Author: Mark Egge

i spend my days thinking of inventive new ways of making myself look good on paper. and my nights delivering pizza for example, I’ve now placed 1.5pt white lines between the each of my previous employers in the work experience section, giving each entry a little more presence on the page– like bulleted points, without […]

so, I deliver pizzas. Or, more accurately, I drive around listening to music, with pizzas in the back of my car. the money’s aight, but the tunes– ah. the music is solid. still looking for that full time job. interview with xerox on Monday. gotta be up by 10:30… might be a struggle. amazingly, even […]

Mini review: (2 out of 5 stars) Hustle and Flow is an insult to the hip-hop community at large. Playing off every hip-hop stereotype and cliché, Hustle and Flow manages to be entertaining, but little more. Terrance Howard plays DJay, the pimp who dreams of being a rapper. In a typical midlife crisis, DJay realizes […]

I’ve given up on the Academy– or on democracy, rather. With the exception of the awards for best lead and supporting actors and actresses, I was really disappointed all around. Crash was not an exceptional movie. If the Academy wants to make penance for the awards American History X didn’t win, it shouldn’t go about […]

I’m going to watch the Academy Awards tonight. I don’t know why, exactly, because I know that doing so is setting myself up for a lot of disappointment. Disappointment, because the Film Academy isn’t an impartial, idealist group of film lovers. Disappointment, because the films that win tonight are more likely to win for reasons […]