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Terminator 3 was okay. Here are some things I liked about it:

• The gratuitous mayhem of the scene where the arm of a crane plows through trucks, telephone polls, and some kind of retail establishment.
• The loud clunk whenever the new terminator ran into something big and metal.
• The completely affectless performance of Kristanna Loken.
• California!

Here are some things I didn't like about it:

• Product placement gone mad.
• Jokes I could tell I wasn't getting because I haven't seen or don't remember the other movies.
• Kind of a downer.

I didn't glom onto this until it was too late to get a look, so one of you will have to check this for me: Was she wearing heels the whole time? All the running and the jumping and the fighting? Wouldn't that be hard?

open mike report

The King's Head Pub, 2003-07-06

Light crowd again, although there were, fortunately, some non-musicians there trying to drink and eat. About half of the musicians there were people I knew. Among the others was a cellist, which was pretty unusual. His name was Tim, which is not so unusual. The bartender ran the sound system, and did it well, but there was no one really hosting. I think I forgot to actually say who I was--something I can always rely on a host to cover for.

The King's Head plays up its British lineage with a great deal of decor: English beer ads and coats of arms are to this place what Texas kitsch and chili cook-off ads are to Chili's. The sign on the men's washroom door says "Knights", so when I had to pay it a visit, I told people I was going "to see a man about a steed." Well, I thought it was funny. Kind of.

Tonight I had my first little mind-shift of unemployment: On the drive home I thought, "Hm, it's getting late, I'd better go right to bed so I can get up for work in the morning." For some reason nothing jarred me last week--it just felt like a really long weekend. The end of the actual weekend is what's forcing me to confront the reality of the situation.

Anyway, I'd better go to bed so I can get up for work in the morning.