So Cal Backwards? Spells SUCK
Greatest
trick? Made the Girl stay quiet for 2+ hours
So I went
and saw The Prestige Last Friday Night. Good movie,
though it in no way knocks The Departed off my bid
for best picture. Some Observations:
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Christian Bale is HOT.
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Wolverine (er, Hugh Jackman) is HOT.
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I am patently NOT HOT.
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Scarlett Johanssen, while voted Most Beautiful Woman, shouldn’t dress in 1800-1930’s garb.
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Magician is Swiss for “I like to kill things. For fun.”
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English people DO have f’ed-up teeth.
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If you have a hot wife/girlfriend, and your life seems like it could be a movie script, kiss her goodbye, because she’s either going to die or leave you. Or both, in no particular order.
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Americans and people in the UK do not speak the same language.
F*ck if I know what the hell Christian Bale said in the first 20 minutes of that movie. I think I might have heard “’ello ‘ello ‘ello” or something. ONCE, maybe. I relied on Michael Caine’s mostly-understandable dubbed-down english accent and Hugh’s American lack of accent to carry me through until Christian came down off his Crack Cocaine High and spoke intelligibly.
The movie is going to garner a B-grade for me. I enjoyed it, it kept me interested, but with the constant time warp that’s hard to follow at first, it leaves you kinda lost for the first half-hour or so. Go and see it, tell me what you think. It’s interesting and entertaining for sure, but i think we can agree it’s not best picture material. But it does leave you talking about it in a positive light, which is a good thing. However, I think that it had the potential to make other, more serious points about morality, so that affects it’s grade, too.
That and I hate Christian Bale.
Hello, I’m a Mac
And so another one bites the dust. Joel IM’ed me today, wanted my take on what he should do regarding this recently discovered Path to Enlightenment. See, his family gave him/his sister $900 to go and buy a new computer, and they’re dead-set on getting a new mac. Yay for enlightenment and all, but Joel? what’s up? Your SISTER is getting enlightened, and you’re going to continue to lie there and depreciate? C’mon, man! Do what you got to do! Sell drugs or something, man! You live in the Inland Empire, I’m sure there’s plenty of hoodies around you that would be willing to donate to your “I’m getting smarter by getting a Mac” Fund, provided you can give them some crack.
The way Joel tells the story: his parents gave him $900 to buy a computer. For his sister. Sheesh, women. Sad thing is, he can’t even get anything for this except sisterly love, and let’s be real – That’s worth a crummy Hallmark card on your Birthday and nothing more.
Fuck. If he’ll do that for his sister.... maybe I should get all dressed up and claim some distant family tie. I could use a new laptop myself! Hola, mi llama Antonia. Nosotros hermanos!
Dumb Southerner of the day
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Me: Well, sir, part xyz is 119.99, and part abc is 189.99
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Customer: How much is that?
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Me: ...Well, it would be 120 plus 190, sir.
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Customer: ....
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Me: (sigh)... 120+190=310.
So, like, they’re not teaching math in the south now, right? That’s good. I mean, now they’ve finally caught their math up to their english levels, which were halted some time around the civil war.
Democrats for Office, 2006 & 2008, y’all. Hell, anyone not republican, how’s that?
peace.