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Posting this month has been very rare since taking on the responsibilities of an intern at Willamette Week. Unfortunately, I can't release any interesting details concerning the paper for a couple of reasons. One: Writing about any details of upcoming stories could cause the paper to be scooped by another competing paper. This has in fact already happened once in the past two weeks. It could just be someone mentioning to a friend what someone else is working on, and that friend tells someone, and so on, until it reaches the ears at someone at the Oregonian. So, despite the far-fetched chance that somebody in that long chain will read something important on this blog, I'm going to refrain from any sort of paper gossip. Two: If I write about the inner workings of the paper, someone from the paper could read this site and then I lose my internship along with any references I could have used in the future. Also highly unlikely, but not something I'm willing to take a chance on.

So, on to other things.

I got the chance to see some Van Gogh and Mondrian works at the Seattle Art Museum last weekend after standing in line for about an hour and a half in a rainstorm of varying intensity (the last 15 minutes in line was quite soaking). I've only been to a couple of art museums before (the Henry Art Gallery by the UW, which had these neat little karaoke pods, and the Portland Art Museum for prom), so it was a really enjoyable experience to stand so close to some great art pieces. Viewing paintings on the web or in a book does not compare to standing inches away and seeing each of Van Gogh's strokes of paint, or each tiny dot on a painting done in the style of pointillism. Lauren has a few comments on the exhibit.

I'm also itching to play Fable. The Blockbuster closest to my home is supposed to have it according to the company website, but they're liars. Or just a huge corporation that is so large that it can't keep accurate track of its inventory for its customers. I'm tempted to go to a tiny little shop called Video Game Wizards on Foster Road that sits next to a 7-11. I'm not sure if they even rent, but they're a local business, so maybe I should support them.

Anyway, I talked about Fable previously and although the reviews aren't the best, and that the good/evil character development can be reversed at the drop of a healthy in-game donation to a good or evil temple, I still want to play it.

I have no smooth way of ending this post so this is the end. The end.