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Karaoke last night was ok. I still feel the cough at times, and it doesn't make me want to practice singing so much. Anyway I woke up disgustingly early because I had to go to the bathroom. Tricky to get back to sleep after that. But finally I did. When I woke up again I still felt shitty, so I just watched the director commentary on American Pie. Not because it was insightful or anything, but because in the GQ I read yesterday, the Weitz brothers were in a photo shoot. And one of them is fairly cute, and also did About A Boy, which is a great film. I may just have to buy it today.

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Great quote on writing:

"Reading [my own writing] does not mean anything to me... what matters to me is the writing, the act of manufacturing the novel, becuase while I am doing it, at that particular moment, I am in the world I'm writing about. It is real to me, compeltely and utterly. Then, when I'm finished, and have to stop, withdraw from that world forever - that destroys me. The men and women have ceased talking. They no longer move... My friends are dead."

-- PKD.

Now I've only written one novel, but I know exactly what he means. Even stories sometimes do that.

pop culture quiz part two

This is the film one. (I left out the Almadovar question because I know none of you read subtitles anyway. But you'll get bonus points if you comment about it.)

Please pick the answer that you identify with most strongly.

[Poll #97380]

public service announcement

Now I'm not one of those heartless bitches who puts down other women to build herself up, but honest to god I have more in common with my surly football-watching, trent-coat-wearing, Jack-Daniels-drinking, DJ-Assault-listening housemate than 99% of "women" I meet. (The fact that he and I go to the same hair salon only adds to this.) I'm not exactly sure why this is - I suppose part of it has to do with upbringing and socialization (having exactly zero-one female friends growing up and all), but it is so. OK, I bleed and have tits, hormones mix similarly in me as they do in other girls, but I'm a duck raised by chickens. I don't really know how to swim.

The point of all this is that I don't spend money on my shampoo, and I'm the last person you want to ask for advice about women. Unless you like hearing the Gospel According to Steve Stifler, which is what I'll consult if someone asks me. Oh sure, first I'll say "Well if I were in that situation, I'd do X", but that won't help because 90% of women are doing Y. But after that I put on my "jerk women love" mask, or sometimes skip straight to it. Either way it's not really something you couldn't have gotten on your own. I mean I CAN give relationship advice, just like human to human, but anytime someone says "You're a girl, what do YOU think?" I pretty much say "She sounds like a fucking bitch."