Amityville

Saw The Amityville Horror tonight.

Decent cinematography. But I thought the Guy Who Looked Like Jason Lee's character went from OK to psycho too quick. I haven't seen the original in a long time, so I can't make any decent comparison, but I'm sure the special FX are better than the original. And the priest got wigged out by a few flies! Wimp! I honestly saw no reason to bring this movie back from the seventies, but it was at least tolerable...

SPOILER: The dog is the only character that dies.

FYI

Just so you know, I've been watching a great show on DVD called "The Shield."

Its a dirty-cop drama, and its simply excellent. I have no choice but to recommend it, even over 24, as one of the best shows on TV right now.

So those of you who have cable, its on FX, and I believe they have just released the third season on DVD.

Well worth checking out.

Updates......

First off, I have added some of the political Blogs that I read often. I highly recommend you check them out.

Also, after talking to the other K, I think I should point out that when I have supplied a link, please click on it to either see funny things or read something in its proper context. Think of them as instant footnotes.

Alot of these blogs I link to use links liberally, so they just state their opinions and let you look at the source to see for yourself.

Same goes for my links. And I promise that I won't link to anything dangerous or bad for your computer, its all safe.

Later!

Home....Tired.....

Bleh.

The Return

All done here and I will be on my way back to Chicago later this evening. Unfortunately, I will miss Yvo on her way to Frahnce at OHare by about 12 hours, but I guess it'll be a fair trade.

I had a great time here, mainly because I didn't do ANYTHING. It was nice. Right now I'm in a coffee shop waiting for the other K to pick me up and take me to Sea-Tac Airport.

Here's a summary of what I did:
Wednesday: Arrived, went to sleep.
Thursday: watched TV, surfed internet, drank coffee, wandered around neighborhood looking for a park and eventually finding it after walking up 3 sets of stairs (we were both, unsurprisingly, exhausted by the second set).
Friday: watched TV, surfed internet, drank coffee, went to a bar and played scrabble.
Saturday: watched TV, surfed internet, drank coffee
Sunday: Drank coffee, Got the tourist tour, went to the Space Needle, took the monorail to downtown, got some new shoes, came home and watched TV (mainly Adult Swim on Cartoon Network)
Monday: watched TV, surfed internet
Tuesday: watched TV, surfed internet
Wednesday: watched TV, surfed internet, did laundry, drinking coffee, waiting for K to pick me up.

Overall, a wonderfully relaxing time.

K's new boyfriend gets 2 enthusiastic thumbs up, for those who were wondering.
His cat Chico Suave is very fun and cuddly. Also, it turns out that K is an excellent cook, making some very, very good meals.

OK, gotta go.

Ack

I was going to post my review of Sin City yesterday, but my battery died before I could save it.
It sucked anyway. I haven't done any critical writing in more than 2 years, so y'all will have to bear with me for a while til I start to make sense.

OK, the Short Short version:

Sin City = Good noir cinema. Not for kids, or even young adults for that matter. Mickey Rourke's character is kool.

Made It

I am now in Seattle and all went well. For the first time, all my flights were early, and I almost missed my connecting flight in Vegas while having my $7 Whopper meal.

The other K almost got lost, but we made it back to her place OK.

It's nice here. Of course, I have only been her for one hour, but whatever.

I need to get fired more often to be able to take these spur of the moment trips.

Whee!

Outta Here!

OK, I've made the bold decision to go visit my sister in Seattle, whom I have not seen for a year.

So I will be leaving tonight (its 4 am right now...who says being unemployed isn't fun?) and I will be in the Great Wet State for a full week. Much better than if I had just used vacation days.

Hopefully while I'm there I'll have time to post a review of "Sin City," which I saw last Friday while in Papal mourning.

Ol' Karol would've liked it!

or not.

I'll also try to get some silly things like taxes and old rebates taken care of.

Seeya!