i saw a slashdot article yesterday that plunged me back to nostalgia: "MP3 Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary". yep, my preferred audio format is 10 years old. i first encountered mp3s when i was downloading music from the sega cd rpg lunar: the silver star. this was probably later in 1995, but i was blown away by the quality and the size of the file. later, i spread the word about how great mp3s were, even if i didn't understand what they were: "it's some kind of highly compressed audio file that doesn't skimp on the quality."

other notes: i finished sirens of titan by kurt vonnegut and shadow puppets by orson scott card. with those out of the way, i started haunted by chuck palahniuk and shadow of the giant by orson scott card. i'm decently into haunted and on the third chapter of shadow, but i'm gonna try to drive through those so i can devote time to harry potter once we get it at midnight on friday.

finally, jessica and i have gotten into firefly. the ritual is this: every evening, usually around dinner time, we put in the dvd and watch the next episode. tonight's episode is "ariel," an episode we've heard good stuff about. the show is good....great dialog and story, really believable acting, and humor that only joss whedon seems able to deliver. jessica likes the theme song, but i find it tolerable. you should check it out because it's definitely more than just a space western. out.