>>Highs

The Tom Jones biography You have to read it to believe it. Premium camp.

Auf der Maur intrigue Has she left Hole? Has she joined ol' Corgy in the Pumpkins? The suspense is just killing us.

Farha Foundation's AIDS walk A record 25,000 put on their sneaks to reawaken awareness. Heartening.

Kinda starting to hate Lauryn Hill because she's too perfect It's OK, go ahead, you can.

The Beach movie Great book, great lookin' trailer, can't wait, Leo notwithstanding.

>>Lows

Lame autumnal nights Go out... cold... club's dead... too many students... go to a bar... no one you know in the bar... go to 24-hour dep... buy chocolate... go home... sulk. Ick.

Annabel Chong's overrated Sex movie Feminism, my ass. And the half-baked academics and incredibly bad teeth didn't help the viewing pleasure, either.

Gap commercial overload Everyone In Pain.

The "Ramasutra" video Ever see Massive Attack's "Karmacoma" clip? Here it is again, only cheaper and not as good. Catchy tune, though.

The Miss America pageant OK, OK, we get it. Not a beauty pageant. Arf, arf.