To the decade that was

I started this decade as an 8th grader, and I end it almost 2 years out of college. Here's to the decade that was. It was pretty crappy for a good portion of it (mainly due to how the country was run for a good portion of it), but all in all, it's hard to have ended it on a better spot than I am now.

Perhaps I'll write a more detailed recap later on, but for now, here's to the last 10 years. What the next 10 years will bring, I can only vaguely fathom at the moment.

Wow

Went out to see Avatar today. There's been an inordinate amount of hype around the movie, but James Cameron more than delivered. The story is reasonably good - it's pretty easy to make an historical parallel to the plot line - but the visuals are beyond anything I have ever seen in a movie theater. It was simply stunning, and worth every penny - and more - of the $15.50 price of admission. There has to be some way of getting the 3D effects onto the DVD edition when it comes out.