Dateline's "House of Pervs"

Recently the quasi-news show Dateline (ABC) has been broadcasting a series on"Internet Pervs". The series highblights the interrogation and capture of the men that chat online with underage girls (fall into the trap of wanting to meet them in person) and end up going to their homes'. When the unsuspecting man gets the house (which is rigged with cameras at every imaginable angle) he is confroted by the correrspondent from Dateline and basically told "you're busted". Seeing these pathetic men shrivil in disbelief is only trumped by watching them try to phbysicsally escape the setup house only to be aprehended by the waiting police (who hide long enough so the news guy can verbally abuse the crying pervs).

My fasination with the Nintendo Wii

I can't really expalin why but I've fallen in love with the Wii. I guess I've been swept up in the hype. There are many reasons why I like the Wii (ie low price, unique controlls, good launch titles) but I feel an urgency to be part of something bigger - what I believe will be "the future of entertainment". So why the Wii and not the Xbox 360 or the PS3? I think the Wii is a "tweener" device as it complements the other video game options and does not really compete directly. Aside from the reasons above I guess I have a "things to buy" queue in my subconcious and buying a good HDTV ranks higher than buying a high-end game console. Also having just hooked up my 24'' Dell flatpanel as my primary TV I dont feel an urgent need to replace it. The Wii is something I can buy before the expensive TV becuase a) it isn't that expensive so i'll still have money for the TV and more importantly b) I wont lose any of the Wii's graphical experience on a non-HD tv.

"My shit looks like . . . " blog

Well, as you can guess from the title, I'm in the mood for some mundane personal reflection. For example, today I tried somehing new for lunch! I got a "falaffel wrap" from the wrap place in the Longwood food court and it was pretty damn tasty. I'm probably gonna keep eating from this place untill I get sick of it (like I did wth Subway) and then I'll move onto something new. I like the "wrap" concept - its one of my favorite forms of food spanning several ethnicities. Of course there's the burrito, representing Mexico, and the Fallafle or Shwarma wrap representing the middle east and also the crepe a more designer chic wrap representing French cuisine. Alex and I once theorized of an "Indian burrito"- just Imagine chicken tika masala and rice wraped in a nan bread envelope - genius!

Blogging via Mobile Phone

Is this where you enter text? Sweet! My first cell phone blogg entry! (Please excuse all the typos - I may wait to go back and edit these entries via computer) Anyway, this "bus to bus" commute is a bitch - about an hour each way. (I gotta see if taking the green line train is faster.) At least now I can do something constructive with the time. Today I did my first "double lunch" and ate an extra time in the late afternoon (around 2:30ish) - I feel much better! I think it should be noted that Ive been eating the same Subway sandwich (Subway-melt on wheat bread) every day for the past two months and it still tastes good! Normally that would make me wonder what sort of secrect addicting stuff goes into the sandwich but I see them making it fresh in front of me. Simply amazing! Ive been trying to get over this linger cold but with my new schedule (going to class at Bently late Monday night and then having an early Tuesday morning meeting) it seems like Im always sleep deprived. When I dont feel good the first thing to go is the gym - which normally id feel guilty about but if I did end up getting really sick - from trying to work out when im not totally healthy Id feel like an idiot.

Story Idea

A child, to be coronated king of his clan realizes that up to this moment in his short life he had been deceived about the evil nature of his own people. Now, with much adulation, the boy is to transcend into a god-like figure as he assumes rule and the throne. But, the boy, with his new-found knowledge denounces his kingdom and its people. Ostracized and chased out of his land the boy wanders into enemy territory - his only refuge. In time this new home will claim his love and loyalty as he eventually ascends the royal warrior ranks.

The Existential comedy

I guess the new vogue in comedy is existentialism. Both "Stranger than Fiction" and "Click" try to tackle the big questions like: "Why are we here", "what's the point", and "Do we have any choice". Both movies seem to say that love is the meaning or rather, love transcends. I found "Stranger than Fiction" very poignant in the way the protagonist (Will Ferrell) knowingly submits to fate yet in doing so finds redemption. The all powerful (in this world of "Stranger than Fiction") judges Ferrell as "The kind of person that confronts death without fear" and "This is the kind of person you don't want to die" - thus the protagonist prevails. He accepted the hand of fate and was lucky enough to exists in a universe with a benign force. "Click" varied in on this existential theme focusing more on the impact of one's freedom of choice. It seemed to suggest that a person has freedom to dictate certain parts of our own existence but these few, very important choices, create overriding themes (or decision types) that would perpetuate beyond our sphere of control. It seems to suggest that the way we begin life (choosing good vs evil, good vs bad) correlates to where we end-up in the spectrum of willingly accepting death (for the good) or vehemently rejecting it (for the bad).