the finalists (chosen from over 1000 ads) in the Bush in 30 Seconds ad contest have been announced.

"Due to popular demand, we're also adding three new categories for the contest: Funniest Ad, Best Youth Market Ad, and Best Animation. If you register, you'll be able to vote on the finalists in each of these categories starting on Thursday. You can register at: (http://www.bushin30seconds.org/runoff/index.html)"

Without further ado, the finalists are:

CHILD'S PAY by Charlie Fisher of Denver, CO
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IN MY COUNTRY by Harry Katatsakis, Derek Rittenhouse, Chris Wight of NY, NY
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POLYGRAPH by Rich Garella, Adam Feinstein of New York, NY
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BRING 'EM ON by Mike Cuenca of Lawrence, KS
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WHAT ARE WE TEACHING OUR CHILDREN?
by Fred Surr, Ted Page, Janet Tashjian of Needham, MA
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IMAGINE by Mark Vicente of Los Angeles, CA
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HUMAN COST OF WAR by Brian Wilkinson of White Plains, NY
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WAKE UP AMERICA by Lisa M. Rowe of Hollywood, CA
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DESKTOP by David Haynes of Dallas, TX
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ARMY OF ONE by Penny Little, Nick Green, Michael Stinson, Julie Stigwart of Isla Vista, CA
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BANKRUPT by Adam Klugman, Dave Adams of West Linn, OR
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HOOD ROBBIN' by Nathania Vishnevsky of Foster City, CA
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LEAVE NO BILLIONAIRE BEHIND by Andrew Boyd of Brooklyn, NY
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BUSH'S REPAIR SHOP by Eric Martin of Silver Spring, MD
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GONE IN 30 SECONDS by Eric Blumrich of Montclair, NJ
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://www.bushin30seconds.org/view.html?id=17&size=large ; Low-Bandwidth Version

there is way too much going on here, im on overload. i need to get grounded again, so i don't forget things. quick, send me some words to remind me of who we are.

i also just discovered: taking place every week in bklyn- degrassi junior high, 4 episodes during happy hour. how can you beat that?

also, street theatre in the best city to do it: the surveillance camera players. (http://www.notbored.org/the-scp.html) they've mapped out the surge of cams (http://www.notbored.org/times-square.html) all over nyc, (http://www.notbored.org/scp-maps.html) which of course we all know is today's reality but still when you hear the numbers.. there's something like 4 cams for each city block at the rate they're popping up. there are cams everywhere, between the atms, stores, private residences, subways, etc. even if you and i don't know where i am at any given moment, someone knows.

"sometimes two people will regard each other over a gulf too wide to ever be bridged, and know immediately what could have happened, and that it never will." (r. ebert)

there's quite a soundtrack for this

• ding*

new years eve is always a lot more contentious for me than i would hope. maybe some new year in the future it will work out. but i hope that you find yourselves surrounded by the people you want to be surrounded by. i'm sorry i wont be there, if i happen to be one of those people for you. have a wonderful beginning to 2004 and i will see you soon maybe

"
I die fast in this city
outside I die slow

everywhere i am is just another thing without you in it
"