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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Quote of the week
I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right / shame on you! - Louis Armstrong
So this is what it was like...
Back in October, the 50th anniversary of West Side Story came about. Certain theaters had a special screening of the film and the little woman and I went for a viewing. Well, I should say that I dragged her along with me, since she is no fan...lol
I won't go into a review of the movie. If you want that, then you have to track it down in my movie blog.
I do want to talk about the atmosphere of the theater.
As most of you know, I am a fan of yesteryear. There just seemed something more...how you say...classy about back then.
The theater we went to is one of those that brings back the look and feel of old Hollywood. Posters of classic films (and of course the current advertisements), mixed with the look of a classic theater.
I have to say that the whole experience made me feel like I was really seeing the film for the first time. Almost as if I was there when it was initially released, which was years nearly 2 decades before I was even born.
As great as this experience was, it was only a once in a lifetime event. I do think, though, that, given the retro feel of the place, they should consider maybe having a day where they show classic movies or something. Just an idea...
Now, if only they could go with retro prices...lol
Well, thanks for reading!
I won't go into a review of the movie. If you want that, then you have to track it down in my movie blog.
I do want to talk about the atmosphere of the theater.
As most of you know, I am a fan of yesteryear. There just seemed something more...how you say...classy about back then.
The theater we went to is one of those that brings back the look and feel of old Hollywood. Posters of classic films (and of course the current advertisements), mixed with the look of a classic theater.
I have to say that the whole experience made me feel like I was really seeing the film for the first time. Almost as if I was there when it was initially released, which was years nearly 2 decades before I was even born.
As great as this experience was, it was only a once in a lifetime event. I do think, though, that, given the retro feel of the place, they should consider maybe having a day where they show classic movies or something. Just an idea...
Now, if only they could go with retro prices...lol
Well, thanks for reading!
Friday, December 30, 2011
America's sweetheart? Since when?!?
I think it can be assumed that almost everyone, including some of those in Hollywood are more than fed up with the Kardashians. While I think Kim is quite the attractive girl, that's all she is, a pretty face.
It actually seems that the only people that have any kind of affection for them are the E! network. No one I know wastes their time watching that filth, including my students (thought the do watch similar crap on MTV involving orange guido people...lol)!
I bring this up because I was reading an article the other day that said that Kim is "America's sweeheart". Top top that, the guy she divorced is not the "most hated man in America". They even booed him when he returned to the NY/NJ Nets.
Now, would someone please tell me when Kim became American's sweetheart, and what exactly she did to get that title? The girl has no discernible talent, except for making a sex tape, and yet she and her vapid family are shoved down our throats as if they're Hollywood royalty!
As far as her ex-husband, if I'm not mistaken, she divorced him. So, why is he getting all the hate? On top of that, there are more worthy "most hated" people in the NBA. This guy isn't even that great palyer, and yet they booed him, all because of her?!? WTF?!?
I guess this is all just a wonder of the world. Truth be told, I don't think there is an official American sweetheart, but if there was, I'm sure it is not Kim Kardashian!
What do you think, dear readers? Are you part of team Kardashian, or with those of us that have good sense and avoid that black hole of media whores altogether?
It actually seems that the only people that have any kind of affection for them are the E! network. No one I know wastes their time watching that filth, including my students (thought the do watch similar crap on MTV involving orange guido people...lol)!
I bring this up because I was reading an article the other day that said that Kim is "America's sweeheart". Top top that, the guy she divorced is not the "most hated man in America". They even booed him when he returned to the NY/NJ Nets.
Now, would someone please tell me when Kim became American's sweetheart, and what exactly she did to get that title? The girl has no discernible talent, except for making a sex tape, and yet she and her vapid family are shoved down our throats as if they're Hollywood royalty!
As far as her ex-husband, if I'm not mistaken, she divorced him. So, why is he getting all the hate? On top of that, there are more worthy "most hated" people in the NBA. This guy isn't even that great palyer, and yet they booed him, all because of her?!? WTF?!?
I guess this is all just a wonder of the world. Truth be told, I don't think there is an official American sweetheart, but if there was, I'm sure it is not Kim Kardashian!
What do you think, dear readers? Are you part of team Kardashian, or with those of us that have good sense and avoid that black hole of media whores altogether?
Aftermath
Watch this...
Isn't that eerily creepy? It turns out that the park was set to have been demolished back in January. Last I heard, that never happened. What is worse, is the fact that Six Flags won't sell the property back to New Orleans and refuses to make the repairs. In essence there is all that land and those attractions just sitting there.
It also appears a few filmmakers have tried to buy the property and offer to fix it up for movies. Zombieland was originally supposed to have been filmed there, from what I hear. Of course, some kind of weird city permits are keeping that from ever happening. Yet another sad story having to deal with Katrina.
As much as the city has recovered since then, this shows that some things will never be he same. Or is this more of Six Flags not wanting to lose money (as if they don't get enough of it with their overpriced tickets and such)?
What say you, dear readers?
Isn't that eerily creepy? It turns out that the park was set to have been demolished back in January. Last I heard, that never happened. What is worse, is the fact that Six Flags won't sell the property back to New Orleans and refuses to make the repairs. In essence there is all that land and those attractions just sitting there.
It also appears a few filmmakers have tried to buy the property and offer to fix it up for movies. Zombieland was originally supposed to have been filmed there, from what I hear. Of course, some kind of weird city permits are keeping that from ever happening. Yet another sad story having to deal with Katrina.
As much as the city has recovered since then, this shows that some things will never be he same. Or is this more of Six Flags not wanting to lose money (as if they don't get enough of it with their overpriced tickets and such)?
What say you, dear readers?
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Musical Monday
Happy Musical Monday everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your holidays! Now that we're all ready to seriously hurt the next person that plays any kind of holiday tunage, let's rock out a bit with a couple of tunes I've selected. Please enjoy The Darkness' "I Believe in a Thing Called Love" and AC/DC's "Thunderstruck"
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Saturday, December 24, 2011
An article about the hazing
A friend of mine wrote this about the Florida A & M hazing death situation, and I thought I'd share...
Marching Bands come alive at parades, competitions, and of course, half time! You can feel the excitement when the drums start booming, but you probably won’t feel the impact of a young student getting hazed, at least not directly.
It’s a sad fact that some marching band members will meet the same fate as Robert Champion, whom was a 26-year-old drum major. Robert was discovered to be dead on the band’s bus after a football game performance.
The hazing that is believe to have caused his early death was contributed to the “walk through a wall fists” that Police and former band members have stated that Champion was most-likely forced to go through as part of a hazing event. Police have followed up by saying that Robert Champion was witnessed by a few who saw him vomit, and he later complained that he “couldn’t breathe” a short time before he collapsed and eventually died.
Stepping aside from all of the political discussion and misinformation being pushed by many universities, hazing is a long-established practice that is less prevalent than before, but still happens today. How would I know? I’m a proud member of a national fraternity (name withheld for obvious reasons) and I was hazed… but I survived and I’m discussing this with you today.
I’m not sure who would stand up before us all and admit this kind of thing, but it does exist and to ignore this is just a shame. Robert and others have died, how long does this have to go on. When one school (this time Florida A & M / FAMU), next time it will be another large university. Each time a marching band experiences a tragic loss like this, marching bands everywhere get a black eye. This kind of modern-day social practice needs to be changed or limited to just a mental game, rather than the physical acts that took Robert’s life.
Sure, the President of FAMU has fired Dr. Julian White (the band’s director), and everyone is acting like they are all shocked about this. Let’s all take a deep breath and have a real discussion about it, and make some real changes to keep the honor and the feeling of excitement alive, because to me that’s what the marching band is all about.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Speed bump
In college, especially the first couple of years before I had a car, I always walked across the parking lot to get to class and what have you. There were speed bumps all across campus, and usually, students would crawl over them like a snail.
In this crappy apartment complex we're living in now, people will go out of their way to avoid driving over the speed bump.
Now, there are a couple of things that I've noticed. First, the people with the nicer, newer cars...the ones you would think wouldn't want to drive over the bump, are the ones that actually use said bump.
Those that have cars held together by spit and bubble gum also don't seem to have issues driving over the bumps.
However, it is the ones with average age cars that seem to be scared of what will happen to them if they go over the bumps.
This happened a few minutes ago when I was taking the trash out. A guy in is his car was so determined to not drive over the bump that he would have preferred to run me over!
WTF?!?
I just had to get that out of my system. Thanks for listening/reading!
In this crappy apartment complex we're living in now, people will go out of their way to avoid driving over the speed bump.
Now, there are a couple of things that I've noticed. First, the people with the nicer, newer cars...the ones you would think wouldn't want to drive over the bump, are the ones that actually use said bump.
Those that have cars held together by spit and bubble gum also don't seem to have issues driving over the bumps.
However, it is the ones with average age cars that seem to be scared of what will happen to them if they go over the bumps.
This happened a few minutes ago when I was taking the trash out. A guy in is his car was so determined to not drive over the bump that he would have preferred to run me over!
WTF?!?
I just had to get that out of my system. Thanks for listening/reading!
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
The bigger villain is....?
I've been doing my best to keep up with the hazing death story at Florida A & M and the child molestation scandal at Penn State.
It seems as if everyday there is some new at Florida A & M, but nothing that just makes you sit up and take notice the way that some of the things are taking shape up there in Pennsylvania.
I say thins because the guy that molested those boys in the shower has been arrested like 3 or 4 times sice the story broke, on different occasion for various things (not sure the exact number or reasons). Each time, though, he has been released on bail.
So, the guy pays for his freedom and can't really leve his house. That is part of my problem, but think back a couple years ago when NY Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was arrested for shooting himself in the leg (on accident, nonethless).
This guy was denied any kind of freedom, not to mention he didn't get an early release. He had no priors, and yet they treated him almost as if he had shot and killed someone.
Top top that off, a few years prior to that, Michael Vick, who went to jail for that dog fighting ring was all but crucified because, heaven forbid, he killed some dogs.
Congress and the feds even got involved in making sure he went to jail as soon as possible and got a severe sentence.
These two men have served their time and are back on the field. Now, I ask you, are a man who shot himself and another who ran a dog fighting ring that much of a threat to society than one who molests children (and appears to be getting away with it)?
Something just seems to be off here, don't you think?
It seems as if everyday there is some new at Florida A & M, but nothing that just makes you sit up and take notice the way that some of the things are taking shape up there in Pennsylvania.
I say thins because the guy that molested those boys in the shower has been arrested like 3 or 4 times sice the story broke, on different occasion for various things (not sure the exact number or reasons). Each time, though, he has been released on bail.
So, the guy pays for his freedom and can't really leve his house. That is part of my problem, but think back a couple years ago when NY Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress was arrested for shooting himself in the leg (on accident, nonethless).
This guy was denied any kind of freedom, not to mention he didn't get an early release. He had no priors, and yet they treated him almost as if he had shot and killed someone.
Top top that off, a few years prior to that, Michael Vick, who went to jail for that dog fighting ring was all but crucified because, heaven forbid, he killed some dogs.
Congress and the feds even got involved in making sure he went to jail as soon as possible and got a severe sentence.
These two men have served their time and are back on the field. Now, I ask you, are a man who shot himself and another who ran a dog fighting ring that much of a threat to society than one who molests children (and appears to be getting away with it)?
Something just seems to be off here, don't you think?
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Faculty activities
Yay for Xmas break!
Officially, we got out Friday, but teacher had to come back in today for what they call "faculty activities". What are these, you may ask?
Well, I was wondering that myself, but it turns out that it is nothing more than a "surprise" Xmas party that we all had to take a day away from our break or make plans around.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for getting to spend time with my coworkers and whatnot, but to be forced to be there just seems a bit excessive, if you ask me.
That being said, I did enjoy myself today (and got a couple of nice presents), so it isn't like it was a loss or something like that. It's just the principle of the thing, y'know?
Well, thanks for reading!
Officially, we got out Friday, but teacher had to come back in today for what they call "faculty activities". What are these, you may ask?
Well, I was wondering that myself, but it turns out that it is nothing more than a "surprise" Xmas party that we all had to take a day away from our break or make plans around.
Don't get me wrong, I'm all for getting to spend time with my coworkers and whatnot, but to be forced to be there just seems a bit excessive, if you ask me.
That being said, I did enjoy myself today (and got a couple of nice presents), so it isn't like it was a loss or something like that. It's just the principle of the thing, y'know?
Well, thanks for reading!
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Musical Monday
Happy Musical Monday, everyone! This week, I figured we could enjoy some funkiness from the Jackson 5. Please enjoy "I Want You Back"
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Saturday, December 17, 2011
Quote of the week
When modern vampires bite you, do you become a vampire, or just a brooding androgenous metrosexual?
Friday, December 16, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Musical Monday
Happy Musical Monday, everyone! I hope that this post find you well. This week, I bring you a taste of Lady Gaga. Please enjoy "Edge of Glory"
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Saturday, December 10, 2011
Friday, December 9, 2011
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Musical Monday
Happy Musical Monday, everyone! This week, I bring you a little Joss Stone to get you through the week. Please enjoy "Whatever Happened to the Heroes"!
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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Quote of the week
What's so wonderful about being 6'3". What is this mythical edge tall men have over average and short men? - Regis Philbin
Friday, December 2, 2011
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