I feel like such a loser. I'm sitting at home watching Meet Joe Black (I have the special edition of it no less) and I really like it. It's a soapy love story and all but it just works for me for some reason. It's also really well shot. One of the best looking movies I've seen for a long time Some of the characters are such idiots and one dimensional. Also the score is bad.

I saw it first on the airplane to China. It was an edited version, but still pretty long. I was interested in seeing what they cut out. The director disowns the edited version. It's actually pretty different. It makes a lot more sense now. Better character development and a good subplot that is really needed. Brad Pitt is a really good actor.

Tomorrow I prep a camera for a music video that I'm 1^sting. It's a three day shoot and a lot of action stuff going on, so it should be fun. Lots of camera toys.

I broke up with Carrie a few days ago. I don't want to get into the reasons but we're still talking and stuff so it's cool.

Last weekend on Friday night I made a point but to do nothing but be alone, watch a movie, and work on the machine. I re-wired the florescent light, got a new bulb and starter, and added a switch and ground to it. I also made a breakout box for the power/reset switch. So now the light can be turned on and off, and the computer turned on and off, or reset by hitting some switches I have behind the coin door. The monitor and the speakers have auto power off so I don't need to make switches for them. I almost drilled through my fingers.

I'm still waiting on a few buttons and the joysticks and trackball. I think I'll have it done in less then two weeks now. I can't wait for it to be done because it's so annoying to use in it's present state. I really look forward to using it.

It's actually kind of good that it's taking me so long to get everything together because it's giving me more time to think and plan everything. I think it's going turn out better because of it. I had a good idea (hopefully good) for a different joystick layout that I think will work out very well.

Last Wednesday night around 10:00 I got hungry. I called up the Thai place to get some fried rice. I walked over in some ripped jeans and a frumpy sweatshirt. I was talking to John while walking and we were having a conversation about something that I found pretty interesting. I was paying more attention to phone conversation then walking or paying attention my surroundings. At one point I got looked up and suddenly I was surrounded by beautiful women, and a lot of them were looking right at me. I realized I was in front of a bar that on that night was lesbian night. It was hilarious. I suddenly was unable to talk I was like "John, I can't talk. I need to go." John thought something was really wrong and got a little worried. I told him I really had to go. He really had no idea what was going on. I hung up. I just sort of kept walking trying not to make eye contract with any of them. I was still in shock when I was picking up my food.

It wasn't the fact that these women were so pretty or that they were lesbians. It was just so funny to suddenly find myself surrounded by these women.

Last Saturday night I had dinner at a friends place. His girlfriend was visiting from out of town and we had dinner on his roof. It was the first time I met her. She was very cool. I liked her a lot, it's nice to meet a friends girlfriend and see that they are nice. I hate not liking a friends "other", it makes for an odd situation. I really liked her. A funny thing was how well my friend described her. She was exactly as he said. I was impressed by that. They seemed to act like a couple that wasn't in a long distance relationship. They were not overly touchy or anything, just really sweet together.

She is a vegan so we had a vegan feast. She made a great pot pie. She said saying, "It takes like it has meat" is a compliment. I made a "West African inspired" (according to the recipe) sort of stew with pilaf. I didn't really care for it but other people claimed to like it.

Sunday I went to Duane's house. We watched a bunch of horror movies. It was very fun. I think it was the first time I've ever been the house of a friend. That was pretty weird.

I got hit on by a guy again the other day. I was walking home and some guy in a BMW was driving along side me going "awwwwwwwwwwwwww, awwwwwwwwwwwwww". I told him to get away and he drove off.

Josh and I are doing that doctor video now. It gets me thinking every once in a while if I should have done medicine instead of doing film. I think I would have been a good doctor and I would have enjoyed helping people. As much as I love movies, they are only movies...being a doctor would actually physically helping people.

I think I'm gonna be doing a road trip in a few months. We'll see the South and visit New Orleans. I don't know when we're doing it, but I'm really looking forward to it. I've never really seen the South. I want to see more of America.

I'm guess I won't be going home for Thanksgiving. I've been undecided for a while, and now the tickets are too expensive.