//nedward.org is the personal weblog of John Niedermeyer, a Brooklyn-based Interactive Designer.
Battle Royale has one of the best plot lines (and fan following):
Ninth grade students are taken to a small isolated island with a map, food and various arms. They have to fight each other three days long until the last one remains and are forced to wear a special collar which will explode when they break a rule.
The Japanese are an absolutely amazing people.
This is a map of where I’ve visited or lived in the United States… This is really jarring, because I haven’t crossed the Mississippi, and I haven’t ventured into the heart of Dixie. I think that says something about me, but I’m not sure what.
Resolution: before I turn 28, (which gives me 2 years), I want to add at least 3 states. One of them must be California… that’s the easy one.
The Causeway
I enjoyed going through my photos of our Miami and the Florida Keys trip in early January.
These photos, along with my trip journal, will help me to always remember it…
NH Prediction: Dean will not win—but, he might become the Comeback Kid of 2004 with a strong 2nd place finish. Where does Kerry go after NH?
Then again, I’ve been wrong before.
On a complete aside, I was up in Concord working for Al Gore 4 years ago, having hauled several cars-worth of Massachusetts college students in tow. Seeing the weather forecast, I don’t regret sitting this one out.
UPDATE - It seems that we jumped the gun — Amanda from the Dolls informs us that “it’s actually not true and we’re still in negotiations”. So, rumors aside, here is a quote from their band diary:
…the band has just agreed to enter into a massive distribution and promotion deal with a large label…
SO, we’ll just have to wait and see.
Everyone’s favorite goth/punk/pop cabaret duo just got signed to Roadrunner Records, reported by Jenna
This is the former all-metal label that eventually put out the first (and best) Sheila Divine LP — so they’ve been good to Boston bands.
I just peeped their new video for Girl Anachronism, which is very cool.
4702, The year of the monkey.
I ordered iLife today… a good distraction from boring work-life, and from the Dean campaign in general. Suddenly I’m not hanging on every headline.
Jason’s writeup sounds pretty cool — I want to make fuzzy rock songs in Garageband … maybe Presley will sing?
Also, I’ve imported my 2000+ photos into iPhoto, which is really good at managing photos, (if not editing them)… hopefully the new version will speed up the app’s response-time.
//nedward.org is the personal weblog of John Niedermeyer, an Editorial Designer at NYTimes.com, living in Brooklyn.
