Archive for the 'Music/Movies/TV' Category

Going to the movies isn’t worth it anymore

Friday, December 30th, 2005

The usual gang (myself, John, Sara and Rachel) went and saw Syriana the other night. It wasn’t a bad film, though it did feel a little drawn out and, as some reviews have pointed out, convoluted. The story didn’t focus on any one person but rather jumped from character to character without really developing any [...]

Human beings were not meant to sit in little cubicles staring at computer screens all day

Thursday, December 29th, 2005

Peter Gibbons: You see Bob, it’s not that I’m lazy, it’s that I just don’t care. Bob Porter: Don’t… don’t care? Peter Gibbons: It’s a problem of motivation, all right? Now if I work my ass off and Initech ships a few extra units, I don’t see another dime, so where’s the motivation? And here’s [...]

Festivus Yes! Bagels No!

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

Frank Costanza: Many Christmases ago, I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him, I realized there had to be another way. Cosmo Kramer: What happened to the doll? Frank Costanza: It was destroyed. But out [...]

Funniest Movie of the Summer

Saturday, September 10th, 2005

While I normally object to the insanely high price of watching a movie at the theater (I’m talking about the non-matinee shows that run close to $10 a person), I’m glad I forked over the cash to go see The 40 Year Old Virgin. Fscking hilarious. Rachel and I couldn’t stop laughing, and neither could [...]

Something else to look forward to in December

Monday, August 29th, 2005

Charlize Theron is hot, and MTV used to have shows worth watching. With that said, the live action movie version of Aeon Flux is coming out just before my birthday this year. I’ve been looking forward to this one since I heard it was in production, and from the looks of the trailer I won’t [...]