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On Finding Better Candidates

I generally don't have much to say about the Alito hearings, as I don't have a strong stake in the outcome. As a libertarian conservative, I don't view a conservative court as a bad thing per se, especially since it seems to me that the big mistakes the Supreme Court court made recently — Raich and Kelo — have been largely due to the liberals.

But I do have a few things to say about the whole nomination process.

Review - Underworld: Evolution

This might be surprising, but I saw Underworld: Evolution on opening day. Ostensibly I wanted to ogle Kate Beckinsale, but in truth, I have to admit that I actually was pleasantly surprised by the first movie and had been looking forward to the sequel for some time.

I didn't see it when it was in the theatres, instead only catching it on the TiVo — yes, for the sole purpose of ogling Kate Beckinsale. I hadn't heard very many good things about it, so instead of sitting down to watch it from start to finish, I just caught it in bits and pieces at a time when I had a spare moment. To my surprise, I found myself swept up in it. The action wasn't all that impressive, especially in a post-Matrix action-film landscape. Indeed, several key fight scenes were over just when you thought they were going to begin. But the plot, while not exactly Hitchcockian, was far more interesting and unpredictable than in your run-of-the-mill action flick. It featured several scenes that I thought I had pegged but ended up going in a different direction than I had expected. And it was all backed with a rich mythology that felt like it had depth well beyond what we were shown. I was looking forward to seeing this history fleshed out in the sequels.

So it is to my great disappointment to have to say that the sequel is pretty much the converse of the first one. Good action scenes, but an absolute joke of a plot.

Kicking off Blog Sweeps Week

Well, Blog Sweeps Week is upon me (banner courtesy of Ealasaid). Geez, actually it started yesterday, which doesn't bode well for me. I've never really tried to maximize my traffic, mostly using this thing as a place to put essays. I'm told that lists work pretty well, so I guess this week would be a good time for me to write up the post for my “My 2005 Mix CD” (especially since we're exchanging the CDs tomorrow) as well as “My Top Ten Films of 2005.” So stay tuned for those. And in case you were curious, here was my 2004 Mix CD and my Top Ten Films of 2004 and of 2003.

Aside from that, I know posting more frequently would help, and of course, kitty cats and sex are always money in the blog world (thus the banner). To tie this in with my first and my second obsessions, I think I'll also post my favorite photos my kitty cat, Miette, as well as my favorite photos of the hotness that is Natalie Portman (alas, none of which were taken by me). But to keep y'all coming back, I'm going to spread these out throughout the week. I would do a top 7, but because I'm a day late, I guess it'll be top 6.

So without further ado, here's my Number 6 favorite photograph of my adorable kitty cat, Miette. Click on the photo for a larger version. This was from a few years ago. Isn't she cute? She's soooo cute! Come back for more!

Speaking of cute, stay tuned later today for the Number 6 picture of Natalie Portman.

Gosh, grubbing for traffic feels so degrading.