October 19, 1999

Ack! You let these things go for one day and they pile up on you! It's not actually the 19th anymore, but I'm going back and filling in so I don't mess up my index pages. On the actual 19th, I was busy being at class.

The picture today is another selection from my trip to Oakwood Cemetary. This one is all by itself up in the woods, near the caretaker's house. You have to walk up a little path to find it. When Jim pointed it out to me, I said "Aslan!". That's a Narnia reference, you know. Then I wanted to sit on it and have him take my picture. Then I realized that it was someone's burial site, and it would probably be a little disrespectful to do that. I wonder why this person chose a lion though? I know it's a Christian symbol and all, but so are dolphins and I didn't see any of those.

Speaking of gravestones, I think it's really fucking creepy when people get husband and wife plots. Wait, there's more. Then then the husband dies, so it says: Joe Blow, 1910-1999 or something. Then next to it, it says: Mary, 1914- and then a big blank for the death date. There's just something so final about that. I know that Mary Blow is goingto die, and I'm sure Mary knows that she's going to die. But does she have to be so prepared? We did see some non-Y2K compliant headstones. They said Mary Blow: 1914-19 . Unless Mary fixes to die in the next few months, she's in big trouble! I wonder if she could sue the people who sold her the stone?

I am really ashamed to admit this next part, but I watched the WWF wrestling Monday night, and I didn't hate it. I got really sucked in. It was just so hilarious! Do people really take it seriously? Or does everyone just laugh at it? Of course, I don't know any of the back story, so I was really confused. But I might watch it again. You can't stop me.

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An interesting article about weblogs in general, and their connection with epinions. I've registered at epinions, but I haven't done any yet.

This article discusses how a radio ad designed to dissuade car buyers from using the Web might actually accomplish the opposite.

I love Sarah Vowell. If you haven't listened to her reading on "This American Life", you should. And then go read her stuff at Salon. Go on! I'll wait.

Did you like Cupid, the television show? You can download some unaired scripts!

A lot of these links are thanks to Laurel from Windowseat Weblog. Thanks, Laurel!