The wide world of stuff I like:

By far the most exciting rumor to reach mine ears in the last little while is the one which suggests that Terry Gilliam wants to direct Half Blood Prince. And JK Rowling wants him to do it. Without going into lengthy and vivid detail, that would be nifty. It's gonna be hard to make HBP into an enjoyable film since the story is so damn tragic, but if anyone can do it, it's Mr Gilliam.

In Consumer Product Watch news, I tried Olay Daily Facials Self-Foaming Discs seeing as how my skin is beginning to show it's (or rather MY) age. Not that i mind looking my proper age, but I'm so very cute that I'd hate to lose my elasticity or my smooth, soft skin. These are pretty good. They make a whole huge bunch of lather, only time will tell if it lasts all the way to the bottom of the jar, but I bet it will. Cost? $6.49 for 30. I presume that I'll use them every other day, instead of every day. My skin felt great afterwards, and a light exfoliating was just what I needed. These get my reccomends, although I probably should have gotten the more moisturising ones. Myself, I have combination skin.

Every store in town is out of ant bait, anr traps, and ant spray.
Bastards!

( And now, onto LOST )

I think I added everyone who invited me to their MySpace. If you requested me and I didn't add you, it's because I didn't receognize you by your uncongruous username/pic. So you know, make yourselves known.

And finally, why am I just finding out now that Simon Pegg is in MI:III?
I also saw him on Doctor Who a few weeks back. Anyway, we'll probably go on Monday unless the reviews are dreadful.

Well, I'm perversely fascinated by THIS:

A new movie just premeired at Tribecca film festival, about people committing suicides on the Golden Gate Bridge. Man, I don't want to give anyone the impression that I condone suicide, (although I don't un-condone it either) I must confess that if I were going to condone such a thing, that's how I'd want it done. Such a magestical and newsworthy way to off yourself, plus, it's from a Bugs Bunny cartoon.

As everyone knows, anything ever done in a Bugs Bunny cartoon is even cooler when an actual person does it. That's why you'll so often see people shooting eachother in the face, wearing many different hats in succession, falling off cliffs and bursting into song. Bugs Bunny does it, and you should too. In fact, your assignment for the week is to do something you wouldn't normally do, that you've seen Bugs Bunny do. Then report back to me. Thank you.

But I digress. One of the central themes when people suicide themsleves by jumping off a bridge is "What were they thinking on the way down?" Aside from that being ghoulish and horrible, it's also utterly unfathomable unless you've actually been in that situation. But just for the fun of it, let's all take a guess at what we'd be thinking on the way down...I'm gonna say "Fuck, this is really gonna hurt, I didn't put much thought into this at all...I mean how much would a gun have c-SMACK!" or some approximation therein. You?
Of course, you don't really have to ponder this question, as the good people at The New Yorker have a 2003 article discussing that very thing.

How many people really do jump to their deaths from the Golden Gate Bridge? Well, in the one year the filmmakers cameras were set up, twenty three. 23. Did you get that? And that's only during the day. Almost the same number of kids in your kindergarden class killed themself in 2004 by jumping off a bridge. I want to keep repeating that because it sounds important.

Happy Birthday Joop, who is celebrating his 105th birthday.
If you're in the UK, do not click on the above link. I'm serious.