Bowled over

Of course, today is the Super Bowl®. (Please, people, it's not "Superbowl." If you're going to violate the NFL's trademarks, at least do it right.) It's on right now, and the Pittsburgh Steelers are pitted against the Seattle Seahawks. Everyone around here seems to be rooting for Pittsburgh, probably because everyone around here is from that general part of the country. In particular, my mom is from Pittsburgh, so we're definitely rooting for them. My friend Nick is rooting for Seattle, and though it's too early to tell, I might lose $3 to him. Anyway, I just want to watch the commercials and see the Rolling Stones play the halftime show.

About two years ago I posted a link to Errorwear, a site that sells t-shirts with computer and video game error messages on them. I bought the Windows 98 Blue Screen of Death t-shirt, which would garner positive reactions from everyone who saw it. Now they have a great shirt that serves as both a Windows annoyance and a potential description of the wearer: "Not Responding." I ordered it yesterday, and I hope to receive it soon.

I started planning to write a novel, but I kind of stopped. Then I thought I'd put together a collection of poems and short stories, but I, uh, kind of stopped that. And then I got another idea for a novel. This one's good, sort of. I set out a timetable for writing it. I'm working on a chapter on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday morning. (I never do anything in the morning anyway, so it's not taking anything out of my precious time.) The next weekend, I'll do the next chapter, and so on. But I'm sort of writing by the seat of my pants this time. I should really plan out the plot, but for now I'm letting the story take me where it will. If everything goes according to schedule, I should be done with the first draft on May 28. We'll see if I actually keep this one up.

As for the plot, here are a few key points: Self-discovery. Making friends. Falling in love. The Second Defenestration of Prague.

The next addition to the wave of re-edited movie trailers: Brokeback to the Future (Flash, sound).

The Universal Decision Maker: "For when flipping a coin just seems so 20th century." (For the nostalgic, check out my own site, flipacoin.net.

One year ago: "It was a really spectacular thing, being up on that trailer-turned-stage, even though there were also 'real' bands there to show us up."
Two years ago: "Ever wonder how US zip codes are arranged?"