On another note, I am not really sorry that it's been since the first of the year that I've posted. Not only have I worked every single day since 01/01, I have been to every practice and game that the girls basketball team has had. I have been a very busy bee to say the least.
So without further ado, allow me to get to my week in review, also known as the WEEK GRAB-BAG. Veterans of ARR, rest assured that the following will be in all ways non-chronological!
- I have been working my tiny white ass off at the FL. In fact, when I go into work in the morning, that will be my seventh straight day being at the FL. Three of those days I had off, but was either called in (and could not say no because I'm trying to make a good impression, which, lo and behold has worked - my GM moved my status from seasonal to permanent!) or were covered shifts for someone else. After further review of the job, I'm still happier than I ever was at JC. It is head and head and shoulders above that awful restaurant. And yes, as I mentioned before, the money is not nearly as good at the FL. But you know what? I don't care. Sure, it's going to be a little tougher on me financially (especially after I spent over $600 on Christmas and Heather's birthday - the 27th of December - combined) but I'll deal with that when I need to. Right now, I'm content, and you really can't ask for more than that!
- On Tuesday of this week, league play begins for the Desert Christian basketball teams. The girls come riding in with a record of 8-3 and winning for reasons that escape us coaches. We defeated Paraclete in the most hyped game of the year (we won by 3 in a tight game, so I guess it was worthy of all the hype) and that's an outstanding lead-in to league.
- My plan in the morning is to head to AVC and more specifically the transfer center to get them to send my nearly-final transcript to CSUN. With this submission, I will be admitted into CSUN for the fall semester of 2007. And so the fun begins. . .
- I have been bowling a little more recently and I'm continuing to proudce excellent scores. I recorded a brand new high score (219!) and my average is now usually over 160 (although my most recent night gave me a 155 average). The last time we went, Chris beat me for the first time (5 games to 4) and I did not take it very well. I bowled another game by myself, recording a 180, just to prove to myself that I could still do it. I'm such a bad loser. . .
- The amount of 2006-released films that I saw now sits at 50 and what follows is going to be a list of them with the letter grade that I gave it. Anything that received a (B-) or higher is a film that I would recommend. The others are not necessary to be seen, but have some merit (although the ones at the bottom have no recommendable factors at all). I divided them up into groups by the grade they got with no order necessarily in their groups. The films in italics are comedies are graded on a different scale so take that into consideration too. . . So here you go:
(A+)
None
(A)
Stranger than Fiction
Little Miss Sunshine
Thank You For Smoking
Casino Royale
(A-)
The Illusionist
Mission:Impossible 3
Lucky Number Slevin
V For Vendetta
(B+)
The Descent
The Departed
The Prestige
Clerks 2
Dave Chapelle's Block Party
(B)
Jackass Number Two
The Last Kiss
Wordplay
The Da Vinci Code
Happy Feet Over the Hedge The Break-Up
Slither
Snakes on a Plane
(B-)
The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Cars
Superman Returns
Final Destination 3
The Holiday The Devil Wears Prada
A Scanner Darkly
Saw III
Night at the Museum
Idlewild
(C+)
Hollywoodland
My Super Ex-Girlfriend American Dreamz
Inside Man
Lady in the Water
(C)
Ask the Dust
Curious George
(C-)
Brick
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
X-Men: The Last Stand
The Omen
Scary Movie 4
(D+)
The Hills Have Eyes
(D)
Miami Vice
Strangers with Candy
Hostel
(D-)
Click
(F)
Date Movie
There's my verdict. What's yours???
- Don't ask about the football pool. I'm still upset. . . (that means I didn't win a single week and I didn't place at the end. . . AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!)
- Ok, let's see. . . I have Thursday and Friday of this coming week off (at least at the moment). I'll do the FIRST THIRD MOVIE PREVIEW on one of those days. Don't worry. I've decided to do 15 films and one wild-card and only two have January release dates - - and they're late January at that. Just look for it soon!
- Had some fun with Chelsea's new computer (Christmas gift) and a program that manipulates pictures. Check it out:
It was fun. . .
- New Year's Eve was pretty fun. That's all you really need to know I guess. . .
- Heather is just about settled in her dorm at Cal Poly Pomona. She has made some friends (something that she really didn't have in the LB) which makes yours truly very happy. I love that she is being forced to be social. This is where she is going to make life-long friends (seeing that her high school girls are kinda loosey goosey and don't respond to Heather's efforts) and that makes me happy. She is also loving her classes (one is an Animal Handling class and her first class was spent entirely on learning how to examine rabbits - this is Heather's heaven!) and I'm so glad for her. I also learned this week that the Ontario Mills Mall (an awesome shopping center) is just 10 miles from Pomona, so we have a date central now! All in all, it's going to be awesome and I know it. I KNOW it!
- Random older movie recommendations:
NARC (A dark, gritty cop drama - not for the faint of heart. Excellent performances and just an all around great film. Also, as a caution: it's an open ending, so don't watch it unless you can handle a lack of closure.)
LOVE ACTUALLY (A really good rom com. Heather loved it and I was not bored. That's a great film if you ask me!)
- And finally for tonight, a video of one of the greatest dunks in the history of the NBA (in my opinion) and the biggest reason that Kevin Johnson was, is, and always will be my favorite basketball player of all-time:
What you need to know about this:
- K.J. is 6'1''. Hakeem is 7'0''
- The Suns were down by almost ten in the waning minutes of this game, the clincher in the series for the Rockets. The game was over. K.J. was not giving up.
- The passion after the dunk. Priceless.
- O yeah, and EAT IT HAKEEM! Eat that elbow!
I hope you all continue to check in with me. I'm trying to do my best at blogging and I don't want to get away from it. I just like my posts to be meaningful and not just short blurbs.
Either way, I'm done for tonight. . .
Have a good week all and I'll see ya when I see ya - - -
Goodnight -
3 comments:
Hey - If you would spend less on movies . . . you'd have more for Christmas!(wink)
I learned a lot today on your blog -- Congratulations on your permanent status - that's the reward you get for your hard work, and the CSUN process - I'm really proud of you. The one thing I never knew was that you were a bad loser ..... hm, I just thought that was passion ....., at least that's what you've always told me! Love ya
Hiya,
I liked having all the movies you watched along with their grades in this blog. I agreed with pretty much everything except X-men and Brick getting a C-. Neither of them were perfect movies, but I think they both deserved better grades. Brick was an old fashioned noir detective story set in high school with all the cool dialogue you'd expect from a noir film. X-men 3 was a good ending to the trilogy with all of the deaths and power loss to make the end feel important in the grand scheme. In both movies, I'm talking about style and story more than acting or directing, so I'm sure that's where your low grading comes from. Still, I would have liked to see these movies find themselves in the high C to B range.
-Alex
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