Went and saw The Matrix:Reloaded last night at the 10:00pm Preview Showing. (No spoilers here) Overall I liked the film. There are a few things that irked me a little, but I understood why they had been put there. Compared to most Action movies, and don't kid yourself that this isn't one, it is grand cinema. It's really crazy though. I wish that they had less money to spend on these movies. I think part of the charm of the first one is that they didn't show a lot things because they couldn't afford the sets or effects. In this one they have tons of money to spend and they show everything. I think that takes away from it somehow. Ambiguity and mystery are powerful cinematic tools, but most producers feel like they have to spoon-feed audiences these days. Sometimes people forget that the silence between the notes is as much or more important than the notes themselves.

There are so many reasons why I don't like anything about our elected officials at this point I don't know where to begin. Although Tom Delay's comment at a Washington restaurant, after he was told that he couldn't smoke, I think sums it up:
Khandker: "I'm sorry, sir, but this is a federal building, and it's against the law of the federal government."
DeLay: "I am the federal government."

Sidenote: (Slight Spoiler) There is a scene in The Matrix: Reloaded where are bunch of images are shown of the evil things humans have done in the past. The last centered image before the edit is of George Bush. I wonder how many people will catch that?

Oh, and Healthsouth fired 80 more people.

On the lighter side...
Here's is a very cool Honda commercial not playing in the U.S.

I was looking for a name for a new server that we were setting up. I found a great site for mythology called the Encyclopedia Mythica. While looking through the Mayan gods I came across Ah Uuc Ticab described as "A Mayan chthonic deity." The word chthonic really caught my eye. Not a word you see every day. I remember the game "Call of Cthulhu", but didn't really even think about the relation or the idea that the word was not just made up.

Just got back from my sister-in-law's graduation from Sewanne. One thing that I have discovered is that I can no longer party with the best of them. Nope. My party endurance is gone. But at least I can afford good beer now. I know it's real hip and all, but PBR is just awful -- no matter what Dennis Hopper says in Blue Velvet.