Wednesday, April 15, 2009

hurtin'


Do You Believe in Magic - The Lovin Spoonful

My dog injured me the other day, and Im still in a bit of pain. Me running in one direction, her running in the other, me attached to her by leash, leash goes around tree, stephen's arm gets yanked hard like. I think it doesn't help that my posture is absolutely atrocious.

Today if filled with reading more legislative history and some old copyright provisions. Fun fun stuff. Basically, in the olden days, you had to register your work and deposit it and put notice on it (like that little (c) thing) for it to be copyrighted. today, much easier...just write it (or record it or whatever) and bam, copyright. BUUUUT, if you're in the US, you still have to register to be able to bring an infringment claim before the court. ok. boring. buuuuut, i'm reading about the before time, to see how the language has evolved. short answer...it hasn't, much. It's pretty silly, really. why would congress say you have a copyright and its protected but you can't actually enforce your rights? well, because congress is stupid.

I'm so excited; I have 2 people to show the Princess Bride to. I'm so excited. And once person to show Psycho to. I'm so excited. Princess Bride...i was worried at first that my love for it was like that of Goonies; ie driving 9/10 by nostalgia (tho, i maintain that its a great movie, even without nostalgia). But then i realized, no one dislikes the princess bride. Its just a beautiful, post modern fairy tale. And fairy tales are nice because they make you want to believe in magic. and who doesnt want to believe in magic, right? I wrote one of those once... I dont have a copy of it any more. it was inspired by Into the Woods and the Princess Bride. I wish I had a copy of it.

anyway, i'm trying to decide if i want to see mitsuko uchida perform in a few weeks. I do. i do. but im not sure i want to go it alone. well, maybe i will. she was pretty amazing. decisions.

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