July, 31, 2005 archives

carrie is a good film to see at the hollywood forever cemetery, although the only time i was ever really conscious of being in a cemetery was when walking out.

the cinespia event was pretty packed — we ended up at the back of the crowd. the walk-in line spiraled in on itself, and it took at least a half hour from getting in line to getting through the door. the lines of cars for the free parking was also pretty incredible, and unless you happened to get a spot right by the exit, getting out was clearly an exercise in patience.

when i was walking back to the subway afterwards, the furthest away that i saw anyone parked was right near gower and de longpre. so if you happen to live right near there, and have not been to a cinespia event, you’ve really got no excuse.

(thanks to shannon for posting about carrie and providing the push for me to go to one of the cinespia showings, which are one of those things i had heard about but never gotten my act together to go.)

i’ve been thinking of rejoining the mobile phone wielders. they’re just too convenient when you’re trying to do something like meet up with people at a cemetery as night is falling. the audiovox 8610 with a pre-paid virgin mobile plan seems like it might be right for me. $70 for the phone, and then $60/year to keep the minimum service. too bad it isn’t supported by isync.

it’s so annoying that the directivo still requires a phone line. i’d love to ditch my $18/month land line, and get a skypein number for €30/year (and use skypeout at 2¢/minute).

the la tofu festival 2005 is coming up — august 13-14 in little tokyo. until august 10, you can get a festival package that includes two admission tickets, two raffle tickets, fifteen food tickets, and a festival cookbook, all for $30.

if you fulfill the job requirements (especially the work on-site bit) and don’t mind a little not-safe-for-work content as part of your work environment, this junior mod_perl/mysql programmer job in chatsworth might be for you.