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[cyrano]

Watched the first episode of 30 Days (30 Days in a Muslim household) and was really quite impressed. It's by the same guy who did Supersize Me and so I wasn't sure how sensational it was going to be, but it was really really good. It felt like it was an honest attempt to bring two parts of the population closer together and understand each other better. And I kept being pleasantly surprised by and *proud of* the white christian all american. He went out of his way to independantly study and research, and he was up front and honest. And although I didn't care much for him personally, I liked the screen time they gave the pushy Imam.

And I'm finally caught up on the first series of Lost. I have one thing to say here--Abrams promised us some answers by the end of the first series, and I didn't see much in the way of answers. I told Sioux that I was going to have to bite him.

I started reading Sarah Vowell's Take the Cannoli and my crush on her is just getting bigger and bigger. I'm going to have to ask her to lunch.

And it occurred to me in the bathroom that much of my sense of humor involves taking normal everyday things and couching them in unexpected or inappropriate context. It's sort of the intellectual equivalent of dressing a dog up in a frilly collar and a clown hat.

Considering other mixes--a companion disc for Veronica Mars which would include the Dandy Warhols, 'Watching the Detectives' and (if I have a copy) 'One Way or Another', and Do You Speak It? as a collection of songs in non-english language with a threatening picture of Samuel L. Jackson on the liner notes.

As regarding birthday plans, it looks pleasantly low key so far. Sunday dinner with elo_sf, Monday holiday BBQ with Carla and Turk (Super Chocolate Bear).

Comments

[insomnambulist.livejournal.com]

Hey Chuck - you should totally be doing podcasts! Lists of songs just ain't the same as being able to download DJ Chuck spinning the tunes, and whatnot.

-Jason

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

I have considered this, especially after finding out the fees that the FCC would charge for an internet radio broadcast license. However, I have not yet done the research to find out how much of an investment it would be in terms of time/money/hardware.
Plus, I'd have to find a way to podcast the cool liner notes. (:

[insomnambulist.livejournal.com]

http://www.engadget.com/entry/5843952395227141/

Seems like you need a computer, a microphone, a few pieces of free software, and you're off!

And your liner notes? Maybe you read 'em all en masse at the start, or the stop, or between songs.

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

http://www.nog.net/~cyrano/cd/cd/

But let me check out this URL... hrm.