I saw The Man Who Wasn't There, the new Coen Brothers' movie last night. It was pretty good. Not great, but the sort of movie that I know I'll like better the next time I see it. I think I'll probably love it after I've seen it a few times. It's very different from the rest of their movies. It's funny but the jokes are far more spaced out.

I was supposed to do this job for a TV show this Friday with Jenny McCarthy but that got cancelled. The steadicam guy I was working with ended up not being able to take the job, so I don't take it either. It's too bad but I'm really not too upset about it because I know something will come along. But it would have been fun.

A few nights ago I went with Carrie to an event run by the Los Angeles Conservancy. They are a group that is for the preservation of the older buildings in LA. They had a benefit going on at a theater, the Orpheum, that was just restored. It was very fun. It was a free drink and desert thing. I was the driver however because Carrie drove the previous night. The previous night was the party for Lucas and Sam going away. That was a lot of fun.

Carrie drove so we all got very drunk. We got to witness a pretty bad car accident where some drunk guy flipped his car. He was fine. All of us on the street were just talking about what a dumbass this guy was. Loud enough that as he being hauled out of his car that he could hear us.

I am barrowing a Wacom tablet from work. It's a sort of device that allows you to draw on a computer similar to how you would draw on a piece of paper. So my friends and I have been doing some drawing.

I drew this of Carrie
Josh drew this of Carrie
Carrie drew this of Me and Josh
I drew this of Josh
Josh drew this of Me
Aaron drew this of Carrie
Aaron drew this of Me

I just got back from Radioshack. I had to buy a tape recorder which I will be returning in a few days. While I was there some Asian guy in his 30's was playing the Casio keyboards that they had on display. The volume was pretty high. He was awful.

Then some white guy (who smelled bad) in his 50-60's came up to the amp next to him (which had a mic hooked up to it) and started MC'ing for the Asian guy. At some point he said the word bitch loudly.

They were talking for a bit and the older man was talking about how he has a god given gift for music. Eventually the Asian guy left and the older man started playing on the keyboard. He was better but pretty bad. He just hit the demo button and played along. He did this for the whole time I was there, and he was still playing when I left. The Radioshack guys never even acknowledged there existence.

That story sounds pretty dull, but if I recorded it happening you would know how great it was. At one point I heard him compare himself to James Brown.

Lucas and Sam have moved. The days before they moved I was seeing them every night. It was nice. I really do miss them. Especially at work. It was very nice to work every day with one of my best friends. They say they will move back to LA.

I really need to go to Mexico soon. I'm getting very sick of LA. I need to get out of here. I don't know if Mexico will do it. I think I just need to go somewhere and spend some time time alone. Somewhere where nobody knows me and where I can't be reached. There is a feeling of real freedom to me from that. I really enjoy it, and I need it occasionally.

I just had to go through a bunch of old e-mails, so I was going through my e-mails by date. It was very interesting to see how different all my e-mails were after September 11th. Even e-mails that didn't directly mention it were obviously different in tone.

People haven't been talking about it as much lately. I mean everyone talks about the Anthrax scares but people haven't really talked about the WTC. I wonder if I think about it too much? I wonder if other people are thinking about it as much as me but they just are sick of talking about it. I still don't feel the same. I feel like there is a piece missing inside of me that will never come back. It really has changed me. Probably not in a way that most people would notice but I do feel different.

I think I'm going to try to make another movie next weekend. It's been a long time since I made one, and I realized that I actually do have the time now. It's one that I've been thinking about for a while. Hopefully it'll turn out okay. But something might come up next weekend. I'll need a few people to help, but I don't think that'll be a problem.