In other news

In slightly less meandering and heady news, there are several things going on around LA this weekend. It's the City of Angels Film Festival, sponsored by our very own Fuller and Tribe, among others. It's also AJ. reading "The Year of Living Biblically" at Vroman's, which I am interested in. Meanwhile, The Boss and Neil Young are coming to town. There are maybe four movies out I haven't seen but would like to(Michael Clayton, Dan in Real Life, and Gone Baby Gone...although I am tired of simply consuming movies as entertainment instead of using them selectively as guides to live more deeply...sorry, sorry, here I go again) Unfortunately, on our current budget, for some reason I have such limited monthly resources that, after two nights out with friends this month, and the odd trip to starbucks I am now $80 over budget for the month. Netflix anyone? Sure, thank you. Also, USC plays Oregon and the World Series is on. Did I forget anything? Oh yeah, I'm going through that weird once every six months phase where I wish I was a man about town in LA, drinking cocktails in swank, old hollywood, dimly lit bars, ignoring the cigarette policy, instead of an ill-tempered, morose, balding, out of shape malcontent whose band just broke up and who can't play an instrument well enough to make music by himself. Hmmm. There's the power of positive thinking for you.