So I'm perusing a technology journal and I come across this advertisement:

Besides the (obvious) insinuation of the picture, is it just me, or is the entire text of this ad not subtlely (or perhaps not so subtlely) alluding to the whole lesbian/woman/sex thing? If I must point out the phrases that catch my attention:

- don't physically have...
- latent curiosity
- the box
- open slot
- (huge module to insert in aforementioned slot)
- Lick(ity)

The whole "L" thing is so fashionable these days.

 

I have been haunted by the movie The Deer Hunter all my life (ok not all my life - it came out in 1978 which was after I was born - I know! I don't look a day over 25!)...I don't know why. Anyway, here are three songs I have been listening to a lot lately:

Stanley Myers: Cavatina
Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne Op 15 No 3 (in G minor)
Frankie Valli: Can't Take My Eyes Off You

Ok, maybe, maybe, I have had a few too many a couple nights ago, but this made me laugh so much! (note: make sure you watch the whole thing!)

On a related note, I have sunk into YouTube Land every now and then since I heard of the site (anyone can upload and share their videos). There is a lot (and I mean a lot) of crap in here, and in general everything that has not been ripped from tv is pretty amateurish, but there is something compelling about some of the material (probably for the same reason I watch Showcase over network tv). Google Video is another cool site along the same lines. Of course all you internet people probably knew about all this already. Yeah, well you still are not better than me. So my methodology on these sites is to look at the "most watched", or "highest rated" sort of thing and start from there. Here is a great one (there are several episodes, this is just the first - since you are so smart you can find the rest of them).

I like the look of this blog - very nice graphic design.

Anyone need a house?


View from inside:

 

I have just finished eating an entire pizza and I am listening to a jazz rendition of MacArthur Park (BTW, this song was written in the summer of 1967 by songwriter Jimmy Webb as part of a 22-minute cantata. Richard Harris, who "sang" the song was actually an actor, not a singer. I think he just read the lyrics with a great deal of drama). I remember watching a band called "the Family Cruze" at the Manila Holiday Inn performing this song which I thought was neat. They also tried Bohemian Rhapsody - evidently a slow night appropriate for experimentation...

Given the weather, I watched a few movies this weekend:

Red Eye: Glad I didn't pay to see this one (it was on the movie channel). Not a complete waste of time, but almost.

Office Space: I watched this one when it came out in 1999 and I liked it and always thought to watch it again some day. This is a really good, under rated movie. Anyone who has ever worked in cubicle land will instantly get this movie. Some of the best parts are in the background (like the office workers unconsciously nodding at everything the manager is saying) and some great archtypes like the mentally unstable employee, the foreign IT guy, and the "consultants". I am glad I PVR'd this one.

Revenge of the Nerds: Yeah I know, but I have such a soft spot for anything so 1980's. The movie is so bad, so predictable, so stupid! but I totally enjoyed watching it. I don't care what you think.

Kill Bill Vol.1: This is the third time I attempted to watch it and I fell asleep again! Not because the movie sucks, but because I was really tired (I also fell asleep watching the Matrix at the Glorietta 4 and we all know how cool that movie is). This movie is f*&^n amazing. One day I will actually watch it start to finish.

Go forth and prosper.

I discovered Vienna Teng blog surfing. Check her music out - very, very cool (warning: major party killer material - this stuff is definitely for winding down!). I really dig "Gravity".