june

06.29.01

finally, the robot movie that i've been slaving away over is at a theater near you. go watch a.i. this weekend and if you're one of the more patient people out there, you will eventually see my name flash by for a split second. don't blink.

i am dying to see monsters inc., the new pixar movie coming this fall. i can't wait until november. i'm afraid i will pop.

06.28.01

the shimmer kids underpop association is the featured band in the sf weekly! when i'm a rock star, i want to have cute groupies.

i just got back from seeing tsui hark's new movie, time and tide. more hong kong ultraviolence than you can blow a squib at. stylized editing and skillful camera handling definitely makes it eye candy blown way out of proportion. the most exciting part for me was the incredible sound design mixed with a good soundtrack (excluding the obligatory cheezy chinese pop songs). if you're at all into tsui hark, it would probably be a good movie for you to check out.

ummmm... i really don't know what the deal is with eugene mirman, but i find it oddly compelling.

simshatner. i mustn't tell you anything else.

06.27.01

more proof that burritos and guns don't mix.

even when he's kicking ass, jet li can't help but look really cute. here's a quicktime of jet li talking about an upcoming project that i will definitely see. monks in new york? sure, why not. (thank you for the link, jory)

06.26.01

it's amazing how some hot springs and a couple of friends can make things in life seem better.

these color photos from 1907 russia were from an early method of photography that seems remarkably similar to the technicolor three strip process. there are no other color photographs from this era that are this vivid. i would love to see this exhibit some day.

this is potentially good. if you go to the breast cancer site - you can click on a button that goes towards funding free mammograms. i think it's a good cause, considering that the bay area has one of the highest breast cancer rates in the country today.

huh. and i was under the impression that every day is national orgasm day. (via metafilter)

06.24.01

sorry about the lack of links lately. i've been having a somewhat traumatic and emotionally trying week - i'm running away for a couple days to clear my mind and then i'll be able to focus on life again.

ladies and gentlemen, the last of the bright young men has left the building.

06.17.01

happy father's day - have you reported your local deadbeat dad today?

it's finally happening - the simpsons are going to be released on dvd! i can't wait to link it up with my database so that i can jump directly to any episode that i want. mmmm... instant gratification. (link via wayneco)

wow... i want my very own giant robot. now if i could only speak japanese.

if i could speak japanese, then i'd be able to watch all the coolest gameshows on earth! where else am i going to find a show focused on someone who has to win everything he must live on? (thanks to dj isbister for the link)

need a database engineer? perhaps you should check out that homeless shelter down the street.

those boy scouts may be homophobic, but they sure know how to give good knot instructions for all those bondage fans out there.

i know i'm already going to get the honda - but it's still good to read articles comparing the honda insight to the toyota prius.

no, really, it's good to fill my brain with useless trivia. now i know the lyrics to pirates of the carribean.

06.14.01

sometimes (ok... most of the time) i get writer's block. (via eatonweb)

filmfatale industries is in no way responsible for any of the content matter that you will find in the mister pants disclaimer. read at your own risk.

i've always spelled it "d'oh!" - but i suppose if the oxford english dictionary spells it as "doh!" then they must be right...

once again the duck tape site has me sitting in front of my computer saying "what the...?" for all you fashion-savvy lovers in the house - vote on your favorite duct tape prom outfits!

when i was in high school, i was startled to discover that one of the wittiest people i used to chat with on the computer turned out to have a terrible stutter. since his typing was always so fast, i had no idea he had a problem until we had a face to face conversation many months after our first chat. the san jose mercury news has recently uncovered the 1939 'monster study' - an experiment which used negative reinforcement to make orphans stutter for research purposes. now, sixty years later, many of the subjects still suffer debilitating speech problems.

research on voluntary subjects have shown that marijuana use increases appetite, but apparantly does not increase body weight. huh... (thanks to dave herrin for the link)

06.12.01

call me a bee because i'm buzzed - the san francisco bay guardian has good things to say about prairie prayers! all these wonderful reviews are too overwhelming for words.

as my good friend v-mar points out, even the mac viruses are cool.

06.11.01

a friend of a friend made this site as a parody - but i know that it will inspire people like you and i to become a famous hollywood extra!

i know that you know that we all know that girls are evil, right? well... here's the proof. now don't mess with me!

i am shocked, shocked i tell you, that educators in ohio want to ban dodgeball! this... means war!

speaking of the donkey kong handheld game and my atari 800 - here's a really great and informative history of video games. (via memepool)

06.03.01

one year for christmas i begged, pleaded and screamed for a donkey kong handheld video game but my dad bought me an atari 800 computer instead. boy, was i pissed. thanks to the incredible donkey kong a la applet (version 1.1) site, i can have a computer and the donkey kong handheld at the same time! perhaps now i can think about forgiving my dad. (via art and leisure)

they showed shrek at work the other day and i, for one, hope that this puts my old cohorts over at pacific data images on the map.

i always knew that hollywood was sleazy in its own creepy way, but sony's fictional sycophantic movie critic epitomizes marketing sleaze.

i know you know what i'm talking about when i say that i hate those goddamned x10 popup windows that hang onto websites like lampreys (i find them at the la times site and mercury news). the helpful folks at popculturejunkmail have pointed out this link which will disable the x10 windows for 30 days.

spinal tap's back from the dead tour has officially kicked off. i think it's great that they can continue this for so long and still manage to be pretty funny. it's even more impressive that they've managed to book at show at carnegie hall on monday!

it was bound to happen. the bubble has burst. fuckedweblogs keeps tracks of weblogs that have been killed/abandoned by their creators. (via cruel)

a ten year supply of free guinness seems to be a good severange package. i'll drink to that!

06.02.01

paul crabtree, a local composer, wrote an entire concert based solely on simpsons dialogue. this would definitely cater to my somewhat disturbing simpsons obsession, but i get the feeling that nobody would want to go with me.

this has got to be one of the funniest scams i've read about lately. thinking about how they went about their business just cracks me up. (this link thoughtfully provided by the one, the only, the summer)

oh... the things i could tell you about clown sex...