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I saw Dawn of the Dead tonight. Not quite the fun ride I got from 28 Days Later, and in fact many shots in Dawn of the Dead felt copied from that film. Still it had some funny moments. Sort of a Canadian version of 28 Days Later.

Afterwards David and I went to Krystals since I hadn’t eaten and they were open. I finally brought up Kathy. I’d wanted to from the first time I saw him but I was afraid of his reaction. Nothing bad happened. I’m glad I didn’t cry. I kinda feel he’d look down on me for that.

Abnormal is the new Normal

After the struggle to get through the MRI I got the results today. Apparently I have a bone abnormality in one of my vertebra since it is block shaped. That combined with the osteo-arthritis appears to explain the back difficulties.

As the doctor told me “This could be normal for your body. Don’t worry.” before setting up an appointment with a spinal specialist. Considering the fact that my father had scoliosis I wonder if this came down the old genetic pipeline from him. If so it’s kind of sad that my memories of him are alcoholism, suicide and a bad back. Listening: Tell Her Tonight - Franz Ferdinand

It's all about telling stories

I think I’ve fallen under the sway of Philip Pullman after reading about him for years in Kiad’s journal. I was swayed by a discussion on plastic about Pullman’s “His Dark Materials” series. The discussion was sadly lacking except it pointed me to this great discussion between him and the Archbishop of Canterbury. Their discussion has a nice exchange towards the end with the Archbishop talking about the Christian religion as a great story:

The American Dreamer

One of the most riveting personal sagas that has played out over the last few years has got to be Michael Newdow’s fight to right a wrong. As an Atheist he is looked upon unfavorably by almost 60% of the US population. He has endured a great deal of abuse in the public discourse. After the 9th Circuit Court opinion all 99 members of the Senate stood on the steps and pledged to keep “under God” right where it is.

"Forth he fared at the fated moment"

Let me tell you about the time I was buried alive…

I went to the imaging center in the Medical Mall to get my first ever MRI done. You see the warranty on my back had expired (turning 30 and all that) so naturally it stopped working. Then my right leg said “If he don’t work then I don’t either.” So two important pieces of the system went wonko for a couple days till I got the nice prescription NSAIDs to make it better for the time being. All in all, a very lame thing to have happen.

Take What You Like

I’ve been slow to get the mix CD out this month since my time been abbreviated by the trip. I finally finished my music research for March’s mix CD. I’m picking the songs and laying down the track order today. I’ve already settled on the cover art. The first CDs should be on their way tomorrow.

Again anyone is invited to receive one. Just send your name and address to [email protected]. Listening: (none)

Hey Rocky watch me pull an excuse out of my hat

Somebody was schooled on Face the Nation.

I love the part where Rumsfeld says that nobody said Iraq was an immediate threat, show me where someone said that and then Friedman starts in. He reads out part of a quote from Rumsfeld and stops. Rumsfeld sees a hole since it didn’t have that exact wording and tries to weasel out of it, then Friedman finishes the quote where it has the exact phrase. Ouch. That’s too bad too. I always thought Rummy was one of the more honest ones in the administration. Listening: (none)

Salaam, Hamdu Lah

I made it back safely. I took a few pictures with the digital camera. I have some other pictures from the film camera that I’ll scan in once the scanner comes in. I’d like to write in much more detail but probably won’t do it on lj. Listening: Interview with Hans Bliz - Fresh Air

Out of Office

Gone for a couple weeks to compete in the world champion snipe hunting competition.

“Once you’ve fallen victim to this vast, luminous country, you will go back, whatever the cost, for the Absolute has no price.” –Paul Bowles.

Listening: (none)

Long distance trails and jobs

I just learned about the C2C Route that Andy Skurka is taking. It’s a sea-to-sea hiking route across the Northern US and SE Canada and it’s approximately 7,700 miles. Right now I don’t think I could maintain a 27 mile a day average in order to complete it in the required 9 months. But I think this is the next trip I’d like to take. I’d gotten a little tired of the limitations of interstate and highway travel. This will be a new way to see the country. This also postpones plans to go to Iran next. This means making plans to start this a year from now, paying off debts (I was already on track to have everything but my car paid for by August), plans for Emily, unloading my junk, and finding a storage unit.