Thursday, November 11, 2004
The Highlights
I made a new album with the highlights and better pictures taken since June, so hopefully I can get all caught up, and get Dion off my back. You can find the album here. Watch for a Halloween album coming later today!!
Wednesday, May 05, 2004
The World According to Garp
Have any of you read this book? (This question is directed at family members) I just finished it and thought it was amazing. I've never read anything like it before. I'll be delving further into Irving's repertoire.
Saturday, March 27, 2004
The Da Vinci Code
I just read this book in two sittings. The first sitting was about 8 hours, the second was about an hour; but don't start thinking that this book is awesome or anything. It's not. It's nothing compared to the early work of Crichton. I compare it to Crichton, because like him, Dan Brown does his research and makes accessible to the layperson highly specialized fields of study. In this case, it's symbology and Grail lore. The book is interesting though, and is a quick painless read. However, there's not much emotional involvement with the characters, and what twists and turns the book provides, don't really twist or turn you. I'd recommend the book if you've got some free time, but don't make time to read it.
Monday, December 08, 2003
It's what's inside that counts?
I cannot believe what I saw tonight on Average Joe. Melana had two guys to choose between. One was a gorgeous newcomer named Jason. Jason is 26, he lives with his parents, and is STILL in college. He's not going for his PHD or master's or anything, he's still working on his bachelor's degree. Her other choice was Adam. Adam is a self made Wall Street millionaire, co-owner of a bar, loved by his friends and co-workers, and a very funny guy. Adam is not ugly by any means, he's a good lookin guy, he's just not an Adonis. As expected, in true shallow fashion, Melana chose Jason over Adam. Why? It's because Jason is every guy she's ever dated, hot and dull. Now, Melana isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, she and Jason did set up a checkers board wrong, but I'd expect more from her when she's faced with such an obvious choice. If Jason hadn't been as hot as he was, and lived with his parents, there's no way he'd have made it to the final show. Melana says that Adam is every girl's dream, blah blah blah. Jason never showed an eighth of the personality or affection for Melana that Adam showed. Looks aside, they're both the same age, one lives at home with his parents and is still in college, the other is a Wall Street success story, with an article in Fortune magazine about him; and who happens to be a funny, would-be family man. There's no choice there, you don't even have to think about it. This is good though, because if Melana is too stupid to realize how great a catch Adam is, she deserves to be with bland, boring, "pretty" Jason.
Friday, December 05, 2003
Lord of the Rings
The extended edition of The Two Towers is very very cool. There are more interviews/documentaries to watch on the appendix DVDs than were on Fellowship's DVDs, plus the 40 minutes of added footage really fleshes out the movie. I know that sounds silly, but I felt that the theatrical version of Two Towers was smaller in scope than the theatrical Fellowship had been. Obviously Fellowship had to set up the story and what not, so there would be a grandiose feel to it. I didn't feel like the extended edition of Fellowship fleshed the film out so much as I thought it just made the movie more badass than it already was. The bulk of the new footage in Two Towers concerns Faramir and Merry, Pippin, and Treebeard. Faramir's character is now much much more developed than in the theatrical version, and you can never go wrong with more Ent footage. In those respects I felt like the film was "fleshed" out. I eagerly await The Return of the King.
Friday, October 17, 2003
The Joe Schmo Show
This show is seriously great TV. It's about one guy, "Joe Schmo", who thinks he's on a reality show, but he's actually surrounded by actors. Think Truman Show here. It comes on SpikeTV on Tuesday nights at 8pm, but the season finale is in 2 weeks. They're going to be re-airing some episodes, you can check the schedule here.