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Friday,
November 26, 2004
Wow. Been a while. Now that I have a
laptop, a wireless network at home, and a new job, I think I may
just redesign this thingy and start posting again. I want a new
design, but don't know where to start. Same theme... Bah. We shall
see...
Posted by Milky Way 4:23 PM | *
Friday, June 11,
2004
It's getting
ridiculous. This
made me sort of laugh when I heard it, I don't know why it's such a
big deal. City riots tend to happen in all major cities when a huge
celebration happens. I don't get it. You can't even joke about
things anymore if you're on television? What is this world coming
to? People are just too serious these days. I've always lived in
Michigan, it's not like the city hasn't been burned in the
past, you know? I thought it a funny comment, based on the city's
previous reputation...
Posted by Milky Way 10:00 AM | *
Wow, busy
busy busy. Stumbled across this though, and
find it rather amusing. Rain, rain ,rain. Mountain bike going in the
shop tomorrow. What will I do around the house? I know, clean the
basement and put crap on eBay.
I see the cleaning crews in
the office removed my sign from the fllor "Beware of carpet
monster". Three people tripped in the same spot yesterday, so I
thought a warning sign would help. I think it did. I wonder what the
cleaning crew thought.
Posted by Milky Way 7:58 AM | *
Thursday, May 20,
2004
Hella busy
week this is turning out to be. I'm on vacation next week, so W00t!
to that. Get my new ride today. I'm pretty geeked. Monte Carlo LS
Sport.
You know, I went into the dealership looking for a
Cavalier Coupe w/a few options. Figured I could lease one for about
$200 with the GM discount. WRONG! Because the residual is so crappy
on them, the lease was going to be about $320/month! I paid
$370/month for a Trailblazer 4x4! So the sales guy tells me about
all the incentives they have on the Monte Carlo. I took one for a
ride and talked numbers. $0 down, $208/month for 36 mos. That's just
crazy. You'd think I could get a Neon for that? NOPE! Neon was
$250/month. Welcome to Bizarro world. I guess the residual value on
leases really plays out so that nicer cars are cheaper to lease,
sometimes.
Posted by Milky Way 9:59 AM | *
Monday, May 10,
2004
Worst
movie, EVAH!
So, with much coercion, I went to see
Van Helsing. It was Van
Horrible. The audience was actually laughing at the serious parts
because they were so cheesy and poorly acted. I'm surprised, because
Hugh Jackman is a good actor, so I'm going to have to blame it on
the directing, I guess. Seriously, I give it a 1.5 on a 1-10 scale.
Do vampires realize that even though it's cloudy outside during the
day, there's still UV light coming through? Not in this film, nor
does it seem to affect them. Also, Dracula was just ridiculous. He
sounded like The Count from Sesame Street and pretty much just
showed off by walking on walls and ceilings and such. In one scene,
he dances with uber-hottie Kate
Beckinsdale, and when he dips her, it shows a mirror - and you
can't see him! Wow! That's so original and clever! It's like the
writer thought that up on his own and decided to use it - - "Hey!
How about Dracula CAN'T see his reflection! That's brilliant!"
Well, the writer fails to explain how the Count's hair is
impeccable every time he's on screen. Also, the main characters -
yeah, somehow, they manage to don makeup and fix their hair about 8
times between scenes. In one scene, they're in the water. The next
scene they're perfectly dry and all made up. This happens a lot and
is annoying.
Seriously, it was horrible. I'm not even sure I'd recommend a
rental of it.
Posted by Milky Way 4:58 PM | *
Thursday, May 06,
2004
Movie
Ratings, whaaaaaa?
Has anyone else noticed how silly the
movie rating sub-text has gotten?
Here's a few:
Van Helsing: Rated PG-13 for
non-stop creature action violence and frightening images, and for
sensuality (Non-Stop, mind you!)
The Alamo: Rated
PG-13 for sustained intense battle sequences (Gee, you
think?)
I have a copy of Interview with the Vampire at home,
and the back says Rated R for Vampire Violence.
These
crack me up. I wish those boring love-mushy movies had warnings
like:
Rated PG: Men will be bored to death watching this,
but will probably score when they get home for having to put up with
it. The men represented in this romantic comedy will act nothing
like any men you ever know or have ever met.
and on the
flip side of that:
Rated PG: Women will be bored to death
watching this, as there are few (or no) female characters in it. The
man you are with will identify with the main character and will
begin behaving like he is a real-life superhero with superhero
abilities. Or worse, start calling his best friend "Goose" and high
fiving him all the time. He will then drive home like he is flying a
fighter jet and saying ridiculous things like "I feel the need for
speed." If your man is already an egomaniac high on testosterone, he
has no business seeing this film.
Posted by Milky Way 2:21 PM | *
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