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I know, I know: I was slacking with the blog postings toward the end of last week. I'll try to get my act together this week. Real quick post before I go watch the 12am episode of The Sopranos and miss out on sleep as a result....

- Friday night's theme: White trash. Went to dinner at a place called Trailer Park, with decorations inside that made it look like.. you guessed it.. a trailer park. Cheap drinks, deliciously greasy food, and all main entrees came with your choice of sweet potato fries or tater tots. Let's be serious, how can you not like a place that has an option of tater tots on the side? Afterwards, went to Rudy's, which is my favorite dive bar in New York City. The prices are almost on par with State College bar prices (!) and the scene is almost as great. Brings all the West side crazies, seated on booths that are held together with duct tape, and the free hot dogs & popcorn invite in all of the local homeless folks. Gotta love it.

- Here's a good 6 minute clip that shows you how ridiculous some of the dance moves of the last 50 years have been.

- I'm curious if anyone saw The Da Vinci Code this weekend. If you saw it, how was it? And what are your thoughts on people (like me) seeing the movie without having read the book? I'm anti-"mainsteam popular books" that everyone reads, so Dan Brown never received a residual from me. Frankly I don't care, and if the movie is worth seeing, I'll check it out. I take movies for their entertainment value, and if I can't understand a movie without reading a book beforehand, then the movie is leaving out essential details. Just my thoughts.

Back tomorrow.