures on Kid Robot for some time and this set in particular. It's been a while since I've bought something so useless. Should I choose to take them out of their package, they'll collect dust with my Mikro Men.

R.I.P. Tony the Tiger

In other news, Thurl Ravenscroft (a.k.a. Tony the Tiger) just passed away and will soon be resting in his grrrrrrrrave. Toucan Sam, Cornelius The Rooster, Snap, Crackle, Pop, and Mr. Mini Wheat are expected to attend his funeral. Kellogg's Frosted Flakes remains my favorite cereal.

Crying, While Eating

Usually food stops my crying immediately and completely. Amazingly, there are a lot of people that eat and cry simultaneously as evidenced by a site aptly named Crying, While Eating.

Gmail invite spooler

It took me until now to leave Hotmail. I had the account since before it got bought out by Microsoft and its seen its share of penis enlargement spam. If you need an email account, look no further than Gmail. You don't even need to get invites from people that you know anymore as you can sign up for them here.

Don't Panic!

With all the exams and projects that I'm buried in right now, I'm reminded not to panic. It's not like my world is being demolished to make way for an intergalactic highway. At least not yet. Get through the week and I'll be rewarded with Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I've read the book, played the original text adventure (which is now available with illustrations here), listened to the radio play, watched the tv series, and now I'm going to see what Hollywood has done with it sans a living Douglas Adams. I hope it's nothing too bad. I've waited far too long for that movie.

I also stood in front of oversized stuff which was fun seeing how I don't usually do much of that.

Meeting my hero was just one of the highlights of my trip.

(more days)

The only thing stopping me from importing Ear Vacuum Cleaner 3 from Japan is that it might suck out my ear drums along with my month old wax.

We'll have to settle for second best because In-N-Out Burger is too far off the strip. With a name like Fat Burger, it's a hard meal to resist. It will certainly make for a classy, Zagat approved dining experience before "O".

Pepsi's iTunes Free Song Giveaway

It's not like I don't have other ways I get songs for free (without having to purchase beverages), but its nice to see that this still works. You might look like a cheap looser at the 7-Eleven, but you'll walk out a winner.

My inner geek/child can't get over the fact that I can play NES/Famicom roms on my Gameboy Adanced SP with this $25 "good and cool device". GBA Movie Player V2 is available at Lik-Sang.

Tetris Tower 3D

I find myself drawn to physical takes on video games. Unlike Pongmechanick, Tetris Tower 3D is actually for sale. There's a TV commercial, but to nothing on Radica's website indicating where the product is available.

Edit: Target has it for 24.89.

While in Vegas, it's probably wise to avoid this show and most things magic. He has to be at least a little embarrassed about this photo. It kind of reminds me of the ever so obliviously obnoxious GOB on Arrested Development.

29 days to 4 days of tacky neon fun.

I like.

Someday, Dell's UltraSharp 2005FPW 20.1-inch Wide Aspect Flat Panel will be mine (provided that the yet to be published professional reviews are favorable and the price drops).

Cindy tastes of barbecue and Luna sounds like Lou Reed

I think I have a new favorite band.