I am watching the Oscars with my friend Sheila (who apparently knows everything about Hollywood), and I don’t really know a majority of the actors, or movies they were in.  They showed how in a previous era, Casablanca had won.  I tweeted that I never have seen Casablance.

So, since there’s more than one of us, I”m setting up National Casablanca night!  A night where we all watch Cassablanca on our own computers, phones tvs, ipads– whatever….

Join us, as we watch what is supposed to be a classic  (I presume that means the special effects will suck).

What night (after SXSW) is good for you??

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All sorts of crazy, but you definitely want to catch the replay!  There’s a ton of awesome SXSW insider info on how to party for free, mingle with the stars, and all sorts of great reasons to go into town… with or without a badge.

My guest, Chase, talks about his pet mountain lion.

I tell jokes.

There’s a lot more– just listen, it’s fun!

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I even include some music in this one– let me know what you think of it.

Craig likes to watch movies and robot chicken.  We have our computers set up in the same room, so I often get to watch much of it.  The greatest movie I’ve seen in a really really long time is Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog.

NPH (Neil Patrick Harris) has really come back strong.  His appearances in Harold & Kumar were funny, but short.  This movie really shows off his skills.  Did you know he can sing? He can sing really well!  In this movie, NPH plays Dr. Horrible, a video-blogging super-villain applicant, who likes a girl, and has to deal with his arch nemesis.  I suppose this movie answers the question “What would happen if someone wanting to be a super villain was a blogger?”  I can’t do it enough justice by describing it.  It’s on Netflicks, Amazon, and Itunes.

NPH is not the only talented singer/actor.  The arch nemesis is non other than Nathan Fillion, whom you may know from Serenity (Firefly), and apparently, he’s in a TV show called Castle.  We just watched Serenity the other day, so had remembered him as the disestablishment guy with an attitude. This movie comes on, and all of sudden there’s Nathan singing like a bird– while saving the day.

We couldn’t stop laughing, clapping, and high fiving each other.  This movie definitely gets 5 couches.

Another neat movie that I really enjoyed – Read the rest of this entry »

The Bok of Eli movie poster

“Book of Eli looks awesome!”  – that’s a random text I got from Craig.  Response “Was it something you found while cleaning your bookshelves? or is it a movie or something?” — for once, I was not near the internet, so I couldn’t look it up, as that is a total “Let me google that for you” question.  Turns out it’s an action movie… one with great action, and something I have to warn you about…. Read the rest of this entry »

Many people have asked me for more “Day in the life” kind of stuff. I was at Kevin & Will’s to hang, and eat fried Deer and southern food. I’ll start with a video (shot on my webcam): Read the rest of this entry »

Movie Poster for Avatar by James Cameron

I wanted to see it opening night. I wanted to be there at the Imax 3d, and to tell you the truth… I thought I’d also eat some shrooms before going. I have not been excited about a movie in years. Not like I was about this one. One thing that made me so excited (other than the obvious- seeing the trailer) was this article about James Cameron, and how long he’s been thinking of this movie. That article not only made me want to see the movie more (and be able to get other people more excited about it), but it also added James Cameron to that extremely small group of heroes I have…. currently it’s just him and Sir Richard Branson. Why? ’cause he knows how to pursue his dreams, and he goes scuba diving above undetonated watermines from World War II.

You know how I said I wanted to see it opening night? Yeah.. well.. that didn’t happen. They were sold out. My parents got to see it on Christmas on Imax 3d… I argued with them for a while that it would be worth the 40 minute drive, and line-waiting to see something so epic on Imax. They thanked me for arguing, and winning. I mention them, ’cause they saw it on Christmas — right after I posted that awesome Chinese Food On Christmas post. But as for me.. I didn’t get to go, ’cause I’m not in Florida. The same friends I invited to go on opening night had made it out another night… and from the time they got their tickets to the time I tried to get mine.. sold out again.

I wasn’t worried! I mean, it’s playing in Imax 3d until February, and I work whenever… so I can really catch the 3pm showing every weekday between now and February, and probably not have anyone interrupt my viewing experience, as I memorize the different scripts. While I had thought of that, I really just wanted to see the movie. Tonight was that glorious night. I’m couchsurfing with Craig & Suzanne, and they leave on a New Year’s snowboarding trip tomorrow morning… leaving me with their St. Bernard & Golden Retriever (who like Craig & Sue eat raw). Craig said “We leave in 30 minutes” – I didn’t bother asking where. I love random trips. In the car, Sue had brought up showtimes, so I instantly knew. We saw it at the Alamo Draft House — which is an Austin tradition. You watch a movie, and they bring you dinner and booze.

The only remaining seats were in the very front. This took away from the movie a little bit, but here is my review, and where I see things going (keep reading, ’cause I tell you how to make your own Pandora-like worlds and creatures). Read the rest of this entry »

dolphins getting slaughtered in japan

Do you like Dolphins? Some say they are more intelligent than we are.  Thousands of them get caught for your entertainment- they sell to theme parks for $150,000 (well up to that) per dolphin, while the other 23,000 get sold off as whale meat… despite being highly highly toxic.

Where do I know this information?  I just saw a most disturbing documentary — a must see most disturbing documentary – called “The Cove”.  It is beautifully done, an adventure, suspenseful, and moving.  The footage is epic, the soundtrack is haunting.  The story they uncover is really disturbing.

The only way to change the world is to take action, get the word out, and do what you can.  With thousands of subscribers and visitors, I’m hoping that this blog post gets people to watch the movie, and become aware… then take what action they can to make a difference.

http://www.takepart.com/thecove is where you can go to find out some things that you can do.  I suppose you can buy the DVD and support the cause.  But I highly recommend you go to your local video store (or web-based video shipping service), and watch this movie ASAP.  Please comment if you’ve seen it, and let me know what you thought of it.

Not the woods we went through

Forgive and Forget. The transition between the two can take seconds, or years… But it ties in with this crazy blind date, spontinaity, and a movie review.

I got back to Atlanta 1st thing in the morning yesterday (midnight), worked, and went to sleep.  It was a great drive from Florida.  I visited my little brother in Gainesville.  We had some delicious appetizers at the restaurant he works at (Head of security), and I thought- Damn.. so much for my diet- Duck rolls, blackened fish tacos, lamb chops… mmm… I’m drooling just thinking about it.  If you’re in Gainesville, eat at 101.  Anyways… I got home, and noticed that one of the lights was on, and the door wasn’t locked.  I also noticed my living room floor was cleaner than I remember leaving it. Jill must’ve been here! I’m gonna have to speak to my neighbor about this!

Jill is my neighbor’s sister.  She comes to visit him from Savannah, and sometimes uses his key to stay at my place when I’m out of town. In exchange, she cleans up. The only problem is that last time I was out of town, and she stayed here, she broke my faucet somehow, and my neighbor vowed to fix it, and took a month to do so. My faucet was in pieces for a month… alternating between looking like crap, and not working.  It had gotten my neighbor and I sort of pissed off at each other, and so I was surprised to find that she’d been here.  I was also upset that the door was unlocked (I don’t even know for how many days).  I also had made arrangements with someone to clean my place… so, I don’t need Jill to do it. Also, small random items are missing.  I called my neighbor in the morning, and politely told him that his sister is not to stay at my place when I am out of town.  It was semi-awkward.

I was really productive during the day, and (this is the fun and crazy portion of the blog) I had been texting this girl sporatically Read the rest of this entry »

It's Falcon! The balloon boy!

This 6 year old kid, Falcon (I think that’s even more ridiculous– the kid goes flying, and his name is Falcon? Hmmm) climbs in his Dad’s helium baloon that looks like Jiffy Pop.  The baloon takes off.  The whole nation is talking about it.  Everyone’s tweeting and facebooking about it… I even know of a certain stay at home mom that got her drink on ’cause she was so worried about this kid.  I was already making jokes (If “He tried to go visit Michael Jackson one last time!” gets popular, just remember, I made it up! Funny enough– I just looked up the newsline, and there WAS a Michael Jackson single that just debuted online just the other day), and people were giving me grief, “Oh… you gotta at least wait till he lands safely!” People were telling me how they’re praying.  Wow.  What concerned people we have, it’s nice.  It’s also not nice, because they were bamboozled into being concerned.  What a waste of positive emotion.  Oh yeah… I forgot to mention, for those who haven’t heard, turns out that the kid was never in the baloon… he was hiding at home in the attic, in a box or something.  So… let’s take a look at what happened. Read the rest of this entry »

I was getting low on groceries… like… Chicken Pot Pie for breakfast, Ramen Noodle for lunch, and if I wanted to eat my Hummus, I had to use a spoon, as I had no bread.  So… I figured since I was going to go grocery shopping, why not see if Tracy would like to come over for dinner.  When she said yes,  I had to get cookin (yeah… not just a figure of speech).  Check out the menu: Read the rest of this entry »

Hope you had an awesome Halloween.  My story is a little more intricate, funny, and bizarre … just what you’d expect!  So… read on, and enjoy.  You’ll read about: What I’ve done with my hair after nearly 2 years of not cutting it… hippies… parties… and you won’t believe my costume (I can’t believe I’m posting this)! Read the rest of this entry »

While watching many movies lately, I was reminded by one about my past. Skim past the movie reviews to get to it, or read the reviews, and then get to it!
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