Christmas in July

So this past past weekend was atypical for me in that it was a weekend where I went out with a bunch of ladies, had deliciously girlie drinks, and celebrated Christmas (trust me, that link is worth it) amongst complete strangers and good friends.

Actually that sounds like most of my life...

On Friday I had the privilege of escorting my sweetheart, her temporary roomie (and my carpool buddy), my old (actually bordering on saurian) NASA friend, and our resident wedding planner (and all around gossip girl) to see "Inception". I have to say this movie was amazing in the same way that Vanilla Sky was. As it were, it is more similar than that--because I have no clue what happened in either of these. Granted, I have the attention span of a goldfish--and going to see any movie more complex than Star Wars for me is like walking into an aviary full of nitrous oxide and trying to play Scrabble with the Kookaburras while they stand around arguing about East-Asia Politics, but it is my personal opinion that these movies are strenuous no matter the audience.

The following day, after checking out the coolest restaurant this side of Chinatown (with the best Spinach and Brie sandwich ever), my sweetheart and I found ourselves at a Christmas-in-July party at my friend Henry's place. The rest of my friends arrived later on in the evening--and an epic celebration of holiday cheer and general debauchery ensued.

The picture is proof that I should have been a photographer--barely captured before the train scooted by! ;)

Brush your teeth and floss once a day!

Happy Christmas!
-B

The Start of Something New

School started yesterday--another chance to have a fun semester, which is actually a possibility this time since I have (mostly) easy classes.

Philosophy of Math is exactly what it sounds like--a bunch of poppycock and something that no doubt all the mathematics students will be taking way too seriously. Hopefully they will find my snide remarks about math being nothing but a cute game we play with strict rules to be EXTRA offensive--could make for a few fun times methinks!

Creative Writing is a course where we write short stories--I should be cranking at least one of these out per week this semester so I'll post some of the ones I feel better about!

Writing About Science is going to be quite the chore--our teacher has this idea of us all becoming accomplished writers in order to beef-up HIS resume (he wouldn't stop talking about his prior students and how he made their lives so much better).
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This weekend my partner in crime came down to Troyland, America's armpit. We tore this town down and yes--Legion accepted my free Regal Cinema ticket. Good thing too because it was the worst movie I had ever seen--even blowing out a certain movie I saw with my dad nearly a decade ago...Defintiely see "The Book of Eli" though--that was up there with the Mad Max trilogy in terms of awesome dystopian flicks.

As I think of it, most movies I see with my dad end up sucking...Remember "Reign of Fire"? Yeah, that lot. On the topic of dragon-ey movies, this one looks kind of cute...

"Silcence and Valor"
-B

The Best Things at the Movies are Free

After receiving incredulous remarks (remark) about the artist's rendition of the Sonic Unleashed Final Battle, I decided to present some guy on youtube playing through the fight to prove I'm not crazy...the part necessary for seeing "it" in the picture is wrapped up around 0:59, so don't bore yourself to tears on my behalf!

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So I have a free movie ticket from using my REGAL CROWN CLUB card at the theaters enough to earn coupons on items there. It's been lying around for about a month or two now. I have not been able to use it on any movies I have seen in the past forever--whenever I try, the steward there says that the movie in question has been given certain privileges that do not allow the use of free ticket slips or ticket coupons. I think this is most likely because the producers want a more accurate tally of earnings for the title. Usually reserved for the "good" movies. 2012 didn't allow free tickets (which made little sense cause it sucked), and neither did The Squeaquel (which I actually enjoyed).

God I hope Legion ("We are Legion, for we are many"...this bible quote refers to demons, not angels) accepts my free ticket voucher. I do not think there is a single person in the world who could possibly bill this title as a "higher-up" flick that shouldn't accept vouchers. Seriously. Of course I want to see it, but that's because I like watching stupid movies that I know will suck. Actually, if Legion is really really lucky, it might be as good as Prophecy (which actually had to bill itself with the subtitle: "A monster movie" to help audiences figure out what the hell the movie was about).

"Silence and Valor"
-B