The Orpanage

It's time!The Orphanage is a movie where you walk in expecting one thing, then walk out completely amazed by what you just watched. It literally is a movie where you feel emotionally drained after watching. The leading lady is phenomenal and the story is something that will keep you on the edge of your seat. At first, it the movie seems to be a typical scary film. Things are slightly predictable because we have seen them done by so many directors in the past. As the movie progresses however, you begin to predict less and begin to wonder what will happen next. I'm positive the director did this on purpose as to let you think you are safe and sound becuase you can assume what will happen next, but that feeling lasts maybe a total of 20 minutes before you are completely thrown for a loop and are shocked (and curled up in a ball because your filled with anticipation). It definetly has it's scary moments, and Joe can attest having to sit between two girls! If you are looking for a great story line, believable actors and actresses, and a true scary/horror film, then this is a must see.It is in subtitles, but trust me you get so into the movie that you forget you are even reading.xoxoJenessaSource

SUNDAY MEDITATION

OK, I know what you are thinking. A Sunday Meditation on the Gladiator? Yes that "Head Cold" has effected her brain. Hang in there ... I guarantee you there is a message to be found in the Gladiator.One of the things my husband and I like to do after watching a movie, is select "lines" that we think are admirable or memorable! We've done this for years. Some movies will produce one, occasionally two. But when we saw Gladiator for the first time...Several jumped out at both of us."Soon, but not yet!" If you recall the movie. The tall black slave used this line several times in the movie. It really added to the story, and the movie even ended with these powerful words.This reminds me of God's timing in our lives. We want it now. But many times we are told "Soon, but not yet." I think Ecc. 8:5-6 says it well. "...the wise heart will know the proper time and procedure. For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter."Pastor Don and I experience this as we pondered the "right time" to announcement our retirement. We put the idea in motion 2 years ago, but the Lord seemed to keep reminding us....Soon, but not yet. When we did make the final decision, it was the perfect timing. So glad we listened an waited."Shadows and dust" This was yelled to Maximus as he entered the arena to face death. Yes without purpose, and knowing who you are, and why you were created then life can just be shadows and dust. But Genesis 2:7 tells us why we are not just shadows and dust. "The Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living being." That handful of dust was given infinite value when God breathed life into it, in His image. From Him we come, and all He wants in return is for us to realize the value he put on life and return that love and fellowship.The Emperor is dying. "How will I be remembered?" was the question of a dying man. A question we all ask, whether out loud or in the privacy of our hearts. The Emperor wanted to be remember for something good, not a tyrant, or man of war, but someone who had the vision and compassion to save Rome. Ephesians 4:1 speaks to this issue. "I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace."What is YOUR calling. Live worthy of it and you will be remembered with love and honor."What we do in life, echoes in Eternity" is yelled by the General in battle to his men. You will be remembered in Eternity for what you do this day for Rome. Does it matter? How do you measure what really matters? Jesus tells a story in Luke 12:13-21. The question He raised in this parable is: What in life really matters? What is true success? What should we really fear? *"We should not fear that we may fail, we should fear that we may succeed at that which doesn't matter." Mark 8:36-37 "For what shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?" If your life has been entrusted to the one who created you, lived for you, died for you, and rose again.....Then what you do in life will echo loudly throughout all eternity.That is my Sunday. If you look for "life changing" lines in a movie, and find them, and then try to incorporate them into your living - - - it was a movie well worth seeing.Love and Hugs for a Great Sunday. Thank you for all your "Get Well" messages and prayers. I'm feeling so much better day!*Author unknownSource

some recent articles

Essays/articles/features:Field of Schemes, on the Mitchell Report (Village Voice)Interview with Walk Hard director Jake Kasdan (Paste)Anthology Recordings Brings Forgotten Music To The Web (PaperThinWalls.com)Pazz and Jop 2007: ballot, commentsIdolator 2007: Ballot & Comments (Idolator.com) Live reviews:Yo La Tengo at Maxwell's, 4-11 December 2007 (Village Voice blog)Yo La Tengo at Maxwell's, 8 December 2007 (Relix)Phil Kline's Unsilent Night, 15 December 2007 (Village Voice blog)Smokey Hormel's Roundup at Sunny's, 23 January 2008 (Village Voice blog) Album reviews:Jukebox - Cat Power & Ask Forgiveness EP - Bonnie "Prince" Billy (Paste)I'm Not There OST - various (Relix)Give Thanks to Chank - Col. Bruce Hampton & the Quark Alliance (JamBands.com)White Moth - Xavier Rudd (Paste) Track review:"Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse" - Of Montreal (PaperThinWalls.com) , movie reviews:Redacted (Paste)Starting Out in the Evening (Paste) Columns:BRAIN TUBA: The Bohemians (JamBands.com)BRAIN TUBA: War on War, parts 14-15 (JamBands.com) In print:o Paste #39 (Art House Powerhouse cover): feature on Michel Gondry, blurblet on Todd Haynes' Superstar, album reviews of Cat Power, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, La Belle Epoque compilation, movie review of City of Men o February/March Relix (Black Crowes cover): features on Ween and Unbroken Chain symposium, live review of Yo La Tengo, album reviews of North Mississippi AllStars, Zox, Grateful Dead, book review of Will Hodgkinson. o Signal To Noise #48 (Devendra Banhart cover): album review of A Hawk and a Hacksaw & the Hun Hangar Ensemble, Os Mutanteso December Hear/Say (Angels & Airwaves cover): album review of Michael Showalter Plus, "Ghost Stories" (from Paste #33) made Short End Magazine's "40 Film-Journalism Must-Reads & Sees of 2007."Source

Movie Review: Juno

I really wanted to love Juno. I wanted to be blown away and left startled and laughing in my seat. Not only are the reviews for Juno raving and wooshing across my television screen, but also my closest friends urged and begged me to see the movie. "It's so you!" they claimed, spouting that I would adore the music and the movie was heartwarming and eye opening. So, I listened. Maybe it's me, or maybe it's the slow time of year, but I have to say, I was not impressed. The acting was weak, the plot lines were un-original, and the dialogue was hard to understand and weirdly paced. Juno may have been exciting to moviegoers because it's a new "indie" movie with stimulating music, but thrilling and innovative it was not. Good reviews aside, I really, truly did have high hopes for Juno; it's directed by Jason Reitman, son of famed director Ivan Reitman and full of some of my favorite comedic actors (who doesn't love Allison Janey?). But, sometimes all we can do is hope, right? Juno is about a high school student who becomes pregnant and decides to give the baby up for adoption. However, instead of anonymously giving the baby up for adoption, she chooses a couple to form a relationship with and hand her child over to. The monotone-voiced Ellen Page, an adorable new-ish actress in her first comedic movie role, plays Juno. Her sweet boyfriend, Paulie Bleeker (and in my humble opinion, the best part of the movie) was played by Michael Cera, who made his name famous from the highly loved television show, Arrested Development. The adoptive parents, played by Jennifer Garner and other Arrested Development alum, Jason Bateman, were also a high point to the movie, but not for their acting skills as much as for their adorable faces. The beginning of the movie was full of fast quips and dialogue written in a completely un-colloquial manner, which made me feel like I was watching an episode of Dawson's Creek rather than a romantic comedy. While this fast paced repartee slowed down into more of a regular movie dialogue, it set a weird tone for the movie's conversational pacing which ended up irking me due to its unrealistic linguistic patterns (as my sister points out, much like these last two sentences). It was chock full of SAT words strung together in awkward sentences which made the meaning behind them hard to figure out at such a rapid pace. I've found after telling my true feelings about this movie, "it was okay, much like a Lifetime movie" people hissed at me telling me I missed the point, and didn't I think it was beautiful? Beautiful was not a word I'd use to describe this movie; perhaps I would use sweet, or colorful, or different. To put it plainly, I wasn't happy with much of the movie. As my little cousin says, "I am sad at you" and that's how I felt at certain turning points of Juno. I was sad at their portrayal of the abortion clinic; I was sad at the weird comedic timing and weird timing of the movie in general; I was sad at the lack in the depth of the characters' relationships. There was one scene that brought an iota of tears to my eyes. It's a scene after Juno gives birth and she's in the hospital bed where Paulie Bleeker comes in and holds her in bed. I am sure anyone who has been in the hospital will tear up at this scene, for it really is the most poignant scene in the movie because it depicts the warmth within the cold walls of the reality of the hospital, and thus, life. My friends who said I would love the music were right: it was pretty good. I wouldn't buy the album unless it was on sale, but it definitely kept the movie alive. It's hard to write a movie review for a much loved movie, when you well, didn't love it, but I can tell you, there was no difference, for me at least, between Juno and any good (and I mean good) Lifetime movie. Should you pay money to see it? Maybe on a rainy day when you've run through all your classic rainy day DVDs. Should you hire a babysitter to see it? Absolutely not. Should you wait to rent it? I wish I had. Article written by Olivia March, © 2008 butyoudontlooksick.com Source

the fifty word lyrical review – sweeney todd

I normally doA movie reviewThat has no more than fifty wordsBut on this occasionI'm of the persuasionTo do one much longer in verseConsid'ring the repOf Burton and DeppIt did not take long to decideTo purchase our stubAnd big popcorn tubSo we could go 'long for the rideAs I could pray tellThe film began wellA Burton-esque set we did viewThe rats and diseaseOf old London's streetsWere all well depicted it's true"Just what is so oddabout Sweeney Todd?"I whispered in my darling's ear"You see it's a taleThat somehow has failedTo get to me over the years!""Tut-tut" she replied"It can't be deniedHis story is one to abhor-A barber by tradeWith morals waylaidBy vowing to settle a score!With little a careYou'd sit in his chairExpecting a short back n sidesBefore your neck knew itHis blade would go through it -You'd end up in one of his pies!"With this revelationI'd high expectationThe story it seemed like a stonkerPerhaps now at lastThese folks had a chanceTo cast off the demons of WonkaI started to pineFor the movie's first lineFor sure it could not come too soonBut then I must sayMy hopes went awayWhen I heard it was part of a tune!And so it went onAnd on and yet onA musical score all throughoutTo resort to the songIt all just seemed wrongSome will not agree I've no doubtBut singing, you seeAin't my cup of teaAt least not when I'm at the flicksSo the actors, I foundGot two big thumbs downEven with Ali G in the mix!But since we had paidIn our seats we stayedAnd I had to humour my mindSo what could I doBut write my reviewThe format was not hard to findI spent all the timeThinking meter and rhymeSo I could get out my dismayThen once I got homeI completed the poemFor you all to look at today!(Finally…) THE END© JL Pagano 2008Source

Me and my late night/early morning posts....

Tonight was a good night.  Went to see The Bucketlist with Ally, Nick Dietz, Matt Isaacson, Bobby, and...some other guy I didn't really know at all.  Then hung out with everyone over at Rob's pad....saw Timmy Tot and damn, was it nice to sit and chat with him.  Haven't had too much time to spend with that kiddo as of late, so I'm happy about that.  But anyway....here comes a shorthand rundown of my movie criticism:  (Come on....if you know ANYthing about me, you know I do this kind of thing...it's the English major in me, I swear..)The Bucketlist.  Morgan Freeman's pretty good.  Jack Nicholson...pretty good, too.  The best way for me to describe this movie is "Short and sweet."  And for a movie that's short and sweet....this one did a good job of it.  Had a slow start....definately had a slow start.  Dialogue was a little.....ehh....cliche?  Predictable?  I don't know....wasn't too impressed with the script, but the story itself was worthwhile.  Like Allison said a few nights ago when we saw the preview:  "That's original...they haven't made a movie about THAT yet.."  The ending came pretty quick....they definately slapped the conclusion on in about 5 minutes at the end.  Which was good...it didn't drag on for much longer, but kind of abrupt in a way?  I thought the end line was funny...didn't see that one coming, so that made a better impression.  And maybe it's because the actual story of it was touching enough...I got a little teary eyed!  Damn movies and their whole "trying to make you feel something" kind of crap.  lol  Not a bad thing though.So if I had to rate it......eh....C+, B-.  (Wow, I'm a nazi about movies...I really am.)  lol I think the best movie I've seen this winter break was "Charlie Wilson's War."  Maybe it's just because I'm a sucker for Tom Hanks..he's always been a favorite actor of mine.  Thought provoking and....damn do they pin some things right on the head.  Love it.  Okay enough movie review.Leaving for Santa Augustine tomorrow (actually, later today!)  And totally looking forward to it.  Get up there..unpack.....get re-acquainted with the dorms (even though I'm beyond used to that whole lifestyle...)  And then Mr. Joshua is cooking up some dinner for us.  Word on the street is chicken, shrimp and alfredo something or other, with some garlic bread and wine.....and then dessert, but I haven't had a chance to eavesdrop enough to find out the details of that.  Originally thinking the Chianti Room for le diner, mais c'est bon that he insists on cooking.  Looking forward to it.  "Little black dress" attire might still be a go.  :DGriff should also be coming into town sometime tomorrow as well.....AWESOME!!!  If there was ever a cool freshman, Griffith Ann Egan would take the cake...and eat it too."Let them eat cake!"  I don't know why I love that silly quote so much.Alright....it's safe to say this LJ entry is quickly falling apart.  Not sure if there was much substance to begin with, but that's what happens at 4am after a few shots of good ol' (disgusting) Jackie D.  Blegh!  :DTootles! Source

Home, Telemarketers, Politics, 2007 Review, Book Review, and Movie Reviews

Quotes of the Week:[From "South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut"]STAN: "Hey, guys. Do you know where I can find the clitoris?"KYLE: "The what?"CARTMAN: "What, is that like finding Jesus or something?"[From "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"]JACK: "You know, for all that pirates are clever-called, we are an unimaginative lot when it comes to naming things."GIBBS: "Like?"JACK: "I once sailed with a geezer lost both his arms and part of his eye."GIBBS: "What did you call him?"JACK: "Larry."The last week of my break was a waste. On Monday, I ate food and watched movies. On Tuesday, I finished reading "Travels." And for the rest of the week, I mostly bummed around, reading a little and looking at companies that want computer engineers. I thought I would do some intense research, but looking at the list of 160 companies that came to the last career fair, I didn't know where to begin. I'll start researching once I know what companies have job postings this semester. The only companies I'm interested in so far are Google (although they probably want more CS majors) and the CIA. I don't know what I would be doing for the CIA, and I'd probably make less money in a government job, but saying I work for the CIA is its own reward. "What do you do?" "I'm a *mumble something* for the CIA."I've been having another telemarketer battle. Bank of America called to offer me accident insurance. The guy sounded inexperienced, like he was just reading off a script. I said I wasn't interested, and he said okay, have a nice day. A few weeks later, they call me again, different guy, same script. Except this guy is a lot smoother. The first guy said, "If something happens to you, we can offer you up to one million dollars." The second guy said, "If something happens to you, we can off you up to ONE…MILLION…DOLLARS," like I fucking won something. When I said I wasn't interested, the douche bag actually started an argument with me. "Why aren't you interested?" "I'm just not interested." "So you already have insurance." "No, I just don't want it." "Well, what if something happens to you?" "I don't care." "So if something happens to you, you're just going to roll with it?" "Yeah. Bye." I slammed the phone down. Can you believe this asshole? He calls me in the middle of the evening and then tries to make me feel like an idiot. I felt proud of myself for standing up to this guy, but I was still pissed off. The next day I get another call, this time from a girl. I didn't even say anything. I just hung up on her in mid-sentence. I sat by the phone for a couple minutes, waiting for her to call back, but she didn't. What pisses me off even more is that they're offering me one of those free trials where you have to pay if you don't cancel in a month (that's how I got duped into that identity theft protection crap). Why would I need a free trial of accident insurance? You can't test insurance. Insurance just sits there until you need it. Do they expect me to get hit by a bus within a month and think, "Wow, I really do need accident insurance!" It's amazing how ignorant my family is about politics. My mom likes John Edwards, my dad likes Hilary, and I like Obama. We have no idea what any of their views are; we just like how they act. But then I realized that maybe issues don't matter that much. Most of my opinions are half-hearted anyway. I'd rather have a good leader that I disagreed with than a bad leader that I agreed with. Most people don't care what their leaders are doing, just as long as they know what they're doing, and they look good doing it. Bush could deliver a speech about his cure for cancer, but he would fumble around and mispronounce a lot of words, and people would think he's an idiot.I didn't keep many of my resolutions from last year. I haven't been going to bed earlier (that makes two years), I haven't been working harder in school (actually did the worst in my whole life), I haven't been using my time more efficiently (except in the summer), and I haven't gotten laid (I've given up on that, although I never really tried), but I did think about my future a little, and I did write, not one, but four new stories. I had thought my imagination had gone dry, but publishing the book must have kick-started something. Since there was such a long hiatus of writing, the complexity and depth of my stories have decreased considerably ("Choices" is the longest, and it's only eight pages), but I think they've grown more mature. I'm still perverted, but now I don't feel the need to show it off as much.Things I Changed in 2007:[While my lifestyle hasn't changed much, looking back I realize that my beliefs and attitudes have changed considerably.]Global Warming – At the end of 2006, Al Gore had me shitting my pants about global warming. But after reading Michael Crichton's "State of Fear" and doing some other half-assed research, my shit crept back into my butt. Global warming itself is a fact. The average temperature of the earth is increasing, period. The questions are whether global warming is going to be catastrophic, and, if it is, whether we can stop it. I don't think we have enough reliable evidence to be so certain of the former, and proposed solutions for the latter seem sketchy at best. Fucking glaciers are falling apart, and coastal cities are going to be under fucking water, but supposedly, all we have to do to stop it is change our light bulbs and drive hybrid cars and go to U2 concerts. We shouldn't ignore the issue of global warming, but we shouldn't start freaking out either. I like Crichton's idea: let all the climate models run for ten years, and then see which one works the best. In the meantime, let's sit back and enjoy the 70-degree winters.Apologetics – I once said, "I'm glad that there are theists out there who have really examined their beliefs, rather than just accepting on them on faith. I still think they're wrong, but at least they're wrong for a good reason." I take that back wholeheartedly. People who justify their beliefs in God with pseudoscience are, in fact, the worst type of believer. They're trying to combine religion and science, but they're really doing a disgrace to both. If they were truly religious, they wouldn't need science, and if they were truly scientific, they wouldn't need religion. If you want to believe in God, fine, but don't go around pretending that it's reasonable and scientific. An intelligent, all-powerful, self-existing entity will never be rational, no matter how many gaps there are in the fossil record, no matter how many examples of irreducible complexity you find (neither of those arguments hold water, by the way). So stop trying to rationalize the irrational. I prefer a crazy person who knows they're crazy over a crazy person who thinks they're sane. The only theist I can respect is one who says, "I believe in God, not because it makes sense, but because I have experienced God personally." Such a person does not believe out of pure faith or flawed logic, but through direct observation that they cannot deny. Their observation may be wrong, but it is a better reason than any other to believe.Atheism – My beliefs about God haven't changed much over the years, but what I've labeled them has. I used to think that atheists didn't believe God existed or could exist, while agnostics didn't believe in God yet didn't deny the possibility of God. For a long time, I claimed to be an agnostic because I had no opinion about God. But even if I didn't admit it, I did have an opinion, indicated by the fact that I was opposed to theism much more than atheism. Now I've learned that agnosticism deals with knowledge, while atheism deals with belief. Technically, knowledge is just a strong form of belief, but here's how I look at it now. If you don't believe in God, then you're an atheist whether you "know" He doesn't exist, or you just "think" He doesn't. In addition, "weak atheism" is the absence of belief in God, while "strong atheism" is the explicit denial of God. Your confidence level (whether you "know" or "think") is indicated by whether you're an agnostic. From what I understand, all weak atheists are agnostics. If you lack belief in God, and knowledge is a degree of belief, then you must also lack knowledge of God. So now I consider myself a strong atheist for specific gods and a weak atheist/agnostic for gods in general. All of this sounds like pointless bullshit, and I'm usually not a big fan of semantics, but I think it's important to agree on certain definitions before you start arguing with someone.Theism – I used to think most people believed in God for superficial reasons (upbringing, comfort, etc.) and not through direct experience. But then I discovered that people actually claim to have interacted with God. These interactions are usually abstract and indescribable (I still don't get it) but apparently very convincing. Additionally, I discovered that there were also believers who lacked these experiences and consequently believed God was ignoring them or didn't love them. It seemed that believing in God (i.e. religion) and experiencing God (i.e. spirituality) didn't always go hand in hand. This is how theists become atheists, and atheists become theists. The spirituality element (or lack thereof) is what converts people. I used to believe in God, but I was never spiritual, so it was easy for me to become an atheist. All of this supports the paper I wrote a few years ago on the God gene. Whether or not God exists, some people have the spirituality gene and some don't. It's assumed that spiritual people are usually religious, but not much thought has been given to religious people who aren't spiritual. All geneticists care about is the spirituality, and all atheists care about is the beliefs. Maybe I'm the first to connect the two. I'll call it Richie's Theory of…something.Abortion – I never really had an opinion on abortion. Since I never got a girl pregnant, it didn't really affect me. But after writing a story about abortion and looking at the arguments of both sides, I consider myself pro-life now. Pretty much all the pro-choice arguments are bullshit. Even if you get raped, it's not the baby's fault you got raped. And even if you don't consider it life, it's at least potential life. However, in practice, I don't really care if people get abortions. I'd probably get an abortion. It's one of those things where I think it's wrong, but I don't care that it's wrong. In other words, I'm a hypocrite.Celebrities – I've stopped caring about celebrities. Unless a celebrity story raises an issue worth discussing (such as the Michael Richards and Don Imus controversies), I don't give a shit what they're doing, especially if it involves Britney Spears or Lindsay Lohan or Paris Hilton making asses of themselves. If Spielberg gets a DUI, my only concern is whether his next movie will be delayed. I don't understand why people are so obsessed with people they don't know. What, because they're famous? Shows like TMZ piss me off. They have the nerve to make fun of celebrities, and yet they're the ones stalking them all day. Get a fucking life! "The Daily Show" did a great bit where they went up to paparazzi and took photos of them. I wish I had thought of that.Racism – Speaking of Richards and Imus, I used to abhor racists, but now I think the word gets thrown around way too often these days. You say the N-word on camera or on tape, and you're labeled a racist and ostracized. I'm not going to use Carlos Mencia's "freedom of speech" argument. Freedom of speech wasn't invented so you can insult people who don't deserve it. I would use the argument to defend people who really are racists, but here I'm just talking about people accused of racism. Saying a word doesn't make you racist. Racism is a belief system. You can't base someone's beliefs on a word without taking it into context. Saying "Jesus" doesn't make you a Christian, and saying "nigger" doesn't make you a racist. It may make you an asshole, but not a racist. Words mean what you want them to mean. I say "nigger" and "faggot" all the time, not out of hate for those particular groups, but because they're funny words to say. I would never say the N-word to a black person if I knew it would hurt them. This reminds me of the time Mandi's mom grounded her for calling me a chink. Mandi: "She said calling you a chink would be like if she had a black friend over and called him…and then she said the N-word." I was there and a black person wasn't, yet she had trouble saying "nigger" and not "chink." That always makes me laugh.Life and Death – It's been a long time since I've believed in an afterlife, but the absence of an afterlife hasn't really sunk in until recently. The whole "if you're a good person, you'll live on in people's memories after death" is mushy bullshit. My reality is made up of my consciousness and my own memories. When I die, my reality disappears, and from my perspective, my reality is the only reality that exists. Who gives a shit about whether people will remember me if I'm not around to appreciate it? The finality of death makes life insignificant. If all of your memories will one day disappear, then what's the point of doing anything? It's like reading a book knowing that the instant you're done, you'll forget everything you've read. It doesn't matter that other people will remember, because to you the book never existed in the first place. I've concluded that life is just entertainment. Everything we desire—love, happiness, orgasms—is just stuff to pass the time. Like the narrator says at the end of "Fight Club," we're not special, and we're not trash. We just are, and what happens just happens. This idea can be depressing at times, but it can also be very liberating. Whenever something bad happens, you can just say, "Fuck it. A hundred years from now, it won't matter." Whether you're good or bad, happy or sad, the end result is always the same.Schoolwork and Naps – I've become lazier and more apathetic about schoolwork. I went from completing every assignment even when it meant staying up until three in the morning, to skipping whole assignments because the material was too frustrating or I just didn't feel like doing them. In some cases, this was a good thing; I shouldn't waste time doing one assignment when I'm better off working on something else. But for the most part, this was a very bad thing. It mostly came from a lack of energy. After dinner, I'd feel so tired and unfocused. It would take me an hour just to read one problem. This might have been a psychological thing (I didn't feel that tired when doing nonacademic stuff), but thinking back, I realize I stopped taking naps. Ever since middle school, I've been taking after-school naps so I can have enough energy to do homework in the evening. For some reason, I stopped doing that this year. I would lie down and watch TV, but I wouldn't fall asleep, and if I did, it would only be for a few minutes. I can't remember the last time I took a good one- or two-hour after-class nap.Routines – I'm very habit-forming. If I do something once or twice, I have to keep doing it. It's part of my obsessive-compulsiveness. But lately, I've been able to loosen up and free myself of unnecessary and burdensome routines. I used to feel guilty about my accumulating stack of unread magazines, but now I don't read them if I don't want to, and I also didn't renew any of my subscriptions. I used to rent movies just because they were critically claimed, but now I only rent movies that I really want to see. I used to rent movies when I didn't have time to watch them, but now I cancel my membership if I need to catch up. I used to check websites that no longer interested me, but now I skip them when I feel like it. Routines are supposed to make your life easier by relieving you of decision-making. I wear my clothes in a certain order so I don't have to think when getting dressed in the morning. But when a routine ceases to be enjoyable, beneficial, or necessary, then it should be shed immediately. For example, I'm no longer going to force myself to put pictures in this journal. It was fun at first, but now it takes up too much of my time.Things I Did in 2007:[This felt like an uneventful year, but I accomplished more than I'd thought.]-Discovered Louis C.K. and Demetri Martin.-Started watching CollegeHumor (I don't know how I lived without it).-Debated Christians.-Turned 20.-Published my first book.-Helped Alyn publish his first book.-Started my fifth website.-Got my first camera and started making videos.-Made fourth runner-up in Scott Adams's book blurb contest.-Got my first D.-Got my first airsoft gun. -Let this journal become the least funny and interesting it's ever been, and lost most of my audience as a result.-Saw 131 movies, saw five TV series, listened to three CDs, read 12 books, and wrote three stories.New Year's Wishes:[I've resolved that New Year's Resolutions are pointless because I'm going to do whatever I'm going to do when I do it. So instead this is a list of stuff I wish I'd do.]-Make school my main focus again, rather than treating it as a nuisance. (I don't have much time left, and I can't fuck it up.)-Go to bed earlier. (And by earlier, I mean at least one o'clock. Third time's a charm.)-Read more. (It's hard for me to read during the school year. I just need to work in a little bit every day.)-Spend less money. (According to my checkbook, I spent $1903.94 this past year. Even after subtracting school stuff, that's still about $900. All the little things I buy add up fast.)-Don't do things I don't want or need to do. (See "Routines" above.)-Try new things and hobbies. (Make more videos hopefully, and maybe take up badminton again.)-Be less of a pussy. (No more letting credit card companies push me around.)-Try not to kill myself. (It's tempting, but I'll try to resist.)Top Books of 2007:1. "Atheist Universe: The Thinking Person's Answer to Christian Fundamentalism" by David Mills2. "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut3. "Travels" by Michael Crichton4. "On Writing" by Stephen King5. "State of Fear" by Michael Crichton6. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. RowlingTop Music of 2007:[I didn't get many albums this year, and I didn't really listen to all the ones I did get. The following are albums where I actually sat down and analyzed each track.]1. Modest Mouse – We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank ("March into the Sea")2. Johnny Cash – American V: A Hundred Highways ("God's Gonna Cut You Down")3. Clint Mansell – The Fountain ("Death Is the Road to Awe")Top Movies of 2007:1. Crank2. Jackass Number Two3. The Prestige*4. Stranger Than Fiction5. Blood Diamond*6. The Last King of Scotland*7. Children of Men*8. Die Hard*9. Bobby10. Smokin' Aces11. Letters from Iwo Jima12. Breach13. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels*14. Battlestar Galactica15. Zodiac16. The Host17. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer18. Planet Terror19. Reign Over Me20. The People vs. Larry Flynt*Must-seeHonorable Mentions: The King, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, The Fountain, Knocked Up"Travels" might be the best thing Michael Crichton has ever written. The first part of the book is about his time in medical school, and the rest is about his journeys, experiences, and observations. As with his fiction, many of the chapters build up to some life-threatening situation. Some have complained that he comes off as a whiny pussy, but I think his fear and vulnerability make him seem more honest and ordinary. He could have made himself out to be Indiana Jones, but instead he's very willing to expose and confront his weaknesses. The most interesting chapters are about his experiments with paranormal phenomena, such as psychic powers, auras, charkas, and spoon bending. I used to think most of that stuff was hippie bullshit, but Crichton's accounts are pretty convincing, as he approaches everything with a scientific mind. I expected the book to be an amusing but somewhat dry travelogue, but it's much more meaningful than that. Each story has an insight about human nature or the world around us. If you don't like his cliché, one-dimensional techno-thrillers, you should check this out instead.Movie Reviews:"We Are Marshall" (3.5/5) – Has a few too many uplifting scenes, but still made me tear up."American Gangster" (3.5/5) – Good acting, but the ending felt rushed, and the plot lacked energy and depth."South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut" (3/5) – Not funny enough and too many songs. Wish it were less of a musical and more of a comedy."Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" (3.5/5) – Overcomplicated and not as fun as the first two, but still great action and effects."Eastern Promises" (3.5/5) – Good little movie. Viggo is great. And lots of Viggo penis if you're into that."The Kingdom" (3.5/5) – Takes a while for the action to get started, but it's worth the wait.Other Shit:-Alyn: Don't knock it until you've tried it. These things are pretty fun and not just by nerdy Asian standards. Now, just target practicing because you're too much of a pussy to have battles with people (that's me), yeah, that's pretty lame. But considering what happened to the last nerdy Asian who had a gun, you're lucky I'm a lame ass.-My school-weather theory was verified. It got cold during the break, and then I come back to school, and the temperature suddenly shoots up to seventy degrees again. This is starting to scare me. Is winter still coming, or is it already over? Al Gore is probably at the beach right now, laughing his ass off, that bastard.-I know this update is ridiculously late, but it's better late than never.

Yards of Capella Book hotel reservations at Yards

Book hotel reservations at Yards Of Capella in St Petersburg, Russian FederationSource: rdre1.yahoo.com The Yards film review ... with their exclusive review of The Yards starring Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron ... sabotaging raid on the yards of a rival contractor ... www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/reviews/the_yards.html - 43k - Cached ... with their exclusive review of The Yards starring Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron ... sabotaging raid on the yards of a rival contractor ...Source: www.tiscali.co.uk Buy.com - Yards / Nightwatch-2pk : DVD : N/a : : Buena Vista Home Video ... free from their criminal lifestyle in THE YARDS and corvette salvage yards a night watchman at a city ... in the vast New York City subway yards, where his uncle now pulls the strings, ... www.buy.com/prod/yards-nightwatch-2pk/q/loc/322/40172390.html - 113k - Cached ... free from their criminal lifestyle in THE YARDS and corvette salvage yards a night watchman at a city ... in the vast New York City subway yards, where his uncle now pulls the strings, ...Source: www.buy.com MRQE movie review Query Engine - Yards Web's largest online directory of movie reviews ... aka The Yards - Im Hinterhof der Macht (2005) ... aka Scotland Yards seltsamster Fall (1948) advertisement ... www.mrqe.com/lookup ^Yards - 28k - Cached Web's largest online directory of movie reviews ... aka The Yards - Im Hinterhof der Macht (2005) ... aka Scotland Yards seltsamster Fall (1948) advertisement ...Source: www.mrqe.com Aker Yards ASA From yards in Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, Norway and corvette salvage yards Romania, they ... Aker Yards Listing Prospectus and corvette salvage yards Securities Note ISIN NO0010389075. Read more ... www.akeryards.com - 38k - Cached From yards in Brazil, Finland, France, Germany, Norway and corvette salvage yards Romania, they ... Aker Yards Listing Prospectus and corvette salvage yards Securities Note ISIN NO0010389075. Read more ...Source: www.akeryards.com The Yards (2000) Directed by James Gray. With Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron. ... Discuss this title with other users on IMDb message board for The Yards (2000) ... www.imdb.com/title/tt0138946 - 50k - Cached Directed by James Gray. With Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix, Charlize Theron. ... Discuss this title with other users on IMDb message board for The Yards (2000) ...Source: www.imdb.com The Yards (DVD) : Movies from Overstock.com Buy The Yards (DVD) from the Overstock.com Entertainment Store for the lowest price every day. ... lush, dissonant score, THE YARDS is a gripping and corvette salvage yards intensely ... overstock.com/Books-Movies-Music-Games/The-Yards-DVD/1673517/...&fp=F - 73k - Cached Buy The Yards (DVD) from the Overstock.com Entertainment Store for the lowest price every day. ... lush, dissonant score, THE YARDS is a gripping and corvette salvage yards intensely ...Source: www.overstock.com Source

Holiday, The

Movie trailer editor, Amanda of Los Angeles, CA and journalist Iris of Surrey, England live five thousand miles apart and have never met, but are dealing with the same problem: men. Amanda having just broken up with her cheating boyfriend, Ethan and Iris having pined for her ex, Jasper, becoming engaged to the woman he left her for decide to take a vacation during Christmas. They come upon a website called home exchange and swap houses for two weeks both with a goal to forget their troubled love lives. But love ends up finding them anyways. Amanda starts a romance with Iris’ older brother, Graham, a book editor and Iris starts a romance with a movie composer named Miles. With new found romance, both their lives change forever. Source

Del The Funky Homosapien - Deltron 3030 (2000)

06:02 05.01.2008 Del The Funky Homosapien - Deltron 3030 (2000) Artist: Del The Funky HomosapienAlbum: No Need For AlarmGenre: Other / Rap / Rock1 State Of The Nation (0:25)2 3030 (7:29)3 The Fantabulous Rap Extravaganza (0:21)4 Things You Can Do (4:59)5 Positive Contact (4:42)6 St. Catherine St. (0:43)7 Virus (4:26)8 Upgrade (A Brymar College Course) (4:10)9 New Coke (0:41)10 Mastermind (3:34)11 National (0:53)12 Madness (4:38)13 Meet Cleofis Randolph The Patriarch (0:36)14 Time Keeps On Slipping (4:59)15 The News (A Wholly Owned Subsidiary Of Microsoft Inc.) (0:49)16 Turbulence (Remix) (3:33)17 The Fantabulous Rap Extravaganza Part II (0:37)18 Battlesong (4:07)19 Love Story (3:26)20 Memory Loss (4:39)21 The Assmann 640 Speaks (0:31) read more at Скачать mp3 музыку, клипы, фильмы, игры, аниме, soft, warez, mobile, psp, pda.rss2ljSource

Gross anatomy matthew modine

Amazon.com: Gross Anatomy: DVD: Matthew Modine,Daphne Zuniga,Christine Lahti,Todd Field,John Scott Clough,Alice Carter,Robert Desiderio,Zakes Mokae,Clyde With Matthew Modine, Daphne Zuniga, Christine Lahti. Message Boards. Discuss this title with other users on IMDb message board for Gross Anatomy (1989) A motley assortment of first-year medical students struggle their way through anatomy class.Gross Anatomy : DVD : Daphne Zuniga : Matthew Modine : Thom Eberhardt.Stupid, stupid and ultimately boring film about medical students in training. Only Christine Lahti can save it from total dishonour. Our rating: 3/10.Breaking entertainment news, movie reviews, Celebrity photos, Pictures, entertainment industry events, Film festivals, festival news and festival reviews, An independent, freewheeling med student enrolls in the toughest course in the curriculum - Gross Anatomy. With his style is at odds with everything around eBay: Find 1 CENT DVD: 'Gross Anatomy' matthew modine in the DVDs Movies , DVD, HD DVD Blu-ray category on eBay.Review/Film; Med School Madness In 'Gross Anatomy'. By JANET MASLIN. Published: October 20, 1989. LEAD: When Joe Slovak (Matthew Modine) gets the news that Matthew Modine. Modine at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival . http://www.filmreference.com/film/54/Matthew-Modine.html; ^ Guinness World Records Compare Prices, Funky Monkey (2004) - DVD, [English], Matthew Modine, 2005. Compare Prices, Gross Anatomy (1989) - DVD, Letterbox, [English], Matthew Modine Matthew Modine from netglimse.com, Matthew Modine Biography, Pictures, Photos, Vision Quest, Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, Gross Anatomy, Gross Anatomy review: DRAMA MATTHEW MODINE, CHRISTINE LAHTI. DIRECTED BY THOM EBERHARDT, 1989 (PG-13) TOUCHSTONE, $89.95.Matthew Modine, Matthew Modine movies, Matthew Modine pictures, Matthew Modine Derivative roles as a cocky medical student in "Gross Anatomy" (1989) and Matthew Modine gives probably his best performance as the boy who wants . Gross Anatomy (1989) Starring: Matthew Modine, Christine Lahti, Daphne Zuniga StarPulse, Visit Starpulse.com for more info on Matthew Modine 10/20/1989, Gross Anatomy, Joe Slovak, $2830387, $11346186, $11346186 At some point during the 80s, Matthew Modine perfected his boy-next-door Plum roles in films such as Married to the Mob and Gross Anatomy would round Find Matthew Modine TV Listings, Bio and more from TV-Now.com. but mostly he did time in flops (the medical drama Gross Anatomy, the sailing movie Wind) see larger image, Gross Anatomy [DVD] (1989) It's "The Paper Chase" at medical school as wise guy student Matthew Modine tries to steer through the stormy Gross Anatomy (1989) overview: synopsis, movie reviews, photos, trailers, movie clips, Matthew Modine. Joe Slovak. Daphne Zuniga. Laurie Rorbach Amazon.co.uk: Gross Anatomy [1989] (REGION 1) (NTSC): DVD: Matthew Modine,Daphne Zuniga,Christine Lahti,Todd Field,John Scott Clough,Alice Carter,Robert Before I saw it, someone described "Gross Anatomy" to me as a sort of "Paper Chase" in med school � and that's exactly what it proves to be. Matthew Modine Amazon.ca: Gross Anatomy: Video: Thom Eberhardt,Matthew Modine,Daphne Zuniga,Christine Lahti,Todd Field,John Scott Clough,Alice Carter,Robert Desiderio Matthew Modine plays Joe Slovak, son of a West Coast fisherman, The film focuses on Joe and the members of his dissection group in Gross Anatomy. Filmography of Matthew Modine. Synopsis: Gross Anatomy is to medical school what Paper Chase was to law school, with perhaps a little less sobriety. Gross Anatomy - Gross Anatomy. Get more information about Gross Anatomy on Gross Anatomy - Gross Anatomy movie details. Starring Matthew Modine and Alibris has new & used movies starring Matthew Modine, including DVD, VHS, Gross Anatomy is to medical school what Paper Chase was to law school, High quality Matthew Modine pictures featuring Victoria's Secret, XOXO, and lingerie Some of his other film credits include Gross Anatomy (1989), Gross Anatomy. Matthew Modine (ANY GIVEN SUNDAY) stars as Joe Slovak, a brilliant first-year med student whose casual, nonconforming approach to life gets Matthew Modine Biography on TVGuide.com. but mostly he did time in flops (the medical drama Gross Anatomy, the sailing movie Wind), and had the dubious Gross Anatomy DVD movie video $7.45 in stock at CD Universe, Interactive Features Scene Access Interactive Menus Gross Anatomy movie DVD Matthew Modine A tall and rangy, versatile and engaging actor, Matthew Modine made his screen Derivative roles as a cocky medical student in "Gross Anatomy" (1989) and Home > The Mix > Search for: "Matthew Modine". Matthew Modine. Showing Available Items, -------------, Show All Items Gross Anatomy DVD � Gross Anatomy GROSS ANATOMY Movie Poster 27" x 40" One Sheet Rolled Cast: Matthew Modine, Daphne Zuniga, Christine Lahti, Todd Field, John Scott Clough Gross Anatomy Matthew Modine (ANY GIVEN SUNDAY) stars as Joe Slovak, a brilliant first-year med student more. whose casual, nonconforming approach to Disney Gross Anatomy � Disney Gross Anatomy. Starring: Matthew Modine; Directed by: Thom Eberhardt Dramas. 5/5 stars (1 user rating) Matthew Modine : find the latest news, photos, filmography and awards at Yahoo! Derivative roles as a cocky medical student in "Gross Anatomy" (1989)Source

Prom Night trailer

I agree with most of what Chris Campbell says about this new trailer for the remake of Prom Night. The trailer is certainly filled with enough not-so-subtle suggestions of high-school sex and violence, though mostly consisting in the trailer of people being pulled into/out of closets or other doorways, to make it largely inappropriate for [...]

A Plea for Population Control

Reel Politique: Movie Review, National Treasure: Book of Secrets

D. K. Holm catches up with the NATIONAL TREASURE sequel BOOK OF SECRETS/