Got a ticket to ride

Despite the fact that Fahrenheit 9/11 is sold out in most of the theaters in my area, I managed to score tickets to a 9:20pm showing tonight—woo! That's two whole hours of Why Bush is Wrong. What a perfect evening. Except for the $8 parking, but you can't have everything.

In other news, if you missed The Daily Show last Monday night with Stephen Hayes, author of The Connection, you can check it out here. Note that it's a 7.5 MB real media file—the best way to view it would be to right click it, save it to your hard drive, and watch it from there. And really, you should see it, it's a thing of beauty. I think this was my favorite part:

Stephan Hayes: I think, I think the idea behind the Bush Doctrine is that if you support or harbor terrorists, we are gonna come after you, we’ll consider you a hostile regime. I don’t think that, frankly, in the aftermath of September 11th, I really don’t think that’s an unreasonable doctrine.

Jon Stewart: But here’s the problem. It’s not unreasonable, but it’s not the point. The point is, I’ll list you four things: developing weapons of mass destruction, inflammatory rhetoric against the United States, supporting and harboring terrorism, uh, and…uh, oppression of their own people. Now here’s the problem with your doctrine: You can’t tell me what country I just named. And that’s a problem, when you’re talking about war.

If your bandwidth is less than stellar, read the transcript.

And now for something completely different! The kitty bio page was updated yesterday, to include Greta and Cleo. Don't roll your eyes, this is actually exciting news to...some...people. Yeah, never mind, don't ask.
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Polgara on 06.25.04 @ 04:02 PM PST [link]

"Those are pretty strong words coming from a guy who's been mistaken for a plush toy."

~Taken from Saturday's Get Fuzzy from my One a Day Calendar. :-D

Anyway, so this weekend I bought myself an antenna (didja know TVs don't just come with them anymore? you have to buy them separate), took my tv out for a test run, and found that yes, I can live with the slightly snowy CBS - never really cared for them anyway, except for the occasional CSI. Called Adelphia this morning, and as of July 5th, I will be without cable for the first time since college. Go me! I doubt I'll ever be TV-less, since that would mean being DVD-less as well, but I'm feeling good about this decision. Now they just need to release Charmed on DVD. (Yeah, I know it's a terrible show, but I'm still hooked. Not all crack is the good crack.)

In other news, if you haven't yet seen Sports Night, go now and rent it/Netflix it/buy it outright, 'cause it's da bomb. Great characters, great plots, great dialogue, what more could you ever hope for in a 22 minute sitcom?
Polgara on 06.21.04 @ 03:41 PM PST [link]

B.O.R.E.D.

They killed our AIM access at work again. I am mightily annoyed. I'm bored to tears after hours of reviewing files that may or may not be orphans. I want to play Lexibox, and as it's 5:00pm, I should be allowed to play, dammit. But no, because they killed our AIM access. Again.

Hmph.
Polgara on 06.17.04 @ 04:58 PM PST [link]

I'm thinking of giving up cable

In fact, I'm 99% sure of it. I've done my pros and cons list, and it leans heavily in the why the hell am I paying for this? camp. All the shows I've obsessed over are officially finished and off the air, so really, there's no reason to continue paying Adelphia's ridiculous fees, except for the Red Sox games, and those I can watch at Sonny's. Netflix is my new obsession, and it's feeding my need for quality television via dvd quite nicely, and for less than half the price of cable.

I will be doing a test run for the next week, which will consist of unhooking the cable to see how the broadcast stations look without it. If this works out, I could be cableless by Independence Day. Freedom from the corrupt cable company! Woo!

In other news, Mom and Fred got a new cat! Her name is Cleo(patra), she's three months old, and they've had her for two days and already she's their little princess. I'm sad that I probably won't get to meet her until she's a little adult, so please, go visit, take lots of pictures, and then send them to me so I can pretend I was there the whole time!
Polgara on 06.17.04 @ 12:18 PM PST [link]

You Don't Know Me

Glass of wine in hand, Ray playing on the WMP...

Rest in peace, Ray. I'm sorry I never got to see you perform live.
Polgara on 06.11.04 @ 01:12 AM PST [link]

Anime Me

I also find this picture amusing, courtesy of the Portrait Illustration Maker. The eyes are all wrong, but I'm ok with that.
Polgara on 06.08.04 @ 05:06 PM PST [link]

Currently Cranky

I'm working on a project that's more than a little over my head, I injured my elbow which is causing my whole arm and neck to ache, and there's a Lakers game tonight so no Quiz Night, so I'm feeling rather cranky and persnicketty. On the bright side, there is sushi for dinner, the blanket I'm knitting for my nephew is coming along beautifully, albeit slowly, and I'm listening to a British radio station, which has verra funny commercials. Technically it balances out, and yet I can't shake the cranky. Perhaps I need some chocolate.
Polgara on 06.08.04 @ 05:00 PM PST [link]

Make me blind when your eyes close

Woo! It's Harry Potter Thursday! And I am faced with a terrible dilemma—go to the 12:01am showing tonight, and risk being sleepy and cranky; wait until tomorrow, when the crowds will be insane; or, do both! Decisions, decisions.....

Economically, tomorrow afternoon would make the most sense. And I can bring my knitting, so the inevitable line won't be quite as unbearable. But, tonight, there's instant!gratification! And I am a creature of instant!gratification! And there's a new director finally, and it's my favorite book of the five currently out, so I have high hopes, and gah! I just cannot contain my excitement, yo.

I do so hate making decisions. *sigh* Perhaps I'll just flip a coin.
Polgara on 06.03.04 @ 11:38 AM PST [link]