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Harry Potter and the Half-Agitated Me

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

After work yesterday I headed to AMC theatres to pick up my ticket for Harry Potter, my friend had already ordered his tickets a few days before and I didn’t want to get stuck not being able to see it. So I stroll up to the ticket purchasing kiosk and notice that the film is showing it 5 theaters, the first two, which are sold out, were the larger theaters and were obviously more in demand. So I noticed that the 2 main theaters were numbers 13 and 14, I go up to the lady at the front desk and ask her if there’s anyway that I can get in the bigger theaters with my friends when the time comes, she assures me that there isn’t and instructs me to have them change their tickets so that we can all see it together, in a smaller theater. Frankly I don’t care too much if I’m not in the biggest theater, I did pay 10 bucks and wouldn’t mind it but I figured I could just come back to the theater a little early and try to do my best to sneak in with my friends. So I headed back to the kiosk and picked up a ticket for auditorium 4 hoping that I could use that ticket to somehow sneak into the nicer theater with my friends.

The time came and I headed up to the theater, I must have really underestimated the popularity of the film because my version of getting somewhere early wasn’t exactly practical for this situation, I guess it had been a long time since I’d seen a movie on opening night at 12:01. So I meet up with my friends and I try to put my plan in action and sneak into my desired theater. I see my target, a short, slightly portly boy probably 16, guarding my goal. I proceed by placing my thumb close to the 4 so that upon first glance my ticket appears to be for the theater I’m entering, of course it is not. I’ve made it, and actually it was quite easy, now there is only one more problem, I got there at 11 o clock… apparently every other person who intended to see the movie got there at 10 o clock, the place was completely packed. We would be lucky to find 4 seats together at some of the worst spots in the theater, but don’t worry we did exactly that. You know those 3 rows of seats that have that annoying horseshoe shape in the very front? Those seats that you look at and ask, hey why are those seats in a semi circle and mine aren’t? Well there is a simple explanation for this, the explanation is that you’re so close to the screen that by putting you on a curve you can effectively see 3/4ths of the screen rather than just 1/2.

Anyways the movie wasn’t bad, it wasn’t great or anything but I was also in a pretty bad mood due mostly to my raging hunger and horrible seating, oh and my neck was absolutely killing me! I guess I’m just going to have to go home and download the bootlegged film from surfthechannel and see if it’s truly the proclaimed, best movie of the series.

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Harry Potter tonight

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

I think that when I was growing up I kind of missed the Harry Potter craze, it was just after I left that phase of wizards and fantasy that the stuff started to hit the shelves, and it didn’t really help that I don’t like, or know how, to read. I think that I probably would have gotten into the books if they weren’t an astonishing 700 pages each but that’s a different story. Recently, like 3 weeks ago, I decided I wanted to watch one of the movies. I never had the will to watch one because I felt that I’d be left out if I didn’t watch them all, and I saw a scene from one on TV and it didn’t really intrigue me. I went to the Moonlight Movies at the beach with my friend and saw the last 30 minutes or so of the first film and from then on I decided that I may actually give the rest of the films a chance. So later I was visiting my girlfriend who is a fan of the books and the films, we watched one basically every night and I got caught up in the movies to the next one that comes out tomorrow. If you’re a fan of the films you know that not one of them has had reviews of lower than 80% on Rotten Tomatoes, of course that doesn’t mean everything to everyone but it sure does help. So far I’ve been checking the reviews for the new film, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and it only has one negative review out of 41! that’s a 98% approval rating, anyhow I’ve read that this one is packed with adventure and really does a great job of translating the book into movie magic, I know that means something for most of you HP lovers.

So tonight I’m going to hit up the midnight showing of HP6 and try to not get too weirded out at the crazy geek fest of dressed up sorcerors and such and hopefully I won’t have to hear too many spells outside of the movie =).

Out of all the films I’d have to say my favorite was the third one, Prizoner of Azkaban, it had a good story and a really cool effect when they went back in time, also I like Gary Oldman and he did a great job as the wrongfully accused Sirius Black.

I look forward to checking out the film and would love to know what you guys think of the movies/books, like which is your favorite and least favorite. And yes mom I know I’m going to hell for supporting Harry Potter =/

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Bruno

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Just got around to seeing Bruno on Sunday but I’m so glad I did, I had been wanting to see this movie since I heard about in right after Borat hit theaters and I knew that it would be every bit as funny as Borat, and then some. Some of the most hilarious moments are directly from the trailer but they just keep going and keep pushing the envelope, there were many times when Bruno pushed it so far that you were actually afraid he’d be shot or stabbed or beaten senseless, it’s a roaringly good time =). So if you’ve seen Borat or your just a fan of good comedy that has no real limits then I’d definitely suggest seeing this film, of course it’s racy and offensive but if you don’t mind seeing a penis or two and being extremely uncomfortable at times then you definitely need to check this one out. Just have to make it to Wednesday for the new Harry Potter and this week will be complete!

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Gettin to know the G8

Friday, July 10th, 2009

Lol so I come in to work today and this picture is all over the net, everyones wondering what Obama is lookin at and to me it looks pretty obvious. The best part of this photo is the look on France’s President Sarkozy’s face (guy at right). The butt in the photo belongs to Mayara Tavares, a 17 year old junior G8 delegate from Brazil, I think that makes her legal in Brazil?

lol so as you can see they’re both on the same level, but i still think that Obama is just planning where he’s going to step or something along that nature haha.

To be honeset Sarkozy looks like the the real culprit here, anyone can tell that Sarkozy has just gotten done saying, “hey Barack there’s a bag of skittles on the steps to your right.” Then of course the camera clicks and Sarkozy is all made ja look!

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District 9

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

Upon my last visit to the movie theater I came in contact with a trailer for the film District 9, initially I was intrigued, a documentay style film on the quartering and segregation of intergalactic aliens is just appealing. The first trailer is obviously designed to be a teaser and really leaves you with nothing more than a premise and a hankering for the next trailer. Well recently they released the second trailer that gives a little more insight into the film and actually gives you a little more information on the film so that you can decide if it’s going to be worth watching. I’m a little dissappointed in the second trailer because I guess I was just hoping for more after seeing the first, I still think this film will be worth watching but doubt that it will truly be a film that people are talking about, either good or bad.

Decent effects, good premise, and some slightly funny material could make for a B+ film. As far as I know, the guy who gets sprayed with the liquid begins to have his DNA altered to that of the alien species and the alien weaponry in which the people of earth are interested is only able to be activated by the aliens, thus chase ensues on the man whose DNA is becoming more and more alien.

The film comes out August 14th and I’ll probably be in attendance, unless of course the next trailer really blows.

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California Needs Weed.

Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

Along with the rest of the US, California has been having a real tough time with the latest economic crisis, and as of recently has even resorted to doling out IOU’s to keep their state afloat. Major banks like Wells Fargo, Citigroup, and Bank of America have announced that they are going to stop accepting IOU’s issued by California by Friday, even though California is acting somewhat unconstitutionally by effectively creating and using their own form of currency, the dreaded IOU, yes this is the piece of paper known by all and made even more famous by the film Dumb and Dumber, and until recently has had a place in my wallet (long story). So now that California is out of money, and out of fake money whatever will they do to avoid complete anarchy? To hell with it, why not just legalize marijuana in the state…

For some time now marijuana has been legal as a medicinal drug in California and now advertisements from The Marijuana Policy Project are aiming to incite the need for the full decriminalization of marijuana and for it to be regulated in the same way alcohol is.

A woman in the ad says, “The governor and the legislature are ignoring millions of Californians who want to pay taxes. We’re marijuana consumers. Instead of being treated like criminals for using a substance safer than alcohol, we want to pay our fair share.”

Gov. Schwarzenegger has said that he supports a debate on legalizing marijuana, still 3 California TV stations are refusing to air the ad due to the fact that they think it encourages the smoking of marijuana which is currently illegal.

This is the actual ad that the 3 stations are chosing to not run, I think it’s rather harmless and illustrates a decent plan to help California out in a major time of crisis. Let me know what you think about this ad and whether or not legalizing marijuana for the benefit of taxing is a good idea.

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Sarah Palin’s Reason for Resignation?

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

A lot of buzz has been circling about why potential presidential candidate Sarah Palin would just resign as  the Governor of Alaska on what seems to be a whim. If there is one thing I like about Palin is that she’s a very straight shooter, she tells it how she sees it and a lot of people like her for that, unfortunately she’s a little too innocent and seemingly not smart enough for the job, it doesn’t appear like she’s intellectual enough to see past the superficial topics and really understand what the job of the president entails. Anyways I loved watching the coverage of her resignation on the news because it sounded like she was talking to an audience of seagulls, seals, and a crying baby, or maybe it was her dreadful speaking that made me scour the news conference for something else to listen to, either way it was quite interesting. Now people are asking why she would do this, even the Republicans seem to be a little taken back by the news. In this video some rumors are circling saying that she wasn’t actually taking heat from Alaskan politicians but that she has resigned to take away some heat from a story that might develop in the next few weeks.

Here are some good quotes about Palin’s resignation

1. “I have said Sarah Palin’s political ambition combined with her intellect is like putting a jet engine on a golf cart; lots of horse power and no steering capabilities. Today she proved it.” –Alaska blogger Shannyn Moore, whom Sarah Palin is threatening to sue

2. “Sarah Palin decided to chuck her responsibilities but still wants to have an impact on public debate. So what does that make her, a community organizer?” –NPR’s Michel Martin

3. “Watching Sarah Palin’s press conference on Friday was like watching a drunk seal trying to land a plane, or in basketball terms (which Sarah prefers) like watching a grade-schooler try to score on Kobe while jabbering inanely.” –Huffington Post blogger David Stemler

4. “I think Sarah Palin is on the verge of becoming the Miami Vice of American politics: Something a lot of people once thought was cool and then 20 years later look back, shake their heads and just kind of laugh.” –Republican media consultant Todd Harris

Sorry Todd but for everyone who isn’t a Republican or just plain stupid were already shaking our heads and laughing =)

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Christian Cat jams out

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Over the past few years cats have become increasingly popular on the internet, from LOL cats to just plain funny cats on youtube you can always find some good entertainment when you include cats in your youtube or google search. I’ve never really trolled youtube or anything but I came to work today and found some cat thing that looked pretty funny, this isn’t bust your gut funny but it’s kinda humorous and you can just see how uncomfortable the cat looks as this guy plays the piano with it lol, it’s prolly a little bit sacrilegious but it’s still funny.

another funny cat video can be found here on youtube, i especially love the part at 36 seconds.

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What Ache?

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009

I just saw something on CNN talking about how acetaminophen is probably responsible for 10′s of thousands of cases of liver disease, acetaminophen is the key ingredient in the pain killer tylenol, the goverment is saying that they are mainly planning to lower the maximum dosage suggested on the labels and to effectively ban such medications that have higher doses of the drug. Such medications include Percocet and Vicodin… how ever can we numb the pain of all the deaths in hollywood? I guess people are going to to have to turn back to morphene or something. Don’t worry you can still take the stuff, or you can switch over to advil which has ibuprofin rather than the liver killer ulcer delivering death pill, Tylenol. People in the pharmaceutical realm are saying that the FDA’s regulation is kinda silly since Tylenol is tested by countless studies and years and years of use. Imo bottle of jack + a pack of cigarettes will take care of the pain =P might just need some tylenol the morning after tho.

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Mj’s kids aint his

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Michael Jackson’s life had been surrounded by a lot of controversy, from the time that he suddenly changed from black to white, the countless suits against him for the molestation of children, the somewhat creepy Neverland ranch and all the craziness with his own children. Now after his death a few more questions arise, what are they going to do about his children, supposedly 2 of his kids were from wife Debbie Rowe and his youngest was from an unnamed surrogate. While watching all of the news about Michael’s death I wondered how are his kids white? I know that MJ blames some disease on the reason his skin suddenly turned white but as a kid we always heard that he bleached his skin or something crazy, anyways I wondered if he was still in fact an African-American how could his kids be white if they were in fact his biologically. Anyways today I read an article on TMZ.com  that states that multiple sources closely connected to the births say that Michael was in fact not the sperm donor for the kids and that Debbie Rowe’s eggs weren’t even used, but that she was just a surrogate. If this is true, which it’s pretty obvious, then Michael went through quite a few hoops to really make himself appear white, starting with magically transforming from black to white, the numerous nose jobs and the non-biological white children. I don’t know the reasons for all this or even if he intended to become white but the guy was pretty messed up so nothing would surprise me.

I love a lot of MJ’s work but as a person he was just pretty crazy, don’t hate on me =P

check the TMZ article here

also is it too early to ask for MJ jokes? why does MJ like twenty-eight year olds?

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