Linkin Park's new Minutes to Midnight album is pretty good. I don't listen to the complaining or the whining. LP is progressive, enough said. Oh and they're pretty awesome.
I've started a list of a slew of ideas for short stories and the current one I'm working on is about a couple of abused, neglected dogs rising up against their owner. It's morbidly comedic but pretty awesome.
Movies:
Nightwatch and Daywatch. These are movies based off of books of the same name, by Sergei Lukyanenko. Apparently he's the biggest sci fi author in Russia. I guess he's their version of Orson Scott Card. Anyways, here's what I have to say about both movies.
Nightwatch: "The son also draws."
Daywatch: "A man without pants has nothing to hide, except a knife."