I watched Dog Day Afternoon (imdb | rotten tomatoes | amazon) earlier this week. I shouldn’t have waited so long; it was such a good movie. Pacino’s just…so on for the whole thing. I gotta say, it was weird to see he and John Cazale on the screen together in a non-Corleone way. Also weird: just as I turned off the DVD player, the TV channel that came up was showing The Princess Bride, just as Chris Sarandon was on the screen. Anyway, highly recommended, if only to understand why people occasionally yell, “Attica! Attica!”.

By the way, should I ever quit my job and be escorted from the office, that’s how I plan to leave the building.

1. She doesn’t own a computer
2. She’s dead

from The Globe and Mail

WHO FUCKING CARES?!!!?!?!!?!

Happy birthday Nellie!!!

• Last night on The Amazing Race (the lone reality TV show I enjoy) the team that deserved to win didn’t, the princess won the million bucks, and poor Aaron had what I can only assume was a brain defect brought on by oxygen deprivation and proposed to the shrieking harpy.
• The top ten movies this past weekend were as follows:
  1. Boogeyman
  2. The Wedding Date
  3. Are We There Yet?
  4. Hide and Seek
  5. Million Dollar Baby
  6. The Aviator
  7. Meet the Fockers
  8. Sideways
  9. Racing Stripes
  10. Coach Carter

  I shall say no more.

The whole Gomery inquiry just feels…I don’t know, unseemly. It smacks of desperation. A fuss was made over alleged overspending (The Canadian government wastes money? Good LORD!! Why wasn’t I informed!?!!?) because there was no other scandal to complain about, and political opponents (especially desperate parties like the Conservatives) feel they’re not doing their job unless they’re crying foul about some scandal or another. Rather than actually debate an issue, or implement their own policy, they search frantically for any sign of a mistake or inconsistency and attack that. See Clinton, Bill.

Wow…their music sucks even more than their name.

I am insanely jealous of my brother. His trip through France & Switzerland took them to Geneva, a city I’ve long wanted to visit. This was the view from their room.

And this is where he got to ski.

I’m jealous, and I don’t even like to ski. Dag.

Tonight was Bymark, my second [season]licious trip. However, both times I’ve upgraded way off the *licious menu and gone for the infamous burger. Well worth it. We went with T-Bone and Jen #3, and easily got home in time to watch 24, do some reading and relax. There’s something to be said for the 5:30 seating.

The Strip House: maybe the best [season]licious meal yet? Good salad, great steak, amazing volcanic chocolate dessert thingy. All in all, pretty sweet meal.

One strange point: we were pretty much the only people in the restaurant the whole night who weren’t Chinese.