Books, Movies and CD's. I Like all forms of media!

No really, I do. And tonight's 1am rambling is going to hit on a few of em.

First off, Books. Despite the fact that Johnny loves to shower me with stacks of reading material, I rarely have the time to look through them. In fact, the last book I read was January-ish...Until last night that is. For a week now, Dan Brown's "The Davinci Code" has been sitting on my desk, begging to be looked at, and last night at 8PM, I indulged it. First off, let me say that I am not a catholic. I was raised in a family that figured it couldn't hurt for the early years of my life, but then allowed me to find my own doctrine. Thankfully, I did, because anyone who's catholic beliefs are not firmly and permanently anchored in Vatican soil is going to be rethinking a lot of things. The Code is a phenomenal book, and while a work of fiction (and a great mystery at that) so much of it is based in fact it's scary. I actually went looking at various thinks mentioned in the book, and they actually exist. Definitely a must read.


Next step, Movies. WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE TELL ME KILL BILL WAS AMAZING! You bastards! I just saw volume 1 this weekend, on DVD and it was probably the best movie I have seen in years, barring LoTR. QT is a genius, and there is no denying that. Everyone should see Kill Bill for the sheer artistic qualities is has. You will find no other mainstream movie that looks and feels as meticulously planed and produced as this film, and I look forward to seeing Volume 2 sometime soon.

Lastly, CD's. I finally made good on my promise to send an EQ friend of years some quality music. There were alot of reasons for delay, but mostly I was lazy and kept forgetting (for a year and a half). Upon arriving at the UPS place, I got to deal with someone so horribly inept it was scary. First, they shove the discs into a paper envelope, prompting me to remind them that plastic disc's with delicate foil data layers need to have something like BUBBLEWRAP around them to prevent HP from receiving small, hard confetti. After we get the disc's wrapped up nice, and get the envelope all sealed, they ask me for the shipping address. I provide them with a nice, typed out shipping address form, and the slightly stupid clerk promptly misspelled my name (After 2 misspellings, I said the hell with it. Sevra is fine with me). Also, for those shipping with UPS, when speaking to the clerk, it is important to assume they do NOT know which state is which my looking at it's abbreviation. It took me, an US Map, and a manager to confirm for this poor girl that MO is Missouri, not Montana. I finally make it to checkout, and they incorrectly scan the shipping barcode instead of the checkout barcode, and the incorrect cost of $3485.00 pops up on the screen. I said "Ma'am, no offence, but for $3400 I'll drive to Missouri and hand him the damn things". It was promptly adjusted to the correct, single digit price.