Movies I like right now:
West Side Story
Ocean's Eleven

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/07/international/07TECH.html

Ooh, maybe Josh's old roommate is here for reasons other than studying..."archeology," was it? Is that what they call international espionage these days?

One of my friends from work recently quit his job because he got into graduate school. He's taking this time off to relax and travel before starting in the summer. But among the group of co-workers with whom both of us trained during our first 4 months in the company, time has swept the memory of him away. We now congratulate the ones who recently got promotions and we move on. That's what I hate about change. It seems like no one is ever ever good enough to leave any lasting impression. Who does someone have to sleep with to get noticed anyway?! Kidding. No need for that at this company. Have you seen some of the people I work with? Yikes.

http://www.msnbc.com/news/868639.asp

I saw La Boheme on Broadway this weekend. As with the true opera, it was sung entirely in Italian with supertitles displayed electronically. They were displayed in different fonts for the different characters. I don't know if that's true of what the Met would do. Anyway, I didn't enjoy it very much. I thought the set design was good and the female leads had strong voices. I think I didn't like it because it was sung in Italian and I just couldn't follow. Sure, I had the supertitles to help me along but I just wasn't very interested in general. Then I realized that I'm one of those "dumb Americans" that the Europeans always speak of. Because it's not in English, I have no interest. For the most part, most Europeans are multi-lingual. With that comes, I assume, a wider range of interests because one can understand more. I think people who speak only English miss out on so much, on both personal enrichment and professional advancement. So, because I only speak English, I'm a boring dolt at a dead-end job. Yay Americans.