Journal entries in 'Miscellaneous' for October, 2005

I saw the preview today for the upcoming movie, Zathura. As I was watching it, I was wondering if it was obvious to anyone else that it's the exact same story as Jumanji. And sure enough, as the trailer ended, I saw it was written by the same author.

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• A Holga (a $15 toy camera that shoots medium format film and takes wonderfully imprecise pictures)
• A simple home darkroom (which will be especially useful once I start shooting medium format film and have to figure out how to get it processed)
• A large format view camera (don't tell me a 4x5" viewfinder isn't awesome)

In Puerto Rico, if you go to a Taco Bell and order a Meximelt and they ask if you want to add queso derretido (melted cheese), and you say yes (thinking to yourself, "Isn't that kind of the definition of a Meximelt?"), what you actually get is nacho cheese sauce.

If you go to Flamers (an unfortunately-named hamburger place) and order a cheeseburger and they ask you whether you want American or Cheddar cheese, and you excitedly answer Cheddar (thinking to yourself, "Ooh, real cheese for once"), what you actually get is nacho cheese sauce.

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