Our "ratings" are on the rise again, after steadily (albeit slowly) dropping over the past three months. Don't really know why that's such a big deal - after all, we don't carry ads - but...wheee! Hey, if you have friends and family members who aren't Regular Readers, tell 'em to drop on by. We must be doing something right. Is it my incredible, animal magnetism? My 'Way with Words'? Or simply that there's nothing else out there on the 'Internet' worth reading?

The question, ladies and gentlemen - is irrelevant. Thank you. Thangyu verra mush...

It's late, and I've been on the couch much of the evening, watching Blade II on DVD (technically, a freakin' amazing movie; Guillermo del Toro really knows how to handle action-scenes - but story-wise, it's a bit thin), and then the second part of a great Stanley Kubrick documentary. I've turned into a lazy slob, and I still haven't gotten around to doing much. Just chargin' them batteries. All right.

So...now tons of people have seen The Two Towers, and I - haven't. How's that at all fair? Huh? Grrr. All the shows were sold out - the good seats anyway - when I bought my tickets over a month ago. I'm catching it at 4 PM on Friday, front & centre, and I'm giddy like a little school-girl (I usually am). But because of the release of the movie, the city was filled with Geeks in Costumes today. I've never seen so many elves and would-be Aragorns ever, walking the streets like it was downtown Bree. And while cute girls wearing elven ears and cloaks is pretty cool, guys doing the same is...not. Sorry. You look like idiots, guys. Now, there's nothing wrong with loving Middle-Earth, or having fun role-playing, but you're giving geekdom a bad name. Honestly.

I know, I know - I should lighten up. I'm just not one for wearing fey, faux-medieval costumes, braided hair, and hand-crafted make-believe swords, and speaking like you've got the collected works of Shakespeare up your ass. I get my kicks elsewhere, y'know what I'm saying?

Still, I'm all for the cute elven girls. Sexism - it's right here, and it's rearing its ugly head once again!  ¶ 01:42