It's Friday the 13th, 2003. I wonder if there will be a Friday the 13th in the year 2013. Probably. Something not to look forward too. Kind of like a Pauly Shore movie. Anyway, it's almost over and nothing bad has happened that I know about. Another bad thing would be a Full Moon on Friday the 13th. That probably happens less than once in a Blue Moon. A Blue Moon is the second Full Moon in a month. So, a Blue Moon could never happen on Friday the 13th. See, there are good things if you look for them. So long, and don't kiss any werewolves.

I read the news today, oh boy. They found 160,000 year-old skulls in Africa. They now believe that all human life may have begun in Africa and spread out to other continents. They were not evolved from Neanderthals previously found in Europe. It's hard to believe that humans have walked the Earth for that many years. It's even harder to believe that we'll be here for another 160,000 years. I wonder if Elvis will still be famous.
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I wonder if people in the year 162,003 will have to write June 12, 162003 on their checks. That will be inconvenient. Of course, by then all the trees will be gone and we'll have a paperless society. Won't that be fun in the bathroom. I also wonder if the year 10,000 and 100,000 will cause as many computer problems as the year 2000. Probably not. The 2,048th clone of Bill Gates will take care of it. Maybe by the year 100,000, all the cyborgs and robots will have enslaved the humans. Or perhaps, it will be like the Time Machine where humans are kept around for food like cattle to feed the underground master race. I wouldn't want to be a hamburger on the hoof. I remember a friend who once said that she felt like a hamburger. I told her "That's funny, you don't look like a hamburger". I relish that story.

There's supposed to be a kid's version of American Idol tonight. I can't imagine that they will have someone like Simon, though. It would be cruel to belittle little kids. The interesting part of the show will probably be seeing and hearing the parent's reactions. Everyone thinks that their kid is a star. I haven't decided whether I'll watch. The only child singer that I've ever liked was Shirley Temple. Although, Michael Jackson wasn't bad, back when he was stilll human.

I watched "The Pianist" over the weekend. What a great film! I'm happy that "Chicago" won for best picture at the Oscars, but "The Pianist" is an extraordinarily good movie. Adrien Brody gave the perfomance of a lifetime and deserved his best actor award. The film depicts life in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II as seen through the eyes of a gifted young pianist. His struggle for survival and those around him is captivating. Adrien reminded me of a younger John Malkovich or Jeremy Irons at the beginning of the war. The character is quite intelligent and moves and acts with a certain grace and sense of class. As the war proceeds and conditions become move dire, he reminded me of Dustin Hoffman as Ratso Rizzo in "Midnight Cowboy". He becomes dishevelled with more cunning and street smarts. There's a definite sense of desperation that accrues. The humiliation heaped upon the Jews by the German soldiers was eye-opening. It makes one wonder how one would react under such circumstances. I have a friend named Todd who reminded me of the character played by Adrien. It made me think how Todd would have responded to conditions had he lived in that time and place. He probably would have had the wisdom to know that surviving would be the ultimate revenge. The man upon whom the character is based died in 2000 at the age of 88.