Even though, “I have a bad feeling about this,” Revenge of the Sith wasn’t half bad. It reminded me a bit of seeing the first one (which is now considered the 4th one, I guess, stupid episodes). When I heard that quoted line above near the beginning, I figured it was alright.

Though Mark Hamill was never what you’d call a powerful actor, you at least didn’t want to punch him in the face every scene. Not so Hayden Christensen. Punched, repeatedly, and not allowed to act ever again. Not to mention the pussified path to the darkside, which involved a lot of crying. Obiwan didn’t cry, Padme didn’t cry, Leia didn’t cry, but the future Darth Vader? Boooo whooo whooo whooo.

Unrelatedly, one of the things that had me thinking about stopping comedy was stumbling into a bookstore in Menlo Park with M. Thursday night and hearing a good chunk of a lecture/reading by Chuck Palahniuk. He was funny, interesting, engaging and the audience was rapt with his storytelling. I found it much more interesting than some assclown jumping around on stage at a comedy club making funny, funny, dancing monkey efforts to entertain.

Finally, thanks to M.’s Fortune subscription, I have a new hero.