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3.31.2004

The DaVinci Code

Yesterday I finished Dan Brown's The DaVinci Code. My synopsis: As New York Times Best Sellers go, (acting as if I know what I'm talking about) I found it to be predictably unpredictable. That is, a plot-twist around every corner, and yet I found myself saying "Oh, of course..." far too often. Also, even for conspiracy-fiction I found most of its subject matter to be a bit far-fetched.
My latest read, Hollywood Interrupted. Forrest, you would love this book. 'Nuff said.
P.S. Let's get started on the top 10 things John Ashcroft said on morphine: Number 10. "Hey, pretty lady...Can I buy you a drink?", to which Ashcroft's surgeon replied "You're not my type..."

3.29.2004

NASA's Got a Brand New Bag!

NASA recently tested their new prototype "Hypersonic" jet, which succeeded in reaching a speed of 5,000mph, that's Mach 7 (7 times the speed of sound). Is it just me, or does that seem really freaking fast? Anyway, I can't wait until 2025 when transatlantic flights will only take one hour!

3.28.2004

Yeah, Bitches!

Turns out buymusic.com, the very same website that ran a fairly large smear campaign agains Apple, featuring Tommy Lee smashing a Gibson ES-337(the Apple music icon) is to be liquidated shortly and integrated with Buy.com.
The company at first expected stellar sales, but recently CEO Scott Blum said, "We’re nowhere near Apple’s numbers."
All I have to say to buymusic.com and anyone else who seems to have a predetermined hatred for Macs is, "This time the Apple fell right next to the tree! Yeah, Bitches!"

3.27.2004

Holy Crap!

My Spring Break has just started, but screw that, I almost pissed myself when I saw this!

3.17.2004

Bush Cabinet

True that 4-est!
Recently I've been thinking that Bush's cabinet should be dubbed the "Medicine Cabinet"...

3.16.2004

Hey ya!

So get this:
Outkast suggests that we all "shake it like a Polaroid™ picture!", however, Polaroid™ urges customers to not actually shake their pictures, turns out that the whole shaking Polaroid™ pictures was no more than a fad or urban legend, you pick. I knew this from the start, using a Polaroid™ camera as a child, I noticed that shaking the pictures sometimes caused ugly green stains near the bottom of the print. So my question to the world is: "Does Outkast want us to shake it so it comes out faster, or shake it until it turns green?"

3.10.2004

"Reality" TV

Fox never fails to surprise me. Though I can hardly say that that is a good thing. Their increasingly twisted concept of "reality" TV is a disgrace to the entertainment industry.

First it was "Temptation Island": hardly the most original idea, but toying with the human psyche is what naturally comes to mind when thinking of reality TV. Then it was that show where several singles were anonymously matched and then challenged to stick it out in a relationship until the big day when they would be married and given one-million dollars. Then it was "The Littlest Groom" where Fox goes further into the exploration of human attraction by seeing who, out of a panel of aesthetically-pleasing women, would choose to date a dwarf. I found that one to be particularly offensive in a number of obvious ways. Then there was "Forever Eden", the show where singles are put in a "paradise", bound to go wrong of course! The only thing wrong with that one is that they would equate a reality TV show to something as sacred as The Bible.

But all of this is nothing compared to what they've done now. Now, further exploiting the science of sexual attraction, they are taking however many "Trailer-Trash" women and, through the miracle of plastic surgery, make them magically "beautiful". Then, pitting them in a "Battle-royale" of sorts with each other in a Miss America Beauty Pageant style competition. I can't even begin to describe what is wrong with this, and more so, cannot describe why it is any worse than the other reality TV shows on Fox.

Oh, and then there's "Joe Millionaire" and "Playing it Straight"...

3.04.2004

Nothing to speak of

Finals are finally over(whew!), and I'm feeling fine!
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