"I already know how I feel about 9/11, I don't need to be told how I should feel by some sort of slick memorial programming."*

yay for sensibility! much more succinct than the way i've been trying explain it.

the company has replaced my old keyboard with a newer, ergonomic monstrosity. it's huge and tall. it feels funny, and i can't type worth a crap on it. it totally screws up the way that i type. i know i use the "wrong" hand for certain keys, but i've been doing it that way for 15 years. progress sucks. i want my old keyboard back.

anyone heard anything about OMWF soundtrack CD to be released soon? (scroll down to 17 Septemeber).

Manchild on BBC America beginning Friday.

"With 67% of the votes, you've elected him your favorite Manchild. Anthony Head, well-known for his role as Rupert Giles on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, plays the rich, sexy, champagne-quaffing, penis-extending Manchild called James."

heh. forgot to hit publish.

my cousin's wife's birthday party was on Saturday. i was only there a couple of hours. my sister said things got interesting after i left: the lesbian couple decided to make a show of licking whipped cream off each others nipples. i suppose that's what happens when most of the party attendees are heterosexual men (all softball teammates of my sister and cousin), and i am, for once, thankful that my allegies were causing me so much pain.

one teammate said he had to attend a funeral yesterday for someone who had died of a spider bite on the testicle. he added that "The doctors said it was pneumonia, but we know." he sounded like there was some conspiracy by the doctors to suppress that information. "Dr. Jones, we mustn't let the world find out the truth. Can you imagine the hysteria if it was revealed that spiders are venomous?"

life would be much simpler if it could borrow from computer games. i'd like to see The Sims's little plus and minus signs above peoples' heads to indicate whether i've done or said something to make them like me more or less. also, little pictures appearing as they spoke would be helpful at those time when you don't know what the hell someone's talking about.

an interview with Amber Benson.

happiness is:

your 6 year old nephew calling to ask that you pick him up so he can come over and watch Buffy.

the Constitution should be amended to allow an annual Quality Assurance vote on each individual member of our respective Congressional delegations, one that gives us the very legal and very unappealable option to check "Execute Immediately" (the other options would be 'Acceptable' and 'Unacceptable, but we'll give him or her a chance to improve and then probably execute him or her next year when they fail'). if a majority of votes are cast for immediate execution, the Congressperson is then dragged kicking and screaming (and that will be written in too. they must kick and scream as they're dragged) into the town square. the now-former-constituents can come by, spit their grievances and kick the former-Congressman in the 'nads or the former-Congresswoman wherever it is that women are reeeeallly sensitive about being kicked (i haven't a clue where that is). after a few days of that, they should then be executed in a painful and not-too-quick manner. all of his or her property should be confiscated and sold off, with all proceeds being divided equally among the former-constituents.

i think this plan will make our Congressional representatives more accountable to us.

something of interest for Oklahomans and those who may be travelling through: Gilcrease Museum to Showcase Contemporary Native American Photography.

one of the great things about having closely-shorn hair is that you can take a nap at lunch and not have to worry about it mussing up your hair.

disclaimer: i wouldn't actually "do" Sarah Michelle Gellar. i did vote for her in this poll though. there's no way i can not vote for SMG.

i like her photo too.

classic film: A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell.

coming on Saturday the 20th (you know, to commemorate the Apollo 11 moon landing), Angel Series I Action Figures!

buy for me and i'll be your love slave.

proud to be #1

some spoilers for the next season of Enterprise. some of them made me pound my head on the desk, crying that "Berman is the devil!" another has to be done right or Berman's diabolic nature will be confirmed. yeah, i know it's an interview with Braga, but everyone knows Berman's in charge and that he very well may be the ruination of the franchise

some season 4 Angel talk, and it DOES CONTAIN SPOILERS, possible, general and/or/but/for/to specific.

on the new captain of the Angel ship, David Simkins: Angel co-star Alexis Denisof (Wesley) told SCI FI Wire that Simkins has been doing his homework in preparation for taking over Angel. "He sat down this summer with his wife and watched 66 episodes of Angel from beginning to end in a marathon," Denisof said in an interview. "Can you imagine? ... They just took one tape out and put the next one in. He was just hammering it. I mean, that's more than any hardcore fan would do. So ... he's already got the bible in his head of the show. He's done his homework, and he's ready to go."

and why the hell can't i sit down and watch 66 episodes of Angel back-to-back? oh, because i'm not lucky enough to be Western European, Columbian or New Zealandian (Zealandish?).

my mom called last night to tell me that RHPS was on AMC. i was very happy. it'd been a long while since i'd done the Time Warp.

i love that my mom's first thought when she saw it coming on was to call me. greatest mom in the world.

btw, if you didn't go see it at the cinema, the dvd release of Kung Pow: Enter the Fist should hit on July 23. i thought it would be a humorous-but-stupid film but the boyfriend brought it home last Thursday, and i watched it three times. it's frigging hilarious, and i demanded that it be the next dvd we buy. really, go rent it. if you haven't seen it and are resisting, GO RENT IT! it's three bucks and 81 minutes of your life.

WB, UPN seek change. my favorite part: "I'm too old to change this stuff," said TBS chairman Jamie Kellner, who oversees the WB. "But I hope somebody younger takes the fight on… because we've been doing the same thing for so long and we have to break the cycle."

then get out now, i say.