New MacBook Pro or a Riding Lawn Mower?
New MacBook Pro or a Riding Lawn Mower?
New MacBook Pro or a Riding Lawn Mower?
New MacBook Pro or a Riding Lawn Mower?
New MacBook Pro or a Riding Lawn Mower?
Author: Chas.
It’s Too Damn Hot!
Jesus. It’s only the beginning of June and I am already ready for summer to be over.
@#%&*! Smilers
The new Aimee Mann album “@#%&*! Smilers” came out yesterday. This release somehow snuck up on me. So, do like I am doing and get your ass out there and pick up a copy … ’cause Aimee Mann is the coolest.
Then & Now: Cary Guffey
I rewacthed “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” yesterday … and I just felt the need to point out that Cary Guffey (the kid who plays Barry Guiler) grew up to be super cute.
Cary Guffey in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind” (1977)
Cary Guffey in “Making of ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind'” (2001)
In The Woods
PT, Michael and I headed into the woods for a hike this past Saturday. We went back to the cascade (and rock cliff) on Sam Branch. PT and I have done this trail a few times but Michael was a newbie to it have just moved back to the glorious mountains. I always forget just how dang steep this trail is. There are some more pictures and things that you can see inside.
Porno Obsession Fan Letter
Thanks to Reed, I totally got to write a fan letter to Colby Keller, my porno actor obsession!
Crystal Skulls: Some Thoughts
*Hated* it!
Maybe if I were 10 years old I would have been all gung-ho for this movie.
There was just too much bad that outweighed what little good there was.
*WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!*
– Stupid CGI groundhogs for a little humor. BAD!
– Brief glimpse of the Ark of the Covenant. SUPER BAD!
It just reminds us of the far, far superior (and more serious) “Raiders of the Lost Ark.”
– Mutt’s Marlon Brando entrance. BAD!
– Karen Allen’s part in the movie. BAD!
She’s really only window dressing to help tie Mutt to Indy. Karen Allen was so woefully underused in this movie.
– Mutt playing Tarzan??!?! SUPER, DUPER BAD!!!
– Mac as a double … no, wait … triple agent. BAD!
– Most of the action sequences. BAD!
Rocket Fridge! Tank Chase Through the Amazon! Three Waterfalls of Doom! All super silly and way, way, way over the top (and past any remote possibility of believability).
– Russin Baddies. PRETTY LAME.
As much as I love Cate Blanchett … her character has nowhere near the menace of Toht in “Raiders.”
– Guardians of the Temple of Akator. BAD.
Where the hell did THEY come from and how many years were some of them encased in those columns?!?!
– Aliens. BAD! BAD! BAD! BAD! BAD! BAD! BAD!
I can’t even begin to tell you how much this plot point destroyed the movie for me. They must have thought that they should touch on the “alien” theme since the movie was set in the 50’s. But, honestly, they could have thought something else up. I can buy the “religious” element of “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” It’s mysterious. It’s supernatural. It’s scary. To me Aliens and Indiana Jones just DON’T go together.
– The “Happy” Wedding Ending. BAD!
Even with the rest of the movie being pretty lame … this was such an anticlimax. They don’t even give you Mutt putting the hat on (thus shifting us into him being the main character of any potential sequel).
They should have called this movie “Close Encounters of the Indiana Jones Kind.”
Could this movie have been any worse?!?!!?
In Dreams – Arch Nemesis Edition
I had this funky dream last night that featured the one person in the world that I truly despise. We (my friends and I) were all at a party and this person (my Nemesis) was there as well. I was trying to be all cool and play nice. At some point a board game comes out and we are all playing. The Nemesis starts acting all bitchy and snotty towards me … making comments and such. As I am packing up the game the Nemesis keeps on badgering me. I have had enough. I lay into the Nemesis with a massive verbal assault. The Nemesis starts to leave the party saying how they’ll find someone to “take care of me.” That’s when I woke up.
Art Purchase!
I have made the commitment to buy a painting from a gallery show that is opening this weekend! This makes me so giddy ’cause I love art. The artist, Susan Livengood, is local and I have always like her style. Her current show (“Disappearing Rural Architecture Portraits”) is all paintings with old log cabins as the subject matter.
Here’s the painting I am gonna buy and hang in my living room …
“Potato Cellar” (2007), Oil on paper, 22″ x 30″
Meanwhile …
Monday I discovered that there’s a bird’s nest in my unruly Yucca plant that’s in the backyard.
Inside the nest there are four super tiny eggs. I wish I knew more about birds to be able to guess what kind of eggs these are. Hopefully I will be able to get a picture of the babies when they hatch!
Ouch!!!
It cost me $56 to fill up the Bug yesterday.
Three-Day Weekend
How great is it to come back from vacation and go right into a three-day weekend? Pretty great!
For no real reason (other than I want to), here are some pics of Chris Evans as Harvard Hottie in the just okay movie “The Nanny Diaries.”
Y’all be good and have a great Memorial Day weekend!
NYC (The Lowdown)
You know … it seemed like my New York City trip would never get here and now it come and gone. *Sigh* I wish I had more money and less work thus letting me stay longer. When is that rich and long lost relative gonna die and leave me their millions?!?!?
The flight up last Thursday was running just a wee late. Nothing too major to get stressed about though. I traveled from the Newark Airport (via the Airtrain) out the New Jersey transit station. You can hop the train to Penn Station and the grab the subway down to the East Village.
I hung out at Scott’s place until he got home and then we hung out, had dinner and watched some television. BJ came up and joined us. It was a nice relaxing way to start the trip.