Monday, November 22, 2004

Jude Law is da man

I shook hands with Jude Law. Yes, this is not a dream! One of my biggest idols in showbiz shook my hand.

I was out to have dinner in Westwood near the theaters, and I saw that there was a premier of Closer, a movie I've never heard of before. But it was starring Julia Roberts, Natalie Portman, Jude Law, and somebody else I didn't recognize.

Natalie Portman was cool, came out in a purple dress, and greeted the fans. I was on the opposite side of the road, and she went up to the people on the other side to sign autographs. Later Jude Law crossed the road to sign autographs on our side. Unfortunately I wasn't prepared, and didn't have any piece of paper, or even a decent camera (only the cellphone at 0.5 pixel resolution). So don't have very convincing proof, but he was there. He shook people's hands, and I wasn't really quite comprehending that he was so close. Then I finally extended my hand, but he was almost done shaking people's hands, so he stopped. But then he realized he left me hanging, and said - hello. I said "How is it going?"

Then he proceeded to tell us, that if we couldn't get into the movie Closer, we should check out this one (pointing to the opposite theater, which was running Alfie, starring himself).

How nice! :-)

Wednesday, November 3, 2004

elections - the end of democracy

Well, this is the end of democracy as we know it.
  • Bush has pretty much won, aside from minor technicalities in Ohio, which shouldn’t take that long.
  • Tom Daschle, the senator from South Dakota, one of the few remaining semi-decent Democrats got unseated
  • Ohio, along with many other states, chose to ban any sort of legal unions.
  • The Senate and the House of Representatives are both in firmer control of the Republicans

This country is going to hell faster than most people anticipate.