I think one reason that these episodes of "X and Ebert" are so hilarious is that it's the McLaughlin Group, but about movies.
Yesterday, after I read some more of Crime and Punishment, Nandini and I went to the general UC Berkeley commencement convocation graduation ceremony thing. I went mainly to hear my friend Shayna give her University …
Cranky Ebert and hopelessly overmatched counterpoint.
Among the jobs the Career Center lists: "Extreme Sports Athlete." Funny sign at Ned's Bookstore: "We have the MOST USED BOOKS!"
It shouldn't surprise me that Benoit's list of things he misses about France parallels the lists various tripmates of mine made, in Russia, of things we missed about the USA.
Much pleasantness today. Zack and Shweta and I had a lunch at The Musical Offering on Bancroft, which is a spot-your-professor-or-TA arena as much as anything else. I watched Chutney Popcorn, a film that resembles …
In more-excited-than-I-should-be news, American Chai opens tomorrow at the United Artists cinema in Berkeley. I may see it myself, alone, tomorrow morning.
"Pope not seeking reelection." It's some guy named Pope, in Texas, in some irrelevant headline, but still. Also: if the federal government wants to assemble a Super Squad to fight terrorism, it should call up …
I'm actually glad that nobody I know showed up to watch my music class's final concert. My goodness, that wasn't very good! Tonight: Muppets. No, probably just TV with Leonard.