LA Weekly has a good article about Yuen Wo-Ping, who choreographed the fight scenes in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and The Matrix. One thing bugged me when I was watching Crouching Tiger: there were some dudes in the front of the theater who thought all the wire-work (where the actors \”fly\” through the air) was absolutely hilarious, and expressed their thoughts out loud. It really ruined the mood. I guess they were easily amused.

Heh heh, the Ten Greatest White Trash TV Heroes. They forgot the entire cast of Roseanne though.

On a similar note, there\’s a poinsettia in a Heineken bottle vase in our living room. If that doesn\’t scream white trash, I don\’t know what does.

I love living in L.A. On Sunday we were getting ripped off for a Christmas tree in 80 degree weather, I was wearing a t-shirt and the air conditioning was on. I feel justified in laughing at people in regions with blizzards or whatever. Heh heh.

Soldier AWOL in Teenage Girl\’s Closet.

…a search of the cramped closet revealed a neatly-kept bed, a cache of canned food and a Bible.

Geez, what a fucking boy scout. Must\’ve been a big closet, I can barely fit canned food and a Bible in my closet, much less a whole bed too.

I went down to Irvine last night to watch Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with the gang. It was such a cool movie, I can\’t believe it\’s only showing on a few screens right now. The fighting scenes were incredible and the plot was the best I\’ve seen in a long time. I especially like how all the characters, even the bad guys, have likable qualities. You feel sympathetic for all of them. I\’m glad they didn\’t dub the movie or anything stupid like that either.

Arnold Seems to Have the Gift of Grab. I love Arnold\’s line when he grabbed Anna Richardson: \”You don\’t get the big money for nothing.\”

Hot Amp is a neat little program that uses hotkeys to control Winamp, so you can change songs or whatever when you\’re playing Unreal Tournament. I\’ve always wondered why game programmers don\’t build mp3 players into their games.

The Durapoint is one hell of a mouse. Stainless steel case and injected with silicone potting material to seal the unit, I bet you could crack skulls with it.
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A Choice Between Racy TV and Soviet Anthem. Racy TV! Racy TV!

Simpson Appeals $33.5M Verdict. The Juice doesn\’t when to quit, does he? He already got away with murder, and he only has to pay a fine for killing 2 people. Now he doesn\’t want to pay at all? Hasn\’t he heard he phrase \”Quit while you\’re ahead\”?