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That rassafrazzling LSAT prep course I'm taking started last night.

( My First Night )

Realized as I was laying in bed last night that the class will interfere with the first two episodes of Lost season two. NOOOOOOOO! I have to say that Lost ranks higher on the priority list (what, my priorities are perfectly reasonable! Stop laughing!) and so I will be missing those two classes. Never fear, they can be made up. If anyone there asks why I was absent I will inform them that I had a "prior business engagement" that I couldn't reschedule. The instructor's a fanboy, he'll understand.

I need to buy a hawaiian shirt to wear when I see Serenity. I have a browncoat but I need the shirt. You know, we should have some sort of Livejournal masquerade. I've seen it done around the 'net. We could all 'show up' in costume and bring 'guests' and have a grand ol' time. Or maybe I need a nap.

ETA: OMG! Forget about the masquerade. Wait, not forget, but I had this other idea last night. We need to have a Crackpot Theory Day. It'll be a day where we each consider the most outlandish theories held by real people. The crazier the better. If it's fun on The West Wing just think about what the mass insanity of LJ could be like.

Word Origin of the Day: Bureau - In one form of Latin, the word bura referred to a specific kind of rough, shaggy garment. This became burel in Old French, with the meaning now referring to "cloth woven from wool." From this arose the modern Frech word bureau, originally meaning "a cloth used to cover desks." Various applications appeared after this in English, all linked to a form of office furniture, including "bureaus" as a furniture format and "bureaus" as government or corporate departments. "Bureaucracy" also sprang from this association.

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Sooooo tired.

Came across some interesting information as I was surfing the web today. Rockne S. O'Bannon, creator of Farscape is putting together a pilot for WB entitled Cult that he says is influenced by fans. The article I read is here.

( Why This Makes Me Sit Up and Say Hmmmmmm )

In other news. Read a fun article about the new Pride & Prejudice movie where some academic was saying that Colin Firth (from the BBC miniseries) was a much better Darcy because, among other things, he was more attractive. I do not debate this point. I do debate her next point that Keira Knightley (who's in the movie) is to be preferred as Elizabeth Bennet over Jennifer Ehle (miniseries) because Ms. Ehle is too 'heavy'.

I could get offended and outraged and write something nice and ranty in response but observations like that aren't worth the time. Whatever, dude.