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I must admit that the movie Napoleon Dynamite was pretty much lost on me. I went to an all-girls Catholic high school and missed out on the awkward high school dynamics that occur between boys and girls, geeks and jocks, freaks and meatheads. Napoleon Dynamite is all about bizarre weirdoes, class elections, and the high school prom. The only thing the movie and I have in common is the bizarre part. Replace the jocks with nuns and the prom with a volleyball tournament, and I might have laughed out loud.

I can’t deny, however, the brilliance of the soundtrack. It perfectly summarizes the awkwardness that is being a bit of a geek in an outwardly “cool” world. That its siren songs are 80’s classics makes the point even sharper. Two songs stand out in particular: Yaz’s “Only You” and Alphaville’s “Forever Young”. Also notable is Sparklemotion’s admirable cover of Cindy Lauper’s “Time After Time”. Are you swooning yet?

The CD also ties in some synth pop to keep you from crying in your pillow in a fit of hurts-so-good nostalgia-induced heartache. And let’s not forget the classic Napoleon one-liners that echo in your ears for weeks, especially when everyone around you keeps repeating “YESSSSS” and “Gosh!” all the time. (You can just skip those tracks when you add the CD to your iPod.)

i have a dilemma. ok, i’ve had this dilemma for weeks, months, you get the picture. i’ve even discussed before, but have yet to do anything about it.

i have multiple blog spaces, photo albums, calendars, contacts, links, the list goes on and on. so much sh*t!

everything is all over the place, and i sometimes have trouble deciding where i should post, say, my oatmeal recipe. “it’s healthy, i could post it on training for the apocalypse, but maybe other people care about oats? fuck it, i’m ordering a pizza.”

so in an effort to not put things aside for the sake of indecision, i’m going to try the category approach and just post everything here and not worry about how my friends perceive my food obsession or running habits.

taking all of this at face value, that this is a mere (inconsistent, blundering) ant in the world of weblogs and i can count my (known) regular readers on one hand, the obvious questions is: “why bother?”

pfft. isn’t self indulgence reason enough?

so about running. this is where i post the daily dizzle on my run. it was my first run since last sunday’s 5k. i ran after work, around town lake. it sucked. my legs were tired (still) and the wind seemed intent on blowing at me the whole time. i actually stopped before i intended, and walked the last mile. how can it take more than 2 days to recover from 26 minutes and 40 seconds of running? i feel like a wimp. and THEN my arms and legs started itching like crazy! before my run, i did situps and pushups in the grass. “what a lovely day to roll around in the grass!” i had thought. i was wrong. my legs felt like they were on fire. i thought i had a weird case of instantaneous sunburn.

tomorrow is a new day!

The long awaited movie version of Joss Whedon’s “Firefly” is almost here! “Serenity” is set to open in theaters on Sept. 30th. Best of all, the trailer is out and it looks fantastic!

Link to trailer…

The Bean
Originally uploaded by spacekadet.

I’ll be in Chicago this July 1 - 5 for some Memorial Weekend Tomfoolery.

If you’re in the area, and I know you, then chances are I miss you dearly and can’t wait to see you. Here are the details:

With Half Priced Books having fled to North Lamar, and Barnes & Noble on the drag having also jumped ship, can anyone tell me where one can buy a book that isn’t a textbook in the UT-Austin campus area?

am i crazy? or is this impossible? it seems rediculous that a major university doesn’t have a book shop within walking distance. and yet… i am hard pressed to think of one.

i will weep if the closest book store is Yuppy Paradise (i.e. Book People).