Month: July 2002

I should be going to see Blast! tonight. I say “should” because in order to get there, I have to catch the 6:00 train to arrive in Princeton at 7:00, at which time I’d be picked up by Denise and we’d drive into Philadelphia. Hopefully it won’t be too tricky.

I usually post horoscopes when I either don’t have anything to say or have an announcement that’s not quite ready for prime time. Thus:

Legal matters regarding money could be on your agenda today, dear Pisces. You might have some forms to fill out, or a contract to execute. You’ll find it easier than you usually do, because your mind is especially clear right now. You’ll get it all done quickly so you can go out and do what you genuinely enjoy. Skip the supermarket and go to the baker, the confectioner, or the greengrocer. Buy something nice for your home. Enjoy your day.

Good news: I’m perfectly healthy. I still have all my hearing, and somehow, even though I stare a computer screens for close to twenty-four hours a day I still have 20/20 vision (which I suppose, isn’t perfect considering the last time I had a vision test—15 years ago?–my vision was better than 20/20). My cholesterol level is very good and my blood count is normal. My only hope is that some day they find a permanent cure for lactose intolerance, but for some reason I don’t think that’s as high on the agenda as cancer or AIDS.

US Planning To Recruit One in 24 Americans as (Community) Spies. Here’s the government organization’s website. This is nationalism to an extreme unheard of since the Gestapo: “During the Second World War there were 45,000 members of the Gestapo. However, it is estimated they also employed 160,000 agents and informers.“ The only apparent difference is the Nazis were smart enough to pay the informants; Bush is asking for volunteers.

Monday night has apparently been “Broadway show night” for the past two weeks. Last night I saw Cabaret at the famous Studio 54, courtesy of Brian’s roommate who works at Video Hits One. I had seen a production of it back in college (it was put on by the E-52 Student Theatre Company) so I knew about the show… Denise seemed surprised that it was all about sex and Nazis. So was the father in front of us who brought his daughter and three of her friends.

John Stamos played the emcee (and was undoubtedly the reason the kids in front of us came to see the show) and it was directed by Sam Mendes who you may remember from such films as Road to Perdition and American Beauty.

I’m an intelligent person… why is it I don’t have a great job, making lots of money? I have to keep looking…

Yahoo is considering making their bad business practices even worse by forcing streaming media to the user. If this is where they end up heading, so long Yahoo. No more will “My Yahoo” be My first site of the day.

Every dream in which I appeared was somewhere between a bad dream and a nightmare.

One of the funniest things I’ve seen on television lately (besides Whose Line Is It Anyway) was a news segment promo. It was probably Fox, and it went a little like this:

TONIGHT, on FOX NEWS at 10!

MEDIA HYPE! Has media finally gone too far?

Tune in for our SHOCKING EXPOSE on MEDIA HYPE!

I’m probably missing the funny bits in my “re-enactment” here, but trust me, it was funny.

The sun will rise, as it does every day. Life moves… hopefully forward. Tomorrow’s horoscope:

Today is definitely not made for you to drown in self-pity, dear Pisces, so get up and go have some fun. You will find that laughter is the best remedy for your fluctuating emotions, and you will find that this laughter is abundant once you let yourself fall into the right frame of mind. Adopt a mantra that reminds you to smile on yourself internally. Shed light on your inside so that you may radiate even brighter on the outside.