Movie Review: The Spirit

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Basically spoiler-free (beyond what you’d learn from reading the basic synopsis) We got the theatre in time to see the early morning showing of The Spirit today (hooray for $5 tickets). It’s no secret that I’m a fan of superhero movies, and this adaptation of Will Eisner’s 1940s comic book was no let down. It’s [...]

Stockings

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

We may be away from home this year and poor, but it looks like Santa remembered one of my favorite Xmas traditions, waking up to a stocking full of treats and little gifts. Mmmm, chocolate. I even remembered Santa remembered the Keys family tradition of nuts and little boxes of cereal in the stockings! Once [...]

A Public Service Message

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

Today is the last shopping day for Christmas 2008. Stores will be closing early. I’m working at el deparmento storo until 6, when the lights go out and the holiday music finally gets shut off. If you’re planning on doing some shopping today, please remember: you’re the dumb fuck who waited until Christmas Eve to [...]

Early to bed…

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

Something about my nicotine patch (“some users experience unusually vivid dreams and nightmares”) dream involving the men of Gossip Girl in a sex ed class woke me up at 5am (shut up, whores!) and I’m not getting back to sleep. I have to be up by 7 to get ready for work anyway. I’m glad [...]

Book Review: A Lion Among Men

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

Spoilerabulous, of course. With Gregory Maguire’s third adventure in Oz, we finally begin to get a sense of the larger story being told. As a standalone, Wicked challenged our assumptions about what motivates villains and introduces us to his vision of Oz, not as a land of good versus evil and one-dimensional characters, but a [...]

On Rick Warren and Obama

Friday, December 19th, 2008

I’ve largely held my tongue over the past few days about Obama’s selection of Rick Warren to offer the invocation at his inauguration. Aside from a status update on Twitter and Facebook that was aimed at professional ass Lou Dobbs, I’ve not expressed my thoughts outside my own home. Nevertheless, I have received many, many [...]

Culture Notes: Milk, Dexter books

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

Now that I’m back in the habit of reading and watching movies again, I’ll try to post semi-regular book and movie reviews like I used to. I suppose it’s mildly more entertaining than my complaints about the part time job (I just finished 6-day-on and I’m looking forward to my last two-day break until December [...]

Wait… what?

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

A new study has found that queer youth are more likely to get pregnant as teenagers. I don’t think anyone anticipated this result from the Canadian study: VANCOUVER – Lesbian and bisexual youth are up to seven times more likely to get pregnant than their heterosexual peers, a study of British Columbia students has found. [...]

Just some random notes

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

Since I’m working 9 of the last 12 shopping days until Christmas (plus Boxing Day and the two days after it), I may be a bit light on the blogging though the new year. I’ll try to get to my end-of-year lists and resolutions, but there’s no guarantee. The roomies and I are going to [...]

War On Christmas 2008

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Apparently, being an atheist and speaking your mind in the months of October-December is hateful and intolerant. In Washington State, the government granted a permit to an atheist group to display a sign opposite a Christmas nativity display outside the Legislative Building in Olympia, Washington. The sign was stolen and the found later in a [...]