Random Monday

Let's start with some states of matter:

Gas - widely-spaced molecules without a defined shape or volume. Can generally be walked through with minimal effort.

Liquid - more dense than gas, defined volume, no defined shape. Liquids often require more effort to pass through than gas.

Solid - closely-spaced molecules, defined shape and volume. Very difficult to pass other matter through.

People are largely liquid, but are more defined by their solid parts. A subway is very solid. The doorways on a subway are there to remove some of this solid material so our solid parts can pass from the inside of the subway to the outside. These doorways have defined, immutable shapes.

IF YOU ARE A PERSON AND YOU STAND IN THE FUCKING DOORWAY WHEN PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO GET ON AND OFF THE TRAIN, YOU ARE BLOCKING THE DOORWAY! DON'T START GIVING DIRTY LOOKS TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY BUMP INTO YOU TRYING TO SQUEEZE PAST YOUR LAZY INCONSIDERATE ASS ON THEIR WAY OUT DURING RUSH HOUR.

Please, if you can't move away from the door due to the people behind you, then STEP OUTSIDE THE DOOR and let everyone one. Then you can GET BACK ON! I know, it's a crazy concept.

Now we've all learned some science... which totally sucks of course.

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Saw Southland Tales last night - odd movie. Great cast, interesting story and concept, but not exactly well-defined. You'd think 182 minutes would be enough time to tell a story, but I think some of the cut footage from the longer cut needs to be put back in. I doubt it would explain the more metaphysical aspects of the film, but some of the lines and actions might make more sense if whatever they're referencing was shown.

Dwayne Johnson was the central character and was once again the best part of a movie. I'm glad to see The Rock avoid the action hero role he could have slogged through as a wrestler. He's got great comic ability and charisma to burn. If he can just make his acting seem less like acting (not that it's terrible by any means), he'd be set.

Also, I really like Seann William Scott in it. Who knew Stifler could act?

Anyway, I think I need to watch it again. It's not Donnie Darko by any means, but there's something worthwhile in there.

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NEWSFLASH: Toronto is on the shores of Lake Ontario! We have islands! I went to them yesterday. Many pictures were taken. Thing is - the islands are actually kind of boring once you get away from the touristy area. It's a nice walk, and very peaceful and relaxing (other than a desire to push oblivious cyclists off their bikes), but not tremendously exciting.

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Shitty that the Power Couple busted from the WSOP ME on Day 1. But hey, The Blogfather is heading to day 2 with 38k in chips. What are the odds of Iggy stumbling his way to a win? I mean, the guy drunkenly plays in a satellite and wins it, without ever intending to go the WSOP this year. Then he claims he somehow made it to day 2 despite being outplayed and outchipped all day long. Of course, he'd have to win the whole thing with The Hammer.

At least Riggs and Al are in Vegas. Poor Las Vegas, it was such a nice, quaint, quiet, peaceful, God-fearing town... now these two are going to turn it into a den of iniquity and sin.

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MATH shootout tonight! Also the end of that Sunday buy-in experiment. Good riddance. Will I be present? Probably. I've got a small pile of chores to get out of the way first though... and a craving for breaded chicken.