
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
29 - I've never been offered the role of Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire

Monday, May 12, 2008
28 - I've never seen The Bourne Supremacy
Sunday, May 11, 2008
27 - I've never joined the US Campaign for Burma

We are asking for your urgent help, again. We need to send a strong message to China. We are running out of time before a massive wave of disease rushes over the surivors of the Burma cyclone.
We are in a very unusual situation -- the world is trying to rush aid to the Burmese people hit by the Cyclone but the regime is refusing all support, leaving hundreds of thousands in imminent danger of disease and death.
We are hearing repeated, urgent cries from inside Burma pleading with caring countries to ignore Burma's military regime and send immediate aid to the Burmese people. Burmese Buddhist monks, student leaders, and others, yesterday issued a public appeal for countries to stop waiting for permission from the Burmese military regime and immediately dispatch relief.
The United Nations Security Council has the power to authorize the provision of aid even if the Burmese regime resists -- this would permit countries to deliver aid directly to the Burmese people. Tragically, China is blocking this effort at the UN.
Will you help us by sending an urgent email to China's Ambassador to the UN? It is unconcsionable that China would continue to block desperately needed humanitarian assistance.
Please email China's UN ambassador NOW! Or, read more details below.
Aung Din, Jeremy Woodrum, Jennifer Quigley, Thelma Young
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The situation in Burma is extremly grave. Eight days after the Cyclone struck Burma and up to 100,000 have been killed, Burma's military regime is still refusing adequate international aid. Dr. Chris Beyrer, an reknown doctor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, yesterday said that tens of thousands of more people are at immediate risk of death from hunger, lack of adequate water, and disease. A great deal of aid is literally sitting at the airport in Rangoon, because the military regime won't allow the U.N. and others to distribute the aid.
The United States and the rest of the world have essentially offered a Tsunami-style response to the Cyclone, yet the regime -- and their ally at the UN Security Council, China -- is blocking the aid. The United States has several C-130 transports planes ready to deliver aid inside Burma, and is also ready with assistance from 23 helicopters -- all this is being refused, with the exception of one single C-130 transport aircraft. We believe the regime approved this single flight in order to give the appearance of accepting aid when the vast majority is still being refused.
The world can not wait any longer for permission from Burma's military leader Than Shwe -- this is a man that has already recruited up to 70,000 child soldiers, destroyed 3,200 ethnic minority villages, and tortured to death many, many human rights activists.
We ask you to email the Chinese UN Ambassador, because under this extraordinary circumstance, while we do support countries entering Burma to provide aid without the approval of Burmese regime approval or UN approval - UN approval would still be the best way . It is especially imperative that aid reach the Irrawaddy Delta region -- helicopters, ships, and all other manner of supplies should be dispatched immediately to help the Burmese people.
Support 1991 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi and the struggle for freedom and democracy in Burma.Saturday, May 10, 2008
26 - I've never chainsawed a group of zombies in Dead Rising
Welcome to Willamette.Frank West is a freelance photojournalist on the hunt for the scoop of a lifetime. He travels to a small suburban town in pursuit of a hot lead, only to find that it's been overrun with zombies. What a way to start an assignment. Frank heads for the local shopping mall, assuming that he'll be safe there, but the zombies have taken over the place. Now it's up to you to help Frank survive this onslaught of the undead, using everything you can find in the mall to help fight off the bloodthirsty mob and search for the truth behind this horrendous epidemic. With an open, free environment, you'll be able to explore plenty of areas both inside and outside the mall. Zombies come in never-ending waves, so be prepared to use the endless supply of vehicles, makeshift weapons and more against these former humans. A real-time system means that key events happen at certain times, so you need to pay attention. You can even use Frank's photojournalistic skills to capture the mayhem on film for posterity — if anyone is left, that is.
Photography AND zombies? It's a Christmas miracle.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
25 - I've never not posted a new experience since starting this experiment
Although, posting about it invalidates it, doesn't it?
Very few hours in the day left over to do something new. Granted, I did do a couple of things today that I've never done before. I've never bought and assembled a $40 entertainment center. I've never blocked Act IV of Amy's View. I've never watched The Matrix on my new HDTV. I've never faxed severance information to AT&T.
But were any of them particularly noteworthy? Nah, not really.
But they're there. And little new things can be just as new as big new things, right?
I'll just keep telling myself that.
24 - I've never assisted in a birthday silly string gang assault on a fellow co-worker
She ended up looking like a multi-colored Swamp Thing.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
23 - I've never eaten a mideast feast from Trader Joe's

This was originally going to be yesterday's new experience ... right up until the roofed groundhog was discovered.
And it's a good thing, too, because work + rehearsal leaves very little time left in a day to come up with something I've never done before.
And the feast? It wasn't bad. Falafel is always better fresh, but it had a good flavor. Hummus? Not as good as my own. The tabbouleh had way too much parsley. Overall, though, it was a nice, tasty and inexpensive meal.
Monday, May 5, 2008
22 - I've never seen a woodchuck on a roof
21 - I've never bought an LCD HDTV

It isn't the biggest (but not the smallest either) or the best (but not the worst). And it sucks watching crappy antenna-fueled broadcast tv through an HD tv. But now I'm covered for Feb. of 2009.
I think eight years since my last new tv was long enough to wait.
These were all things I used to rationalize the purchase.
Thanks, federal tax return.
Sunday, May 4, 2008
20 - I've never had two World of Warcraft toons at 50th level or higher

A dubious distinction to be certain, but since I had designated yesterday to be "WoW Day", there really wasn't anything else going on.
I now have two characters at 50th or higher - my 67th hunter, and now my 50th warlock (seen here racing across Tanaris on her demonic felsteed).
Saturday, May 3, 2008
19 - I've never seen Iron Man
I had a feeling that Robert Downey would do a fantastic job as Tony Stark since the casting was first announced, and I was pleased to see that my initial feeling was dead-on. He made this film.A bit less actual superheroing in the film than I hoped, but as an origin story it delivered in spades.
X-2 is still my all-time favorite, but IM was at least as good as Spiderman 2, if not a bit better.
It'll be interesting to see where they go in the future with this franchise (especially considering the level of epic they hinted at in the bonus scene after the credits).
Friday, May 2, 2008
18 - I've never seen the 2007 remake of Sleuth

I almost had the opportunity to be in the original stage version of Sleuth a few years back, playing the character of Milo Tundle (who Jude Law plays in the recent film and Michael Caine played in the original film). But the production fell through and I never heard anything about it since.
What did I think of the film? Inventive. Challenging. Interesting at times, puzzling at others.
But I guess that makes some kind of sense in a film about puzzles and games.


