Wednesday, October 19, 2005

good news and bad news
i s'pose i'll start with the good first. i gotta new tv...27" toshiba flat screen (wanted flat panel, but the cheapest of those is $550 for a 19"). it's a good tv though. i like it. even better than that, though, is firefly got here. for those of you that don't know (you obviously haven't been paying attention), it's the series that serenity was based on. it was cancelled after 11 episodes (14 episodes on the dvd) because some dumbass fox exec had his head too far up his ass to see how awesome a show it is. oh yeah, did i mention i love serenity and firefly? i'm going to see serenity tomorrow for the 6th time. got two or three other people that haven't seen it to go with me. hopefully they like it too...i wanna sequel...and even better would be to have the show back on the air (at a time i can watch it). so, if you haven't seen serenity, go check it out at least once. even if you don't like sci fi, it's well worth your time. except for the space ships, it doesn't even feel like a sci fi movie. some critics have claimed it transcends any genre of movie and that it could be the next star wars. i certainly hope so. as opposed to most sci fi movies, this one doesn't rely on special effects (though they are pretty good) so much as it focuses on the characters and their world. to me, that's what makes a good movie...being able to understand the characters and what makes 'em tick...to be able to put yourself in their position and feel what they feel. yes, the movie does have a cliche scene or two (not gonna tell you what they are because i think everyone should see the movie without knowing what's coming up), but they don't detract from the movie itself. ok, i'm gonna shut up about the movie now and talk about the bad news (someone told me the other day i should be a movie critic...maybe they're right).

now for the bad news...i got pulled over on my way home from school today. i wasn't paying attention to how fast i was going (just matching the speed of the jeep in front of me). i saw the cop car on the overpass too late when he started pulling into traffic...i looked at my speedometer then and realized i was doing 80 (in a 60 zone). the cop pulled me and the jeep over and said i was doing 78 according to his radar gun thingy. there are two good things out of it though...he got the jeep too instead of just me...and he said i was only doing 65 on the ticket. 65 in a 60 is a $71 fine...78 woulda been around $200+ so i guess it's a good thing he knocked it down a bit. ah well, i have 15 days to mail the check to the courthouse to avoid a court date. i don't even really care about having to pay the money (i'm guilty and i know it so i should be punished) as long as i don't have to waste my time going to traffic court about it.
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