finally saw hot fuzz last night — or rather, finally saw it for real — and that was good stuff. maybe a little uneven in terms of lengthy buildup and huge payoff and not quite as loveable as shaun of the dead, but still really enjoyable. i wonder what their next movie project might be… a monster movie? a western? a sci-fi? there has to be another classic genre that could use a love letter with a touch of comedic parody.

there should be more to write about but i’m working a lot. can’t wait for this weekend though, where not only will there be an honest-to-goodness USC football game against a ranked team, but we’re also going to see one of my heroes, ira glass, speak on campus. at first i thought, ‘oh, shit, we’re going to some artsy intellectual talk and we’re going to be surrounded by drunk meatheads’. but then i realized the team is in nebraska this week, not to mention the game will still be going on when the show starts. scratch that mental picture of douchey frat guys throwing half-full red cups at poor, bespectacled public radio guy, thank goodness.