i first saw don cheadle in boogie nights. ever since then, i have always been happy to see any of his performances. crash is no different. but it’s not just about the cheadle. there are many stories, and many actors, all working their magic to make a cohesive movie about racism. it’s a tough subject to tackle, but this movie does it with sincerity while never being too full of itself.

the dialog is so sharp, it could cut your ear off from 15 feet away, and it does! i’m thinking about how great “revenge of the sith” would have been, had it been written by paul haggis. and you know what? i’m glad it wasn’t. star wars is so late 70’s, early 80’s. i’m done dwelling on the past. i’m done being a jedi! i sold my lightsaber at the garage sale! i’m not afraid anymore!

most surprising of all, were the amazing performances. obviously, the cheadle delivers, but i wasn’t convinced sandy bullock and brendy fraser could pull off a movie like this. a movie with depth. ironically, they are paired up as husband and wife, so if they were going to suck, they would have sucked together. ok, that wasn’t at all what i was trying to say. they were swell.

the only performance i was mildly annoyed with was ludacris. i liked his speech about hip-hop music. it was much more entertaining, knowing that the character was played by a rapper. otherwise, he wasn’t all the special. he wasn’t terrible either. he just was.

memorial day monday felt like a sunday. it’s hard not to rhyme when all the days of the week end in ‘day.’ have you ever noticed that before?

i spent most of the day cleaning. productivity was at an alltime high. i vacuumed my room, the family room, and the bathroom. i reorganized everything in my room and now there is floor space again. we’ll see how long it lasts. (i have my money on 3 days.) i also did 4 large loads of laundry. stuff is clean again.

after taking care of all that crap, i decided to list a few more items on half.com. it has become something of an obsession for me. i’ve reached 64 items listed and i think that i’m done for tonight. if i sell all 64 items at the prices they are listed for, i will make $483.03.

my biggest fear is that i will sell every item on the same day and then i’ll have to break a sweat getting all 64 items packaged and shipped. so, i priced a lot of items higher than average, making it less likely that they will sell quickly.

Apparently the image of our President is as offensive to MTV as it is to me.
-Trent Reznor

i have to wonder if this whole thing was planned just so that he could say that line. that would be great.

mtv is a sensitive channel built on sensitivity. they can’t be going around making waves. they have to maintain their integrity.

one day, i will have cable or satellite with mtv on the channel lineup. and i will be the happiest person alive when i never ever watch it.

i was just trying to go into “manner mode” so as not to disturb anyone in the theater, when i held down the wrong button. locked out! talk about feeling helpless. how do you get locked out of your cell phone? it’s not like you can call a locksmith.

luckily, i was feeling lucky. i remembered reading in the manual about the pre-programmed lock code. first, i tried 0000, 0123, 1234, and 1111. nothing. that would be too simple. nothing in life is ever that simple. believe me, i know. my only hope was to dive head first into the manual. i did. get this, the pre-programmed code is the last four digits of my phone number. oh, man, busted!

one of the advantages of being a consumer is that you always get to demand the lowest price. a cashier scans your item and it comes up $29.99, but the sticker says $22.99. you get it for $22.99. you have to be watching the scanned prices, otherwise you might miss your opportunity. you can go back later, but it saves time and gas by doing it when they least expect it.

one of the disadvantages of being tall is that you don’t have much feeling in the lower extremities. so, when i bang up my toe, i don’t really notice the wound. i could cut off my toe and i wouldn’t even know until i either bled to death or blood spurted into my eye. whichever came first.

so, you see, there are advantages and disadvantages.