There are 2 things in life I'm sure of:
1.) If I NEVER again hear "House Of The Rising Sun" played by a high school marching band, it'll be too soon.
2.) If I NEVER again see another picture of someone taken by themselves by holding the camera at arms length while looking either seductive or thoughtful, it'll be too soon.
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Other than that, I'm glad Natalie's back home, and that Andrew will be home very very soon. Maybe there will be a party to be had soon.
Sunday, October 30, 2005
Sunday, October 23, 2005
Suffice it to say that, man, my parade has just been shat on lately.
Other than that, I'm thinking "Love Actually" may possibly be the greatest romantic comedy of our time. --notice I said 'our time' b/c I've not really seen that many romantic comedies, and I'm not even gonna think about the greatest ever made b/c I would have to see them all starting way back when. I just don't really wanna watch any Fred&Ginger movies right now-- Anyway, the bottom line is I LOVE that movie.
Other than that, I'm thinking "Love Actually" may possibly be the greatest romantic comedy of our time. --notice I said 'our time' b/c I've not really seen that many romantic comedies, and I'm not even gonna think about the greatest ever made b/c I would have to see them all starting way back when. I just don't really wanna watch any Fred&Ginger movies right now-- Anyway, the bottom line is I LOVE that movie.
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Life........Don't Talk To Me About Life....
So last Sunday me and The Zeke saw David Cronenberg's "A History Of Violence."
Well, the opening 5 minutes started out really slow, as if it were "A History Of Patience," then, it got rather disturbing, then turned into "A History Of Good 'Ol Small Town Livin'" for the next 20 or so minutes.
Yes, it seemed for a while that the title was deceptive, as the movie set up macho-man Viggo Mortenson as an all-around all-American dad. He begins the movie by comforting his daughter, who thought she saw monsters in her room, and then we see him the next day at the breakfast table being a good dad to his loving son and a good husband to his hot and loving wife. The movie shows the splendor of small-town life in the Mid-West as Viggo, as 'Tom Stall', has a cafe right there on main street. Well, things turn ugly fast as one night, the two scoundrels from the opening credits show up at the cafe at closing time. Things turn nasty and just before the raping and killing of everyone there, Viggo/Tom throws coffee in their face and then uses their own gun to blast them a few more holes in the chest and face. (oddly enough, his shooting seems to be dead-on accurate and his moves were almost like reflexes......hmmmmmm....)
Well, Viggo/Tom becomes a local hero, and one day some pretty tough guys show up and start calling Viggo 'Joey', to which Viggo denies he's this guy they want. Well, if you can't tell by now, Viggo/Tom really IS Viggo/Joey, and he's one bad-ass. It culminates in him killing some people in his front yard, and his family realizing he used to have a very different life. He eventually drives to Philadelphia to meet with William Hurt (who is sporting very idiotic-yet-tough-looking facial hair), and their is some more violence and goings-on.
Though disturbing at many points, "A History Of Violence" kept me on the edge of my seat and still rooting for the good/bad guy with the split personality.
I give it 4 uppercuts to the nasal cavity out of 5.
Well, the opening 5 minutes started out really slow, as if it were "A History Of Patience," then, it got rather disturbing, then turned into "A History Of Good 'Ol Small Town Livin'" for the next 20 or so minutes.
Yes, it seemed for a while that the title was deceptive, as the movie set up macho-man Viggo Mortenson as an all-around all-American dad. He begins the movie by comforting his daughter, who thought she saw monsters in her room, and then we see him the next day at the breakfast table being a good dad to his loving son and a good husband to his hot and loving wife. The movie shows the splendor of small-town life in the Mid-West as Viggo, as 'Tom Stall', has a cafe right there on main street. Well, things turn ugly fast as one night, the two scoundrels from the opening credits show up at the cafe at closing time. Things turn nasty and just before the raping and killing of everyone there, Viggo/Tom throws coffee in their face and then uses their own gun to blast them a few more holes in the chest and face. (oddly enough, his shooting seems to be dead-on accurate and his moves were almost like reflexes......hmmmmmm....)
Well, Viggo/Tom becomes a local hero, and one day some pretty tough guys show up and start calling Viggo 'Joey', to which Viggo denies he's this guy they want. Well, if you can't tell by now, Viggo/Tom really IS Viggo/Joey, and he's one bad-ass. It culminates in him killing some people in his front yard, and his family realizing he used to have a very different life. He eventually drives to Philadelphia to meet with William Hurt (who is sporting very idiotic-yet-tough-looking facial hair), and their is some more violence and goings-on.
Though disturbing at many points, "A History Of Violence" kept me on the edge of my seat and still rooting for the good/bad guy with the split personality.
I give it 4 uppercuts to the nasal cavity out of 5.
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Ketchup: For The Good Times
You need more ketchup, Jim. Ketchup has natural mellowing agents that help to keep you proactive, not reactive. So you can live your life, instead of destroying your home. What do you say we go have a big helping of ketchup right now?
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Alot's been going on....stuff that I planned to remember, but inevitably forgot.
I got over being sick....that's good. But when I got back home last night, I was all stuffy again. It's the first time I had been home since Sunday, so there may be something here making me sick. I house-sat for Andrew & Natalie this week, so therefore my week consisted of getting really drunk and using Andrew's DSL to download Michael Jackson and The Grateful Dead's "American Beauty." (Yeah...I was drinking and watching a 'Freaks & Geeks' episode.....and it just kinda happened.) I kind of feel dirty....except I also got the new My Morning Jacket album, but all that stuff is still on his computer so I have't even listened to it yet.
I did get to see 'Grizzly Man' Wednesday night; wasn't bad. There was a potential for a really good laugh during the previews, but sadly I had to watch it alone (thanks alot, fuckhead) and think of how I could explain it to others, but I'll try: Just 15 minutes before, we were talking about that South Park episode where Cartman says all independent films are just a bunch of gay cowboys eating pudding. Well, the Varisty Twin has been turned into an Independent/Art house theater (though it's still a Malco) and I was going to see a documentary. The previews were for some lesser known films coming out, when all of a sudden here comes a film about Jake Gyllenhal and Heath Ledger. They start working on a ranch, becoming ranch hands and being cowboys. Well, they start to take these fishing trips up in the mountains by themselves....and then, in the preview.........their faces are moving toward each other as they are about to make out. The rest of the movie is about them hiding their love affair. So yes, it's safe to say that movie is about gay cowboys. I could only chuckle to myself.
Oh, I gotta make a phone call, hopefully I'll return in a day or two for some more good updatin'.
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Alot's been going on....stuff that I planned to remember, but inevitably forgot.
I got over being sick....that's good. But when I got back home last night, I was all stuffy again. It's the first time I had been home since Sunday, so there may be something here making me sick. I house-sat for Andrew & Natalie this week, so therefore my week consisted of getting really drunk and using Andrew's DSL to download Michael Jackson and The Grateful Dead's "American Beauty." (Yeah...I was drinking and watching a 'Freaks & Geeks' episode.....and it just kinda happened.) I kind of feel dirty....except I also got the new My Morning Jacket album, but all that stuff is still on his computer so I have't even listened to it yet.
I did get to see 'Grizzly Man' Wednesday night; wasn't bad. There was a potential for a really good laugh during the previews, but sadly I had to watch it alone (thanks alot, fuckhead) and think of how I could explain it to others, but I'll try: Just 15 minutes before, we were talking about that South Park episode where Cartman says all independent films are just a bunch of gay cowboys eating pudding. Well, the Varisty Twin has been turned into an Independent/Art house theater (though it's still a Malco) and I was going to see a documentary. The previews were for some lesser known films coming out, when all of a sudden here comes a film about Jake Gyllenhal and Heath Ledger. They start working on a ranch, becoming ranch hands and being cowboys. Well, they start to take these fishing trips up in the mountains by themselves....and then, in the preview.........their faces are moving toward each other as they are about to make out. The rest of the movie is about them hiding their love affair. So yes, it's safe to say that movie is about gay cowboys. I could only chuckle to myself.
Oh, I gotta make a phone call, hopefully I'll return in a day or two for some more good updatin'.
Sunday, October 9, 2005
BlackPeopleMeet.com
++I must begin by stating that this weekend was to be a Triple-Feature, but due to the fact that there is one more theater in Columbus that I didn't know about, I was unable to see "Grizzly Man" as planned. 20 minute drive wasted. Next time, I check Street Addresses.++
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The WereRabbit - was absolutely wonderful. If I were to say I went in expecting it to greatly suck, I would then say that I left the theater very dissappointed. (sorry....I've been listening to more Douglas Adams lately so I'm trying to do that doublespeak thing) Luckily I brought Joel and Carli along, and Joel was laughing at all the same bits as me. There's just something so cute and rib-tickling about 50 bunnines being sucked into their little burrows, and then all floating around in a glass trap like one of those 'money grab' things. If there were ever a claymation creature I would marry, it would be Gromit. Such a brave little chap. I don't understand why just now, about ten years after they first came on the scene, they get their own movie. But, I can only hope for many more feature-length films, or at least a handful more shorts. Until then, I'll relish in the fabulousness of all things Wallace & Gromit.
I had absolutely no intention of ever watching Two For The Money, but now I'm really glad Bradley suggested it. (and 'Lord Of War' wasn't playing) I'm only now beginning to even understand sports, and I know even less about sports betting/gambling, so I expected to most likely not enjoy this movie. But, I got into this movie. Mostly b/c Matthew McConahey was shirtless 50% of the time, but still. It also starred Al Pacino and Rene Russo. I can't really say much besides it was a movie about sports betting and it was a drama......b/c that's about it. But, I did enjoy it, I guess you can take my word for it. It ended up having a good story and love triangle and things.
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From iTunes I downloaded the Hithhiker's Guide Tertiary, Quandry, and Quintissential Phases--which are based on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th books--and have just finished the Tertiary Phase. I have to say that honestly, the third book kind of bored me, what with the Krikit Robots and the Starship Italian Bistro (the only thing semi-entertaining thing was Arthur Dent learning to fly, and the Party That Never Ended bit), and this radio adaptation just didn't hold the same feeling that the original did when it made me get into The Guide. But I will listen to the next two b/c the story kind of picks up some...plus I just want to hear it, and I guess I have to seeing as how I downloaded it. A bit hasty of me, really.
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This week I look forward to being properly smashed.
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Well, as jerkhole retards say at the end of their speeches in 'Public Speaking' class: "That's just about it." [shrugs at teacher]
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The WereRabbit - was absolutely wonderful. If I were to say I went in expecting it to greatly suck, I would then say that I left the theater very dissappointed. (sorry....I've been listening to more Douglas Adams lately so I'm trying to do that doublespeak thing) Luckily I brought Joel and Carli along, and Joel was laughing at all the same bits as me. There's just something so cute and rib-tickling about 50 bunnines being sucked into their little burrows, and then all floating around in a glass trap like one of those 'money grab' things. If there were ever a claymation creature I would marry, it would be Gromit. Such a brave little chap. I don't understand why just now, about ten years after they first came on the scene, they get their own movie. But, I can only hope for many more feature-length films, or at least a handful more shorts. Until then, I'll relish in the fabulousness of all things Wallace & Gromit.
I had absolutely no intention of ever watching Two For The Money, but now I'm really glad Bradley suggested it. (and 'Lord Of War' wasn't playing) I'm only now beginning to even understand sports, and I know even less about sports betting/gambling, so I expected to most likely not enjoy this movie. But, I got into this movie. Mostly b/c Matthew McConahey was shirtless 50% of the time, but still. It also starred Al Pacino and Rene Russo. I can't really say much besides it was a movie about sports betting and it was a drama......b/c that's about it. But, I did enjoy it, I guess you can take my word for it. It ended up having a good story and love triangle and things.
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From iTunes I downloaded the Hithhiker's Guide Tertiary, Quandry, and Quintissential Phases--which are based on the 3rd, 4th, and 5th books--and have just finished the Tertiary Phase. I have to say that honestly, the third book kind of bored me, what with the Krikit Robots and the Starship Italian Bistro (the only thing semi-entertaining thing was Arthur Dent learning to fly, and the Party That Never Ended bit), and this radio adaptation just didn't hold the same feeling that the original did when it made me get into The Guide. But I will listen to the next two b/c the story kind of picks up some...plus I just want to hear it, and I guess I have to seeing as how I downloaded it. A bit hasty of me, really.
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This week I look forward to being properly smashed.
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Well, as jerkhole retards say at the end of their speeches in 'Public Speaking' class: "That's just about it." [shrugs at teacher]
Thursday, October 6, 2005
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