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I was sick this week. Wah. Just sat in bed, read, etc.

Since my operation (about two and a half weeks ago) I've read Crime and Punishment, Night, Animal Farm, Blindness (well, the second half), and Last Exit to Brooklyn. Right now I'm reading The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum, The Crying of Lot 49, and Last of the Mohicans. I haven't read more than a book or two a year in the last three years, and I'm really enjoying the feeling. Are black rim glasses so ten years ago or can I still get away with wearing a pair?

I still haven't seen that many movies this summer. I haven't seen Superman or Nacho Libre. I saw the new Pirates tonight, and it was alot of fun, and last week I saw The Proposition, which was cool but kind of pointless.

I don't know if I've mentioned it, but I'm a movie buff. A big big geek. About half of my brain is comprised of trivia, and I still feel myself compulsively going to all the infamous movie geek sites like Aintitcool and Chud. I'll be out with friends, acting all chill and shit, and then something will come out of my mouth where I'm instantly like, "aw! dweeb!" It's like up till that point I (for some reason) make a conscious effort to reign in my inner yellow-Ghostbusters-logo-T-shirt-wearing-David-Spade-who-thinks-he-can-date-Ellen-Cleghorne, and then I loosen up a little, and then I give the away the whole act.

GIRL: I can't wait to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie.
ME: Yeah, that looks alright I guess.
GIRL: I really like Orlando Bloom.
ME: Yeah. He's alright, I don't hate him.
(pause)
Did you hear they shot it back to back with a third one?
GIRL: Yeah I think.
ME: Apparently they go to the Phillipenes, and there's all these hardcore Asian pirates, and the new bad guy is Chow Yun Fat. It's gonna be good. Oh and in front of the new one there's a trailer for a friggin Transformers movie. How ridiculous is that? And it's directed by Michael Bay...you know, Bad Boys, Pearl Harbor, Armageddon. Isn't that insane? I already watched it online, it's so funny. My friend showed it to me. He's kind of a movie geek.
(pause as I try to remember how to act like an impressive guy who she should give her number to again)
Keira Knightley's hot though. I don't watch that many movies anymore, just you know, when I still get high.

Party psychology: it's impressive to girls to mention how you think other girls are hot. By talking about how hot other girls are you are a.) subconsciously telling the girl whose number you want that she's no big deal to you, b.) making yourself look honest and down to earth, and c.) making them think you get laid all the time and forcing them to not stop thinking about having sex with you until she does. The same thing goes with cooly mentioning you do drugs. And by that I mean, you know, pot. That's awesome way past 11th grade. For serious.

Actually I'm really not that bad anymore, but I do get a little geeky. Also, It kind of decreases whatever masculinity I'm throwing a girl's way when I'll agree with her that anything with John Cusack in it is worth watching.

My friend Steve a month or two ago, answering a diss: You know how I know YOU'RE gay? You know the name of every attractive male actor. Ever.

Topic change: I need to fatten up. I'm skinny, lost even more weight after surgery, and I just found out I can't do any heavy lifting for 6 MONTHS. So I'm wasting away. All my summer clothes are really unflattering too.

Also, for probably the 5th summer in a row, I'm going to have to put off skydiving. And: No Six Flags this year. Which is really sad. They've got one of the best coasters in the country/world in a dirty Jersey theme park like a half hour away from me, and I still haven't been on it. If the fat ten year old version of me somehow magically travels to the future, he'd be pretty pissed. Even though I was never fat and I never saw that movie.