Oh, morning, you always leave me hurting...

Hey, look, a new post. It's 9:30 in the morning, my body hates me, and I haven't eaten yet. Sounds like Friday morning in the Film Lab. Of course, hopping the bars with David Tran last night probably didn't make this morning easier. Tran, I hope you got into a verbal altercation with that table at Brewster's. Come on, she was wearing a cheap crown!

For those out of the know, Tran and I ran the Opinion and Page 3 sections (respectively) back in "The Day." Oh, the newsroom was not a safe place. If it wasn't either of us, it was them dern Entertainment editors. Anyhow, I digress.

Speaking of the News, I continue to write my columns. The last few weeks have been riffs on a similar subject: Amendment numero Uno. The first column was in response to Ohio Senate Bill 24, the second to those who wail about "Hollywood liberals." I figured that at some point, I'd have to stick up for ol' Amend. #1, but twice in one month? Good gravy...

At least the couple running the current Opinion and Not News sections are good editors. They're no Tran or J., but that probably means they're more responsible.

Besides the News, I work in the Film Lab and at Finders. Free time is a mystery to me. Any I have is spent reading material in preparation for my paper presentation at the Popular Culture Assoc. conference in San Diego. Yup, San Diego. I guess this grad school has its ups, as well as its sanity-warping levels of classwork.

[Random postscript: Apparently, I've been booted off MaryBeth's list of blogs... le sigh. I guess that's the punishment for updating once a month.]