Tagged With: movies
Let’s Talk Debt
I just watched the movie Maxed Out, which is about the overwhelming debt a majority of Americans live under today. It was a disturbing movie, partly because three suicides are discussed, as are two people who are suicidal but haven’t done the deed yet, all because they’re in debt. People kill themselves over being in … Continue reading
Just Another Day
I’m writing this blog post by email, but I don’t think it’s going to work so I’ll end up posting it later. Today was soooo laid back, it was excellent. We watched Candyman and The Omen, which I’d never seen before; last night we watched Stephen King’s It which I hadn’t seen before either. I … Continue reading
Some Thoughts
I just watched Hackers again for the first time in many years. It’s becoming more tolerable to watch as time goes on – back then, it was ridiculous. Now, it’s cute. Video games are fun. I haven’t played Driv3r in quite some time, and it’s fun to just tool around and rack up wanted points. … Continue reading
Growing Up on Film
Right now I’m watching 49 Up which is part of the series Up that began in 1964, filming children at age 7 and then every seven years thereafter. I love this kind of thing – basically experimenting on children to see how we all grow. And I think I would have loved to be selected … Continue reading
Saturday Night and Morning Pancakes
We were supposed to go to a Buffy singalong tonight, but my brilliant sister-in-law didn’t go to buy the tickets until Thursday night, and of course they were sold out. So we’re going to see the Harry Potter movie instead. I also finally redesigned my Sidekick 3 skin; the first one came out really bad … Continue reading
Dec 30th
We went to see The Painted Veil today; I’ve written a brief review here. On the way there, I spotted the NY Daily News with a giant SADDAM SWINGS on the cover, so once we got home I looked it up and found the snippits of video that have been released. Tomorrow is New Year’s … Continue reading
BT Not Working
For some reason BitTorrent is not working for me right now. Last night I downloaded the Borat movie to watch on the bus to New York (we have a headphone splitter), and then this morning I tried to download a movie that :A: wanted to see, but for some reason it wouldn’t download. I tried … Continue reading
Got Meds?
I had a mostly positive experience with my doctor this morning. I walked in there knowing exactly what I wanted, and I walked out with what I wanted. The purpose of the visit was to discuss my chronic urticaria and see what the options were, but what I really wanted was a prescription for 5mg … Continue reading
Copying VHS to DVD
I missed a woot for a combination VHS player/DVD recorder, and that got me thinking about transferring my old VHS tapes to DVD. The one I’m most concerned about is my tape from the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, South Korea – it has been watched a few hundred times and the tape is probably near … Continue reading
Rear Window
We went to see “Pirates of the Caribbean 2″ last night, and I noticed it had Rear Window captioning available so I asked for the reflector. I’ve heard bad things about Rear Window from deaf friends and clients, and I wanted to try it for myself. For one thing, I was surprised by how big … Continue reading