~ while the angry red planet continues to fail to deliver news on a timely schedule, check out the following articles…

gore vidal, composer of burr, has penned a rather angry article, ‘democratic vistas‘, for the nation. he addresses the u.s. presidential election debacle which some readers may remember hearing about last november.

also, freaking sony has unveiled some details concerning the new spider-man film; these details can be seen at hollywood.com. i don’t know if i can stand another movie adaptation of a comic book that must start at the beginning of the series; if there is a civilian out there who does not know that peter parker’s complacency led to his uncle’s death and the subsequent drive of spider-man‘s heroism, then he or she does not belong at the theater with the fans. we got enough of the questions about telepathy vs. telekinesis from the new x-men ‘fans’; i don’t look forward to a future of questions of the likes: ‘so spider-man used to be venom?’

~ thesis quote: ‘i’ve been working on my thesis all day‘

~ thesis quote: ‘do you find it frustrating that all your moves are arbitrary?’

~ updates have been coming slowly. it is not that there is lack of abundance of events, but rather, they have come with such senses-shattering mediocrity that we at the angry red planet are reeling – slowly, but reeling – in their wake. life since the ‘holidays’ has been not dreary, but hazy. the east coast weather vengefully laid waste to the immune system of our entire staff, which have grown as lazy as our socal dress code. after a foray through the chilling rural and urban south, we took a flight on delta which did not include the pure vegetarian meals which we had ordered weeks in advance. there was not a 40gb titan hard disk waiting at our offices, despite our hardware supplier’s promises; bitter calls to them revealed that it is on back order, and could not have been shipped, as they had stated it had been earlier. fighting the cold for a few more days left us fumbling through the thesis work – into which no progress has been made – so that when our radiator hose burst on manchester boulevard at 9.30am, we stopped for a few moments to debate about the futility vs. profit of breaking into gasping sobs on the side of the road. instead, we opted for taking the machine to a garage, and we placed our bets…

~ december log has been added to the others in the archive.

~ the angry red planet is wrapping up a cold and rainy week in georgia by catching colds and fevers. much holiday junk food was devoured, many comics were researched and archived, and several gore vidal tomes were reviewed. despite the suffering caused by ice and wind, the imminent return to los angeles and to the work is the closest thing to mind and farthest thing from desire.

~ the days have been less than certain at the angry red planet since the final thesis review. the energy from the office and its environs have been sapped by the departure of many for the ‘holidays’; problems of a technological sort have been plaguing our hardware. we intended to work diligently through ‘the break’ to remedy the situation, and to report on all case scenarios, be they thesis, los angeles, or georgia…

~ ‘…but a president…well, i mean, why not shoot a president?’ -english bob, ‘unforgiven’

~ final thesis reviews are today; these quotes come from through the night and this morning. they reek of desperate and frustrated individuals; though not all are thesis students, you can decide who has the biggest ‘problems’ in life. the angry red planet presentation is at 14:40, in bay 4.

~ thesis quote: ‘i seriously need to stay here and work’

~ thesis quote: ‘fuck it all, fuck all this shit to fucking hell’

~ thesis quote: ‘i got out of vietnam in ’69, and i’ve been collecting these cans and bottle since.’

~ feeling my best was never good enough:
here is something nice to do without leaving the comfort of your computer: click here send a fax to president bill clinton, demanding clemency for u.s. political prisoner leonard peltier [w]

~ as long as you are in the mood for faxing president clinton, click here to demand a moratorium on federal executions. you may oppose the racist system that dispenses them or you may detest their archaic barbarism – take your pick!

~ thesis quote: ‘what’s all this meat doing all over the floor?’

~ unspoken thesis quote: ‘cold bean medley and tepid stewed cauliflower tastes like pain’

~ this quote is from a skin designer, not from the thesis trailer, but it sums up my feelings towards my ‘work’: ‘the best i can do. i tried all my best and this is what i can do. if you hate this just do not use it.’