This and That

A few updates from the past few days-

-Had lunch last week with my animation writer buddies Charlotte Fullerton and Nicole Dubuc. What is it about Spicy Tuna Roll that it has such power over me? Some day, someone is going to harness the pure raw seductive power of Spicy Tuna Roll... and the world will be DOOMED.

-The third season of Duel Masters - now titled Duel Masters 2.0 - starts up this Saturday night on Cartoon Network. If you're a Duel Masters fan (and really, WHO ISN'T?) - the third season will start awkwardly, but picks up momentum and becomes really good by the third episode. The cast gets into it and great writers like Seth Walter carry the show. It'll be fun.

-LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUC.

-Musician Wilson Pickett died last week. I'm too young to have grown up with his music, but I discovered his music after watching The Commitments.

Some day I'll blog about how much that movie and Wilson Pickett's music inspired me. He truly was a man and a half. Rest in peace Mr. Pickett.

-John Rogers mentioned the BBC production of Charles Dickens' Bleak House last month. The first two hours aired on PBS last night - and it was AWESOME. Just on a pure geek level alone, it stars Scully from X-Files, Wedge from Star Wars, and Vernon Dursley from the Harry Potter movies. Using the recent SNL formula made popular on the internet-

X-Files + Star Wars + Harry Potter = CRAZY DELICIOUS

-If Showtime comes through for me, I'm going to happily fork over my money to them.