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     For some reason I do most of my thinking late at night. I don't know why, maybe my mind is freer in the hours before I go to sleep than any other time of the day. Anyways, I have a million ideas floating around in my head but I can't seem to grab any of them to put down in this blog. Sort of like that scene in Harry Potter when he's trying to get that key and uses his Quidditch skills to get it. I'm Harry Potter, except I can't get that f'n key. I don't know if that even made sense but I should get BLOG points for inserting a Harry Potter reference into this post.

     So, this post basically is nothing. I just felt like writing. Plain and simple. We'll try this experiment and see where this post goes to. I could probably finish it in two lines and get the hell to sleep, or keep writing and have a 17 page post. 17 PAGES!

     So I worked tonight. Let me tell you, a lot of strange mofo's go to my theater. There's this one guy who doesn't speak a lick of English and is a pretty ugly guy. He is pretty old and works for some company, I forget which one, but he's always wearing that company shirt. Anyway, he comes to the movies a lot, sometimes every night I work and it's always the same. He just comes up to me and says in his broken English, "NICE MOVIE, GOOD MOVIE." This means I print up any old ticket to any movie and give it to him and he says, "WHAT NUMBER" meaning what theater and I tell him. He's an innocent old man and really there's nothing wrong about him and he's not too strange but that's the type of people that I get. One day at work a couple of co-workers were swapping stories and said we should write a book about our Loew's Memories. Sound cool right? Will it ever happen? Probably as soon as I hit the lottery.

     Well, this abomination of a post has gone on long enough. I will be going to bed now and waking up to go to class then to the apartment for a couple of hours before heading to work for 6 hours. Then I will probably come home and read people's away messages that detail for me every thing they will do that day. I hate away messages.

I Really have to do this more often

     It's funny, when I don't go to class I blog almost daily. Now I only go to class twice a week and I never blog. So blame my classes for lack of blogging. But really, half the stuff I post are just reviews anyway so you're not missing much.

     This week was pretty hectic for me too, so that's another reason for lack of blogging. Since I last blogged, I had work on Sunday night, Monday morning, Tuesday night, Wednesday morning and then Thursday night. Coupled with the fact I had to go into the city on Tues and Thurs morning. Besides that I didn't do too much. Dolores and I went to see Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind which is unbelievable.

     I've also been writing A LOT. Mostly reviews and stuff which may or may not see light of day on this blog. I have a pretty big backlog for stuff to put on here in place of any actual blog.

     Which brings us to this weekend. I am actually off ALL WEEKEND! Can you believe that? Friday, Saturday AND Sunday can be spent relaxing with Dolores. This should be an awesome week, which may be the topic of the next blog?

Last Night

     Last night was awesome. I was off from work last night so I had the whole day to myself. D got out of class at around 1:00pm so we had the whole afternoon and night to just relax and chill. And chill we did. We went to run some errands (I had to mail some stuff and stop by the bank) then we just hung around in Bay Terrace the rest of the night. We bought some groceries at Waldbaums, looked around in Barnes & Noble and FYE, then went to have an awesome dinner at Applebees. It was totally an awesome night. Then we went home and relaxed even more, watched some TV. Overall, it was an awesome night. Tonight I'm off again(!!!) so we might be going to see a movie, maybe Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind, maybe. We saw Starsky and Hutch and Secret Window last week (I don't know if I mentioned that yet) and they were pretty damned good each in their own little way. Well, I'm off now to a night of rest and relaxation.

3 Years

     Today marks the 3rd year anniversary T+D. How awesome is that? I have been going out with Dolores now for three years. It's honestly been the best three years of my life too. Today is such a great day. Of course, we had class and I have work tonight so we won't be together for long today:-(. I just hope you can read this Dolores! I want to tell you that I love you and I really enjoyed the last three years! Thanks for everything!! HAPPY 3 YEAR ANNIVERSARY MY LOVE!!

St. Patrick's Day

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!

12:23

     It's about half past midnight as I write this, and I wanted to blog today but there is only one problem. I have nothing to say :(. I've waken up early the last two days and gone to bed late also so I'm a bit tired to say the least. I just got back from work so I'm unwinding now by watching some of tonight's American Idol. I really don't like many of the people this year, but it's only the first episode of the actual contest so I'll pick a favorite in a few weeks. Well, I'm gonna go now, goodnight one and all.

An actual Blog

     Ok, I admit, I've been a very bad blogger lately. With the onset of more classes and what seems like an increase in the work schedule, I haven't been able, or have been too preoccupied to sit down and craft a blog. I mean, I do the movie reviews a lot, but that's really not a real blog, just a place to post my writings. I had the night off from work though, and I'm just sitting watching Pirates of the Caribbean on DVD. I just got back from watching the movie Secret Window too. Johnny Depp night tonight I guess!

     Classes have been going pretty well. I've only had two and the early mornings are really kicking my ass. But I'm a MAN so I must truck on. Let's see what else to talk about? I've been very lucky with the work schedule seeing as I've had like 4 nights in a row off last week. I love having the time to just relax with Dolores. Other than that, I've been busy with the usual. I like to keep myself busy with what Dolores calls, projects. Like making a list of all the actors in movies we've seen and keeping an up to date database of movies we've seen. I don't know, I like keeping track of things like this. I have also worked on the wrestling tape site I have and I am going through the pages at a rapid clip. When that's done I may start a real website where I can post my writings.

     Well, I have to be up early tomorrow, so I think I'm gonna call it a night. I'm gonna try to blog daily again, and hopefully I can post some more reviews of stuff. I have some in the wings waiting to be posted :-).

Here’s my review for Twisted which I saw on March 1st and is just one of the three movies I have on my list to review. “Hidalgo” and “Starsky and Hutch” are the others

The Main Chararcters
· Jessica Shepherd (Ashley Judd) is a cop who is still troubled by her father, who was also a cop going crazy one day and killing her mother and himself. She has recently been promoted however from being a regular cop to investigating deaths. Her first job happens to be following the deaths of men she has an interesting connection to.
· Mike Delmarco (Andy Garcia) is a fellow cop who is assigned to be Jessica’s partner. They are the ones investigating the recent rash of killings in the Bay Area
· John Mills (Samuel L. Jackson) is the police commissioner who is Jessica’s father figure. He has looked after her since her parents died.

The Setting
This movie takes place in and around San Francisco

The Plot
Ok, so you’re a female cop who just got promoted to solving homicides, which is ironic considering that you’re father went homicidal and killed himself and your mother. So you go to investigate and the first person’s death you investigate happened to be of a man you slept with. Odd right? Well, what happens when other men you have slept with died too? Sounds fishy right? Well, this is the movie’s plot. Jessica Shepherd is promoted to be a homicide detective and her partner will be none other than Mike Delmarco. Jessica’s had a rocky childhood though. Her father went crazy one day and killed her mother and himself so she’s been scarred since then. Luckily, the chief of police, John Mills, took Jessica under her wing and groomed her into being a very good cop. Once the bodies start piling up though, everyone is a suspect, even Jessica herself.

My Review
Well, I can’t give too much of the film away, since it’s a thriller “which will keep you guessing until the last frame.” That’s the trailer’s words, not mine. I think the movie was pretty good. Of the thriller’s I’ve seen lately (like Butterfly Effect and Paycheck) I don’t think it was as good. It isn’t without it’s merits though. I thought Ashley Judd acting was very good. The suspense was pretty good too. As the bodies start piling up, you really do wonder who the murderer is. Is it John? Jessica? Mike? No one knows. That’s why you’d want to watch the movie. I didn’t like it much at first when I first watched it, but in retrospect, I did enjoy the movie and would recommend it to one who would want to watch a thriller type movie. I don’t know if it’s worth the full $8-10, but if you catch a matinee, it’s definitely worth it.

**

Welcome to Mooseport

Review for Welcome to Mooseport


Main Characters
· Handy Harrison (Ray Romano) is Mooseport’s resident plumber. He is afraid of taking risks, as evidenced by his inability to ask his girlfriend of 6 years to marry him. When the mayor of Mooseport dies, he decides to run for mayor since he figures it would be unopposed.
· Monroe Cole (Gene Hackman) is a former US president who after his term ends, lands in Mooseport. He decides to run for mayor of Mooseport since it would only help his public image, and increase the amount of profits he could rake in.
· Sally Mannis (Maura Tierny) is Handy’s girlfriend of 6 years. She is a veterinarian who causes quite a stir when she agrees to go on a date with the ex president.
· Grace Sutherland (Marcia Gay Harden) is Monroe’s personal assistant who clearly harbors feelings for Monroe (also known as the Eagle). He is unaware of her feelings for him
· Charlotte Cole (Christine Baranski) is the Eagle’s ex-wife who is determined to get from Monroe all the money she can

The Setting
The town of Mooseport, your typical mid-westernish town where everyone knows each other and animals roam the streets

The Plot
Ok, it’s simple. Handy is the town’s plumber and he is going out with Sally. Handy won’t propose to Sally which is really starting to get to Sally. All this just happens to coincide with ex-President Monroe “Eagle” Cole landing in Mooseport. See, he just finished his run as president and due to settlements with his ex-wife, he lost his home so he has to live in his summer house in Mooseport. He is there with all his assistants and personnel, including Charlotte. Once there, the former president is offered the mayorship of the town. See, the old mayor died so they need a new one, and who better than the ex-president? Monroe, sensing immediate positive public relations and instant cash, decides to run, unopposed it should be added, for the title of mayor. Of course, good old Handy had submitted his name to run for mayor, thinking it would be unopposed. Uh-oh. To make matters worse, things heat up when it is shown that Monroe has feelings for Sally, and that Sally is really disenchanted with Handy’s lack of proposal. That’s basically it, pretty easy to understand, not a hard plot to say the least. Of course, I won’t mention how it ends since that’s no fun!

My Review
Well, I don’t really know how to start. I heard this movie was bad by a few people. I really didn’t know what I expected of it going in. I think I expected the worst. It didn’t deliver the worst though, thankfully. First off, it’s a comedy. To me, there weren’t that many laugh-out-loud moments a movie like 50 First Dates had. I mean there were some, but not that many. Despite that, I enjoyed the movie. I’ve always been a fan of Ray Romano, which probably has something to do with it. I am indecisive on how to rate this movie. It was a cute movie, but is it good enough to spend x amount of dollars on? I don’t know. I got in for free so it really doesn’t matter to me what movie I see. All in all, I don’t think I’d go see this movie if I had to pay, this is definitely one you catch in Blockbuster. Good for a laughs, it’s pretty mindless too, not too much to think about.

Overall, if you have passes or can get into a matinee, and you’ve seen 50 First Dates already, I say go. $5 or so for this movie isn’t a bad deal. If not, it’s not worth the $10 in my opinion. Still, it was a pretty good movie.

*3/4

Class Starts!

     Yes, I had my computer classes for the first time yesterday! It was pretty fun too. I really hope that this helps me in getting a job. The class was pretty good. Basically we're talking about the main stuff of a computer, like what goes on inside. We're talking about the bare motherboard and that's it. It's fun and even though I know about a lot of it already, I'm having fun. Let's just see how I do with the trip to the city every Tuesday and Thursday morning for the next 12 weeks!


     Also, at work, we got all these new hires, so I had to train 3 people in the box office this past week. I've never trained anyone before but I feel honored that they'd choose me to train them. They seem really nice too and they've been doing a really good job


     I don't usually talk about sports on here, but I feel I should talk about Todd Bertuzzi. Basically, he hit someone from behind last night in one of the most dispicable things I've ever seen in sports and the poor guy (Steve Moore) got a concussion and broke some vertebra in his neck. That is just unacceptable. Bertuzzi is a really good player but they need to send a message that this cannot happen and suspend him for the season.


     That's all I really have to say. I think I have the Welcome to Mooseport review ready to be posted and should be maybe tomorrow? Well, have a nice day!

The Week that Was

     Well, it's been a while! I haven't blogged in a week so I thought I devote this blog to what I did last week. I mean, you haven't heard from me in a while, so I guess you'd want to see what I was busy doing. Right?

• Monday
  Monday was one of those rare days when I had to work in the morning. It was an early one too, 9;30 AM!!! I worked until 5:00pm which meant that I had the NIGHT OFF! So, since Dolores' spring break started today, we decided it'd be nice to go out to dinner and a movie. We went to Applebees and had quite a nice meal. D had a Cowboy Burger and I had a Spicy Chicken Sandwich which was pretty damn good. After that, we went to my apartment and relaxed for a few hours, then left to watch the movie "Twisted" at my theater. It was a pretty decent movie (review forthcoming). Since the movie ended at about 1:30, we went right home and right to bed.
  
  
• Tuesday
  Tuesday was a relaxing day for me. Dolores went to see the movie Havana Nights so I was alone in my apartment like all day. I played video games and read comic books. What, I'm 22 and that's something I did when I was 12? Who cares! :-). I had work though at night and today marked the 10th day in a row that I worked. Yes that's right, the 10TH FREAKIN DAY IN A ROW THAT I WORKED!!! Well, the paycheck will be nice. :-)
  
  
• Wednesday & Thursday
  Since I had two days in a row off, and since Dolores was off from school, we thought it'd be nice to head upstate and visit my family. It was a very relaxing few days for us. Nothing to worry about, no obligations, it was a good time. We were able to CHILL OUT which is better than just to CHILL. CHILL OUT>CHILL. I was able to catch up on American Idol by watching the episodes I missed, read a massive amount of comic books, went to "downtown" Cornwall, played pool, foosball and darts, and slept. It was like a vacation which I totally needed.
  
  
• Friday
  I didn't do too much on Friday. I drove back home to civilization then went to work. I worked from 4-11. That's about it.
  
  
• Saturday
  After working until late on Friday, I had to wake up early for my SECOND morning shift at work this week. I finished at 6 and again had the night off. So Dolores and I went to see the movie Hidalgo (which again I will review later) which I thought was pretty darn good.
  
  
• Sunday
  I slept till noon! YAY! Then I rested, then worked, not much else. It was a very nice day and a nice end of the week.
  
  

     This week I head back to normal. D is back in classes and I am left to lounge around while she's learning to watch and review whatever I get my hands on, wrestling, movies, books, you name it. I've been writing a lot lately, mostly reviews though. I work tonight and tomorrow and both times I have to train some kids. Should be fun. Well, this blog is long enough so I think I'll just end it......here.

Review for 50 First Dates


The Main Characters

• Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) is a ladies’ man living in Hawaii who woos tourists and then drops them after they have sex. All this changes however when he meets…
  
• Lucy Whitmore (Drew Barrymore) is a woman who lost her ability to transfer her short-term memory into her long-term memory, thus having her forget Henry every time they meet.
  
• Ula (Rob Schneider) is Henry’s good friend. He is a native Hawaiian and is basically there for comic relief
  
• Marlin Whitmore (Blake Clark) is Lucy’s protective father who is at first leery about Henry’s intentions with his dauther
  
• Doug Whitmore (Sean Astin) is Lucy’s brother. He’s a roided up muscle-bound freak with a seriously bad lisp.
  

The Setting

Beautiful Hawaii



The Plot

As with all movies of this genre, the plot is very simple. It usually sticks to the formula of: boy meet girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back again and usually ends with a hasty marriage in the last two minutes of the film. This isn’t too different except for one part. Here, the boy gets girl but the boy loses the girl every night. And he tries to get her back EVERY MORNING. See, Lucy was a young woman who a year ago got into a horrible accident where she lost the ability to transfer her short-term memories into her long term memory. So she doesn’t remember anything that happens after the accident. She still lives the day like it’s the day after the accident. She’s been doing this for well over a year. Of course, one day, our unwilling hero, Henry walks into the restaurant that Lucy eats at every morning and is instantly attracted to her. He goes over to talk to her and they hit it off right away. They have a great day together and they plan to meet the next day at the same restaurant. Of course, he goes the next day and she has absolutely no idea who he is. It is there he learns that Lucy was in the accident and can’t remember him. See, she loses all her memories of that day while she sleeps. Of course, Henry goes on a mission to get Lucy. At first Lucy’s father and brother are weary of Henry’s intentions but they soon see his intentions are genuine. You can see where this all heads. You need some sort of conflict and this movie sees Lucy breaking up with Henry so he can “live his life normally,” or something like that. Since this is a romantic comedy, you know he doesn’t accept that but I won’t give away any ending.



My Review

I went into this movie not expecting too much to be honest. I had seen most of Adam Sandler’s movies and lately they haven’t been all that good, save for Mr. Deeds. This movie actually took me off guard. I thought it was funny right from the get-go. It didn’t stop being funny either. I can honestly say I laughed pretty much through the film. Adam’s and Drew’s chemistry is very good and we as an audience can sense that and it only makes the movie more enjoyable in my opinion. Of course, with movies like these, I feel the funniest things happen when the “sidekick” is there. You know the guy who isn’t in the lead role but is a supporting character. They always seem to be the funniest in movies like these. They always have the best lines. Like Jason Alexander in “Shallow Hal” or Jack Black in “Orange County.” Here two people get that honor, Rob Schneider is hilarious as Ula. Sean Astin, hot off the trail of playing pudgy Samwise Gamgee in the LOTR trilogy shines as the musclebound roided up lisping brother of Lucy. Many people have compared this to “Groundhog Day,” due to the theme of repeatedness I guess, but it’s really quite different. Here, they aren’t reliving a certain day, only Lucy is in her mind. I don’t know if that makes sense, but sometimes I don’t make sense while I blog. Moving on. I thought this was a lot funnier than “Along Came Polly” which I reviewed already. I don’t know why, I just enjoyed it a lot more. There may be many questions about how come she can’t remember anything but I tend to let other people think about it. It’s just a comedy. Nobody questioned the realism of Stuck on you where Siamese twins are stuck on each other and play in baseball games. This is a comedy. Laugh, enjoy, overlook any questions like that. Sit back and laugh.



Overall, I enjoyed it a lot better than Along Came Polly. If given the choice of the two, definitely go with 50 First Dates. Among the Adam Sandler canon, it’d rank pretty high. I don’t like it as much as the crude humor of Billy Madison or Happy Gilmore, but I’d say this was better than the Wedding Singer, the other film Drew and Adam were in.

**1/2