i went to see hedwig

i went to see hedwig and the angry inch yesterday. what a movie. often, when a movie tries to switch between live action and animation, it seems forced, but this one did it very well. maybe it was because the only animation was during the songs, but regardless, it worked very well. simply put, this is a stellar rock musical. i can't wait to get the soundtrack.

an update on the nimda virus. somehow, i got reinfected. i'm still not sure how this happened, since i had installed the required updates, but it did. i suppose that it is possible that installing active perl caused my system to be vulerable again, so this time, i installed the hotfix after i installed active perl. we will see if this helps. it was even more infected this time, with a infected file count of 4898, but mcafee has gotten significantly better at removing it, so i only had to reinstall perl and ie.

i also just finished installing imap and pop3 on my linux box, so i can use eudora at home. i guess i should use pine, but i sometimes forget to check the netwerk-x.com box.

i loaned jenn my sleeping bag and thermarest. i offered to let her use my lantern, and headlamp, but she decided not to. i think she might regret not having the headlamp, although the lantern she could do without.

i have decided to boycott techtv.com since they continue to use layered ads that lay on top of their articles. it's really a tough thing for me since i used to go there all the time, but i guess sacrifices are in order if i'm going to keep my ideals.

well, i guess i'm back

well, i guess i'm back to only occasional postings. i've been working hard at my job though, so i guess it balances out. does anyone else feel like there is just a severe lack of information about the whole 9-11/afgahnistan thing? i keep waiting for something dramatic to happen, and nothing seems to. i'm also a little confused about when we became so concerned about civilian casualties. did we have this same concern during wwii? no. we bombed the hell out of dresden, and many other cities in germany, and the germans bombed the shit out of london. it seems that if we are going to be at war, we should be at war. i mean were we concerned about civilian casualties when we bombed hiroshima and nagasaki? i'm not advocating attacking civilians, but i think we need to be aware that trying to avoid "collateral damage" will make this a nearly unwinnable war. i don't know if most americans really realize this.

anyhow, my life continues like normal, except that i'm no longer opening up any bills, on the assumption that nsp, and qwest might be sending me anthrax. we'll see how long they let me get away with using that excuse.:)

i went to the fargo theater on saturday and saw a clockwork orange. i had a great time. i think the thing that is most disturbing about that movie is that in the first half, you almost start to think that what he is doing is ok. the violence is so horrific, and yet i wasn't repulsed by it, and that is was is so repulsive. what an incredible movie.

why can't we have a

why can't we have a person like tony blair as our president? someone who can give moving, powerful, eloquent speeches? instead we have a stumbling bumbling, stammering id10t, who can't even hire talented speech writers. mr. blair's speech the other day was so powerful, and moving, that it brought tears to my eyes. something that bush will never be able to do, unless they are tears of embarassment.

did anyone see what the public libraries of san fransisco did on monday? they have decided that they will ban the use of filters in libraries. this stance is one that will cost them around $20,000 in federal funds, since filters are now required for libraries to receive federal funding. i only wish that the library system that i work for could have the dedication to freedom that the san fran library does.