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Three succinct points:
1. No posts in, like, half a year almost. No apologies–I’ve been doing many worthwhile things, such as planting trees in South America, administering Gardasil to teenagers and overhauling FEMA.
2. Movies. I like them. Movies I’ve liked lately include: Bridge to Terabithia, The Departed, Children of Men and Music and Lyrics (SOLELY because of the Pop! music video); Movies I’ve shrugged my shoulders over: Pan’s Labyrinth (scary and depressing with no real redeeming virtues), The Holiday (only the Kate Winslet half is worth watching); Movies that made me cringe: Eragon (just… stay away… take my word for it).
3. South by Southwest. Last year I worked stage crew at the Hideout, a coffeehouse-turned-concert hall that boasted a full house maybe twice the whole week (and a low point of an eight-member audience). This year I volunteered at Stubb’s, the biggest club venue of the whole festival. My job included standing at the front gate and turning away many hopeful concertgoers who didn’t have a clue what kind of crowd they would be up against. The essential job skills: ability to use the creepy RFID badge/wristband scanner, a loud voice, the self control to resist drooling over celebrities in attendance, a complete lack of Enoachlophobia (fear of crowds), and masochistic tendencies. I’ve never in my life been the recipient of so many simultaneous enraged stares from people with mohawks.
The end!
