1. So I saw War of the Worlds last night, and I was less than amused.  Maybe I’m jaded because I’ve already seen the original movie and read the H.G. Wells book, and you know my feelings on remakes.  But while the effects were cool, I had issues with the storyline (including a TON of technical ones in the first half-hour), Tim Robbins’ character was frighteningly flat (especially considering how he influences Tom Cruise), the whole thing with the son saying “I have to be here” was just lame, the aliens looked a hell of a lot like the aliens from Independence Day (except for that three-armed-and-legged thing), and Tom Cruise was just… Tom Cruise.  Then again, besides Collateral, in what movie has he not just played Tom Cruise? 

2. I’ve surprised a few people over the last couple of days by not finding certain women attractive.  For me, it’s not so much the features as how they’re arranged.  I can’t say I’m generally attracted to women with dark hair, dark eyes and small noses or blonde hair, light eyes and big noses because it’s how all how the features are put together to form the overall picture.  It’s like saying just because red and blue and orange are your favorite colors, it doesn’t mean you will love every painting with those colors—you’ll love some paintings because of how they strike you when you see how they’re arranged on the canvas in the final product. 

Check it:  Blink 182 - “Man Overboard”—don’t be a dick, right-click.