so i debate over whether this is good to tell you or not, because mass amounts of people could start doing it and then the company could figure out what's going on and then i wouldn't have my little advantage in the world.. but i realize that may be a little selfish so... if you go to ratetheradio.com and take a 10 second survey and put in a name, any name, every name, and your address, they will send you a coupon for up to $12 to use on a single movie ticket at most theatres, including regal. one coupon per survey. i tried this with several names and my single address and i've gotten five in the mail so far. about 20 more are coming. it takes about a month for them to get to you tho. but still. pretty huge loophole there. kinda great. try not to spread that around too much tho, huh?

so now i've finally seen The Last Samurai, which is much better than the review said, i cried a little and now have a huge crush on ken watanabe. and i want to be in that village and live the life of a samurai. and you would've sooner if you'd ever seen Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai... oh yes. forest whitaker shows us a mixture of mafia, gansta, and samurai culture. very interesting movie. got to see a trailer for The Day After Tomorrow too... jesus. chills at that scene of water rushing towards manhattan.. yknow jake gyllenhaal's in that flick.

also have now seen City of God (oscar surprise for best director) - a brazilian masterpiece about an insanely violent slums city where if you're older than 5 you have a gun and you've killed your first kid by 6 or so. insane. ly good. go see that.