Blondebeard

Someone got fired from their job this week. And I'll give you three guesses who. I don't want to get into it. Let's just say it was only partly my fault, I don't entirely blame my boss, and a certain someone can go fuck themselves.

So I guess I'm moving away sooner than I expected. Oh yeah, I was moving after the wedding. Didn't I tell you? Oops.

Everyone should check out Katy Perry. Particularly her songs "I Kissed A Girl" and "Ur So Gay". She's been called 'a skinny Lilly Allen and a Fat Amy Winehouse', which is a shit comparison in my mind because those two artists are nothing alike, and why should we care about the physical when it comes to music? That being said, she's also somewhat attractive.

This fella gave his 3 year old son a camera and loosed him upon the world. A lot of the pictures are what you'd expect from a 3 year old, but a few of them are better than anything I've ever taken. Cool for him, makes me feel like a complete failure. Anyways, go check out My Kid Took These.

tccandler.com has compiled a list of The 100 Best Movie Posters of All Time. I don't agree with some of these picks, nor have I seen all of these movies, but it's a pretty good list I suppose.

And speaking of movies, lets end this with a review. Yes, lets.

Blackbeard (2006 TV)
Starring Mark Umber's teeth as Lt. Robert Maynard, Jessica Chaistain as his love interest, and Angus MacFadyen as the only good part of this made for TV abortion. Holy crap was this bad. Like, seriously. The plot was awful, the effects were awful, and the acting was extremely awful. Even the music was awful. As I mentioned, Angus MacFadyen's portrayal of Blackbeard was the only thing that made this movie worth watching, and makes me wonder why he isn't in more movies these days (Saw III and IV don't count because they're not real movies, even compared to this steaming pile of awful)
(My Rating - 1 out of 5)

P.S. - Play Dinorun

Polyvinyl Conspiracy.

Have you heard that PVC shower curtains are bad for you? Ignore it. Seriously, it's bullshit. Normally I don't buy into 'conspiracy theories', but every year they come up with something new that's going to kill you (and usually it fades into obscurity within another year). I remember when I was a kid and they said hotdogs cause cancer.
This isn't the 1800's people, it's the modern world. It's not like we're using heroine to make our kids calm down. There are people that safety test this stuff, they don't just throw it on the market for us to use. Until someone I personally know gets cancer from eating a hotdog and talking on their cellphone and showering, I'm going to keep doing all three.
(In my mind I'm arguing with myself 'You don't know anyone who died of falling off a cliff, so are you going to go do jumping jacks near a ravine?' 'SHUT UP BRAIN!')

The video for "Weighty Ghost" by Wintersleep, which I linked a while back, has won an MMVA for Best Independent Video. This pleases me.

Edit: Oh yeah. What's with the president of Afghanistan threatening to invade Pakistan? The only reason he has a damned country is because of the coalition. If he wants to go invading, I say Canada should get the hell out, let them fight their own damn war.

Darkness in the Boy

Fellow amateur photographers may find this interesting:

DES MOINES, Iowa - He spent his entire savings of $12.50 on the 35 mm Argus AF camera in 1939 and for four years documented life in the small Iowa town of Ridgeway. But it wasn't until he was diagnosed with cancer more than 60 years later that Everett Kuntz actually printed the more than 2,000 snapshots

(link to full story)

And speaking of photography, have you seen my daily photoblog? You really should check it out, and make me feel good about myself.

I watched some movies yesterday. Let me tell you about them.

Kung Fu Panda (2008)
I liked it. It was clean and funny and it had talking animals and kung fu. I had a good time trying to guess which actor was voicing which character. And it made me feel good about being tubby. My only complaint is that the Furious Five didn't get enough screen time. That's... about all I can say about it. Really. That's how good it was. No, I'm serious. Go watch it.
(My Rating - 4.5 out of 5)

The Prestige (2006)
I've seen it before, but you don't know that. And it makes more sense the second time around. This is really a wonderfully made film. I may not have been alive in 1899, but the costumes and sets seriously convinced me that this was taking place at the turn of the century. I love Christian Bale, I love Hugh Jackman, and I love Michael Caine. Um, as actors of course. I was also pleased with The Veloceraptor, ahem, David Bowie's cameo as Tesla. I only had one real problem with this film... how can Michale Caine and Christian Bale, both born in the UK, have such horrible British accents? And as I mentioned, the story can be a bit confusing. Just watch closely, and you'll figure it out.
(My Rating - 4 out of 5)

That's all for now. I always start these posts off thinking I have a million things to tell you, then I either forget it all, or realize there's not much to say anyways. I'm going to start writing down the interesting things I see/think of during the day, and keep a separate folder for interesting websites.

P.S. I couldn't think of a clever title for this weeks post. So I found a random title generator. I wouldn't normally do this, but the post is kind of long and I'm not in the mood for being clever. 'Darkness in the Boy' was one of the titles it gave me. I was amused.

Trippy, dude.

First off, I know everyone and their dog has linked this video. But I effing lurve it.



I had a very good weekend, despite getting bit by a dog whose life I was trying to save. I got to ride a donkey, so that pretty well made up for it. All of the pictures from the weekend can be seen at my Flickr Photostream.

I think that's all for now. Join me next week when I discuss the finer points of the Reagan/Thatcher alliance.

Pfft, Yeah right, I don't even discuss current politics here.

Shrug

Holy crap, it's me!

Sorry about the huge gap between posts, kind of had some personal stuff to deal with. Notice the changes? Like the changes? Let me know.

Been a fair bit of stuff going on in my life since last post, too much to fit in one post. So either I'll tell you about it later, or I'll forget.

I Don't really feel like doing any real reviews, so here's an abridged version. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull sucked. No Country For Old Men is awesome, totally deserving of the Oscar. Um... I'm sure I've seen more movies than that in the past month and a half... Oh well. Music! The new-ish album Runnin' Wild by Airbourne has an awesome AC/DC-esque sound that you should enjoy if you like good rock'n'roll

I've started a daily Photoblog called Roundabout Expressway. Make me happy and go check it out.

That's all for now. I thought I had a lot more to say, but I guess not. I leave you with a rather cheesy video for "Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast" by Airbourne, and the promise of much photography and bloggery to come.



Edit: P.S. Oh yeah, Iron Man was really frickin' good.

Who are you people?

Seriously? Not much to report this week, except that Monkey Fluids by Josh is shutting down. Tragedy. Also, check out this 8 page story by Malki !

Scratch the Itch

Do you ever have those dreams that are really intense? They feel so real, that when you wake up you're like "How is that not real?" Yeah, I had one of those last night. Left me in a weird mood all day.

I bought a new CD. Wanna hear about it? Sure you do.

Neverending White Lights - Act II: The Blood and the Life Eternal
Daniel Victor returns with an ensemble cast, and a pretty good followup to Act I: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies. Once again, this isn't your head-bangin' type of music. All songs are pretty chill, definitely something to listen to if you are in a mellow mood and want to relax. Or are feeling in love. Or maybe out of love? My favourite tracks are 'The World is Darker' featuring Auf Der Maur (probably the hardest rocking song on the whole album), and 'Black is the Colour of My True Love's Heart' featuring Lexi Valentine (of Magneta Lane, and whose voice I have absolutely fallen in love with). Is it odd that both of my favourite tracks feature a female singer?
(My rating - 3.5 out of 5)

What else? Oh yes. Movies.

Semi-Pro (2008)
As my good friend Nick put it 'An excuse for Will Farrell to swear a lot'. So true. It was funny, but not great. Will Farrell was his usually sweary, overacting, showboating self (just the way we like him) but to tell the truth he was something of a minor character. I would say Woody Harrelson was the real star of this picture, with Andre Benjamin in a surprisingly well acted supporting roll. Once again I was pleased to see Will Arnett in a supporting roll. Even my fiancee exclaimed "GOB is in this movie!"
(My Rating - 2.5 out of 5)

Drillbit Taylor (2008)
I liked this one better than some Owen Wilson vehicles, but it wasn't as funny as I had hoped. There were some funny parts, some stupid funny parts, and some stupid stupid parts. Not much to say other than that. My main complaint is that the character of Drillbit claimed to hate violence, but at the end of the film ended up beating the shit out of some dude. Not that I didn't enjoy seeing that dude get beat up, he was an asshole through the movie and I just wanted to run up to the screen and headbutt him. But I think they should have followed through on the 'Violence doesn't solve anything' theme.
(My Rating - 2 out of 5)

Um... lemme see. Oh yeah! Zombie Hand!

Zombie Hand, you ask? Well, I decided I wanted to make a plaster cast of my hand. So I bought a kit and was ready to make a perfect replica of my beautiful and dexterous right hand. Turns out I suck. I let the casting material to solidify too much before putting my hand in, so all of the air that went in with my hand never came out. I realized my mistake at once, but decided to go through with it and pour the plaster. Six hours later I attempted to extract the hand. And promptly broke 2 fingers from the casting. And so I am left with a lumpy, 3 fingered hand. But I've decided to keep it, and paint it, and call it Zombie Hand. I considered maybe leaving it sticking out of a fresh grave at the cemetery, but then I remembered it has (most of) my damned fingerprints. Duh. Anyways, that's the story of Zombie Hand.

That's all for now. Next up? A normal cast of my hand.

P.S. I've actually talked to Daniel Victor via message boards. Yeah that's right. I'm bragging about Internet contact with someone who is barely famous, and only in Canada