Just a Gwai Lo - fun within prescribed limits

Watched In the Bedroom DVD.

Purchased Tool's Lateralus CD.

Mr. Wednesday: “There's never been a true war that wasn't fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe that they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous.”

Today, I reminded Adam of a great quote from The West Wing. It's among my favourites, but the following one stands out, for me. It was when Josh Lyman was sitting on the steps of his apartment complex with a girl he liked, talking to said girl:

I studied a lot in school, I studied hard. In high school, and at Harvard, and in law school. My IQ doesn't break the bank and I wanted to do this [work in the White House] so I studied all the time. And I missed something, or it's like I skipped a year 'cause I never learned what you do after you think you like somebody, what you do next, and everybody did learn. A lot of other people anyway."

The exhilaration is dying down, but I just made my first call to 911 tonight, asking for both the police and ambulance. There's no need to worry, I'm fine. I was merely an observer who saw the aftermath of some craziness from across the street that spilled over into my apartment complex. Usually the craziness stays on that side of the street.

First I said "ambulance" thinking, "yes, she definitely needs the services of an ambulance", and the operator called for an ambulance. Then, I thought, "yes, she could probably also use the support of the police" and asked for the police, so the ambulance operator forwarded me back to the operator. It felt like I was in a conference call, although that only occured to me after the fact.

The police and medics are sorting things out. I feel sorry for the guy beneath me on the ground floor suite, who had to deal with pretty much everything, much to his utter surprise.

No photos. Show's over. Nothing to see here.

Update 5 minutes later: well, evidently the show wasn't over. I need a beer.

Gill, on the liner notes for Björk's new album, Medúlla: “The text is black on black. In order to read the song lyrics, you have to look at the page in bright light at a certain angle. According to the designer of this thing, there's nothing more stylish than standing in one's bathroom and squinting at a CD booklet. ¶ This is the sort of thing that makes me wish I'd just illegally downloaded the music instead.”

Purchased Björk's Medúlla CD.