I don't know why I still get surprised at some of the awful movies that actually get made these days. But sometimes, I find things that are just so wrong I can't help but be surprised. Someone actually wrote this, someone else actually thought to give money to make it happen. And a whole lot of someones spent their time making this. And a real idiot took it and decided it should be shown to the general public. This is, in fact, shocking. Though I really don't know why as I have such low expectations for the movie industry at this point.
Note, that the plot is something like: W. Bush has just been reelected for his 4th term. We're at war with at least 10 countries. We're running out of soldiers. So the government creates something to bring them back to life. Hence, the zombies. Who then bite a stripper. And it goes downhill from there.
Please people, don't see this movie!
Friday, June 6, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Mizzou vs Towson
This just happened. Or something like this.
[insert image of Mizzou t-shirt] John: That's the same tiger as Towson's. Thieves!
Me: Well, Mizzou had it first.
John: Are you sure?
Me: Uh, yeah...
John: Missouri wasn't even a state until what, yesterday?
Me: Don't insult my state!
And yes, now I am sure.
Mizzou became a school in 1839. Towson in 1866. So first off, Mizzou was a school first and therefore gets to claim all greatness. Second of all. Mizzou became the tigers in 1890. Towson's tiger didn't show up until 1963.
Third of all, the tigers don't even look the same! See:
I don't know why I even care. I didn't go to Mizzou and John didn't go to Towson. But he was making fun of my state, so I had to prove him wrong. Go Missouri!
[insert image of Mizzou t-shirt] John: That's the same tiger as Towson's. Thieves!
Me: Well, Mizzou had it first.
John: Are you sure?
Me: Uh, yeah...
John: Missouri wasn't even a state until what, yesterday?
Me: Don't insult my state!
And yes, now I am sure.
Mizzou became a school in 1839. Towson in 1866. So first off, Mizzou was a school first and therefore gets to claim all greatness. Second of all. Mizzou became the tigers in 1890. Towson's tiger didn't show up until 1963.
Third of all, the tigers don't even look the same! See:
I don't know why I even care. I didn't go to Mizzou and John didn't go to Towson. But he was making fun of my state, so I had to prove him wrong. Go Missouri!
Monday, June 2, 2008
Oh Bears
For an outdoorsy girl like myself, it is important to find a mate that will remain uninhibited when it comes to the wilderness. (hey, they could be a good opening line for a book...anyway!) John will do just about anything I want in that regard. And we seem to not want to do a lot of the same things. Or, he doesn't regret the fact that we can't do some hard core rock climbing because of my knee. But, we've entered into a problem because of our upcoming trip to Colorado.
John's afraid of bears.
Now, I am also not a fan of running into a bear in the woods or having one around my camp. It's just not good. But I think I'm a pretty safe camper and I don't really hike many places with bears. Sure, we could run into them in CO, but we'll be in mostly populated areas so the risks are minimal. Though around the cabin we could have some issues.
So I'm been trying to come up with ways to reassure my dear boyfriend. He is very happy to have bear pepper spray! And I've been told to carry around dryer sheets as bears don't like the smell. But is there really anything else you can do? Aside from the cautions with foods, trash, smells, etc. I don't think so.
So pepper spray it is. And hopefully we don't run into any bears.
John's afraid of bears.
Now, I am also not a fan of running into a bear in the woods or having one around my camp. It's just not good. But I think I'm a pretty safe camper and I don't really hike many places with bears. Sure, we could run into them in CO, but we'll be in mostly populated areas so the risks are minimal. Though around the cabin we could have some issues.
So I'm been trying to come up with ways to reassure my dear boyfriend. He is very happy to have bear pepper spray! And I've been told to carry around dryer sheets as bears don't like the smell. But is there really anything else you can do? Aside from the cautions with foods, trash, smells, etc. I don't think so.
So pepper spray it is. And hopefully we don't run into any bears.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
America, I am Disappointed
It seems like today is just the day of disappointment.
So the Democratic committee has decided that delegates from Florida and Michigan will each get half a vote at the convention. This greatly upsets me.
As I have stated before on this blog, they openly decided to break the rules. Florida and Michigan were told "if you do this, you won't get to vote at the convention" they basically said "fuck you rules" and did what they wanted. So now they get a minor slap in the face by only getting half a vote, but still, they get their vote counted.
How is this ok?! How can we have any faith in this electoral system when you can blatantly break the rules and then fight the punishment you knew was coming. And get away with it!
Now, I'm a lot less upset than I could have been. They could have given them their full votes. But it's really hard to accept half a punishment. It's like giving a murderer half a life sentence because it's fair to the people? I just don't get it.
Shame on you America.
So the Democratic committee has decided that delegates from Florida and Michigan will each get half a vote at the convention. This greatly upsets me.
As I have stated before on this blog, they openly decided to break the rules. Florida and Michigan were told "if you do this, you won't get to vote at the convention" they basically said "fuck you rules" and did what they wanted. So now they get a minor slap in the face by only getting half a vote, but still, they get their vote counted.
How is this ok?! How can we have any faith in this electoral system when you can blatantly break the rules and then fight the punishment you knew was coming. And get away with it!
Now, I'm a lot less upset than I could have been. They could have given them their full votes. But it's really hard to accept half a punishment. It's like giving a murderer half a life sentence because it's fair to the people? I just don't get it.
Shame on you America.
Indiana Jones... why?!
John and I finally broke down and saw the new Indiana Jones movie. We had decided to wait until it came out on DVD because we knew it would be disappointing. But we figured, why not just get it over with.
I don't know why there aren't more bad reviews of this movie. Here's a bit of one.
All I have to say is WHY?! It was totally unnecessary to destroy something like this. And so avoidable.
Cate Blanchett as a Russian= funny good
Peru as a setting= awesome good (I want to go to Peru!!)
Harrison Ford, even if he's old now=still good with a whip
And then there were aliens and flying refrigerators, neither of which equals good of any kind. Oh yeah, and we're going to fire Dr. Jones because he's a communist? Whatever.
I have no problem believing that water from the Holy Grail has healing powers or a man can live through something as crazy as having his heart ribbed out of his chest. But this movie didn't have this same believability factor. And it wasn't just the aliens. But honestly, I can rewrite this script 10 different ways, still maintaining most of what happened, and have a good movie. Why can people who do this every day not have that same ability.
I mean, Peru offers an insane amount of legend. There could have been any number of things that could have brought Indiana there. There could even have been a crystal skull with crazy magical powers. There could have been insane jungle adventures and insane Peruvian natives. It could have been amazing!
As I've pointed out, we were all able to believe in the Holy Grail. That was God's power. So why not just have a "god" in Peru with the same kind of thing. Why did those "gods" have to be aliens? They didn't. The Temple of Doom was all insane people, and it was great. Why even take it there? Oh yeah, it's the 50s and that's the only thing we can think about when we think of the 50s-Aliens! We Americans are just that stupid.
We're not even going to go into the fact that there are countless things that are left unresolved at the end of the movie.
And we're just going to pretend that the last 30 minutes of the movie just never happened.
George Lucas, I officially have zero respect for you.
I don't know why there aren't more bad reviews of this movie. Here's a bit of one.
All I have to say is WHY?! It was totally unnecessary to destroy something like this. And so avoidable.
Cate Blanchett as a Russian= funny good
Peru as a setting= awesome good (I want to go to Peru!!)
Harrison Ford, even if he's old now=still good with a whip
And then there were aliens and flying refrigerators, neither of which equals good of any kind. Oh yeah, and we're going to fire Dr. Jones because he's a communist? Whatever.
I have no problem believing that water from the Holy Grail has healing powers or a man can live through something as crazy as having his heart ribbed out of his chest. But this movie didn't have this same believability factor. And it wasn't just the aliens. But honestly, I can rewrite this script 10 different ways, still maintaining most of what happened, and have a good movie. Why can people who do this every day not have that same ability.
I mean, Peru offers an insane amount of legend. There could have been any number of things that could have brought Indiana there. There could even have been a crystal skull with crazy magical powers. There could have been insane jungle adventures and insane Peruvian natives. It could have been amazing!
As I've pointed out, we were all able to believe in the Holy Grail. That was God's power. So why not just have a "god" in Peru with the same kind of thing. Why did those "gods" have to be aliens? They didn't. The Temple of Doom was all insane people, and it was great. Why even take it there? Oh yeah, it's the 50s and that's the only thing we can think about when we think of the 50s-Aliens! We Americans are just that stupid.
We're not even going to go into the fact that there are countless things that are left unresolved at the end of the movie.
And we're just going to pretend that the last 30 minutes of the movie just never happened.
George Lucas, I officially have zero respect for you.
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