You ask yourself, what do these two entities have to do with one another? Nothing, at least on the surface. For the last few months I have just assumed that both Hail to the Thief and The Matrix: Reloaded would blow my socks off. There is a shitload of hype and I loved the predecesors. Now, I am questioning this notion.

Yesterday I was chatting via IM with Stevie and she mentioned how she's concerned the new Matrix film will not be everything we had been hoping for. I scoffed and thought, "Impossible." Little did I know that it was at that moment I began to lose my optimistic attitude. I wonder if the quality of either this new film or new album will be able to live up to what has been accomplished before. I have more faith in Radiohead because they have been around longer and their first film wasn't about lesbians who rob mobsters.

Now, the moment of truth is arriving shortly. I will be seeing The Matrix: Reloaded in a couple days and the Radiohead album will arrive in a few weeks. I wonder if I am doomed by my reckless optimism.