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search fuctionality has ARRIVED! at the bottom of the page.
it is kind of clunky now, but someday it will be better, stronger, faster.

ok, i saw a guy with a tatoo on his leg (i've always thought the leg a bit of a weird place for tatoos) that said "navarro". perhaps with only one "r". i'm not sure. nonetheless, it "took me back" to the days when kyle would go on about how dave navarro sucked major balls. i really can't remeber who dave navarro was - i think he was part of some band? - i just remeber kyle saying he sucked. in fact, i think there were some posts about i here, back in the day.
which makes me think...it'd be cool if there was a sort of search function, so you could search for stuff in past posts... i should look into that.
anyway, today i start indexing my clothes. yes, laugh if you must, but i think it an excellent idea. i've borrowed a digital camera from the pikes specifically for this purpose. i'm eventually going to set up some sort of searchable database so that i can keep track of all of them. maybe even rent them out, for a small fee.
anyway, think think that's about enough tripe for now. i need to go write a thank-you to my aunt melinda for giving me $50 which i have already spent, mostly on food.
which reminds me: rachel, you owe me eight bucks.

ok, finally built a message board. so go now, and post stuff.
oh, and if you want any sort of special little avatar images, just let me know. i can set it up for ya.

not for the faint of heart.
natalie, ben and galen, this is for you, especially.
and i take no responsiblity. this is pike's fault. he found this gem.

my new home away from home.

if you can find me more heart-rending music than the following, i applaud you. and please tell me what it is.
if you can WRITE music of this calibur, PLEASE let me know. i want you to write music for ME. i might even PAY you.

you best be checkin' this shit out, my brothers (and sisters).

ok!
for those of you who were interested in the midnight movie thing at ninth street (which, i know, is all of you, even those who were silent), there's something you can do to help! yes! i talked to mecham (my boss, the guy who's trying to put it together) and he said that mainly what he needs are (is?) sponsors. so! those of you with rich parents, of who have connections to people with money, ask them! and if they're interested, let me know. or just give them my number. i imagine you all have it. i'm sure at least the ladies do.
and in case you're wondering how MUCH he's looking for, i couldn't get a figure out of him, but i'm guessing it would be somewhat over $100, which pretty much puts us out of the running. if need be, i can also give potential sponsors the number of the theatre, so they can talk directly to joel mecham, the man with the plan. anyway, go out and rustle up money. if you don't want to beg, that's cool; just let me know who you've targeted, and i'll do the begging.

something which may be of interest to some of you:
ninth street cinemas MAY, in the somewhat near future, begin showing older movies at midnight. what movies you ask? indiana jones and various things in addition to the goonies have already been confirmed as possibilities, as has the ever-infamous JAWS. we will not, sadly, be showing star wars as, to quote my manager verbatim, "george lucas has those prints up his ass and nobody wants to go up there and get them."
yummy.

so, as promised, pirates of the caribbean.

let's begin by saying that although it boasted what is commonly known as an "all-star cast" (geoffry rush, johnny depp, orlando bloom), i must admit that i was...sceptical - to say the least - of this film. and to be honest you can hardly blame me: to expect little of a film based on a theme park ride, a theme park ride i have never ever been on, nay, even SEEN is not, i believe, out of line. thus, i entered pirates with reservations.
to borrow from penny arcade, it floored me.
while pirates certianly isn't a GREAT film, on par with the like of the matrix and star wars, it is certianly a very GOOD film. it has the right stuff, as far as movies are concerned.
- great costumes: i've always like period costumes, if they're done well, and these were. to be honest, i don't know how historically accurate they are, but they certianly looked spiffy. especially the pirate costumes. i've always felt the high-class styles of europe were somewhat fruity in years past, and this era of pirates is no exception. i was rather fond on johnny's head thingie and beads in particular. they were sweet.
- good music. rich, pounding, dramatic. sure, it wasn't john williams or danny elfman, but hans zimmer is certianly nothing to spit at. in fact, i just might have to buy the soundtrack. and by buy, i mean download in it's entierety off the internet.
-sets. old ships are FUCKING BADASS. i hope to god they acutally built those suckers to film this movie, because i would pay good money to see them. up CLOSE.
-actors. i'll admit. when lord of the rings thrust itself violently on to the stage of popular film, my sister was one of the teeming hordes who lusted after...well, honestly, i think you all know who i'm talking about. i thought he made a decent elf, nay, a good elf, but as a cute guy, he really didn't do a great deal for me. he just looked kind of, well, fruity. it was probably the hair. so aside from the lamnas (lambas? lamnus? i donno...) bread commercial in fellowship, i didn't really think orlando bloom had a particularly stand-out performance. he WAS acting with ian mckellan though, so i don't supose i can fault him too much for not looking too spectacular in comparison. he's had a chance to really do his own thing here, though. although he often has to play second fiddle to depp's jack sparrow, will turner gets his share of action. although he's a little scrawny for a blacksmith, i got over tha pretty quick, because he was just so much fun to watch, especially when interacting with depp. and of course his early ship-commandeering dialouge...beautiful.
johnny depp. this man has managed to work his way into several of my favorite movies...edward scissorhands, chocolat, and now pirates. he is an ecxllent rougeish pirate who wants people to think his a bit of a hardened criminal, but underneath he's a softy. not to mention he's given some of the most witty dialouge in the film. the other actors are also good, but this brings me to a very important point:
-excellent dialouge. in movies of this sort, from these kinds of producers, i expect there to be at least a few one-liners, or bits of slapstick humor that simply make me groan on the inside. not here. yes, there are one-liners, and i defy you to find me a disney movie without at least a little slapstick, but somehow, they work. perhaps it's the skill of the actors. perhaps it was the skill of the writers, or perhaps the work of gore verbinski, a man with a penchant for movies with "the" in them. (some of you might be interested to know that he was the director of the ring - yes, THAT the ring - and the mexican) more likely, however, it was a combination of all of these things. the fact is that although it may not be deep or anything, the dialouge in this movie is GOOD, it flows well, it makes sense and it's FUNNY, not forced and painful. few movies these days can claim that. although i supose i shouldn't be surprised: ted elliot and terry rossio helped write everyone's favorite disney film, aladdin, way back in the day.

so there you have it. pirates is an excellent movie.
but you don't have to take MY word for it.

go watch pirates of the caribbean NOW. my sleep-addled brain cannot, at this time, relate to you how truely spectacular this movie is. but i will try later.

having now seen t2 (last night), i can concur with kyle's statement. although t3 is still, i think, worth seeing, it is not in any way as good at t2. the t-1000 was actually SCARY, something the TX really isn't. i mean sure, it's unpleasent sometimes (like the bit with the arm...and the seat...you'll see), but nothing can compare to those strangely erie and frightening claw-like arms. shiver.
anyway, i'll talk more about t2 as well as goldeneye (which i also saw yesterday) later, possibly after i have breakfast.

so, terminator 3. also, charlie's angels (full throttle).
we'll begin with t3.
so i went and saw this. in case i haven't mentioned this before, working at a movie theatre kicks ass. i haven't seen t2, sometimes known as "judgement day". hence, i imagine that there were some nuances which i missed or did not fully grasp. nonetheless, those such as me would - or will - not have trouble comprehending this movie. it does, however, assume a certianly knowledge of the terminator "universe", as it were. namely, that in the future an evil AI called SkyNet takes over, and attempts to destory the human race through means of nuclear weapons. the last great hope of the human race in this bleak future is a man named john conner. the machines of the skynet future have begun making a habit of sending vicious killing machines back in time to attempt to remove john connor from the timeline.
in this iteration of the popular franchise, the vicious killing machine is the TX, played by kristanna loken who, if you can catch my drift, makes me want to know myself a little better. she has an advantage over the in that she can not only alter her breast size at will (and i am NOT KIDDING), but also fire various weapons from her, uh, arm. i can't remeber which one. the point is, it is seen in the film being used as some sort of laser or energy weapon, and when that is damaged, a flamethrower. which, honestly, is not that impressive.
the phrases "non-stop thrill-ride" and "pulse-pounding action" were invented by machines in the future and then sent back in time so that they could be used to describe this movie. it takes a short time (pretty darn short) to get up to speed, but when it gets there, it doesn't stop. the action is fast AS WELL AS furious, and suprisingly well-done, at least for the most part. it's worth noting that many of the things this movie does, it does big. the vehicles for example. there is, of course, as a car chase. no, wait, it's not a CAR chase. it's a gigantic crane/firetruck chase. i shit you not. a FUCKING FIRETRUCK. later, arnold also drives a hurse - which is altered to become a convertable with the aid of a semi truck - and an RV.
now for the bad things.
i read an online review of the movie before i went and saw it, and then seemed to think that many of arnold's one-liners and attempts at humor were strained, and weakened the movie as a whole. although most of them were funny, i did feel that a few of them were unnessicary, and a bit strained. also - and this too seems a common complaint - although she was terribly hot, and kind of scary in the totally detatched "i'm going to kill you now, and i don't care" sort of way, the T-X was a little dissapointing as a villian. although i supose it wouldn't have made sense, i would have liked to see a robot assassin who was just totally deranged, ie, laughing/smiling while blood splatters across thier face and the screams of humans rend the air. the last rather unpleasent thing is really one that is to be expected from this franchise, as it is the nature of the terminator universe: this was not a very cheerful movie. in fact, it was a little depressing. yes, john connor survives to lead the humans to eventual victory, but three billion people still die. there were other little depressing bits too.
all in all, though, i thought it a good movie. good enough, in fact, to possibly see again.

charlie's anglels.
this movie was fun. it was not good. but it was fun.
it had many jokes, almost all of which were quite funny. for those of you who are into that sort of thing, it also had women in it. they are not really my kind of women, and they are, by and large, too skinny. except maybe drew. BARRYMORE. not...well, you know.
it also had pretty cool action, and demi moore's guns. i refer here to ACUTAL guns, not some strange euphamism. for those of you who may have seen face off, her guns were almost identical to those carried by nicolas cage's character. that is, two huge gold handguns. demi moore may be hot, but i was to busy drooling over those babies to notice.
i guess that's really sort of indicitive of the film as a whole: it's eye candy. it's also a buddy movie, in the sense that it was made by a couple of buddies. cameron, lucy and drew are not so much making a movie as they are getting paid to wear cool clothes and have fun in front of a camera. this is not a bad thing. it is a good thing. in fact, i think it's something hollywood could use a little more of.

anyway, it's time for me to go. i need to go wake rachel up so we can go have breakfast. but i'll see you all later.
toodles!