Call For Entries

So, I've got plenty o' gmail invites if anyone wants one. No contests. Just open invites for anyone who wants to try. I've got five.

I'm also thinking about giving the free ipod deal a try. I might be hitting people up for referrals. Then again, maybe I'll just join David's little pyramid. I really want both an ipod for music storage [as well as data transfer] and a digital camera, but can't afford both right now.

I might be looking for guest authors, both here and at ask jenn and ben. We've been light on questions, so we'll have to get some more articles in there somehow. If you're keen, drop me a line.

Finally coming down from visiting my parent's house in the suburbs [read as: my own private hell]. I hate driving to West Omaha so much that I'm not going to even spread the hate by writing about it right now. You shouldn't drive angry, or post angry, I always say.

I'm also giving serious thought to switching wireless routers to an actual airport express base station, since my linksys seems to get confused with all the other wireless routers in the neighborhood. Sick of rebooting my router, cable modem, and computer just to get online. I suppose the easy answer is to just plug into my ethernet port, but it defeats the purpose of having a wireless card.

Finally, I saw & loved Garden State this weekend. Lots of lovely moments including Sam [Natalie Portman] introducing Andrew Largeman [Zach Braff] to The Shins.

She says to him, handing him headphones, "Listen to The Shins, it'll change your life." The song she plays for him is New Slang

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Quick Links to Share:

Tricks of the Trade
An even smaller digital camera than the one i was looking at
Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully - in Ten Minutes by Stephen King
and finally, Great legal mp3 download site via David

Comments

[Christian]

Just wanted to say that Garden State is fantastic. Quirky, yet not too quirky for it's own good. Great direction, great visuals, and some of the best dialogue I've heard in ages. Definitely in my top five movies this year so far. And just to put it in perspective, here's that list:
Collateral
Spider-Man 2
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Garden State
Hero
Honorable Mention: Anchorman (No, it's NOT fine cimema, but it IS one of the funniest movies ever made!)

[kate]

since I live in mississippi I will never be able to see Garden State in the theater. Time to put it on my que at netflix.

argh!!!

[max]

I just thought it was okay. Impressive debut from Braff, and I'm looking forward to his next thing, but I don't think I could watch repeated viewings of it (Garden State). Also, too many comparisions to The Graduate. I hate when they market movies like that: "It's the movie for this generation!" or "It's this generation's 'Graduate.'"

F-bombs galore when I read crap like that. It isn't the creator's fault, and I think it is a bit unfair to them because they have to live up to this ideal that they never set out to attain.

I don't think I have a top five for anything...

[Tony]

Yo, I'd love a gmail invite. I'm interested in trying it out.

Or, if not, that's cool. I'll still read yo blog. Anyone who quotes The Faint is cool.

[Bronson]

Ha, Ha! Your parents live in West Omaha!

[david]

Don't feel bad, Kate, we had to drive to Nashville to see The Garden State.

I'll fully believe free iPods when mine shows up at my door, I keep waiting for them to pull the plug on the promotion.