linusvanpelt

Today's Agenda:

It is kinda crappy out, so outdoors stuff is gonna be give a bit of a miss (as the English say)

1-food shopping. Need soda and Grape Nuts (still keeping vegetarian--so far so good)
2-Watching Brother's Keeper DVD (documentary by the director of Paradise Lost)
3-Commence reading The Best And The Brightest (Halberstam book about the start of Viet Nam war)
4-Watcing The...
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I just watched the film Across The Universe on DVD. I am mixed with feelings of happiness (over seeing such a great movie) and anger (that I stupidly didn't see it when it played theatrically). This is an excellent movie. I don't "adore" many things, but this movie is something I adore (and keep in mind I've only just watched it).

By and large I...
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Grrrrrrrrr

I FINALLY get to go see There Will Be Blood. It was compelling, amazing-looking, wonderful stuff...for an hour andd ten minutes. Then the SCREEN WENT BLANK!!!!!

Y'see there was a car accident that wiped out the power grid in the area, which wiped out all the computers in the shopping plaza the theatre is located in. The film was digitally projected, so they couldn't...
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There Will Be Blood is FINALLY playing in my neck of the woods starting tomorrow. This weekend I plan to see it, as well as Juno and Atonement so I can say I saw all the Oscar nominated Best Pictures. That is, of course, if I can manage to scrounge up Hanna Montana 3D tickets. 'Cause she's, you know, talented, to say nothing of the...
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FINALLY feeling better (or at least "less sick"). My aches have calmed down somewhat. Still a bit rumbly and have to be carefu, but am hopefully out of the proverbial woods.

I finally got to see the documentary King Of Kong (on DVD because no theatres in NJ would show it last summer). Excellent movie. Tight very funny and somewhat intense, it is about, of...
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My illness lingers on and on. I actually ended up calling out of work today, which I really hate to do, because it wipes out my overtime. I slept a bit more this morning and it helped. If I was able to sleep for more than a few hours at a time I think I would be able to get past this, but I manage...
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I have a cold. I am too exhausted to sleep and am achy all over (and not in the cool Billy Ray Cyrus Achy Breaky Heart way either). My head is all kinds of floaty feeling right now. I am congested and have a headache. I have been naseous a few times, but thankfully have yet to throw up. This sucks alright.

I did go...
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If you live around the suburb area (like me) and want to see decent movies sometimes it can be a challenge. There Will Be Blood, which is critically acclaimed-oscar nominated-and making money in limited release, is not playing within 40 miles of where I live. It isn't opening around me at all it seems. This puts it on a list along with a bunch of...
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RIP Heath...

I am stunned when anybody young dies (especially younger than me). The obvious answer has to be that he died of drugs, which is tragic and stupid and avoidable and all that. What's sad is that it is already decided that is what it definitely was (and truth be told that was my first thought when I heard). It doesn't make it any...
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Just saw Cloverfield. It lived up to the "hype" as they say. It was nice to see a horror movie that wasn't making constant ironic reminders that it's only a movie, or "paying homage" (stealing) to other horror movies. Plus, nobody gets tied to a chair and threatened with a drill (which passes for horror movies lately--although the last few have tanked so hopefully we're...
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As somebody who was "dying sick" for almost two years, I still would say I hate car trouble more than anything else. I am pretty sure I have "car hypochondria". Today I had to take off from work to go get my windshield wiper fixed (it being the snowy season and all that). I had to drive to the dealer becuase it was under warranty....
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