My couch is extremely comfortable, and there is a specific configuration of pillows, limbs and head which is easily assumed and will instantly and irrevocably make you fall asleep. For instance, I found it today when I got home from work and just woke up, eradicating any chance I have of accomplishing the things I wanted to accomplish today after work.
Hence, nap trap.
Entire Film: 836
Hobbits: 2
Humans: 147
Uruk-hai and Orcs: 524
Trolls: 2
Rohirim: 123
Sauthrons: 32
Nazguls: 6
Misc: Animals: 166 (not included in tally)
But I don’t think I’m the best man for that particular job. I was only married for six months, and it was a very rough bunch of years that followed.
But I’m still not convinced that marriage is a negative experience. Despite the bad feelings I have about it, I actually LIKED being married. I liked the certainty that in all the world, no matter what happened, I knew that at least one person would be there with me. Marriage was something I could plant my feet on and get some leverage against the cold, careless universe.
But then again, it turned out that this certainty wasn’t actually certain at all. The right pressure at the right spot made the whole thing crumble, and I never saw it coming.
Like anybody who’s been through a traumatic experience, I’m deeply afriad that it will happen again. I’m like a guy who lost a lot of money the first time he played with stocks - I’m wary of investing that much in something that’s just as likely to bite me in the ass. I’ve BEEN bitten before, and it’s not something I want to repeat.
So my post-marriage relationships suffer. I’m not sure when I’ll feel like extending myself again, or investing a lot of myself again, if ever. But I do know that marriage is a distinct possibility. I haven’t ruled it out.
But maybe I’ll think thrice before doing it.
And hope I don’t get hurt.
Burn the wagon and chain the mule.Sweet dreams till sunbeams find you 
Futuristic Movie Timeline
#6 In A Series Of Pop-Cultural Charts(click here for a larger version)
No one really pays much attention to what year sci-fi movies take place. I thought it would be interesting to arrange some classic films about the future into chronological order and see what we’d find. I’ve also charted the years in which they were released as well as the current year. This is by far the geekiest thing I’ve ever done.
* I only included movies in which Wikipedia knew the exact year.
and who the hell can remember
