My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-11-1):

1. Lil’ Wayne (34) 
2. The Smiths (27) 
3. Massive Attack (17) 
4. Freddie Gibbs (12) 
5. Zero 7 (10) 

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““…make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun. If you want to get more out of life, you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty.””

– Jon Krakauer (via downtowngirl)

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Remote Control, the Nintendo game (via activitystory)

Official: TNT picks up ‘Southland’–The Live Feed | THR:

This is the best news of my Monday morning so far.  Congratulations to the cast of Southland and to TNT.

(via jermajesty)

All the stores are being closed down. R.I.P. CompUSA and BestBuy on Riverdale. We hardly knew ye.

I stood out there and froze my ass off and I don't know why. I gotta get in there and get my value on. OH MY GOD, here it is….Atari Flashback Game System.

It wasn't enough to be up all night after getting Turkalepsy, I had to be an idiot and go join the other idiots in pursuit of the ultimate Xmas gift for someone else (or perhaps myself?). Anyways, you get the notion. Hear the glory of my visit to Target.

Jon W. Sparks was kind enough to make mention of this article from the L.A. Times on his blog, and I’ll do the courtesy of making the same mention. Having just finished working on a movie with Craig, I was surprised to learn that nobody has been paid a dividend from the $9 million distribution buy-out for Hustle & Flow. According to the story, that would be nobody except for the producer John Singleton. It seems like a very difficult situation for everyone involved, and an excellent point is made in the article by John himself: “This is a matter of business.” I’ll make no comment other than to suggest you read the story and make your own inferences.

I hope for a positive resolution for everyone involved.

There’s no way it’s too early to start asking about things I’d like for the holidays. While I sit here waiting for two more people to complete free iPod referrals and playing Dell’s instant win game waiting for the Dellf to bring me something swell, I realized that Christmas is probably on everyone’s mind this year for a number of reasons. I’m the first to admit, I do want peace on earth and goodwill towards mankind. I want people to donate to charity and help out those in need because it’s been a tough year for so many of our fellow man.

But I have some basic needs of my own.

Mind you, I have come to realize that I have fairly simple needs. Part of 2006′s pre-planning for me is about dreaming big and living simple. In accordance with that, I have a few small wishes and needs from the people I know and love. I’m going to go ahead and link you to my X-Mas wish lists, and if things come up that I need, I’ll add them here.

This has been a very tough year financially in a number of spots. Despite what you may think, internet jobs only pay if you work for a big company and the movie business only pays you if you’re at the top. I’m nobody special, I’m just like everyone else in the world, working my fingers to the bone scraping to get by. I’m not complaining, mind you, because at a personal level my successes in 2005 have been many. This has been the year that put me on the path, and I’m grateful for so many opportunities. So many of the things on my list are in service of 2006′s plans. If you think you’d like to buy me something on one of these wish lists, I’d love you forever and I’d probably be indebted to you for at least that long.

If you have a used iPod, laptop or digital camera lying around that you’d like to donate, I’ll gladly take it off your hands and put it to good use. Barring that, here’s some of my needs (and wants) for 2005.

My Froogle wish list can be found here for you to look thru. If you want to buy something from this list, be sure and email me to let me know so I can tell someone else not to buy it for me. If there’s something that you’d like for Christmas this year, leave a comment here and (if I can afford to do it), I will do my best. But I warn you now: it’s going to be a regifting/handmade Christmas for me.

Good tidings to all, and to all a good night.