Random, random, random

Had a pretty fun weekend, but it went by too fast. They almost always do...

Nothing too exciting going on. Another pretty slow day at the internship but I've happened upon a lot of interesting and funny things on the web today so I'll spare you the usual run-down of my life and give you some fun stuff to check out:

- Jon Heder (of Napoleon Dynamite) is finally going to be in another movie. He'll be co-starring Billy Bob Thornton in School of Scoundrels, a remake of a 60s British comedy of the same name. Heder will portray a meter reader who enrolls in a confidence-building class to help him win over his dream girl. Thornton stars as a motivational speaker with whom he competes for the same girl. The big news...the movie is being directed by Todd Phillips (Old School, Road Trip). Sounds like it has all the right ingredients...

- Death Cab for Cutie's new album Plans has been leaked (surprise) on the internet and is already receiving raves from bloggers and e-zine elitists. Here's one gushing review of the album.

- Today I discovered a unique brand of entertainment that basically consists of movie shorts made through video game play, voiceovers and some quite clever writing and sponteneity. This new genre is called "machinima" -- "an ungainly term mixing 'machine' and 'cinema'" and thanks to a New York Times Magazine article I was able to kill some time watching the hilarious "Red vs. Blue," a series of mini-movies that spawned from some guys playing Halo 2 and doing voiceovers for the characters. It might sound lame at first but the dialogue (and the creation of characters through it) is quite funny and the plot consists of what might be the existential meaning of the game itself -- two teams of soldiers who are constantly at war but have no idea why. Check it out for yourself and then tell me if it's awesome or I'm just a dork.

- Finally, Limbeck's new album Let Me Come Home comes out tommorow. If haven't heard of Limbeck yet you must be new to this blog. The good part is, now you have an awesome band to check out. From the songs I've heard, the album should be amazing but I'll share some indepth thoughts after I've gone home, torn open the package, and given it a couple listens tommorow.

I'll leave you with a quote that seems to embody my life right now:

"If you don't know where you're going, any road will get you there." - Lewis Carroll