« i hate me.. | Main | the little booger.. »
December 17, 2003
road trip..
so esther and i are headin to her folks home in st louis this sat--by car. its a 13-hr drive, so if we leave early sat mornin we should be there by nightfall. and in one piece we hope..
we decided to drive instead of fly a few weeks back cuz we were both sick of planes (actually, airports) and we wanted to save some $$. plus, we wanted to bring the dogs and thought a road trip would sound fun. ill let ya know how reality in fact turns out..
- im no longer pissed about fantasy football. just morose over the whole damn thing. i still have two (of eight) leagues to compete in the playoffs for and i havent really had any desire to read any articles or even look at my rosters. man, has anyone heard of such a stoopid reason to feel down??
- esther and i saw the last samurai on sat. and although i initially liked the film, w/ every passin thought i gave it the more i found it just kinda....formulaic. i thought it was a great premise, but nothin real fresh or new in the story. the plot just plodded along w/ the conventional battle, character-growth scenes one would expect in a so-called epic. ultimately, although i found it to be a pleasant film, i see it basically as dances w/ wolves in japan..
- but that katsumoto (ken watanabe) actor was impressive..
- next film i really wanna see: big fish..
- it once again does not really feel like christmas right now. and its weird cuz its damn cold, its snowed a few times now, and my neighborhood is all decorated w/ pretty lights. guess disbelievin in santa clause can effectively kill the sentiment..
- read a very interestin interview w/ scott turow (presumed innocent) about his new book concernin the death penalty. made me feel simultaneously uneasy about the current state of capital punishment across the varyin states and somewhat pleased that at least some people/political figures are engaged in intellectual debate over the issue..
- im really focusin on fantasy bball now. so mungmungdog, watch out..
Posted by chars at December 17, 2003 05:32 PM