“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”

As an example of this in my own life, I present to you “crapulence”. Yes, “crapulence”. Just when you think you know a word, you discover that you don’t. And that “crapulence” does NOT mean “the quality of seriously sucking” but in fact means “sickness caused by excessive eating or drinking.” As in “Yesterday at work was heavy on the crapulence.” It would sound like I’m saying “Damn! My workday was full of of tasks/people/situations that suck,” when in fact I’m saying (accurately), “Boy, there sure was some serious after-work drinking going on for yesterday’s birthday party.”

And why did I look this up? Today on the way to work, we saw a bumper sticker that said “Resist Crapulence.” I went looking for one online, and this is what I came back with.

I liked the sticker better with my incorrect definition of crapulence!

Another thing before I get down to some serious working: for date night last night, we saw Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (beware: very Flash-y site). First, about the film. Beautifully done. A bit slow in the middle. Heavy on the “what does it mean to be human” thing that is core to GITS overall. Second about the audience. Damn. Some of the dorkiest dorks that ever dorked were there — a few beardos, one guy who droned on endlesslly about how he “hated everyone in the entire world” (grow out of it, dude. you appear to be in your thirties already!), and the guy next to me who loudly cried “YES!” at various parts during the film. So, my vote: if you’re any flavor of anime geek, definitely worth the view on the big screen. But unless you’re a HARD-CORE anime geek… maybe downtown Berkeley isn’t the best place to view it. Of course, the other option we had was the Kabuki, which may well have been just as dork-a-licious.