May 25, 2006
Moving to Seattle Next Week
So I'm moving to Seattle in one week. I'll miss my friends in New York and still miss the friends in Chattanooga... I'll see all of you sometime soon...
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April 19, 2006
Tom Cruise Has Child, Apocalypse Is Nigh
So, I guess that Tom Cruise has a child. I hope she grows up to not-crazy. Not much chance of that, I would think. 
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April 13, 2006
I'm in the Village Voice...
...well, my band is. Tomorrow, we're playing at the TRASH bar. It's not that big of a deal, since it's printed in -4 font. Oh well.
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April 12, 2006
Planet(?), Larger Than Pluto
So maybe I'm a little behind on my astronomical news, but, evidently scientists have found an object in the Kuiper belt (an icy, orbital belt of Neptune) that is slightly larger than Pluto. This brings up a classification issue of large orbital objects. Planet or no planet? Here's an artist's rendition of the object:
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Moving To Seattle
So, I'm moving to Seattle on June 9th. If anyone wants to visit me in New York, better make it quick!
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April 10, 2006
House and 24
As the third season of the hit FOX television series 24 comes closer to it's end, the "serial plot" nature ( as well as the usual weekly adrenaline rush) is becoming lost. At this point in the season all of the remaining mysteries have been or are being revealed, and the politically-charged, tech-action/office-drama/what's-Jack-going-to-do-to-that-nameless-guy/spy-thriller/primetime powerhouse can been reduced to a mere "action/political/hacker-suspense" show. The "Edge Of Your Seat Mondays" are soon to be over. What are we to do without the window to view Jack Bauer battling international terrorists and triumphing with Pyrrhic victory?
Unfortunately, the new season of Prison Break kind-a sucks. Bad. How long can they keep our interest if Michael and Lincoln Scofield fail to break out of jail EVERY TIME?! Unfortunately, they can't. The way to the heart of a television audience is through the characters. You must create the most complexing of characters (HOUSE), or be willing to kill them off for new ones (24). Unfortunately for the former, television characters are some of the hardest to sympathize with, partially due to the fact that the audience spends less time with them. More often is a viewer drawn to a character such as Jack Bauer, President Logan and Dr. Gregory House due to their unchanging position in morality (or lack thereof, as the case may be). There is hardly ever internal conflict that progresses outside of one episode. Dr. Gregory House may learn a lesson from a cancer-stricken child, but in the next episode remains as crotchety and stubborn as ever. The real conflict lies within the morality of these two men vs. the morality in these two men's jobs. In fact, House and Bauer hold the same contradictions, with inverse positions on morality and occupation.
Jack is a very good man, with the greatest of intentions. He's a kick-ass Captain America type that works for the CTU (Counter-Terrorist Unit). The drawback, as well as the contradiction, is this: he tortures and kills people. Dr. Gregory House, on the other hand, is paid to save lives. But he is a grumpy, pill-popping, un-sympathetic, risk-taking doctor with no visible regard for human life. The only character trait that keeps Dr. House from letting everyone die is his die-hard stubborness. He refuses to be wrong.
Now, after all this, the only conclusion you will come to is probably that I watch too much TV. While that may be true, at least think about this: there may actually be some good characters on TV. And though 24 is losing it's steam and winding down, and I may have contradicted myself several times, and TV may actually be the devil incarnate, I still think their characters are worth observing.
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