2.27.2004

Since I'm putting a self-imposed embargo on content until after I get a new layout done, I decided to do the playlist exercise again :D

1. Zebrahead - I'm Money (3:53)
2. Disturbed - Violence Fetish (3:23)
3. Letters To Cleo - Here and Now (3:38)
4. Nonpoint - What a Day (3:18)
5. Def Leppard - Rocket (6:37)
6. Rancid - Ruby Soho (2:34)
7. Primer 55 - Loose (3:04)
8. Fiona Apple - Never Is A Promise (5:53)
9. Wiseguys - Body In Motion (5:46)
10. Final Fantasy 8 - The Legendary Beast (3:50)
11. Metallica - Whiskey In The Jar (5:04)
12. Marcy Playground - One More Suicide (2:39)
13. Led Zeppelin - Black Dog (4:44)
14. Partridge Family - Woke Up In Love (2:36)
15. Tatu - Not Gonna Get Us (4:21)
16. Final Fantasy 8 - Tears Of The Moon (1:12)
17. Audioslave - Shadow on the Sun (5:43)
18. System of a Down - Sugar (2:33)
19. Reel Big Fish - Beer (3:30)
20. The Crystal Method - Vapor Trail (6:31)
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2.25.2004

Slump:
I seriously want to create something. A new banner, a new blog layout, a new wallpaper. I can't seem to find an adequate subject to start something, though. I've been waiting for the better part of a month for a muse to attack me, yet none shows itself. I've been literarily well endowed lately, primarily because of the obscene level of enjoyment I was taking out of El Club Dumas as I basically devoured it in 3 days. Perhaps I should look toward some more flashy, though passive, entertainment and a subject for creation will come forth. I've been feeling far more scholarly than artsy lately, and some movies may just help that.

Nunc scio:
I finished reading my book last night. I stayed up until the wee hours of the morning because I couldn't put the damn thing away once I made it to the final 3 chapters. The entire book was basically like that for me. I was enthralled by the third or fourth chapter and read the first 236 pages the two days I was sick. I'm thinking about picking up the entire Perez-Reverte catalogue, since it only consists of approx. 4 books. I enjoy his flair to make what's basically a glorified crime novel so much more than that. However, in a time when Lord of the Rings had begun to restore my faith in Hollywood's ability to make a good movie from a book, this book tainted what may be one of my favorite movies of all time, The Ninth Gate which, essentially, took a smaller thread of the plot, blew it out of proportion and then raped it for the sake of a movie. Character names were changed around, events invented and possibly a solid 2/3 of the movie had nothing at all to do with the book. The characters that weren't attached to the wrong name had their name changed as well, with names like "Enrique" changed to "Andrew" and "Lucas" to "Dean" to anglicize the plot for an American audience when the protagonist is actually Spanish, as is the setting for the beginning of the story. Somehow, now, I have to look at the movie, which I enjoyed dearly, as some seperate entity entirely from the book so that I can continue to enjoy it even though it's a complete Hollywood assraping of the story.

Life:
Another good night at work, but I ended up feeling absolutely trashed. Apparently my body never fully recovered from being dehydrated/starved/ill because I really felt like shit after the night was over. The numbers were high, however, and everyone was happy again.
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2.23.2004

Well, thanks to the TLC of my loving wife and a lot of Powerade and water, I am officially on the road to recovery. I still feel a twinge in my stomach here and there, but I've gotten my appetite back and I've had two meals since I stopped throwing up all the time. I've also had a slough of crackers and beverages in order to keep the water from running right through me. I was starting to get really weak and run a fever for a while, but I managed to break the fever while I slept and a bit of lunch cleaned up the frailty. I had eggs and hash browns for breakfast and I get to have chicken dumpling soup for dinner and hopefully this little brush with food poisoning is all behind me.

Back to business:

Manga: The Inane trash has decided we need to make more concessions, we said we didn't have to and they appear to have backed down for now. Honestly, we're glad to have Naruto manga to read every week, but we're not going to take it in the ass day in and day out simply because xplo and gummi have their heads in their asses.

Server: The strain on the server got to be too much, so the manga section has been revamped to take some stress off of the server. The difference has been notable.
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