I have made it to the east and it is wet. It has been pouring all day long as the entire student body moves on to campus. Only after I have moved everything into the kitchen, picked up my keys, had an official 'back to campus' party evening, and recieved three backed up issues of Wired from my school mailbox do I have time to post. The desk is set, the speakers at moderate blast, my keychain is full but my room is empty, and this is only the beginning. There is much left to do.
Leaving home was a bit more difficult than I had
imagined. Everyone from work gave me a tremendously warm goodbye,
and I still wish that I didn't have to clear my desk and run so quickly
back home on the 5:30 train that evening. Immediatly after, I
drove to have my last family dinner at a favorite Chinese restaurant
Chef Chu's. Both of my siblings then left the house for the
evening before I left; my brother was in socal for his freshman year
orientation and my sister was at her first highschool's dance.
Packing to leave a vacant house is somewhat unsettling, so I took the
opportunity that evening to get a few snapshots of the dying hours of
sunlight that hung over my backyard all summer.
Its always hard to follow up an incredible summer with a window view
of soggy lawns and dripping street lamps. I'm not entirely in my
element yet, but I know I will have to get on the boat and start racing
before I can get my senses together. I've only been here
two days and I already have four meetings set up for thursday and
friday. It's going to be a long semester but its going to go quick.
Apple is recalling 1.1 million batteries due to overheating and risks of possible burns. Check here for more information.
At least Apple didn't make a cornballer.
I heart new Vox releases.
Trees is my second favorite theme (second to Urban, that is).
(time to get back to work)
*vox lub*
A friend showed this news blurb to me on the IMDB news page (its towards the bottom if you'd like to check for yourself, but I've pasted it all here):
London Airport Closure -- A Media Event?
Anti-war blogs on Monday said that an NBC report suggested that the arrest of the suspected plane bombers in England and the subsequent shutting down of British airports may have been contrived for maximum political show in the news media. The network, citing unnamed U.K. officials knowledgeable about the case, said that contrary to statements made by officials over the weekend, the attacks were not imminent; no plane tickets had been purchased by the suspects; some hadn't even applied for passports. (British police confirmed Monday that there was no truth to earlier reports that airline tickets had been found at the residences of the suspects.) The sources also said that British authorities had wanted to continue to run surveillance on the suspects but that Washington pressured them to move in quickly. The blog Truthdig asked why, "if the attacks weren't imminent, were so many flights canceled -- as though the suspects were actually at the airport, waiting at the gates? And why, if the attacks weren't imminent, did it all of a sudden become too dangerous to allow people to bring water bottles on planes?"
...just some food for thought.
Straight up, Legends of the Hidden Temple.
With an obscure runner up:
Sometimes on Sesame Street one of the mini-clips they'd show were
random snippets of some kid's daily routine (where they go to school, what
they do with their family, etc.). I wanted to be one of those
kids so badly that I'd practice showing the camera man my house, but, by
myself of course. This involved such instances as brushing my
teeth and talking to myself (aka the camera man) about brushing my
teeth, which to some degree my parents could have easily seen as an
alternative form of satanic foaming at the mouth burble. Har har.
And another obscure runner up: I also really wanted to win a
ton of money from America's Funniest Home Videos. I'd get my
little brother to practice "accidentally" hurting ourselves on camera, so
that we'd win (because when it comes down to it, that show is just home videos of people hurting themselves in idiotic ways...or crazy pets).
A scene that comes to mind is me jumping on the bed and falling on
purpose and then acting like I had really hurt myself. I am
pretty sure we never actually video recorded these self-mutinous
occasions.
The two magazines I subscribe to are wired and flaunt. I encountered both initially on one of my bi-monthly magazine hunts (which usually takes place at Fry's Electronics or Borders). I have this addiction where I will go to the large magazine racks and scavange for covers that intreigue me, usually in the art/design/nerd sections. Sometimes I'll pick up four or five obscure magazines that cost way to much, but are worth the purchase for inspiration and wall hang ups.
The first time I saw wired this cover was shown. I'm a total sucker for Japanese anything, and at the time was pretty deep in some Animes, Mangas, and RPG Video Games (*snort*). Naturally, an awesome cover with a gleaming Anime mecha-babe on it made me instantly grab the issue. After I read through it from front to back, I knew I needed to get this magazine every month. Now I have to fight with my siblings and dad for my issue because they like it too.
The first time I saw flaunt was when Brad Pitt was the featured celebrity. I had (okay, I have) an über crush on Mr. Pitt (yeah, like everybody else) and Flaunt's combination of sleek design and excellent photography grabbed me. It's a little more pricey than your average celeb/fashion magazine, but the price is worth it. You get great articles on pop culture, whats hip, and all the new legitamately interesting movies, music, and gallery showings in all of the big cities. While I'm sure their topics are propelled by whatever sponsors they have (like every other magazine) I feel as though Flaunt makes an effort to weed out any flop material. They always have two covers to their issues; the front one being a design/artistic piece and the one behind the front displaying the featured celebrity of the issue.
