Trading webspaces

So apparently I can’t stop changing this website. It’s easier than redecorating my room (which I would do constantly had I time and money), and with stylesheets, drastic changes can be made super easy. I was inspired by the clean look of kottke.org, and when I started playing around with colors, I hit upon gray and gold, which inadvertently looks like color scheme for Lufthansa. That was at least my immediate reaction. We’ll see how long this lasts.

The Nick Bantock postcard this time around, featured in the upper right-hand corner, is from his Capolan collection. View the full postcard here.

TV notes. On 13 March 2002, I wrote in these pages that Fox’s Celebrity Boxing was “proof the apocalypse is closer than we think.” Well, tonight, ABC puts us in the fast-track carpool lane to Armageddonville with Are You Hot?, which debuts tonight. Ugh. Say what you will; I’m not even getting into the whole truckload of reasons I think this is wrong… well, okay since you twisted my arm, I’ll say this: maybe I’m turning into an old fogie at 25, but I do not want to watch ego-centric bitchy judges rip apart equally ego-centric would-be sex symbols. I know it’s supposed to be all fun and dishy, but really, social irresponsibility aside, this isn’t quality television. And would people stop calling shows like this “reality” TV? I say again, it’s a game show! Also premiering tonight is Survivor: The Amazon. Barely a blip on my radar. I’ll be watching a super-sized Will & Grace, thank you very much.

And dude, what was up with the Joe Millionaire non-episode on Monday? We got hosed, Tommy. We got hosed.