I hate the morning commute sometimes.<\/p>\n
Going to work, I take the inner Beltway. And sometimes, the inner Beltway from 795 to 83 isn’t terrible. Sometimes it’s quite snappy. Today? It was bumper-to-bumper, slow as molasses. I go back to work, and the commute sucks.<\/p>\n
Of course, putting forty dollars in the gas tank before work this morning contributed to the morning malaise. I don’t even have a big gas tank. Forty dollars? Feck.<\/p>\n
I discovered a new Doctor Who<\/i> news website today — TARDIS Newsroom<\/a>.<\/p>\n I was listening to the Rolling Stones at work today. And it seems to me that Their Satanic Majesties Request<\/i> is an unrated album, because it’s so atypical of the Rolling Stones sound. Which is why I like that album, but don’t really like the Rolling Stones. The Stones were trying to capture the same vibe<\/i> that the Beatles achieved in 1966 and 1967 (Revolver<\/i>, Sgt. Pepper<\/i>, Magical Mystery Tour<\/i>), or that the Zombies displayed on Odessey and Oracle<\/i>. “She’s a Rainbow” is the song I would point to and say, “That doesn’t sound like a Rolling Stones song,” yet I just really<\/i> like that song.<\/p>\n Dry coughs suck.<\/p>\n I hadn’t shaved in a week. And I was so<\/i> glad when I shaved off the scraggliness. See, I don’t shave every day because I don’t grow<\/i> enough to shave every day; I’d do more damage to my face than I’d gain in benefit of trying<\/i> to scrape the face clean. So, I shave Mondays and Thursdays, though I could probably change it to Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.<\/p>\n I didn’t watch the Oscars. I’m disappointed Cate Blanchett didn’t win for I’m Not There<\/i>; Blanchett as Bob Dylan was just screaming<\/i> Oscar bait. (I haven’t seen the film, though.) At the same time, I wasn’t impressed by her performance in Elizabeth: The Golden Age<\/i>; a fuller review is forthcoming, but in short I found the film rather pretentious and strangely uninvolving.<\/p>\n I’m not sure what I think about Torchwood<\/i>‘s “Dead Man Walking” yet. I still need to ponder this. And possibly watch it again.<\/p>\n There’s an anime called Beck<\/i> that has nothing to do with the singer. This confuses me, as the anime Beck<\/i> involves a rock band. I think Beck should sue Beck<\/i> for creating confusion in the marketplace. What if Beck wanted to put out an autobiographical manga or anime? This Beck<\/i> thing would be an impediment.<\/p>\n I hope Howard Shore composes the musical scores for the Hobbit<\/i> films. Though I will admit to really enjoying the soundtrack for Vivendi’s Hobbit<\/i> video game.<\/p>\n So EA wants to buy Take-Two. Yippee. Now Take-Two’s great franchises — like Grand Theft Auto<\/i> and Civilization<\/i> — can be turned into cheap, annual products like EA’s other franchises. Let’s be honest — EA’s sports franchises are expensive shovelware. Command & Conquer<\/i>, a once venerable franchise, was mismanged by EA into near-oblivion. I shudder to think of GTA<\/i> and Civ<\/i> forced to tred the same route due to EA interference.<\/p>\n I’m still sick, but I don’t feel terrible<\/i> like I have. I did not, however, sleep more than about two hours last night.<\/p>\n I’m thinking ahead to possibly attending a convention or two later in the year, past Shore Leave. Nothing definitive. Just musing.<\/p>\n “Murine” is a word that’s not often used these days. Perhaps because it’s difficult to fit into conversation.<\/p>\n I’m glad that TrekBBS<\/a> finally<\/i> moved to new software, but the new software seems… slower.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I hate the morning commute sometimes. Going to work, I take the inner Beltway. And sometimes, the inner Beltway from 795 to 83 isn’t terrible. Sometimes it’s quite snappy. Today? It was bumper-to-bumper, slow as molasses. I go back to work, and the commute sucks. 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