I'm an X-Files nerd.

I admit it.

The next movie is coming out on July 24! Mark you calendars.

The reruns used to be on TV all the time, so I don't own all the DVDs. However, I do own The X-Files Mythology DVD sets. These DVDs just have the ongoing existence-of-aliens government-conspiracy X-Files shows and none of the boring (and occasionally creepy) stand alone episodes.

Anyway, I've started watching the mythos episodes from the beginning in preparation for July 24. I watched the pilot episode again last week; pretty awesome pilot.

- Kathryn

Behind the (Future) Times

I seem to have skipped the whole cyberpunk phenomena of the late 80s and early 90s in science fiction. My frequent housemate Blake kept up-to-date on such things, so I was aware of William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, and Bruce Sterling, but never read them.

In the past few months I've started to catch up. Neuromancer and Snow Crash have been recent reads, and I'm feeling 20 years late to the party. No matter, I'll have something to look for the next time I go to Powell's. Next book on my list right now is Chuck Palahniuk's latest, Snuff.

- Ben

Pretty Umbrella

One of the latest additions to my long list of shopping sites is para*umbrella.

Since I don't live in the pacific northwest, an umbrella is probably not the best fashion accessory investment, but come on, they are so pretty.

- Kathryn