i missed the game but i saw the highlights on sportscenter. all i can say is i'm going to sleep like a baby tonight, life seems a little bit better when the red sox wins, and even more so when they beat the yankees, and just peachy keen when they blanket the yankees and keep them down with zero runs. pedro "yankees killer" -- do you think that'd look good as a tattoo? i should've known that the red sox were either winning or that the game was close because i was commuting home about the same time that the game was suppose to be over, and usually when the red sox are losing (almost never!), the fairweather fans will start leaving fenway park early and i'd see them on the subway and bus. not tonight though!

i went with john, dan, and dan's friend melissa to the kendall square cinema to watch startup.com. it's kind of scary how similar the story of govworks.com mirrors our own experience at screen house. the movie was fun to watch because we could relate to it on every level, having worked for so long in the dot-com business. parts of the movie were really funny but parts also made me wince because it hit too close to home. i think the documentary can teach surviving dot-com companies a thing or two about the industry and what it does to people. the moral of the story seems to be never mix friendship with business. anytime money's involved, you have a recipe for trouble. things weren't so bad when everyone was making money, just the occasional ego clashing. but when things started getting bad, fingers started pointing and blame started getting dished out. kaleil from the movie seems like a real pompous asshole. i wonder what he's doing now? well, at the end of the movie there was that little blurb about him and tom getting back together and starting a company to help failed dot-coms. i personally think tom is secretly in love with kaleil, otherwise why would he go back to this guy who treated him so badly? observations: kaleil totally looks like the rock, and tom (john's observation) looks like bruce mcculloch. i also thought kaleil's first girlfriend was a dead ringer for carrie-anne moss. overall, i think it's a good movie to go see if you work in the dot-com industry. it's even better if you've left the dot-com industry, because it's not as scary!

having not ran since friday afternoon and having walked almost 7 hours nonstop in new york city, my feet were badly damaged and out of condition. i ran gingerly with feet pain today. tomorrow's a day of rest, hopefully they'll be better by friday. hopefully the weather will be cooler on friday as well. today's weather was weird, it was warm but windy, so in the shade it got really cold -- especially when you're not running but rather just walking! james, amanda, and i parked ourselves on the pier and while they did push-ups, i did my bicycle crunches (scientifically measured to be the most effective crunch exercise). rock hard abs here i come! it hurts to do them, but that's how i know they're working their magic.