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October 2009

Books Bought:
Valis - Phillip K. Dick
Your Brain is God - Timothy Leary
xkcd (volume 0) - randall monroe 		Books Read:
Valis - Phillip K. Dick
Your Brain is God - Timothy Leary
xkcd (volume 0) - randall monroe
Now I can die in peace - Bill Simmons

Last Month's Debt: +3
Read this Month: 4
Bought this Month: 3
Bought and Read: 3

Debt + (Read – (Bought – Bought & Read) x 4) = Book Debt
3 + (4 – (3-3)x4) = 7
3 + 4 = 7

This Month's Debt: +7

Ahhhhhh. It seems like it's been a long time since I've written about the books I've been reading. Of course that's because I took last month off... but that's no reason to doubt my ultimate and steadfast commitment to the polysyllabic spree. The trick seems to be that you have to buy books to read books. All I had to do is make a quick amazon order and now I'm back to work reading through the library. Just look at the wonderful variety of this month. A few crazy mindbending books, a comic strip featuring stick figures and a sports book about the Red Sox. We've got it all on the polysyllabic spree.

People doing Stuff


6 minutes of random things happening for some reason. It's oddly satisfying.

Incredible Warehouse Collapse

September - October 2009

New Movies Watched:
JCVD
Root of All Flesh
Bukowski Tapes
The Goods
Google Me
End of the Republic
Alien vs. Predator 2
New World Order
BSG: The Plan
Movies Rewatched:
Fight Club
Canadian Bacon
Wag the Dog
Live free or Die Hard
The Last Boy Scout
Sexy Beast
I Love You Man
The Long Goodbye
Superbad

Deadline banditing again this month. I just can't seem to focus until everything is on the line and there's nothing left to do but review movies. An interesting collection this month, quite a few new movies and some solid classics to pack out the set. I'm way over deadline, don't have many books for tomorrow's book deadline, but I hope to read through a few today and get it done by the fifth and then get back on track and finish things when they're actually due. But until then... this is the cinematic spree.

Seriously. What the fuck Weezer? Can't you write original songs?

Bad news today. I got the new Weezer album, and I'm horrified to see that it's not just the new single that steals the backbeat from another song, by there's another track on the album that suffers from the same kleptomania. Until this point, I'd always enjoyed Weezer, but if their new tactic is the cannibalization of old songs repackaged as new songs, this may be where I have to stop the bus and get off.

Exhibit A

Town Called Malice by The Jam is the same as Weezer - (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To

(for the record, I do like the new version, it's poppy and quick and can get easily stuck in your head. But I still don't approve of them stealing the backbeat for the song, unless they come out and say "we are big fans of The Jam, we knew what we were doing and we had their permission", it's still worng.)

Exhibit B

Manic Monday by The Bangles is the same as Weezer - Let It All Hang Out

Seriously Weezer. What the Fuck. First you were remaking old Quaker hymns and now you're just stealing backbeats and putting new lyrics over them. Weezer is quickly becoming the Carlos Mencia of Alternative Rock.