I do this once every few months or so. It usually never lasts more than a couple of weeks. It's tough, and there's no real reason behind my wanting to do it. I just am.

I'm going to try switching from Safari to Firefox.

You may be asking yourself, "why?" Or, more likely, "why should I care?" I'll tell you why (but not why you should care). As a Mac user, I'm addicted to Safari. It's lean, it's fast, it renders pages beautifully, it's as close to totally compliant as you can get, and it's built in. Firefox, on the other hand can be a bit sluggish, but it has awesome extensions by the truckload.

I figure I should give it a shot now that it's hit 2.0, so I've downloaded the latest release. I've outfitted myself with Adblock, Greasemonkey, Fission, and a few other handy extensions. I'm out to see if it can dethrone Safari. So far, the closest I've come to giving up Safari for everyday use is due to Shiira. Maybe Firefox 2.0 can do better.

I'll keep you updated...

Christopher Nolan is a fucking genius.

It's extremely hard to keep an audience in the dark for over 2 hours, and still tell a coherent story. The Usual Suspects did it, The Sixth Sense did it. Not very many other movies have. The ante is upped even more by the fact that the entire story is told through the main characters reading each other's journals.

When Christopher Nolan decides it's finally time to lay out the big reveal, it will floor you, and probably prove you wrong.

From alonewestand...

My Favorite Things:

1. My black 30GB iPod video.


2. My black Nintendo DS Lite.


3. My 12" iBook G4.


4. My Crumpler "Barney Rustle Blanket" messenger bag, which I "bought" for a case of beer during Crumpler's annual Beer for Bags sale.


5. My Motorola Mpx 220.


6. My red Gap hoodie.

7. NBC's Heroes.

8. Levi's 527 jeans.

9. My Con's.


10. My out of print original copy of Jawbreaker's "Dear You" and my Capital Records Fan Club Edition of The Beatles' "Revolver" LP. Both from Danielle. =]

Happy 1 Year Anniversary to me and Danielle!



We ended up going out to New York on Saturday for dinner and a show. The dinner was at Candle 79, and it was among the best meals I've ever had in my life. We both got different seitan dishes. Mine was some strange pumpkin seed crusted seitan over mashed potatoes, gravy, and green beans. Expensive, but also awesome.

After dinner we went to see Hairspray, thanks to the good people at TKTS. They show was really good, as were the seats. Near the front in the balcony. No big heads blocking our view. Next up is hopefully either Spamalot or High Fidelity, I think.

I like good movies, so add me on Netflix.

You won't regret it.

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