Meet the Fockers
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Nowhere near as funny as the first one, but still good.
For some reason I can't stand when people in movies/on TV get embarrassed. It's painful for me to watch, I have to look away. Unfortunately, like 80% of Meet the Fockers was Greg being embarrassed for no reason by his parents.
Wait for it to come out on video.
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
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I swear I finished the first one, but maybe not. I could've sworn Professor Snape turned out to be the bad guy, but he was still around.
Anyways, good movie. I still don't understand the fanaticism for it by people over the age of twelve, but it's good quality entertainment. Harry is already starting to get a little too old for the role, if they plan on doing a fifth movie I wonder if it'll spin off from the original character. I've got no urge to see a middle-aged wizard.
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Wimbledon
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Wimbledon was actually a movie I wanted to see in theaters, but I decided it was probably going to be a piece of crap. I love Kirsten Dunst, and although he hasn't been in much I think Paul Bettany is pretty damn funny, but it's about tennis so it's all kind of a wash.
Turns out the movie was pretty good, and an actually acceptable sports movie. Outcome is very predictable, but it's still entertaining. And of course, how can you go wrong with Kirsten Dunst in a tennis skirt for 90% of the movie.
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Bleachers
Christina bought me this book months ago, but I'm just getting around to reading it. I decided I should read a book that wasn't about web design or computers for once, even though I really enjoyed the last one I read.
I honestly don't even know what genre this is going to be, I've only read the first chapter but I still would think I'd be able to tell by now. Is someone going to start murdering people? Was the old coach a pedophile? Guess I'll find out soon enough.
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The Patriot
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I bought it and A Knight's Tale for thirteen bucks total, TOTAL!
It's no Braveheart, but The Patriot is pretty damn close. Throw Gladiator and you got yourself a hell of a testosterone-filled movie marathon.
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Super Size Me
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First and foremost his girlfriend needs to go. The guy is obviously a pretty liberal dude, but you could tell even he was tired of listening to her vegan propaganda. I have my opinions, you have your's. If I want to know what you think, I'll ask. If you've already told me once and I said no, then definitely shut the heck up.
The movie was good. Informative, funny, entertaining. Morgan Spurlock (the dude I was referring to above) did a good job of just making a documentary without trying to shove his opinion down our throats.
It would be interesting to see what doing the same things would do to a person with a more normal
(in other words, bad) diet. He seemed to not really ever eat McDonald's before he started filming the movie. I mean he puked on Day 2 already.
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The Forgotten
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One of the lamest plot twists I've seen. Ever. Could've been a decent movie if 75% of the movie wasn't based on that lame plot twist.
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Manage my projects with Basecamp
I'm now tracking the HESA redesign using the free version of Basecamp and I really like it. I need to keep working with it and it should come in handy. It'll be a good way to keep myself on track as well as keep my clients informed and involved.
Hopefully I'll be getting busy enough soon that I can justify upgrading from the one project at a time version.
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Gavin DeGraw - Chariot
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Good CD. I Don't Wanna Be
is of course awesome, but there's several other really good songs on there too. I just really like this style of music lately, like this album and Howie Day.
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UT versus OSU basketball
The officiating in college basketball is so bad that it makes the game painful to watch. I only caught the second half of Texas' game with Oklahoma State but it was a good one. Huge audience on national TV and the Horns stepped up and knocked off the number five ranked Cowboys.
Hopefully it wasn't PJ Tucker's last game as a Longhorn, but it sure looks that way.
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24: Day 4
I missed tonight's episode (I was working and watching the game), but I plan on watching this season all the way through. I watched the first half of Day 3 and then missed a couple episodes and couldn't get back to it. That won't happen this year thanks to TiVo, if I miss an episode or just aren't in the mood for it I can watch it anytime.
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The Wild Cherry Pepsi NFL Wildcard Between Games Report
You've got to be kidding me ABC. Did the ten minutes between games really need a separate sponsor? Couldn't you have just charged someone to sponsor the entire studio show?
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Rolling Kansas
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Pretty funny movie I just caught on Comedy Central. There's a magical forest of weed
in Kansas and some college kids go on a journey to find it. Of course hilarity ensues.
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Serendipity
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Wonderful romantic comedy. Kate Beckinsale is hot and surprisingly not a vampire in this movie. John Cusack is awesome just like he is in every movie, although he does kind of play the same role in every movie too.
Sweet and original movie.
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Collateral
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Good movie. Well-written thriller with good acting jobs by both Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx.
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Designing with Web Standards
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Absolutely amazing work. Anyone at all interested in web design must read this book, especially those wondering what all this standards hubbub is about. It's an interesting and easy read.
His personal site and A List Apart are also both amazing resources for designers. It's easy to see why Mr. Zeldman is held in such a high regard. I'm really excited to hear him speak at SXSWi.
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Resident Evil 4
I loved Resident Evil 2 way back in the day but haven't played one since. Resident Evil 4 looks like a game that'll get me back into the series. It got an absolutely glowing review from IGN and it seems awesome. It's got great looking graphics and it sounds like the control mechanism has finally been updated.
Definitely something I'll pick up once I get my GameCube back from Matt.
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Slingbox Personal Broadcaster
Pretty cool item that'll let you stream and view TV from your cable, satellite or DVR box on any computer with a high-speed internet connection. So in other words, you can watch your home TV from anywhere and with no service fees. Way cool.
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Green Day - American Idiot
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A great, great CD. Probably my favorite overall album of their's since Dookie. Boulevard of Broken Dreams
, Holiday
, American Idiot
are all fantastic songs.
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Beyond Bread Maker
The attached scanning wand automatically programs the bread maker to prepare bread and cake mixes according to the package instructions simply by scanning the UPC code.
Perfect for the giant gadget geek I am, a break maker that knows how to bake the bread for you. Genius.
(via Gizmos for Geeks via Engadget)
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Howie Day - Collide
I heard him perform live on either Letterman or Leno last night and the song Collide was awesome. Jessica was raving about him all last year, but she's a hippy liberal so I ignored her.
If I buy one of his albums off of iTunes, which should I buy?
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Beat OU
I know I can't really control the outcome of this much, but hell it's a good goal to have. Texas hasn't beaten OU since my freshman year in college. I can't decide whether my attendance is good or bad luck.
I went in 1999 and we won 38-28, didn't go in 2000 and we lost 14-63, went in 2001 and lost 3-14, went in 2002 and lost 24-35, didn't go in 2003 and lost 13-65, and went this year and lost 0-12.
So I guess I am good luck, just not enough of it.
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The Bourne Supremacy
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Pretty good movie, about as good as the first. Good action and plotline, although this one was more predictable. There was next to zero character development, so if you didn't see the first movie you would think this one sucked. They should have made a little more effort to further expand on who Bourne was.
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Get lasik
Okay it scares the ever living shit out of me, but it's something I want to get done eventually. I might hold out till insurance companies decide to pay for it, but I don't see that happening anytime soon. I want to get it done by then end of 2006 at least.
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Exercise 3x a week
This is one goal I've actually been good at in my life. Except for the middle two years of college I've exercised pretty regularly since about middle school, but I do go through lulls. I want to exercise at least three times a week and do it every single week.
No excuses.
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Run a marathon
Okay, running a marathon is a waaaaaaaaaaay off in the future goal, but it really is something that I've been thinking about the last couple of months.
I think the furthest I've ever run in one shot was six miles back in the 7th grade and my knees and shins and feet killed me today just running one mile at the gym, but I think if I get better running shoes and run outdoors instead of on the treadmill it won't be so bad.
Like I said, it's a long term goal.
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Aaron Taylor is a meathead
What was ABC thinking hiring this guy as a studio personality? He never has anything intelligent to say and it's painful to watch him speak. During the Rose Bowl the most thought provoking thing he said was What's up with the cheerleaders?!
I miss Tommy Bowden.
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Save money
Always a good goal. I've been doing real well saving to my 401k but I need to save more actual money. I want to be more liquid. You never what might come up that I'll need some extra dough for. Car, trips, rings. Who knows?
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Stop procrastinating
Stop procrastinating is on my list of Things to do
every single January. And although I've gotten better, I'm still pretty bad about putting things off. Maybe this year I'll actually get around to it.
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Take more pictures
One of my New Year's Resolutions is to take more pictures this year. I took a lot of pictures of Reesey last year, but it would be nice to have a more well rounded photoblog and have more pictures of me and Christina too.
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Fellowship of the Rings
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That was the first time I've watched the movie in ages, plus that was the regular version on a laptop. I finally got to sit down and watch the full extended edition this weekend and it was great. The picture on my TV and the surround sound were awesome. Great freaking movie.
Now I've started watching the first disc of extras, only seven more hours of movie and like fourteen hours of extras to go and I'll be completely done!
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Dodgeball
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Pretty hilarious movie. Christina and I watched it on Saturday night instead of that bore that was the Fiesta Bowl.
It was lame and over the top in all the right ways, and Vince Vaughn was fantastic as usual. It may have the world's best ending featuring an awesome Christine Taylor moment. She should be in a movie without her husband once in a while.
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The Rose Bowl
The Granddaddy of Them All
will be a huge game for the Texas program. I'm sure I'll be excited/nervous/naseaous the entire game.
Update: Amazing game. Horns win! Some links.
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