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December 20, 2007

Ghosts of Xmas Past

Merry Christmastime everybody. We're heading to the East Coast tomorrow, so I suppose the light blogging will continue. I'll leave you with these short videos of Jason Bateman and Michael Cera plugging the movie Juno. They're like some bizarre Arrested Development DVD extras that were never to be. So naturally, I had to watch them all.

That really was the best show, ever.

December 15, 2007

That Time of Year

Listen up, internet. I need some new music, so start posting those Best-of-2007 lists, post haste.

But let no one say that I don't give something back to the community, so I'll just offer up the White Rabbits album "Fort Nightly". One of Amazon's computer algorithms recommended that one to me, and it was spot on. Kudos, robot.

December 07, 2007

Gettin' Too Old For This

Today Marie and I took our final for Tagalog 1A. You can imagine our dismay when, on our walk to class, we remember that here at Berkeley, students are expected to supply their own Scantrons. What the heck is that? Here at the shining jewel of California's system of public education, kids are expected to subsidize their own professors' laziness? Maybe this is something we voters should consider before spending another ten billion of the state's dollars on stem cell research or what have you.

And in case you're curious, the going rate for the little greenies is 5 cents per sheet at the Student Store. Thankfully a classmate bailed out me and Marie, and asked nothing in return. But as for the #2 pencils that we had neglected to bring, we were on our own...

December 02, 2007

Where Can I Find The Latest Releases From Bread?

Attention kids voting for Bo Bice on VH1's top whatever countdown: stop making fools of yourselves and go buy a Grand Funk album. Cause, Bo? This stuff's been done.