not much

jesus christ. there’s so much to talk about today but im smack in the middle of baking a cake for leah’s birthday (she never thought she’d be as old as me but today is finally the day, welcome to 30, old friend.) and running late for the party, so…you’ll have to take my word for it that these things are worth looking at:

first, here’s an article about how hollywood (specifically warner bros.) is looking at movies and movie marketing in the future. it’s a little disturbing how they keep talking about “delivering content” and the one thing they dont address as a factor in declining ticket sales in theaters is the “content” of movies themelves. from the ny times here’s the article it’s long, but worth it.

second, jack white’s changed his name for the rest of the white stripes’ uk tour. apparently he offers no reason, my thoughts on why? he was fucking high off his head. just a thought.

this book sounds great, and not only because the title is “monkeyluv.”

and in some…”actual” news france is still totally fucked up. specifically paris, i guess, but this isnt good for anyone. it’s bad for the officials, it’s bad for the immigrants, it’s especially bad for the boys who are dead and i dont imagine we’ll ever know what really happened.

here’s another situation that’s bad for everyone. the guy who was in prison for attempting to bomb that mosque in southern california in 2001 was killed in prison. this story couldnt get much more messed up. what do you do when everyone involved is pretty much wrong?

ay ay ay. i guess i’ll just ice this cake and get ready to go spend a lot of cash on a nice dinner in celebration of a great girl’s birthday. but i feel a little guilty…