Alright, so here's the deal. I'm moving out of my place with 6 other guys this week and into a threeplex where Hilary and I will be living once we're married. Threeplex. Strange word. Wouldn't you think it would be triplex? Or truplex even. I mean, 2 is called a duplex, coming from the prefix di-. I'm pretty sure its a truplex. Anyways, they told us that we would hopefully get in earlier this week. You see, the former tenants have cats, and...well, cats leave their friends behind. SO, we wanted to clean the carpets. That and we have to be in on Thursday, and we both have full-time jobs at Home Depot. So we're busy. Long story short, tomorrow is the day before the first, and we just barely found out that we won't be able to get in until sometime tomorrow, leaving us with very limited time to do the things we wanted to do in there before we move in. Stupid lousy former tenants...taking so long to move out...
Meh, whatever. I'm pretty much ready to move, and but there was still the issue of cleaning before I left. I'm hopeful that we will be able to move all of my stuff in tomorrow, with more of Hil's on Thursday before work, so I figured I needed to make my contribution to the cleaning. So I cleaned the nastiest frickin place on the Earth: the bathroom. Oh my heck. Never before has one seen such caked on everything as...man. It was bad. Anyways, without going into horrific details of a bathroom that four guys shared that was rarely if ever given a good treatment of Vim and a sponge, lets just say that after vacuuming my room and emptying the kitchen of my food, I will have absolutely zero problem with leaving the rest of the mess to my roommates.
Hopefully there is some sort of wireless connection at the truplex. Our internet connection guy is coming over next Monday, but blogs can't wait that long. Well, I'm sure they can, but I won't be happy! *shakes fist* Its going to be weird to live in a house alone for the next three weeks, but it will be really awesome to finally be living with my wife! Just having her in the same house and being able to just be with her that much and everything is going to be so good. The next few weeks should go by pretty fast, considering the fact that we have interviews with the bishop and stake president and still have all our stuff to unpack, and family is going to start showing up in a couple weeks! Oh yeah, and working full time. Ugh, this can't come soon enough!
There was a friend of mine's mom who suggested she could "get me a ladder," as if to say bail out and jump out the window. As difficult and draining as wedding plans are, I can really say that its worth every strand of bacon in the pack. Not that I'm married yet, but just to know that its going to be a day that I'm never going to forget.
Holy frick. Its 4:06 AM and I need to sleep. I have to call my mom in four hours to ask her for a wall washy brush. Until next time, peace!
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Monday, April 28, 2008
Movie Reviews?! Be Kind Rewind
So...I was thinking what sort of blogtastic things I could do on here...and I decided that one thing I will do from time to time is write a movie review! Just something cool about a movie I saw so people can read it. You know...so they know if I liked the movie. Because everyone cares what I think. I figure they need to have some sort of structure, so here I go.
Characters: Nothing is worse than a movie with flat characters that you don't care about, and nothing can make a movie absolutely incredible like a protagonist that you love to cheer for. Or a villain that you love to hate. Whether its the wonderfully evil Magneto in X-Men, or the Schizo guy in A Beautiful Mind, a character really can bring a movie to a whole new level. All will be rated out of 10.
Plot: You need a good plot in a good movie. Something that you really are excited about. This is straight the coolness of the plot.
Filled Potential: Nothing sucks more than to see a great idea go to waste. How well did they do with what they had to work with?
Epic Factor: Also could be called the "Holy Frick!" factor. Did the movie have an awesome epic feel to it at any point? Normally near the climax of the movie.
Humor: Did I find the humor funny or retarded.
Overall: Overall rate out of 10.
Alright, so now for my first review.
Characters: 6 - Jack Black played his stereotypical role in this movie. Sure, he was slightly different again, but you can always tell its Jack Black because he'll have some sort of diddie where he does his classic singing thing of some sort. It was short in Be Kind Rewind, but I did catch it. If you're not sure what I'm talking about, here's a clip from Nacho Libre. He does it near the end of the song, although the entire song has "I was written by Jack Black" written all over it. Other than him, the characters were likeable, but nothing fantastic. Mos Def and Danny Glover played two very static characters who had nothing going for them. The humor was good, but most of it was delivered by Jack Black.
Plot: 7 - Very cool and original plot. I mean, come on. They erased all the tapes so they filmed new ones to save their business from going under! That's awesome! However, outside that basic idea, the storyline was somewhat stale. The relationships in between the characters were very static and they didn't really contribute to the storyline at all.
Filled Potential: 5 - The only times that this movie was ever really good was when they were either filming the movies or showing the movies that they had made. Take the same idea and polish it up more and this could have been a movie far better than what it was. I mean, come on, the first half hour of the movie is 30 minutes that I will never get back, and that is a sad thought.
Epic Factor: 3 - This movie was very anticlimactic. The ending was seemingly meant to leave you feeling good, but instead it made me feel like "Who cares if they saw their movie?! They're still..." I don't want to spoil anything there, it was just a downer ending, and never really felt epic. I give it a three because of the Ghostbusters and Rush Hour 2 Sweded versions. In particular, the Fisher Price mat to show them falling from a building. Priceless.
Humor: 6 - As long as you were watching the Sweded versions of the movies, it was absolutely hilarious. Other than that, it was dry and stale. The beginning part of the movie is absolute hell to watch.
Overall: 5/10 This was a decent movie at best. Definately a "go once in the Movie Mill to ease your curiousity" type of movie. If you're going to rent it, it will be one that you're glad it was an overnight rental because you don't really want to watch it twice. If it wasn't for Jack Black and the Sweded films, this movie would have sucked alot worse.
Characters: Nothing is worse than a movie with flat characters that you don't care about, and nothing can make a movie absolutely incredible like a protagonist that you love to cheer for. Or a villain that you love to hate. Whether its the wonderfully evil Magneto in X-Men, or the Schizo guy in A Beautiful Mind, a character really can bring a movie to a whole new level. All will be rated out of 10.
Plot: You need a good plot in a good movie. Something that you really are excited about. This is straight the coolness of the plot.
Filled Potential: Nothing sucks more than to see a great idea go to waste. How well did they do with what they had to work with?
Epic Factor: Also could be called the "Holy Frick!" factor. Did the movie have an awesome epic feel to it at any point? Normally near the climax of the movie.
Humor: Did I find the humor funny or retarded.
Overall: Overall rate out of 10.
Alright, so now for my first review.
BE KIND REWIND
Characters: 6 - Jack Black played his stereotypical role in this movie. Sure, he was slightly different again, but you can always tell its Jack Black because he'll have some sort of diddie where he does his classic singing thing of some sort. It was short in Be Kind Rewind, but I did catch it. If you're not sure what I'm talking about, here's a clip from Nacho Libre. He does it near the end of the song, although the entire song has "I was written by Jack Black" written all over it. Other than him, the characters were likeable, but nothing fantastic. Mos Def and Danny Glover played two very static characters who had nothing going for them. The humor was good, but most of it was delivered by Jack Black.
Plot: 7 - Very cool and original plot. I mean, come on. They erased all the tapes so they filmed new ones to save their business from going under! That's awesome! However, outside that basic idea, the storyline was somewhat stale. The relationships in between the characters were very static and they didn't really contribute to the storyline at all.
Filled Potential: 5 - The only times that this movie was ever really good was when they were either filming the movies or showing the movies that they had made. Take the same idea and polish it up more and this could have been a movie far better than what it was. I mean, come on, the first half hour of the movie is 30 minutes that I will never get back, and that is a sad thought.
Epic Factor: 3 - This movie was very anticlimactic. The ending was seemingly meant to leave you feeling good, but instead it made me feel like "Who cares if they saw their movie?! They're still..." I don't want to spoil anything there, it was just a downer ending, and never really felt epic. I give it a three because of the Ghostbusters and Rush Hour 2 Sweded versions. In particular, the Fisher Price mat to show them falling from a building. Priceless.
Humor: 6 - As long as you were watching the Sweded versions of the movies, it was absolutely hilarious. Other than that, it was dry and stale. The beginning part of the movie is absolute hell to watch.
Overall: 5/10 This was a decent movie at best. Definately a "go once in the Movie Mill to ease your curiousity" type of movie. If you're going to rent it, it will be one that you're glad it was an overnight rental because you don't really want to watch it twice. If it wasn't for Jack Black and the Sweded films, this movie would have sucked alot worse.
Sunday, April 27, 2008
Blogs, A Requirement for Married Life?
Alright, people, so here I am writing my first blog in a coon's age. I had a blog way back in the day before the mish, but it was mainly tomfooleries and what not. I have since abandoned my former blog and don't particularly know what happened to it. But whatever. So here I am writing a new blog because Jessica texted me from Hawaii and said that I needed to start a new blog for the following reasons:
1. Blogs are the new Facebook.
2. Blogs are the sweets.
3. Blogs are a requirement to get married.
I think that Hilary would be very unschmeebed if they rejected us for our application for a marraige on grounds of failing to maintain a respectable blog. So...here this is.
Advice to all people thinking of getting married: elope! If that's not possible, make it as short as possible! Thinking of getting married in August? How about June! Thinking about June? How about next weekend! In all seriousness, plans are coming together very nicely. I'll hopefully be moving into our new place on Tuesday or Wednesday and get things settled for when Hilary will be able to move in in a few weeks (after the wedding).
I don't particularly know if Hilary has realized the level of severity my geekiness is. The other day she had a job interview, so I dropped her off and (for the first time since being home from my mission) went to a comic book store. Before my mission, I would buy some sweet comics and what not, so for old times sake I bought one. Yeah...she made sure to let me know exactly how much of I geek I am. I did, however, manage to get her addicted to Guitar Hero, so its nice to know that I am corrupting her sweet innocent little mind. Before long, she'll be by my side heading off to the incredible festivities of Comic Con '09! Ew. Gross. Gag me with a lightsaber.
Enough blog for now. I have chowdering and packing to do. At least now I can still get a marriage.
1. Blogs are the new Facebook.
2. Blogs are the sweets.
3. Blogs are a requirement to get married.
I think that Hilary would be very unschmeebed if they rejected us for our application for a marraige on grounds of failing to maintain a respectable blog. So...here this is.
Advice to all people thinking of getting married: elope! If that's not possible, make it as short as possible! Thinking of getting married in August? How about June! Thinking about June? How about next weekend! In all seriousness, plans are coming together very nicely. I'll hopefully be moving into our new place on Tuesday or Wednesday and get things settled for when Hilary will be able to move in in a few weeks (after the wedding).
I don't particularly know if Hilary has realized the level of severity my geekiness is. The other day she had a job interview, so I dropped her off and (for the first time since being home from my mission) went to a comic book store. Before my mission, I would buy some sweet comics and what not, so for old times sake I bought one. Yeah...she made sure to let me know exactly how much of I geek I am. I did, however, manage to get her addicted to Guitar Hero, so its nice to know that I am corrupting her sweet innocent little mind. Before long, she'll be by my side heading off to the incredible festivities of Comic Con '09! Ew. Gross. Gag me with a lightsaber.
Enough blog for now. I have chowdering and packing to do. At least now I can still get a marriage.
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