Has it really almost been a week since I got home? My car is still running fine, which leads me to assume that the trouble I had on my way home was just a fluke. Something else I wanted to mention about the trip was that I was doing it in part to stave off a long-running fear of mine. For as long as I can remember I've always felt that I was going to die in a car accident someday, either by being in a crashing car or being struck by one. It's always been looming in the back of my mind, and this trip was sort of a way to face that fear head-on (no bad pun intended). And seeing that I survived, the worry no longer seems quite so strong. You know, now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever really mentioned this to anyone before. I guess it's out now!

Been spending a lot of time with Matt since I've been back, which is always great, and also seeing a lot of films, which has helped to wash out the bad aftertaste of Matrix Reloaded. Great fight scenes or not, creative and interesting theories or not, it's still a horrifyingly boring movie with dialogue that rivals the inanity of Glitter and acting that's even worse. I'm now up to five times with X2-- I know it's sad, and I can't justify it other than with the fact that I love the damn thing. Today there was The Italian Job with Matt (aka Ocean's Eleven 2, minus the swank but still almost as good), and of course Finding Nemo. The music is fantastic and the art is truly gorgeous, in some places breathtakingly so. The more I think about it, though, the more episodic the plot was, especially when compared to the tightness of Monsters Inc. But the thing that bothered me the most was that there were also a handful of truly cheap emotional ploys that the movie simply didn't need, and which made me feel manipulated. But even with these problems, it's still great! I probably wouldn't mind seeing it again.

Now that I have established myself as the biggest geek in the universe, I think I'll establish myself as the most pathetic one by taking a pre-bedtime nap-- ironically, now that I have no classes to worry about, I've been sleeping worse than ever. I wonder if I could request even more hours at work. This is Shrimpy McCancerpants, signing off.