srsly

‘ve figured it out, its friday. my roommate helped me establish this last night when i was talking to jim. i was reasonably sure the next day would be friday, but then i got confused by jim thinking it was wednesday, then i thought it was wednesday too. then i had to confirm with brian that today would be, in fact, friday. which is cool, because Donald Glaude is going to be spinning at Fender’s on 6th ave tonight. if you like reasonably priced stiff drinks, a five foot tall super hot sexy blonde bar girl, and bad ass house music, you should come. so it seems that a lot of people have seen Farenheit 9/11 already. which is good, because people need to see it. it seems to me that all the oppinions of it that i’ve heard seem to be the same: good message, bad way of going about it. knowing what i know about Micheal Moore, and everything i’d heard from previews, i had a feeling that it was going to be this vast propoganda spectacular. and i suppose i wasn’t dissappointed, because it kinda was. which is sad because Bowling for Columbine was, i thought, filled with just enough outrage. and, in my oppinion, he didn’t go too nuts trying to make his point. but Farenheit 9/11 just kinda pissed me off. nothing in the film was much of a suprise. that isn’t to say i knew everything that was said in the film, in fact, there was quite a lot that i didn’t know; i just wasn’t suprised to hear it. it just made sense that those things would be happening, or confirmed suspicions based on things i’ve been reading. so in the informational sense it worked rather well. but it was a horrible film. it felt very disjointed and didn’t flow very well at all. i think it might have been more effective had it not felt like he hadn’t made any attempt to tie his points together. and it kind of annoyed me to watch it in a theater because then you’re faced with the likelyhood of sitting next to stupid people. i personally refuse to be shocked by anything Moore says, maybe i’m just that cynical. but it just kind of astounded me that the people around me could be so shocked by what he was saying. i kept hearing gasps of “oh my god” and “unbelieveable.” it particularly annoyed me that during points when Moore was making fun of Bush, people in the audience were clapping and shouting things like “amen” or “right on.” granted, much smarter people that i may have been in that theater and getting much more out of it than i did, but i really think to get the full effect of the film you need to see it more than once. so hopefully it will be rushed to DVD, because i’m not paying another 6-8 bucks to sit with dumb people and watch it again. i don’t care if this sounds elitist, some people just spectacularly dumber than others. anyhow, the job search goes on, i’m developing a drinking habit, and three-day weekends mean nothing to me. except that i get an extra day with my girlfriend, which rocks. i didn’t get to hang out much last weekend because her family went to whidbey island for some family oriented stuff. i doubt much of anything will be happening at my house. i’ve been roped into going to the girlfriend’s grandparent’s place because practically her whole family is there, and she feels obligated to go hang out. not like i’m complaining too much. its free food, and her grandparent’s place is situated on a high hill in Bellevue such that you can see damn near any fireworks display thats going on in seattle and the surrounding area from their deck. so it shouldn’t be too bad.