May 3, 2007
A plucky foot-high Jack Russell terrier named George saved five New Zealand children from two marauding pitbulls, but was so severely mauled in the fight he had to be destroyed, his owner said Wednesday.
Being a dog person, I recognize and appreciate the valor of this gallant hero. Truly man’s best friend.
April 23, 2007
Over the weekend I produced a handful of sketches. I think this one is my favorite. I love the character’s expressions. Except for the dead guy’s, but who cares about him, he’s dead. I’m the one on the left btw
Oh, I thought I should also mention we were fighting zombies.
April 21, 2007
Can’t seem to fall asleep tonight so I started cleaning up my room. I can across my old sketch book from a couple of years ago. My friend and I were going to start an online comic that never came to be. I think I was being too much of a perfectionist and never happy with my work. Its been a while since I’ve done any real drawings, so I decided to pick up where I left off so many moons ago. If you’re interested, you can check it out on my flickr. They’re suppose to be cartoon versions of my friends. Compare it to actual pictures on the flickr; you’ll have to jump around the account for a bit. I feel kind of bad letting whatever talent I have erode away, because I really enjoyed drawing again.
April 18, 2007
Today my sister told me that I looked dark. In response, I told her she looked fat, twice. I felt really good about how well I handled the brief exchange. Needless to say, I was feeling very saucy today.
April 17, 2007
I’m sure all of you have heard of what happened at VA Tech so all I’ll say I hope things work themselves out for everyone affected by it. This blog is about the reactions that I witnessed yesterday to the tragedy. I was apart of one the most uncomfortable and sickening conversations yesterday. People were talking about how “badass” the whole situation was in reference to the death toll. Others went into talking about how the bar was raised and how they would break. The most morbid thing I heard how one guy would line up a slew of victims so he can see how many heads a bullet could go through before it stops. Sick! It was all so damn sick. The first reaction you have when you hear that 33 people died is how to top it? Do people no longer have any sense of mortality or respect for those that no longer a live. I decided to just walk away from it all; had I stayed I would’ve gone off on them and it would’ve caused unwanted tension from my part. Never has my respect for people fall like it did yesterday. I sincerely pity every single one of those heartless bastards.
April 14, 2007
After yet another drawn out day of work, I was headed home and decided to see what was up at the Hollywood video. Last year was a lazy movie year for me. There were several titles out that I had meant to go see, but never got around to watching. I’ve been making amends for the past couple of months. Hollywood had a 3 previously viewed DVD for $25 sale. Not a large selection, but there were at least 3 that enticed me enough to take Hollywood up on their offer. I went ahead and picked up the Science of Sleep, Casino Royale, and an Inconvenient Truth. The first two I’ve heard nothing but good things about so I’m exciting to watching those.
April 13, 2007
I’ve considered myself to be a clever writer, but lacked ideas for anything like a book or screenplay. I’ve been inspired by a friend to write a ridiculous movie about zombies. I’ve taken it further; now I’m working on a drawn out complicated story about zombies…IN SPACE… SPACe… SPAce… SPace… Space… space… pace… ace… ce… e… The smart money is that I’ll head into this with a full head of steam and then drop it within two weeks.
April 9, 2007
I demand a list of all the Vietnamese superstitions. My mom refuses to get rid of the bees because old Vietnamese people have told her its good luck. This isn’t the first time her superstitions has affected our living situations. I just want a list so that I can mentally prepare myself for all of her antics. Is it so crazy for me to not want to live in a house with bees? If you know of any “crazy” superstitions, send them this way.
April 8, 2007
Chazz Michael Michaels and Jimmy MacElroy are the top men’s figure skaters and also intense rivals. MacElroy is all about technique and execution whereas Michaels shines with style in improvising. The movie opens with them tying for the gold medal; a brawl ensues and they are subsequently banned from men’s singles competition. A loophole in the rules allows for the two to reenter the skating rink in the pairs division. With qualifications just around the corner, neither has time to find female partners, and thus the form an odd couple’s bond to become the first male pair’s team. Hilarity follows.
My take: Another funny Will Ferrell movie. Its strength is in its great cast and pacing. You get everything you love from Will Ferrell, but its not all about him. The movie cuts to all the different characters so you’re not watching the typical deservingly overly confident boorish Ferrell. I particularly love when he does that, but a lot of people get put off by it because they’ve seen it before. You get laughs throughout the entire movie. Its not the huge laughs that you got from Anchor Man or Talledega, but I thought that in the second act of that movie, it drops off a bit in the comedy. This movie follows the 3 act structure to the “T”, but the laughs are all there from the ridiculous moments to the parts that moves the plot along. The movie is fairly predictable but the climatic sequence was unexpected and astonishing. Not the funniest Ferrell movie, but certainly one of the more tighter and complete.
Everyone says that John Heder is Napoleon Dynamite in all of his movies. People say the same thing about DiNero and Kevin Spacey. I’m not comparing acting abilities; the point is that you have to look at the subtle differences in the characters and get over the voice and face. I thought he was great complement in his roll as the silver spoon fed technical master.
Will Arnet and Amy Poler play brother-sister who are the main rivals of the two and they are as ridiculously creepy as they are hilarious. Jenna Fischer is adorable. She plays the timid little sister of Poler and Arnet who is desperate for a place in the family. She comes off as Pam Beesely, but that because they way her character was written; didn’t allow for her to go beyond a normal woman surrounded by colorful characters.
If nothing else, go see the movie for Jenna:
April 5, 2007
So a bunch of bastard bees decided to make themselves at home near my front door. I snapped a quick shot and ran back inside as soon as I heard buzzing. All I could think of was the movie My Girl.
My mom doesn’t want to get rid of them because she thinks bees are good luck. The landlord seems to think a bee hive on the side of the house is no big deal. My good friend Tom offered to hose them down for me. This has lead me to conclude that everyone I know is on crazy pills.
I’m probably going to call pest control to take care of this. I’d do it myself using poison and whatnot, but I really don’t want to sweep up dead bees.
