Well, one day back when I had a little higher muscle to fat ratio my dad told me something. He said, "Son, I think its time we talked about your drug problem."
As we all know that did not happen, well, anything about the last statement. I did have a story to tell, but now that I'm at work I can't seem to remember it and its only 2:10 in the AM. It had to do with something my dad told me, but I just can't seem to remember.
I did see Hero starring Jet Li and his asian counterparts, or cohorts rather. It was a period piece, and a very artsy one at that, but in the end it was satisfying in a 'foriegn film' sort of way.
More importantly I saw Donnie Darko, and that is a great film, very bizarre, but more interesting than anything I've seen in the theatre in a long while, including Riddick which sucked. While I am speaking of films I would just like to say that while I still believe that most are a waste of my life, there are some which do stimulate intellectually, and possibly touch the funny bone, one such film is The Big Lebowski, another such film is not Aliens vs. Predator, which is truly a waste of a lot of people's time.
So in conclusion I wish I could remember that story, and I am glad that this page loaded tonite, because it didn't last night. Also, since I will not be at work for a couple of days there will be no blog for a couple of days.
Sunday, August 29, 2004
Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Are you gellin?
I can't stand to be 'gellin'. In fact I will never buy those things because of the ridiculous nature of the advertisements. If Dr. Scholl thinks he can pander to me with some catchy cutsie stupid rhyming commercial he is definitely dumb. But I was thinking that bloggers could use the same type of advertising effectively, if properly written of course. Observe this specimen:
Our scene opens with two yuppie well dressed men who just got in a fender bender, but are in surprising good moods despite their obvious predicament.
They both say: "I'll write this down, when I'm bloggin'"
Upon hearing the other, they both smile winningly at each other.
The dark haired racially obscure man (dhrom) says, "Wow, I think I hit my noggin'" and rubs his head.
The light haired obviously white man(lhowm) says, "Did you do it when you were joggin'?"
dhrom: "No dumbhead, my cereal was soggin'
So I left to get some more egg noggin'.
But then you hit my stationwaggin'
Now I'm gonna give you a floggin'"
lhowm: "Whoa, now don't go doggin'
I was just leaving to go loggin'
But now, I'll get my shotggin'"
dhrom: "Hey, hey I was just playggin'
Let's go play some Froggin'"
lhown: "Then we can do some Bloggin'!!"
They both jump in the air with one hand toward the sky and then in mid air freeze frame, and add sound byte "BY MENNEN"
The End
Well there may be some plot holes, but you get the picture. I figure if it works for my brother the doctor Scholl, it'll work for anyone.
Our scene opens with two yuppie well dressed men who just got in a fender bender, but are in surprising good moods despite their obvious predicament.
They both say: "I'll write this down, when I'm bloggin'"
Upon hearing the other, they both smile winningly at each other.
The dark haired racially obscure man (dhrom) says, "Wow, I think I hit my noggin'" and rubs his head.
The light haired obviously white man(lhowm) says, "Did you do it when you were joggin'?"
dhrom: "No dumbhead, my cereal was soggin'
So I left to get some more egg noggin'.
But then you hit my stationwaggin'
Now I'm gonna give you a floggin'"
lhowm: "Whoa, now don't go doggin'
I was just leaving to go loggin'
But now, I'll get my shotggin'"
dhrom: "Hey, hey I was just playggin'
Let's go play some Froggin'"
lhown: "Then we can do some Bloggin'!!"
They both jump in the air with one hand toward the sky and then in mid air freeze frame, and add sound byte "BY MENNEN"
The End
Well there may be some plot holes, but you get the picture. I figure if it works for my brother the doctor Scholl, it'll work for anyone.
Movies For People Who Watch Movies
Working at nights gives one a peculiarly large amount of time to other stuff, but a distinct lack of energy to do any of it. Accordingly yesterday, I watched two movies during the day. The first was obviously Tombstone. The second was Igby Goes Down.
I don't know what to say about the Igby. It seems that it was inspired by The Catcher in the Rye, but given a modern twist and pull that seperated it from the book entirely. It is about a 17 year old boy who runs away from school after school, and finally finds a place in NYC with his 'godfather's' mistress. There he meets up with even more wierdness, and can't seem to get himself to a place he actually wants to be. The story is heart-breaking, but seemingly 'ends on a good note' for Igby. The characters are the type that make you wonder the whether people like them actually exist in the world, not because of the horrific nature of their actions, but because you can imagine that given the right circumstances a person like this might emerge, because the possibility of these characters is just outside the border of non-fiction, in the realm of the probable. The inter-relationship of all the characters is what makes the movie, not really just Igby.
In the end it is a sad, depressing story, that I wouldn't recommend to anyone because I don't want to be responsible for the awkwardness you have while watching this movie with someone's parents. It contains questionable material, and as we all know, "Its the question that drives us." That of course means that I know kung fu. And if you want to watch something depressing just watch all of the Matrix's and then remember when you had only seen the first one and thought about how cool it would be if they made sequels, that could land you in my office.
I don't know what to say about the Igby. It seems that it was inspired by The Catcher in the Rye, but given a modern twist and pull that seperated it from the book entirely. It is about a 17 year old boy who runs away from school after school, and finally finds a place in NYC with his 'godfather's' mistress. There he meets up with even more wierdness, and can't seem to get himself to a place he actually wants to be. The story is heart-breaking, but seemingly 'ends on a good note' for Igby. The characters are the type that make you wonder the whether people like them actually exist in the world, not because of the horrific nature of their actions, but because you can imagine that given the right circumstances a person like this might emerge, because the possibility of these characters is just outside the border of non-fiction, in the realm of the probable. The inter-relationship of all the characters is what makes the movie, not really just Igby.
In the end it is a sad, depressing story, that I wouldn't recommend to anyone because I don't want to be responsible for the awkwardness you have while watching this movie with someone's parents. It contains questionable material, and as we all know, "Its the question that drives us." That of course means that I know kung fu. And if you want to watch something depressing just watch all of the Matrix's and then remember when you had only seen the first one and thought about how cool it would be if they made sequels, that could land you in my office.
Monday, August 23, 2004
Has anyone else seen LadyHawke?
I watched Ladyhawke last night for the first time. Now I know that for some people this movie has achieved a certain status because they watched it as kids, but as an impartial viewer I have to rate it, "It's not to bad." By that I mean there were some good parts, and I was pleasantly surprised that I didn't think it was too dumb.
I also watched Tombstone. As I have seen it before I don't think I need to tell anyone that it is a good movie. I was surprised to see so many other actors that have been in other big movies in small parts in Tombstone. I guess that I dismissed some of the predictability of the movie because I already knew the story. The major flaw in the movie is the conversations with the actress. I find it hard to believe that a man like Wyatt Earp would be seduced by such 'high school' notions of "I just want to have fun for the rest of my life and order room service". Anyway, I like the movie, it was one Val Kilmer's best, except Top Secret, which by the way came out in 1984, and I had thought it was from the 70's this whole time.
I also watched Tombstone. As I have seen it before I don't think I need to tell anyone that it is a good movie. I was surprised to see so many other actors that have been in other big movies in small parts in Tombstone. I guess that I dismissed some of the predictability of the movie because I already knew the story. The major flaw in the movie is the conversations with the actress. I find it hard to believe that a man like Wyatt Earp would be seduced by such 'high school' notions of "I just want to have fun for the rest of my life and order room service". Anyway, I like the movie, it was one Val Kilmer's best, except Top Secret, which by the way came out in 1984, and I had thought it was from the 70's this whole time.
Friday, August 20, 2004
They Call Me The Working Man - Finally
It feels so good to finally get a pay check, from a job that I wll have for more than a day. I am discovering that my job is really cool, especially the night shift when everyone is asleep and I can read or something after I get my paperwork done. Now I know that I don't have unlimited free time while I'm at work, but I do get to read a good hundred pages most times. I also think that I get $1.oo extra an hour to work the shift. And my boss just offered me time and a half to work a weekend shift, as if I wouldn't do it anyway, and its a 12 hour shift. Maybe now I can afford to buy that box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavoure Jelly Beans.
Wednesday, August 18, 2004
SSDD
This one time in Basic Training I saw something pretty funny. It was mainly funny because it wasn't happening to me, which is why a lot of things are funny in Basic Training.
So we were all lined up for lunch, as a company (about 200 men), and these guys from another company want to get in front of us. Of course they have to ask the Drill Sergeant if they can pass, so they meekly approach DS Sanders. They ask permission to go ahead of us because their company has already eaten and these guys were guarding weapons or something. DS Sanders looks at them and asks if the soldier means all of them, (there were about 5). The private answers "yes", DS Sanders then gets in face about letting other soldiers in front of his own, then he lines them up so they all face him. He walks up and down the short line a couple of times then stops and smiles back at us and says, "Watch this." Starting at the first soldier he yells, "Shut the !@#$ up!", and then moves on to the next soldier, "Shut the !@#$ up!", until he gets to the last soldier, the one who had asked in the first place and he says, "What do you think I'm going to say?" The obedient soldiers says, "Shut the !@#$ up." Just as he finishes the last word DS Sanders is in his face. "YOU TELLING ME TO SHUT UP!!! WHO THE !@#$ DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!!! I'M A DRILL SERGEANT!! YOU SHUT THE !@#$ UP!!!" and much more. It was really funny, and after we all stopped laughing he let them go eat in front of us.
Well that was all I could think of to write at the moment.
So we were all lined up for lunch, as a company (about 200 men), and these guys from another company want to get in front of us. Of course they have to ask the Drill Sergeant if they can pass, so they meekly approach DS Sanders. They ask permission to go ahead of us because their company has already eaten and these guys were guarding weapons or something. DS Sanders looks at them and asks if the soldier means all of them, (there were about 5). The private answers "yes", DS Sanders then gets in face about letting other soldiers in front of his own, then he lines them up so they all face him. He walks up and down the short line a couple of times then stops and smiles back at us and says, "Watch this." Starting at the first soldier he yells, "Shut the !@#$ up!", and then moves on to the next soldier, "Shut the !@#$ up!", until he gets to the last soldier, the one who had asked in the first place and he says, "What do you think I'm going to say?" The obedient soldiers says, "Shut the !@#$ up." Just as he finishes the last word DS Sanders is in his face. "YOU TELLING ME TO SHUT UP!!! WHO THE !@#$ DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!!! I'M A DRILL SERGEANT!! YOU SHUT THE !@#$ UP!!!" and much more. It was really funny, and after we all stopped laughing he let them go eat in front of us.
Well that was all I could think of to write at the moment.
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