And... we're back. (Again.)

Apologies for the unannounced two-week hiatus, but between all those free doughnuts and Parallel closing and Apple switching to Intel and the Michael Jackson trial and the Tom Cruise / Katie Holmes Apocalypse, I've been curled up in a corner hugging my new bowling ball for dear life, rocking back and forth in a semi-catatonic state while mumbling random Japanese words I've subconsciously picked up from watching too much anime.

Okay, not really, but you gotta admit that Tom Cruise has officially become creepy - especially given revelations that he'd been shopping all over Hollywood for ingénues like Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Alba before poor Katie had her life hijacked and landed her own New Operating Thetan IV (and maybe $5 million). I mean, holy crap.

Anyway, in happier news I got to see Batman Begins and Howl's Moving Castle, which are probably my favorite films of the year so far after Serenity. (I also currently recommend Layer Cake and Cinderella Man.)

P.S.: "Bakuretsu muteki" means "explosion invincible". Just so you know.