Almost every man's wet dream, Angelina Jolie surprised me in the fact that it seemed like she phoned it in.
Little bit Fight Club, little bit Matrix, but a lot less dialogue, and not very deep. But when they did manage to talk longer than 20 seconds, the theatre full of adolescent boys started to fidget, get bored. So I guess it's important to understand your audience. :)
By the end, the fact that James McAvoy was the guy from Atonement was the farthest thing from my mind. He was really good. That boy can act. I did feel that at times, his American accent was a bit too much of a caricature, but I'm sure it's just me.
But overall, I liked it. It served its purpose as a summer shoot 'em up. And of course, my kid thought it was AWESOME.
So understand that before you throw your 5000 degree heat waves at me and tell me to bite it. This is the NW, and hot, here, is anything over 80. Some will even say anything over 75, but they are even wimpier than I am.
It's going to be 85 today, in a land where it hasn't been even "warm" this entire month. 50-60 degree weather, and rain or clouds or fog. But yesterday it hit 87 up here and today is going to be around the same. So going from 60 and rain to 85 and hot is a bit of an adjustment. It's going to be like this all week, so I know I'll get used to it, but right now, it's hot.
I don't want it to be hot unless I am at the beach or lake, absorbing my daily allotment of skin cancer vibes. But today I have a lot of work to do, so I can't be out there, in the hotness.
Sigh.
I'm a big advocate of gun control. Yep. I'm a tree-huggin', gun controllin', NW liberal and there's nothing you can do about it.
But when I read a story like this, I think that perhaps the concept of letting the stupid weed themselves out, might be more effective than gun control.
At least he didn't point it at a friend.
Spokane man accidentally shoots self in face
SPOKANE, WA — Police say a man who was drinking with friends and playing with a handgun accidentally shot himself in the face in Spokane.
Police say when someone expressed concern about the gun early today, the man attempted to prove it was unloaded by pointing it at his face and pulling the trigger.
The 42-year-old Spokane man is in critical condition.
What is a childhood memory that still haunts you?
I don't think dredging up the skeletons in my childhood closet are something I would post on vox.
But speaking of haunting childhood memories, I just watched The Orphanage last night. It was really good.
It's a spanish film directed by the guy who did Pan's Labyrinth, about this woman who buys the orphanage that she grew up in, and then her own child goes missing. You think it's going to turn into a horror film, but it doesn't. Suspensful yes, horror, no.
The trailer:
“Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which
it stands. Miracles do not cluster, and what has happened once in 6000
years, may not happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the
American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the
world.”
Daniel Webster
Senator Dodd (D-CT) filibusters FISA, the bill that gives retroactive immunity to telecom corporations that illegally spy on Americans.
(from Toe-Knee)
Continued... http://dodd.senate.gov/index.php?q=node/4476
4 years ago today she died of ovarian cancer. Every time this day comes around, it makes me sad.
The day she died, she came to me in a cloud of dragonflies. I don't want to go into it, but I really do believe it was her. I've never experienced anything like that before or since.
She was my friend, and I will always miss her. Sometimes, I think she was the only one who really had me figured out, and stayed my friend anyway. :) She was like that with people. Always able to see everything.
I will be looking for those dragonflies, Deb. I see them less and less each year, so maybe you are gone in ways I cannot comprehend.
(isn't that a song?)
I finally did the treadmill for 15 minutes today and I almost died.
Pneumonia makes your lungs really weak and I forgot about that.
This is going to take longer to get over than I thought. I forgot that part too!
Must remember: Little steps!
Found the 25 dollars I thought I lost.
Saw Gabriel Iglesias @ The Moore in Seattle last night - he was great!
Communicated with the ex - successfully! RARE!!!!!
Sent from iPod.
What's the hardest part about the role you play in your family?
The black sheep/only single parent in the family?
Oh please, are you serious?????
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