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Thursday, June 21, 2001
Forgot to tell you guys about this. I got in another near fight. This time in the San Francisco airport. I needed to use my cell phone to call my office, and it was out of battery power, so I looked for a plug. The only one I saw was under a TV hanging from the ceiling. No one was watching the TV, so I went over and plugged in and started talking. Then a few minutes later an older gentleman and his wife came over and sat down in fron of the TV. I lowered my volume, but kept talking and turned my head into the wall to further deflect. Since it was turned I didn't see the guy come right up and stand next to me. When my call ended, he said "Hey kid, why don't you go plug yer damn phone in somewhere else. You're not the only person on the planet!"Now, I know an old bitter man who fears technology and is therefore annoyed by the whole concept of a cell phone when I see one, and I was going to get up and walk away without making a stink, but then I started to think about his attitude, and it reminded me of paintball guy, and once again, I saw red. So in mid-stride, I turned left and followed the guy back to his seat. He sat down and I stood over him and said "why don't you ask me nicely?" He said "what?" And I said "I said, you don't need to go right to angry... why don't you try asking me nicely first." Now he was getting flustered. His wife was looking at him and I think part of the reason he said something in the first place was to show off for his wife with the young whipper snapper. Anyway, he blinked a few times and said "uh... you're ignorant."
I smiled and said "Ignorant. OK. Well, I can go and read a book. You're always gonna be an asshole." And I walked away.
posted by LT2 11:37 AM ET | discuss | link
Wednesday, June 20, 2001
Has anybody noticed the current news meme going around about the square watermelons developed in Japan? CNN, ABC, Slate, The Daily Show, etc, etc.Why is this news? Anybody who watches the Simpsons has known about square watermelons since Homer bought one on his family's visit to Japan in episode AABF20 back in May of 1999! I thought Marge's comment about the price was just a joke referring to the general high prices of things in Japan, but they really are $80. D'oh!
posted by MES 11:38 PM ET | discuss | link
Tuesday, June 19, 2001
Well, I did it. 14,162 feet. I'm going to put together a nice lttle narrative when I get the pictures back. But just to tantalize... summit day = 13 hours on the mountain, 40 degree ice walls, 50 mph winds, 10 degrees below zero wind chill.
posted by LT2 9:34 PM ET | discuss | link
Monday, June 18, 2001
Those of you interested in the current state of digital cinema (notably Lars) might want to check out this 6-minute behind-the-scenes mini-documentary from Star Wars Episode 2. Don't worry, there aren't any spoilers. Here's the 36 MB version and the 11 MB version.
posted by MES 10:18 PM ET | discuss | link
Ooh, I bet Laaz will like Ebert's harsh words toward Lieberman and Hillary in this week's Movie Answer Man column (well, except for the part about missile defense, anyway).
posted by MES 1:05 PM ET | discuss | link
