Confession Time

What's the nerdiest thing you've ever done? Define as you see fit.
I really have to split that in two.
Social nerdiness: Being interviewed by Channel 54 (the local PBS station) while I stood in line at Timecon for Tom Baker's autograph. Yes, they aired a five-second clip.

Academic nerdiness: Taking part in the Academic Decathlon... and winning the math portion.

What's the jock-est thing you've ever done? Define as you see fit.
I went to the national high school volleyball finals (we placed second) but I was a backup; I didn't play much. For personal accomplishment, it's my college fencing apex.

Feel free to post to your own journal or comment on your own experiences here, if you feel like it.

What I'm reading: Allen Steele, Spindrift

Movie Reviewette

I'm a big fan of Christopher Guest's work. I thought Best In Show was very funny and A Mighty Wind absolutely skewered folk music brilliantly. So, I was initially looking forward to For Your Consideration, his take on the Oscars and how it affects a film in progress.

I'm glad I watched it via Netflix, 'cause I would have felt cheated in the theater. It just never really went anywhere. The movie may have been too personal to be funny (as Berke Breathed pointed out - and has since lost sight of - you have to have distance to satirize effectively).

There were good bits, such as the ventriloquist weathergirl. Harry Shearer was good as the veteran actor. But a little Fred Willard goes a very long way, and there was a lot of Fred Willard.