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Damn right the book is better. Chuck Palahniuk is a fantastic artist. Not the best technical writer on the planet but I have never read a man who can so accurately solicit desired emotions in his readers. There's a group of short stories that he wrote that he compiled into a frame-novel called Haunted.

One of the short stories is called Guts:

While on his 2003 tour to promote his novel Diary, Palahniuk read "Guts" to his audiences. It was reported that over 35 people fainted while listening to the readings. On his tour to promote Stranger Than Fiction: True Stories in the summer of 2004, he read the story to audiences again, bringing the total amount of fainters up to 53, and later up to 60, while on tour to promote the softcover edition of Diary. The last fainting occurred on May 28, 2007, in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where 5 people fainted, one of which occurred when a man was trying to leave the auditorium, which resulting in him falling and hitting his head on the door . Palahniuk is apparently not bothered by these incidents, which have not stopped fans from reading "Guts" or his other works. (via Wikipedia)

If you've never read him I'd suggest his novel called Diary, it will quite simply stun you. I read that book while I was stationed in Iraq. After I finished it I had to put it down and sit quietly on my bed for about an hour. My roommates were actually concerned for me for a bit. "Hey, are you OK Adam?" "No, no I'm not. But I will be in a minute..."

Fight Club is a great flick, I've seen it a million times, and can quote it extensively. The best thing about that movie was the fact that it turned me onto one of my favorite authors.

I WANT to ride the rocket chair thing at the end of the video...

Crazy Asian people, they crack me up.

"You're killing me Smalls!!"

Sandlot, I believe.

Just got back from the theater, and here's my two cents:

Resident Evil - Sucked... predictably. It's dumb for the same reason the other movies were dumb, but it's got an ending sure to infuriate you.

Good Luck Chuck - Sorta funny. The first half has some hilarious moments and there's some funny dialog. Dane Cook was no more or less annoying than he usually is. It lost some steam in the second half... but it's worth the price of admission to see a fraction of a second of Jessica Alba's boob. Seriously. Blink and you'll miss it... best part of the movie.

I'm pretty sure NIN is leaving after they fulfill their contract (one more album).

Adam

I'm too busy pillaging to come up with some dopey name. Arr.

(Sidenote: When I was younger some of my friends called me Pirate's Dream. Why: Because what's a pirate's dream? Sunken Chest. haha I hate my friends.)

Those videos are either an elaborate hoax or what will be considered "State's Evidence" in a future stalking/murder/suicide case. Creepy.

To Justin From Kelley...
or something. It was that movie the first cast from American Idol made. I swear I almost puked.

Stupid people spell it with a y.

Oh, oh, BURN!!!!!!

Good point Devin. I stand corrected.

Wait, Fall Out Boy has one of the top albums in the world right now, but we're talking about the decline in rap? How about the decline in music in general?

One of the things that has made rap so insanely (disproportionally?) popular over the last few years was the cross over from a mostly black audience to a mixed audience. So as rap is declining (along with every other genre of music, except possibly Christian rock) it's losing it's white popularity base. This is just an example of a journalist clamping down on a statistic and running all racist and wild with it.

I'm So Sick - Flyleaf
What can I say, I dig chicks who can actually rock my socks off.

I'm a Miles Davis fan too. Try the Kind of Blue album, it's my favorite jazz record.

Massive Attack is frumpy?? Jeeez, I am way past my prime...

The big goose egg.

Transmission, I love you. You give me all my music for free ;)

I'm not saying I didn't get a couple good laughs in... I did.

I guess I was just hoping for something a little more epic. I mean, how long has that show been on the air? I thought the movie would be the big finale before they finally stop making new episodes. I was disappointed, I felt a little cheated. Kinda the same feeling I got about half way through The Revenge of the Sith, where I realized that I'd spent half my life waiting to see this movie and that there was no way it was going to live up to my expectations.

Don't bother... it sucked.

Or, I thought it did anyway. It was like they only put an hours worth of thought into the story. I was hoping it would add something to the overall storyline, but instead it was like a really long, unfunny episode. I got way more enjoyment out of the episodes where they tried to discover who shot Mr. Burns.

To me the whole movie was just one big letdown after another.

I believe that the only thing that could improve your design would be a little more cowbell (backround .midi, heard of it?????)

Gethsemane from the JCS sound track.

What can I say, I likes me a good musical.

ME.

Not only will I be the next big thing I am the current big thing. I'm also the former big thing. Basically, I'm a big deal, people know me.

It's a movie. Some little baby decepticon was able to access the entirety of the US Military "net" (what ever the hell that is) from the "POTUS" computer on board Air Force One.

In movies like this sometimes you have to take a step back from reality and just let the filmmakers tell their story. Sometimes the details just don't matter that much.

I knew Rich was gonna say something like that.... you crack me up man.

I. AM. PETRIFIED.

"No no no, you fix that wall before my dad gets home from work. He's gonna beat me with a belt, he's not gonna believe a talking bowl of fruit punch came in here. You stupid idiot.

Yeah, coming through the wall is real fucking cool! USING THE FRONT DOOR IS COOL!! Don't touch me you drink! Don't touch me you giant beverage. You are sweating or condensating; I will kick you in the tights and you will go down, you're very top heavy.

You glass bitch. You glass bastard. Oh Yeah! Oh NO! Naughty, naughty Kool-Aid"

Or possibly:

This tire wasn't fucking around, as we like to say. This tire was out for vengeance.

Holy crap, I'd forgotten about those!

That's a great way to start off the day, I feel motivated. :)

When they do come back I hope they can teach me how to install stuff in Ubuntu... seriously I'm just missing something somewhere.

Sometimes I blog. But not very well anymore.

I thought the name of this note was I Love You So I Think You Can Dance

Which is what my wife says to me every time we go to a club.

Damn I forgot about The Departed. That was a great one.

Don't tell any of my friends this but I really like him as an actor. My favorite he was in has to be Three Kings (1999).

My other secret: I think Leonardo DiCaprio is an awesome actor, and I'll go see anything hes in. Except Titanic.

(there's nothing in my clipboard. that's odd...)

The other problem is: You would never have heard of the artist if it weren't for the middleman. The artist would never have been able to afford the studio time to record an album without the middleman. The artist's song wouldn't have gotten any airplay without that middleman.

It sucks, but the middleman is here to stay, and if you'd like to keep seeing quality music on the shelves you're going to have to pay the piper.

But download away, just beware the RIAA.

Don't cross the streams!!!!!

Hilarious...