Spent the afternoon perusing software for registering copyrights, as i've been advised to protect a program i've been writing for the last few years for displaying and analyzing images. A hundred bucks covers the software and filing fees, but unfortunately i have to fork it over myself. On the up side, it may kick down a few bucks to me in the future, so all is well. Before i do the actual filing however, i need to come up with a snappy name for the program. Veronica suggests i find an acronym that spells out TED. "Tool for Evaluation and Diagnosis"? "Totally Esoteric Drivel"? Or the succinct "Ted's Economic Developer"?

Has anybody else seen the Rainer Maria video for "Ears Ring", from Long Knives Drawn? I caught it on 120 Minutes on MTV2 last week, also featuring two hours of inane interviews between Folk Implosion and the idiot, "i have no idea what you're talking about, or what i'm talking about, but luckily MTV floats enough filler chatter my way to make me seem halfway indie-credible" host. The Rainer Maria video (back to the subject at hand) features the band members having late-night coffee and snacks in a diner, each at their own table, served by prototypical waitress Betty. When the second member entered the restaurant, i noticed he was carrying a copy of Jean Paul Sartre's play No Exit, in which four newly-dead people of varying backgrounds are put in a room in a hotel, told by the bellhop they're waiting for their assignment for eternity. Gradually, they realize this room, and these people, are their own personal hell for the rest of time. Great play, despite my lousy recap. Anyhoo, at the end of the video one of the diners tries to leave and finds the door locked. Then I realized that the whole video is a retelling of No Exit. Very cool. Not a bad song, either.

I did finally watch A.I., and i can adapt the acronym into my review: Atrociously Idiotic. The awfulness of Minority Report now comes into perspective. You start off watching A.I. earnestly, then dubiously, then go through an hour of "is this ever going to pick up?", then spend the last half hour asking yourself "is this some kind of sick joke?".