march 13th

- I did 800 push-ups before 10am, and now I'm falling asleep at the library. I still need to do another set to put me at 1000 before the day is over. Why do I do all these push-ups? Laudation, of course.

- So my one professor was really cool about me missing class two weeks ago due to weather. That's always an unexpected bonus.

- Do people still watch Hardball? Hasn't Chris Matthews basically become the voice of MoveOn.org? Wouldn't everyone have been happier if Zell Miller had pulled a Burr and shot him? Curse our laws prohibiting duels!

- Olberman and Matthews and the other MSNBC flunkies are constantly outraged that Fox is kicking them all over the map, ratings-wise. It's the needed "umph" that helps me through my day. Not unlike Red Bull. Or hard liquor.

- Hugo Weaving is probably the most exciting character to see in a movie, because immediately you start looking for ways to add "Mr. Anderson" to everything he says. Btw, I finished memorizing his monologue from that one movie, and can recite it pretty quickly now. And for kicks, sometime I throw in a few "Why, Mr. Anderson? Why? Why!?"

- What is up with the lyrics to songs nowadays not making any sense? Seriously, no matter how many times you listen to Snow (Hey, oh), you won't have any idea what they're talking about unless someone tells you. I mean, everyone knew the Beetles were singing about a yellow submarine, okay? Let's get some more sleepy lions in the jungle, some more jet-planes. Leroy Brown, anyone?

- Old joke, but you know why Elrond doesn't want Aragorn hanging around Arwen? "It's the smell!" That one always gets me. Good ole Hugo.

- Speaking of Hugo, a meteorite blew up his Rubber Chicken factory. Gonna' be one sad Independence Day around that neighborhood, let me tell you.

- I wanted to clear up something from an earlier post. Heroes is my favorite show now, and I was asked why, since a while ago I stated that i didn't like it very much due to some stuff. So here's a more complete answer:

1) they cut down on screen time for stupid characters
2) they started pulling the threads together, so now instead of like 8 different plotlines, 6 of them have converged into one big one
3) points 1 &2 inevitably lead to more screen time and character development for the cool characters

So my biggest problems with it were pretty much taken care of; also, because of the nature of the story, every week you know something awesome might happen (like P. Petrelli stopping time, flying, and using telekinesis all in one episode). The first few episodes, something rarely did. Now, as the characters develop, they are doing some pretty cool stuff.