Thursday, September 30, 2004

back to the bus

Out of Africa (1985): having only seen one crappy robert redford movie before this year (the horse whisperer), i had know idea what an amazing actor he was. this movie is acting at its finest with some of the best locations i've ever seen. africa is so freaking amazing. and meryl streep's performance is so creepy with her danish accent. actors like these deserve every penny they receive. the story is long and not all that exciting, however i got all choked up during the last 5 minutes. movie is very similar to the english patient, but better. at times it'll be hard to sit still through the 3 hours, but its worth seeing.

Some Like It Hot (1959): holy hell marilyn monroe is hot! she plays her dumb blonde part to perfection, meaning she probably didn't have to really act at all. crazy this movie came out then because there is violence and drinking and guys in drag and some pretty revealing shots of marilyn. its a fun movie with a good plot and some funny lines/moments that stand the tests of time. i guess i'd have to say that its worth seeing, but just barely. both tony curtis and jack lemmon get annoying after about 10 minutes on screen, so luckily marilyn comes on right about then.

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1967): i liked the fact that the movie centered on the events of a just a few hours of this family's life. problem is the movie wasn't long enough to really establish characters. everything happens a little too quick. since you don't know the characters all that well, the movie becomes a little too unpredictable. sidney poitier and spencer tracy were very good together. i don't know. this one is hard to judge. the idea is really good, especially for the period it came out in. in the end i was glad it was under 2 hours. i'd have to say don't see it. there are plenty of other movies about race that are well worth it. like Amistad or Friday.

Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989): what a weird movie. as far as Soderbergh goes, its better than Solaris, but worse than Erin Brokovich, which i also didn't like. now andie macdowell is a star in every way, but the movie is just too random. the ideas and plot points are just too out there to be interesting. i mean, a impotent guy who used to be all wild and crazy becomes a liar who gets off by videotaping chicks and asking them questions about sex who has come back for a girl, but not really come back for a girl cuz they never really say, and blah freaking blah. i'm sure some out there love this movie, but not i. andie is wonderful, but see groundhog's day instead. don't see this one.

so yeah, that's what i've been up to the last few days in case you were wondering. not doing homework or cleaning house. just watching movies. and oh yeah, for those that don't know, kim totaled the honda two days ago. she is bruised and bang up a bit, but is okay thank goodness. her poor little car is not however. so we'll be buying a new one as soon as we can. both her and mrs. chung wong fang that hit her got tickets cuz its was both their faults i guess. oh well, life goes on. mike is finally back!! it was so good to talk with him yesterday for a bit and see him. and the lynds-meister and i studied again for our dumb research class. i swear he is an idiot. and finally poor jess is sick i guess. wasn't feeling well a few days ago and ditched class yesterday. hope she's feeling better. i'm gonna possibly join 3 clubs at school. i think each for different reasons, but i'm not sure. before i reveal my top secret plans, i'll see how each goes first. i may not join any, so we'll see.

Tuesday, September 28, 2004

*sigh*

A4.
A4 go ahead.
respond to 300 N Freedom in 2J, on a 10-50 PD, no injuries, involving black honda civic and unknown make and model of some retarded faggot who ruined my tinted window present and left us with only 1 car now. both vehicles blocking traffic. RP's name is Kim Chambers. 10-14, RP may need a ride to work.
10-4, 10-17.

booya baby!

so i'm starting to track my bills again by using ms money again and i couldn't be more stoked! booya! haven't really used it in years, so i've forgotten how nice it is to have. we all know how anal i can get so any organizer is a good organizer. booya!

i'm starting a new approach to my eating habits. its called "eat less, you fat bastard." do you think that people can be addicted to food? i'm sure of it, but i've never heard anyone make mention of such a disease or what it called. gluttony is the closest i can think of. granted we are physically dependent, but what about the psychological affects? for example, what about when people crave food even though they aren't hungry. anyways, happened to find a quote by gandhi who said, "one should not eat to please the palate but just to keep the body going." of course i'm not going to follow this eating nuts and berries and fasting every week like him, however i'm gonna try to keep that in the back of my head throughout each day.

for the past two days i was actually succeeding in my quest to "eat less, you fat bastard." however yesterday i lost all will power and succumbed to the temptations. reminded me of when i tried some cabbage soup diet a few years back. it lasted about 8 hours then that night i splurged on as much food as i could get my hands on. last night i just pigged out like no other and then was too full to go running. so all i can do i guess is try, try again.

finished third season of sopranos last night. the season as a whole was very good, but the finale was lacking. didn't have that big punch like the other two seasons. of course it was still amazing and i can't wait to start #4. booya!

my legal research in the library class sucks really bad. the class could be a very fun, interesting class if the teacher knew what the hell he was talking about. he is the most vague person i've ever had to listen to, he doesn't know what he wants us to ever do for assignments, he gives us way too much freaking homework each week, and he called on poor lyndsie to get in front of the class for a surprise class presentation, only to give her crap about not finding a statute for some topic. turns out as he so kindly informed us later, that there is no freaking statute. mad propz to the l-dawg for doin her thing on the fly though. i would have died if he called on me. the point is, he sucks and is probably no better than having the wicked witch of the west jill.

never really gave an update to the exam disasters of last week. constitution went good. after all was said and done, i got a 48 out of 50, which turned out being the high in the class. booya! even jessie rocked the house with a 40. booya! she's doing pretty good considering she's taking a butt load of classes, working like a mad-woman, and dealing with cold sores. booya! now with family law though, we all did terrible except for a select few. the high was an 82, which like 20 people got. sadly, none of us cool people in class were in the mix of those 20. even if he does slide the grade,which i heard he doesn't, i will barely get a 90%. not too worried yet cuz this is the same guy last semester where i got a D on the first exam, but pulled a miraculous A in the class. booya!

sleep last night was absolutely terrible. dreamt and thought about sopranos and us west/qwest all freaking night long. more to follow of course. trust me, it'll be a good one. booya!

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Sunday, September 26, 2004

#4 beautiful thing utah has to offer

Giant (1956): soooo long. the story reminds me of Fiddler on the Roof, just set in Texas. for how long it was, you would think that something huge happens at the end like everyone dies or the world blows up or something. instead its kinda just boring. it was interesting to see a movie that chronicles an entire person's life, but most people's lives are kinda ordinary, so no one wants to hear about it. this was no exception. all the acting was good, but it was just too drawn out. don't see it.

spent the weekend up in park city for our anniversary and let me tell you how freaking amazing that little town is!!! i've never been there but i think i found 1 of like 4 reasons why anyone would ever want to live in utah. it was so gorgeous up there. so, when i'm rich and famous, i might have to consider owning a home here. went on the alpine slide, sweet mexican dinner, and rocky mountain chocolate to top it off. the place we stayed was freaking nice as could be. even had a hot tub in the bedroom. the whole trip got me so stoked for snowboarding, even more so than before. i have no clue how i'm gonna be able to afford it, so donations would be greatly appreciated.

not much else is really new. got some fancy dancy new dvds though. got return of the king and bridget jones' diary. mom was in the state as well for the weekend, so we took her up to sundance yesterday. went up the ski lift and got some very nice pictures of the area. mountains are perfect this time of year. but right now i'm not on a mountain. i'm in a 20 x 15 foot room at utah valley state college doing homework. bad times, bad oldies.

Thursday, September 23, 2004

if this law thing don't work out, maybe i'll play for disneyland

My Fair Lady (1964): audrey hepburn did an amazing job! how shocked was i to find out she wasn't even nominated for an oscar. granted, i think this was the year that mary freakin poppins won best actress, but to not even be nominated and to think there were 4 other chicks better than her blows my mind. and she sang like a beauty (although i read the songs were dubbed over by some other chick singing, but for the sake of my review lets assume she sang it all). reminded me so much of our old buddy arianne. she'd walk around the apartment and have the most amazing little voice ever. never got tired of it. point it, the gorgeous hepburn was outstanding. the songs don't really stick out like other musicals, but the story is clever. the ending was kinda dumb. mr 'enry 'iggins is a jerk and doesn't freaking deserve her (sounds all too familiar). in the end, not as good as the sound of music or fiddler, but better than that singin' in the rain garbage. its long, but worth seeing.

speaking of long (no, not that, however it too is long), this top 100 greatest movies of all time is getting harder and harder to do. i swear, to get into the top 100, you need to be made prior to 1970, be at least 3 hours long, and star 1 of about 6 actors from that time period. just got another movie yesterday that is 201 minutes!!! where do i find the time? do you realize all the things i could do in 201 minutes?? like for example, take up the trumpet again.

yes i said it! take up the trumpet again. hear me out before we start ripping on band. i loved playing so much even though i now realize how sucky i was. i could get so good if i tried hard. plus, i was thinking about it while walking down the halls yesterday, and what do you know! some jazz band was playing outside at the school. kinda walked behind them to see how hard the music was and i could totally play it, well, i could 4 years ago. i don't know. just think it might be fun. not saying i'm ready to pop on a uniform and go marching once i get to law school, but it would be fun.

so after the jazz band got my brain swirling, i run into matt (queer from my drugs class, queer who came over last week). he's got petitions that he's getting people to sign to impeach the student body peeps for letting michael moore come. the kid is a good kid, but he started to get into it with me right before class about the whole mess. i could have squashed his little ego so bad and showed that little sissy the light, but i had to get to class for my exam. so all you petition wielding, ultra right-wing faggots can eat my ass (or suck my butt as others say). get over it already. he is gonna come, no one will get impeached, and you will just waste your time when you could be getting ready to see the forgotten in theaters this weekend!!! its gonna be good!

my exam went well though. i'm sure i missed a handful, but nothing too life threatening. jessie did well too i think. and at least now, she'll never forget what norris v. alabama is all about. today is family law. i'm screwed on this one. in fact, i don't even know where my family law textbook is. crap i'm screwed.

Wednesday, September 22, 2004

best friend

what a fun little day i had yesterday. work blew of course, but headed straight home afterward to ditch class and watch a few episodes of the sopranos. then jess came over and had her first experience with tony and carmella. we then headed to the mall to get our dance on, the window tinting place to pick up kim's car, store for some drinks, kim's work to drop off the jeep, and school to study for family law and waste time taking long breaks. finally we finished, well, we either finished or just realized it was getting too late, so decided to go home. then met up with kim over at the store where her car was and surprised her with a new pimpin tint job on the honda. it was basically an early anniversary gift. not the most personal of gifts, but she still liked it. hey, i could have gotten her a dvd like i usually do, so this was an improvement. actually, i won't count that out. i still just might get her a sweet dvd.

when we got home, for some reason i was just dead as could be. was gonna stay up and watch a movie and more sopranos, but i crashed at like 10 or 11 something. so that was my day. doesn't sound like it was anything big, but you had to of been there. today i have an exam for constitution. not sure how that's gonna go considering i haven't studied a lick of it. i've been sitting here listening to some bob marley trying to figure what to say for like 5 minutes now. i haven't a clue though. lots of thoughts, just not sure how translate into words i guess.

someone said, "So instead of wasting my time with the endless pursuit of making friends, I am going to stick with my family cause that's who I enjoy spending time with." i'm taking it out of context, however that's not the point. i found this interesting because i love my fam to death, but what would my days be like without my friends? i can't imagine a life without tom reminding me that i'm still young, or karen reminding me of my colorado roots, drama and all. or jessie reminding me how much dorks we all are and that the coolest of peeps can still get red faced in class. or patti reminding me that drama doesn't pay. or mike reminding me to quit my bitching. or ryan reminding me to never forget the past. or tabitha reminding me that some things never change. or kristin reminding me that some things do. i know most of these people all hate each other, but they are what makes my life go, believe it or not. i'm sure i could get along just fine with only my fam, kim, and jonas in my life, but sometimes i need more. i feel like i'm not really saying what i want to say right now and people are going to take all this the wrong way. i guess i'm just thankful for the people i have and wouldn't trade them for the world. to each and all, thank you.

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Tuesday, September 21, 2004

always watch your back, never tangle with Haitian Sicilians

Jersey Girl (2004): just another mediocre movie. although i'm not particularly a fan of liv tyler, i did like her kooky performances. ben was just average, and the daughter at first glance seems cute and all, but then you realize that normal little girls don't act that way. i have a huge pet peeve about child actors. there are maybe 3 in the world that are any good. story was okay, however i noticed a few plot holes. all in all, nothing special. don't see. you don't even get to see j-Lo's fine ass in it. kind of a let down.

The French Connection (1971): this won best picture??? i love gene hackman to death, but this was not a good movie by today's standards at all. the entire plot was completely overshadowed by either a guy chasing a guy, or a car chasing a guy, or a car chasing a car, or a car chasing a subway. and let me tell you, these chase scenes are no Ronin chase scenes. i just didn't see what made this film so great. oh yeah, don't even get me started on the ending. as for that i'm just clueless. don't see.

exams start up this week. wednesday exam for constitution and thursday exam for family law. family law is gonna kill everyone so i'm not too worried cuz no matter what i will die from it. jess and i are going to study our butts off tonight. first snow hit yesterday on the mountains. now its freezing like holy hell outside. pics to follow. on a much lighter note, the fugees are getting back together according to wyclef. that pretty much made my day yesterday. that's about all there is today. gonna be a good day though. not much class, work should be slow, dancin shoes on! i'm finally done with my nesquik from costco. i will never buy one of those again until i'm like 30 and there is truly no hope for me then. i swear, 5 parts chocolate, 1 part milk was starting to get to me. chocolate milk running through the veins can't be good for you. i think i'm gonna start a new blog and put all my deepest darkest secrets there. of course i'll never tell anyone what the url is. but it'll be out there so good luck finding it. it'll be more for me and getting some things off my chest. maybe other peeps will read and i'll have no clue who they are. it will be some good non-fiction for them to follow. as for this one, yes, i'll keep it going as well. my public demands it.

Sunday, September 19, 2004

if she dies, i die with her

The Human Stain (2003): way too deep for my blood. first hour through and you still don't know where the movie is headed. nice performance by sir hopkins, however, without giving anything away, i find it hard to believe that he is what he says he is. by then of the movie i was like, so what? i didn't even begin to try and wrap it all up and determine its resolution. don't see it. might i add that i think there is nothing special about nicole kidman except for the fact she was married to tom. i'm sorry, that's just the way it is.

Gandhi (1982): wow. i've been thinking about this movie since i finished watching all 3+ hours of it. this will be a movie that i probably won't buy because it might not be worth watching over and over again. however i will kick myself for not doing so. the story itself is worth every minute watching it. such a beautiful piece. and ben kingsley's acting is so good that you forget that there is even an actor underneath it all. its almost as if his life is really unfolding on screen with a camera crew capturing it all. i wish i had been aware back in '82 so i could have experience all the fanfare i'm sure this movie and kinglsey received. well worth seeing and 5 years from now, i'm sure i'll own it too.

Wimbledon (2004): for a romantic comedy, its not so bad. the story is good, nice to see a fresh new face as the lead, and all the tennis shots are really cool (although i'm beginning to believe that most of those tennis balls were CG). i think a critic had it right though when he said, "You could make the same romantic comedy about rodeos..." you really could. i actually thought that same thing during the movie, only about golf instead. its much like For the Love of the Game, however far less good as that. last note is that kirsten dunst is beyond words. movie is worth seeing just for her alone. and watch for the butt-crack shot at the very end. priceless! see it.

people are always asking me, how it is that firefighters run into a burning building, when everyone else is running out. you dumb fag, courage is the answer! John Travolta is an idiot. this guy has made three excellent movies in his life and a whole lot of crappy ones. Ladder 49 will sadly not make #4 for him. good job retard, just add to the pile of crap.

so my mom didn't come this weekend. she was sick and the kids were sick i think. i really don't know why. guess she called and talked to kim while i was sleeping saturday morning. kinda bummed, but what can you do? think she might come out next weekend. instead headed to home depot for some treats for my plant. yes, i have a plant. she's my little baby that i'm trying to keep alive. got her like 5 years ago and she hung forever and grew nice and big in my old westminster apartment. then i moved here and gave her to my mom where she still lived, but not as posh as the lifestyle she had grown accustomed to. so now she's back with me and barely holding on a by a thread because of my stupid mistreatment. finally i'm putting the time back into her, got her a new pot and soil and performed a major surgical transplant last night (haha, get it...transplant!! mauahahaha!). so, hopefully in the next few months my plant will be nursed back to health.

purchased the last samurai on dvd. you know that's a freaking amazing movie! also decided that this winter you'll prolly find me either watching movies in my snug home, or on the slopes of ut snowboarding. i know that i say i'm gonna snowboard every year, but never do. this year is different though because i really am this time. i'll get kim on a board and i'm sure she'll hate it, but hopefully this will be the year i'll really get into it. anyone wanna tag along, i'm all up for it!

last thing i want to mention is that i'm not sure how long my blog will last. i certainly can't picture me doing this still when i'm 30 years old. either the site will go under, or i'll just be done with it. the days all mix together and its hard to make any distinction between today and tomorrow. the point is, what is the point of writing the same things over and over again? here is a summary of the next month to come:
movies: don't see it, see it, buy it.
my day/school/work/people: suck
i'm tired
need vacation
still fat
there you go. now if you ever miss a few days of reading this, you'll know exactly what you missed. as for me, i'll keep writing because i'm bored. sorry this is so long, but one more thing. i think i've said this before, but i admire those that are willing to not bottle up emotions and be real people. we are all people with emotions and feelings and how unhealthy can it be to never get off what is on our chest sometimes. for that, my hat tips to you.

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Saturday, September 18, 2004

you bustin mr. moore's balls? i get tony to break ya legs!

The Firm (1993): first off, this movie could have been cut back by about a half hour. early 90's, sure, it was a good thriller, but not the type we expect out of movies today. plus, hard to take seriously the old Quaker Oaks guy as the bad guy for the movie. and the musical score was awful! even though it was nominated for an oscar, by the time the movie ended i'd be okay never to hear a damn piano again. don't see. even if you want to be a lawyer, don't see. instead, just sign up for the Legal Ethics class next semester with me. all you tom cruise lovers out there need to just get over it.

my gay school is in an uproar over all this michael moore crap. they are tying to impeach the student body pres for, "disturbing the peaceful setting of the school" or some crap like that. that's seriously what they said. so all you free speech haters can "below me." if i were to do a scientific study at my school, i'd probably come to the conclusion that there are 6 normal people that go there. anyways, we got our tickets so we are set!

bet you didn't know i'm at work again. and look at the time...01:20:03..04..05..06. never ending this job is. i'm already so tired and i have 5.5 hours left. who's on for bets that i'll be sleeping within the hour? had some really crappy days this week. can't put my finger on why though. sleep, headaches, school, homework, work, the fact i'm pushin 300 lbs., but none of these things are any different from any other week. i'll tell you want it is!!! its the fact i haven't seen sopranos in a week cuz some g-tard won't bring back season 3, volume 3 to blockbuster so i can see it. its been out for well over 5 days. bastards probably have the movie pass like me, but at least i bring the movie back within a freakin week. i need my fix and i tell you, no one is willing to help. i know. i've asked everyone.

mom's coming into town tomorrow to look at the house again in eureka. should be fun as always. honestly that's not sarcasm. neither that last statement. its funny because i'm getting to the point where i actually want to hang with her, unlike my high school years where i was fine never seeing her.

mike's gone in cali with his wife. gonna be there for like 2 weeks i think. she's getting some surgery done, so best of luck with that one. poor guy needs a vacation, but not like that. and i've come to a conclusion that family law is not for me and is just evil. puts too many thoughts into one's head. legit, but bad.

Friday, September 17, 2004

better than michael moore's

Ethan's Acceptance Speech for the Stupendous Animal Costume Design Oscar:

Thank you! Oh! Thank you! I can hardly conjugate verbs! I feel so coked-up! And this statue - it's so Yul Brenner! Oh, thank you again! I just want everyone to bow down before me and accept that even in my wildest fits of self-loathing, I never would have made daddy promise that this could ever be so meaningless. And to the other closeted homosexual nominees, I want each of you to know how totally mega-pumped your fake smiles makes me feel right now!

You know when they first told me I was not the father, I just had to take an epidural and obsess about how unaesthetic my love scenes have been. I guess it all just makes me feel kinda cheap

You know, there are so many ass-kissing Napoleon Complex-suffering studio execs to thank! First off though, I want to bitch slap the self-congratulatory circle jerks of the Academy, who looked deep within their lint-encrusted navels before giving me this fantastic award! Also, I want to thank Gilgamesh, for being such a powerful force in my loins. And to the hooker with the heart of gold, who taught me to take life by the fifth of bourbon. And finally, to all the illegitimate children I sired - I couldn't have done it without you!

Thank you America, and good night!

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Wednesday, September 15, 2004

please leave, now!

Election (1999): a movie well done to show what retarded people can come out of high school and what a good example of right and wrong is. reese witherspoon plays her part to a T. so good that after about 5 minutes of screen time you are annoyed with her to death, as if you are going to the school yourself. i don't really know what i didn't like about it though. something i can't put my finger on. maybe it was too upbeat of a movie. i'm not sure, but nothing really stood out at me to make this a great movie. besides the editing which was amazing, however if you see movies based on the way they edit it i'm gonna shoot you. don't see it.

The Doors (1991): okay, the guy was insane, drugs or no drugs. didn't need the movie to tell me that one. its oliver stone, so expect some craziness. the only thing worth saying about this movie is that some of the music is freaking great as hell. i've never been a doors fan, but they played some songs that reminded me of a ton of the dreariest cure songs ever. and val kilmer played this part like nobody's business. i don't know how he did it. sounded and acted more like jim morrison than jim morrison did himself. however, considering 99% of those reading this could not name a doors song, like the doors, or knew there was a singer named jim morrison before i mentioned him today, don't see it. its only to see if you want a really good idea about what our parents were doing when they were our age, and trust me, i don't think you want to know. you'll never sleep again.

so i bought Jesus Christ Superstar on DVD last night. the freaking greatest rock opera/musical of all time. and its not that gay ass remake they did in 2000 on a freaking sound stage. this is the original from '73 baby! i can't even tell you how amazing it is. i'm doing good on this renting thing from blockbuster since i got the month pass. since last saturday i think i've rented 8 movies. i'm gonna milk those bastards dry be month's end!

i go to school yesterday for drugs and crime. sitting, waiting, cancelled. fine by me. some peeps complain, "i drove all the way over here for it to be cancelled!!" i though could care less. so i'm walking out of class talking to that annoying matt kid. mistake #1. he says he's just going to stick around and read, but walks with me way out of his way to the doors leading outside to my car. then he tries calling his dumb wife to see if she'll pick him up early. he forgets her number so i ask if i can take him home. mistake #2. taking him home and getting some lecture on how great bush is, even though this clown hasn't a clue what he's talking about. he's just one of those faggots who don't bother reading below the headlines. get to his house and oops! he forgot he doesn't have a house key. so i take him to my house and he finds his dumb wife's work number and she'll be here to pick him up in like an hour. so we sit and talk about law school and church and how rich he thinks we are and how i shouldn't have a howard stern book and how he doesn't think i'm a bad person for not serving a church mission after joining and blah blah blah!!!! i showed him my guns and wanted to put one to his forehead. i didn't though. mistake #3. so he finally waited outside for her to come. by the time he dumpy ass left, the class would have been way over with had it not been cancelled. so i wasted a free class period for this queen. moral of the story: don't pretend to care about people you can't stand. don't feel bad, because there will always be someone else who can pretend to be their friend, it just doesn't have to be you.

on a happier note, i uninstalled service pack 2 for my comp. i'm sure nothing works on it still, but i feel a lot better knowing its gone. oh wow, look at the time. its time for another movie...hasta!

Tuesday, September 14, 2004

E. Allen Chambers JD...someday

Die Another Day (2002): absolutely terrible. i know this type of movie is for the entertainment value only, but come on!! its so hard to enjoy it and sit through it when the crap that happens is so unrealistic. kim couldn't even sit through it and i was begging for it to just end already. i got no beef with pierce (except for being in mrs. doubtfire) because next to connery, he was born for the role. they could have just made it more believable. all his little gadgets are getting out of control. an invisible aston martin? give me a break. there are about 6 thousand retarded one-liners in the movie that are unbearable. and as i said with gothika, halle berry sucks. please don't see it.

you may wonder why i saw this movie in the first place because it doesn't fit into any of the categories i talked about yesterday (best picture, top 100, recommendations, new movies, movies i've always wanted to see). that is because i forgot one more category that i'm watching. i take the top 100 grossing movies of all time, and as movies get bumped off that list, if i haven't seen them already, then i put them on my list. the day after tomorrow bumped this movie off the list, so i had to see it. this only constitutes about 6 movies a year, so its not a big thing. the movies ants just got knocked off by the borne supremacy, but everyone has seen ants. i cannot believe people wasted that much money for die another day. suckie suckie movie.

so lyndsie and i headed to the byu law school library last night for class. i'm usually not the type to be intimidated by anything, but this did it in for me. it was so beautiful. i would watch the lucky law school students walk by and just realize i would kill to be in their position, despite the fact they are going to byu. i sometimes think i'll never get into law school, or won't be able to afford it, or whatever. was saying last night that i can't even imagine me in law school and taking those classes. when i think about it, it feels like a reoccurring dream; foggy, but one that i can't shake. and don't let me started with me actually being a lawyer. that's just a joke when i try to imagine that. i'm not having second thoughts or anything about what i want to do in life, its just that i can't imagine me actually doing it. anyways, the library was amazing. it alone is bigger than uvsc's ghetto library. and for some time after, i thought that it wouldn't be so bad even going to byu for law school. i don't care anymore, as long as i get in somewhere.

michael moore is coming to my school to talk on october 20th. i am sooo freaking stoked. its gonna be at the event center (basketball stadium) here so it'll be packed. think i'll get there early and camp out. not too early. its not a =w=eezer show or anything. speaking of, i swear i saw a sign that jimmy eat world is gonna be playing here on campus as well. two great acts in one great month. and my final thoughts for the morning, blockbuster/hollywood vid movie passes are a blessing, boca burgers are yummy, i'm addicted to nestle quik, and i hate it when ryan is right.

Monday, September 13, 2004

las peliculas

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969): next to unforgiven, the best western i've ever seen. newman and redford bring their characters to such realism that they steal the show completely. story is good as well as cinematography. this is one of the rare movies that if released today would probably still do very well. in fact, i was so surprised to see how old the movie was. you'll have no idea that it was made 35 years ago. buy it.

Cocktail (1988): i'm usually not a fan of many 80's movies, especially tom cruise ones. however this one is the exception. it is very entertaining for probably anyone who sees it and is just a feel good type of movie. it doesn't get too cheesy with the 80's culture, however there are some songs that i could have done without. tom is as good as always. elisabeth shue isn't that great. you can tell that sometime between this movie and leaving las vegas she got some acting lessons. worth seeing probably only with a significant other. not that its a chick flick, but company will make it even better.

American Graffiti (1973): not that great. i'd probably rather see john travolta prancing around singing grease lightening than this this. i can see why people thought this movie was so great. for instance, probably one of the first movies where story lines intertwine so much, and its about teenagers leaving high school and moving from one stage of life to another, blah, blah, blah. all sounds familiar these days. especially if you went to high school in the 90's and every movie that came out had that same premise. very influential, but not worth seeing. music is good, but just go buy the beach boys greatest hits. you end up not really feeling a strong connection with any of the characters. moral of this story is lucas should stick with jedi's and coppola should stick with the mafia. teens in the 50's is not their thing. end of story.

some of you may wonder how i pick and choose my movies. well a number of factors are involved. almost two years ago i started watching the american film institute's top 100 movies of all time, which i am still working on. i've seen a little over half of them. for example, butch cassidy was #50 and american graffiti was #77. then i made a list of movies that i've always wanted to see. for example, i'll soon be starting the man with no name clint eastwood series. these are just movies that you have to see once in your life, which i've never seen. next are academy award best picture movies. trying to find out what made those particular movies so good when they came out. this would be the reason i wasted 3 hours on the english patient. next are suggestions from peeps i know. like it was tom who told me to see cocktail. lastly are movies that are new in theaters that strike my fancy when i see trailers or read about them online. the list is always going up and down, but mostly down. i currently have 131 movies on the list. so i'll be doing this awhile.

speaking of, this movie watching business is killing into my family law time. that class is gonna destroy me come exam time. jessie and i are going to die studying next week for our first exam. well kim is home and i gotta get ready to class tonight. we are taking a field trip to BYU's law library. this should be nice and embarrassing.

Sunday, September 12, 2004

lessons in love

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977): visually stunning. i know that sounds cheesy like i'm some newspaper critic who actually knows what he is talking about, but that's really what comes to mind after seeing it. effects, music, acting, story, suspense, scariness, it has it all. truly the movie to solidify spielburg as the ruler of the world when it comes to movies. kim asked me last night (5 minutes into the movie as she was falling asleep) why i watch these old stupid movies, but this movie is proof that old movies can stand the tests of time and always will. so many movies today would not be what they are if it weren't for movies like this. buy it.

Pi (1997): this on the other hand wasn't so good. props to the cinematographer for the great black and white work. the story also had tons of potential to be amazing. but in the end i was confused about pretty much everything and sad that it didn't turn out the way i had hoped. was he mental and what was with the brain scar thing and his good drill work at the end? kinda like with a beautiful mind. the whole time you wish that maybe he isn't just some lunatic, but in the end he is and you just wasted 2 hours. i guess if you like requiem for a dream, then you should see this (or probably already have), otherwise don't. instead, read the first paragraph above.

as for an update on the dance game because i know you are dying to find out, i'm getting somewhat good on level 2's and 3's on the crazy levels. a little background info here on the levels:
Easy, levels 1 to about 6 or 7.
Hard, levels 1 to about 8 or 10.
Crazy, levels 2 to about 8 or 9.
same songs found in easy, hard, and crazy, but they are just extremely harder to do the moves to. i can do about every easy level there is. on hard i can do all but maybe 5 songs. on crazy i'm lucky if i can do 5 songs. i did a crazy song yesterday (swing baby) and i swear there had to have been 500 steps you had to do beat the level. i've seen someone do it online, but i can't even imagine being able to understand all the steps to do it. i'll stick with my level 2's for now. also trying to convince kim to buy the real arcade dance game to go in our living room. i'm still working on that one though.

i bought another month pass to blockbuster which is soooo dangerous. i haven't done homework in like 4 days now and i've got so much to do. movies is not what i need right now, but i can't help it. i love watching them. kim doesn't understand and thinks they are a waste of time. she'd much rather play a game or talk or something. not like that stuff is a waste of time. i have a movie at home i'll be watching tonight and i'm gonna pick another up after work today. maybe after writing all this i'll start my homework. i always say that though. never happens. speaking of all this movie talk, kim is done with sopranos. we saw an ep that was pretty bad with chicks getting smacked around and more footage of bada-bing (the nudie bar they hang out at) than of tony himself. so she's done, which i admire, but sadly it won't stop me. i still can't get enough. watched the first ep without her last night and it sucks that we can't do our nightly episode each night, but what can you do? i'll keep her informed as much as i can i guess. i doubt it means she'll not watch six feet when that next season comes out, considering its sometimes just as bad as sopranos. whatever makes her feel better.

Saturday, September 11, 2004

dinner and a movie...AND DANCING KOREANS BENT ON WORLD DOMINATION

The Prince and Me (2004): not a good movie. it kept dragging on with more and more little extra pieces of plot they had to add in order to get this story anywhere near 2 hours. granted, its entertaining, but only for those under 16 and who are female. julia stiles is not impressive and her short little haircut really brings out her face, and trust me that's a bad thing. now that i think about it, i don't remember laughing once during the movie. don't see it.

Gothika (2003): i don't remember why i heard so much hype about this movie. it really wasn't that great. take the sixth sense, add what lies beneath, then throw in a dash of crappy actress and you have this movie. it was scary, i'll give them that. and i freaking love robert downey jr, but the ending ruined it all because you realize they have ripped off both of the movies above. kind of a let down because it had lots of potential. and what the hell does gothika mean anyways? they never explain that. if you aren't a freaking baby when it comes to scary movies like i know a few of you are, see it.

so take a look at the time that i posted this. yeah, that's right. your eyes are not deceiving you. that would be AM you are looking at. i'm at work dying to fall asleep. before i got here i had it in my head that i'd get lots of homework done. doubt that'll happen now that i'm here. we have officer barney fife on tonight pulling over everyone so i'm sure i won't get to snooze at all. so, i read that this monday the assault rifle ban expires. looks like i'll be asking for a tec 9 for christmas. get a fatty uzi for my b-day. life is good.

too bad there isn't any talent shows coming up cuz i would love a reason to get a sweet dance routine going on the dance game. can be like napoleon's sweet moves. been watching some videos of those crazy koreans going at it. with them putting so much time into the dance game there, its amazing they find the time to make nukes to kill us all over here. maybe they'll spare us fellow dancers.

tonight had a great dinner over at the chef's table. sweet little place. coconut shrimp with a raspberry sauce as the appetizer, then a most perfect tomato soup. i can only describe it by saying each spoonful was like eating the most delicious lasagna. then for dinner i had shrimp scampi over angel hair and tomatoes. it had something else that was just to die for, but we never did figure out what it was. some kind of potato maybe. who knows, who cares. it was good though. finally for dessert it was banana fosters. unbelievable. kim had some chicken thing and crème brule for dessert. our waiter was a stiff, the hostess who walked around made us feel as uncomfortable as possible, but other than that, really good. i would recommend it and go back there again if i had a big enough stomach for it. its been hours later and i still don't want to see food for another few days. guess i'll try and sleep. tomorrow is gonna be busy. lots of special goodness lined up.

Friday, September 10, 2004

happy birthday kimmy!!

Requiem for a Dream (2000): very odd movie. weirder than any p.t. anderson flick i've seen. almost like they tried a little too hard to create the abstractness. there are some extremely nice visuals, but i just don't get the messages they were trying to put out. like, why did the mom deserve all that she got? cuz she was living some fantasy world? surely not a reason for her to end up such a kook. not a bad movie, just not a really good one. don't see it.

Monster (2003): lets start with how beautiful and perfect christina ricci was. why was she overlooked for an oscar? she completely equaled the performance of theron. she just didn't have the makeup that charlize had. speaking of, she looks sooo freaking sick in this movie. hard to get it out of your head that its her while watching it. they did a very good job of playing with emotions too. one sec you are feeling sympathy for her, the next you can't believe how anyone could do those things. from what i saw, she deserved the award. she'd have to for allowing herself to look that ugly. see it.

so today is kim's 23rd birthday to all those that forgot. luckily that doesn't include me. going to dinner tonight so that'll be nice. nothing else going down. i work tonight at 1am-7am. let me express my utter joy for that one. so, time to go do the birthday thing. good night to all my peeps who sleep as well as i, which is hardly at all.

by the way, don't download microsoft's service pack 2. its freaking screwed up everything on my comp since doing so. nothing was wrong with my computer, but they have us download their garbage. they can go to hell for all i care.

Thursday, September 09, 2004


hottie hair Posted by Hello

at least floridians have star wars on dvd to look forward to

The English Patient (1996): anyone up for the most non-happy ending movie of all time? even more so than Dr. Strangelove! the movie failed to convince me that it was worth the best picture nod. now some of the acting is wonderful, but this "epic romance" put me to sleep countless times over the 3 days it took me to watch this. don't see it.

so yesterday sucked. lets actually start with two nights ago. i love my friend brian to death, but it is so hard for us to click because we live such different lives. while the girls were out wasting money on The Notebook, we decided to have a night in with some tasty food and a little six feet under. food was excellent, but his kid ashton is crazy. so hard to concentrate on anything with him running around. this is why i have no kids. life as i know it would be over with. so after hours of that and a massive headache later, i finally went home. i could see brian and i being amazing friends, but with kids, school/no school, work, age, distance, i don't see how we'll ever get to that level.

yesterday was not a peachy one. buttons falling off clothes, shirts shrinking as i just get fatter by the second, retards at work getting me to come in for more hours next week, them finding out my cell phone number, computer being a piece of crap and realizing the dance game or XIII will probably never work while i'm alive, having no socks to wear in the morning, cat threw up turkey that i was so kind enough to give him, had to fill up the jeep with gas, and drove all over BFE to find a gift for kim's b-day. so yeah, i wasn't a happy camper yesterday. hold on a second while i erase my cell phone number from every record here at work. there we go. i figure i'm not on call here, so i don't want them trying to track me down when they need a shift covered.

today is my looong day. i think today is the day that i look forward to ending while i go throughout my week. like some people say "i can't wait for friday," thursday is my hell day and goes downhill from then. been thinking about dying lately. not as in me wanting to, but just about it. everyone is dying on the sopranos (which is not a shocker), so that affects me. then i wonder if i'll ever get into shape for once in my life. if not, then i might as well eat all i want and not exercise. what is the point of running every night if 10 years from now i'll still be a fatty? it cuts into my movie time and there is a ton of good things to eat out there. like this tasty crab dip i bought from costco a few days ago...mmm! but then again, i'd prefer not to have quadruple bypass surgery to unclog my arteries by the time i'm 40. such the dilemma. star wars is coming out on dvd this month. amazon.com for like $40 or costco for $45. start saving your pennies my friends! this is gonna be a big one!

Tuesday, September 07, 2004

i gotta bad feelin about this

Hero (2004): everything i expected and more. equaling that of crouching tiger, the story is so well done. and what can i say about the visuals? this movie is on another level compared to most movies that come out. tarantino was smart to plaster his name on this. hopefully the academy will notice this as it did with crouching tiger when that came out. everyone should broaden their horizons a bit and see this movie. it won't be for everyone (such as the subtitles or superman swordplay), but you'll come out of it knowing you didn't waste your money on anacondas or little black book. haven't decided whether worth buying or just seeing in theater. go see it while i think about that one.

so i didn't go walking. too many people got worried about me doing it. for those who don't know, i was gonna walk from provo to salt lake city just for the heck of it. its 50 miles, and supposedly takes 20 hours. i would of had to walk throughout the night. so kim got all scared so i decided to be the good husband and listen to her for once. now she can never say i've never done what she's told me! instead we just saw hero, sopranos, and heat. did tons of dancing yesterday. had like 4 separate occasions of doing it. i've moved on from the hard levels to "crazy." sucks because i was doing level 7's on hard, now i'm down to level 2's on crazy. i swear i burn about 2 million calories doing it.

so i'll be dropping that class today. i'm gonna take the easy/lazy way out this semester. so the new taking back sunday cd rocks sooooo hard! its all i listen to now, well for this week. kim got her hair done again. she getting closer and closer to brunette, which is good. and its cut nice and short. pics to follow.

K: why don't YOU ever make dinner?
E: cuz its not her birthday.

almost as good as:

(immediately after sex)
S?: i love you.
T: i love you right now.

Sunday, September 05, 2004

mormons 1, catholics 0

pissed off cuz idobi radio keeps looping this really great song on the comp. it won't move on already. football time again. sooo excited except that i'm sitting here at work while some amazing games are being played. our tv here sucks ass and doesn't get any kind of reception. so i'm forced to watching stats appear when my screen refreshes on the computer. looks like the CU/CSU game was pretty tight till the very end. glad, and surprised as hell that CSU didn't do anything on their last plays. and i have to say, not because i care for the team, but only because ryan would have done the same had ND won, but in the mormon vs catholics showdown, the mormons edged them out! BYU 20, Notre Dame 17. and i must say, my potential future law school alum #20 Utah is starting the season off nice kicking the trash out of A&M. everyone seems to be off to a good start! and USC is gonna rock it hard again baby. this time for reals!!

so we scoped out the scheduled walk for tomorrow, weather pending. looks like it'll be a nice day though. today was rainy and cold. very nice weather, just not to go walking in. last night we pulled over some peeps. driver was driving on a revoked license because of alcohol, and the passenger was wanted out of colorado for aggravated vehicle theft. so we arrested him and good old colorado is gonna pick him up today to extradite. it was pretty cool being the dispatcher for it all. one of the few real things to happen to me since working here. it was also one of the most stressful thing i've ever been though. its quiet tonight except for byu traffic. gonna just chill, read some family law, and listen to some afi. looks like bush is gaining some ground. not the best news in the world i'd like to hear, but what can you do? if nothing else, we can hope for clinton in 4 years after this retard is out the door. her biggest competition, which is none at all, will be dick. who would really vote for that man?

Saturday, September 04, 2004


the jeepocrat Posted by Hello

...

i hate my job

Friday, September 03, 2004

tony's mother died. kinda bitter sweet.

something about today really got me back in the slumps. it amazes me how little it takes for me to flip moods so easily. it was just another day too. wake up at 11, run, school, more school, now work. could be the sleep issue again. for the last week now i wake up hourly each night. not sure what it is. been having lots of dreams about tom too. usually it involves him hating me to death. its such a strange feeling because of all the people i know, he is prolly the only to not hate me once in his life. not sure what the dreams mean, but they obviously don't put me in a good mood once i wake up. i feel so overwhelmed with school right now. maybe this is my burnout finally hitting me. i want to drop my race & minority class and just take it next year. its too much busy work and i just can't take it now. i still want a life in this big mess, but 16 credits is killing me. still haven't decided yet on that issue, but we'll see. i'd hate to leave mike alone in the class. he and i have such a good time in between classes. and i know i can do this class with my eyes closed and it'll be an easy A, but i'm just afraid i'll crack in the middle of the semester.

got really cold today. so many clouds on the mountains that i'm sure it had to of snowed just a little. i can't wait for winter to start. i can't believe i just said that. i'm usually the most anti-winter/snow person out there. but i think it'll be a nice winter. i'm really looking forward to eggnog. mmm, eggnog!! that stuff should be sold year round. if i could hook it up to an IV on my arm i probably would. soooo good, yet soooo bad. as are much of life's delicacies.

tomorrow we drive to salt lake and scope out my big/crazy plans for sunday/monday. then off for a much needed haircut and hopefully a movie before i'm back at this dump i call work.

this past week i saw two, count em two fresno shirts. they are the kind that you'd buy at american eagle. like the kind of shirts that say wilson high school wrestling team or something like that. $25 faded shirts that are supposed to look like you bought them for $1.50 at a thrift store. funny that they say fresno though. the one said: Fresno, FresYes! kinda dumb cuz i'm sure these queers have never even been to that stupid cow town. speaking of those great times, kristin my ex from eons ago sent me some pics of my high school days there. wow, my hair was funny. good times though. weird seeing the peeps again. i have this image of them all in my head of the way they were back in '96, but i know they all probably look different today. and i'm sure no one knows anyone anymore. all such good friends, scattered as dust. as T says, "yeah well, what can you do?"

Thursday, September 02, 2004

more retards at school

so this student calls me up here at work and asks me why cops get to park in the red zone. i wanted to say because they are cops and can do whatever the hell they want. told him some crap about how they have an imunity against certain laws under certain circumstances, which is why they can speed when needed. the whiner still wouldn't shut up about it. i had another really good reason i could have told him to shut him up, but i was already sick of talking to him. he basically said thanks for the help and hung up. people are dumb and ask dumb questions and i just wanted to make that clear.

bookstore nazi retarded fools

The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957): the movie dragged on and on, but the locations were amazing, as were colors used in the film. the story was also very interesting, but again, it seemed to take forever to get this movie going. the one thing that saved it was sir alec guinness. he was unreal in his performance. very much deserving of his oscar a thousand times over. i'm tempted to say that this movie should be bought based on him alone, however i won't. just buy the star wars trilogy on dvd when it comes out if you want to see him. don't see.

if per chance you see a fat guy running down the streets at 12 o'clock at night, please be courteous to him. it is i doing my nightly run again. went off of it for a few months, but now back in full swing every night. of course we have two concerns. 1. cold nights are quickly approaching, so i may be tempted to stop running, which means i wouldn't start again until next year some time; 2. as usual, no results will come from me doing this every night. meaning, no matter what, 10 years from now i'll still look like peter griffin or tony soprano. of course, i'd prefer tony over peter, but i prolly won't have a choice in the matter.

let me tell you how much i hate the retards who work at the college bookstore. actually, i'm not going to. its a long story and if you care that much about it, you can ask me and i'll tell. but basically, they don't have my book and you can now add 1 other lucky person to my hate list. congratulations biotch. (by the way, i can say this because jessie doesn't work there anymore, so don't take offense mrs. non-dancer)

yes folks, jessie is now a non-dancer. she has hung up her sparkling white dancing shoes because she "needs to focus on school," "and doesn't even have time for a nap," "and wants to put more focus on aerobic," and "blah blah blah." what kind of excuses are these??? who the hell ever put school first before anything???? that's fine. soon i'll be the yoda of Pump It Up, and she'll be lance bass from n stink, making a cameo in attack of the clones as a dying jedi during the area battle.

soprano's rule! can't believe they freaking killed pussy. well, i can believe it. what i can't believe was that puss was doing all that for the feds. sucks because they killed jimmy over it and didn't believe tony's informant that it really was pussy. oh well. and now, they got a freaking wiretap in ton's basement. he is gonna be screwed!!!!

not much going down. have this monday off for labor day which is freaking great! prolly gonna go for a loooong walk that day. mike knows what i'm talking about. not for sure though. i'll keep you posted. just lots of work and homework i guess. and dancing of course. i really need to stop slacking and call the peeps about my game not working at home. oh yeah, also put a new sticker on the jeep. its in the shop today, but as soon as its out, i'll post a pic here. its now officially the anti-bush pimp ride. so i'm sitting here at work, and someone left this nasty sweater on the seat next to me. its really gross. they must have not wanted it that bad since they left it, so i might throw it away. so there.