Archive for October, 2002

A new appreciation of Homestar Runner

Friday, October 4th, 2002

Now I know where Strong Bad’s name comes from in Homestar Runner cartoons. The Strong Bads were the bad guys in Tag Team Pro Wrestling for Nintendo.

Lessons in food management

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2002

Since I live in an apartment with no meal plan, I always prepare my own meals. By ‘prepare’, I mean order takeout.
From time to time (when I’m broke), I actually cook something using items purchased at a grocery store. My schema for choosing what to eat is logically valid, if not entirely sound. There are [...]

Aaron’s excited about music he recognized

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2002

Ok, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers trailer is out. It looks wicked sweet, as expected. But what makes it even cooler is that the background music is “Lux Aeterna”. It’s the same haunting music from Requiem for a Dream and possibly 2001: A Space Odyssey (I’ll have to check about the latter).
Anyway, [...]

Red Dragon mini-review (no spoilers)

Wednesday, October 2nd, 2002

Last night there was a free showing of Red Dragon at DOC, our campus film theater. Red Dragon, for those of you not in the know, is the prequel to Silence of the Lambs and Hannibal. I’d say Red Dragon was better than Hannibal, but not as good as Silence of the Lambs. It was [...]


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