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05/09/2007 18:58 #39213

Walk on acident
Category: walk
Yesterday I forgot to post about the walk that I took that I wasn't planning on. I was on the #2 bus heading for work and I Missed my stop by a long way. I wound up I little bit past Transit and french. I work maybe about 3 blocks from union so my walk was about the length of from Transit to union. But it was relaxing and it was nice to be out in the fresh air. That area is kinda strange. I was on one side of Transit and there was a sign that said Elma. I look across the street and it says lancaster. So then I get to a sign and I'm in Chektowaga (or however you spell it). That being said that Burger King on the corner has a Depew address, that i still don't understand. So as I walk down French rd. There is another sign for Chektowaga But I'm confussed because that where I thought I was I wonder if there is a town and village status around there, I'm not really sure. But as I'm walking the sun is kinda behind me and to the right benind my shoulder. But as I walk sord of to my left and is front of me is the moon. It allways seems kinda strange when you can fully see the moon and most of the sun at the same time. It is kinda like why are they both out or something like that. I wish I could explain it better. But the funny part is I think the day before I said something about How I have to get more exercise or something like that So it wound up being a nice time that I didn't plan on. Of course I was late to work and would have rather ben on time but atleast I enjoyed the long walk. Walks that you don't plan on are allways so much longer. I don't want to jinx the wheather but I'm going to the bisons game on thursday. With my luck it will snow and a bunch of games will get cancelled like when I tried to go to the home opener. If the wheater stays nice I might go to the party at the Plaza for the sabres game, not sure about that yet: that is very wheather depedent.

05/05/2007 17:27 #39166

Cinco Spiderman
Category: movies
First of all what a lovely day outside it was today. Hope everyone does something fun for Cinco De Mayo. I will be leaving shortly to go to see some stand up comedy at the Town Ballroom (doors 7pm). On my way to see Spiderman 3 (very good) I could smell food from over a block away from Solid grounds I assumed it was them and it smelled very good. But as I'm walking down Brynt I look to my left (hopefully two pictures coming soon) and there is this building and the board are off the front window. Some of you might say so what, who cares. Well sometimes I would say the same thing. But it used to be a resturant years ago. Then they had a fire and boarded everything up and the claim was they where going to reopen. I can't say they will reopen but boards being gone and being able to sord of see stuff inside from across the street.

Spiderman 3 was very good. I went to the 11:35am show at the regal on Elmwood. I knew the basic story so there wasn't any big surprise. I admit I didn't have the best crowd it seemed like there was a lot of talking. Or maybe it was just that the Movie wasn't loud enough. There where a couple strange parts in the movie but they did help tell the story. I will admit it wasn't as good as I thought it would be but it was still very good. But some of that might have been that I think it should have been a little bit louder. The one thing that I liked with out giving anything away is that in the opening credits they showed some of the back story. I also think Topher Grace (that 7o's show) is a great fit to play his character. I also like that they have the theme of revenge and how it can cloud what you do. Again with out giving anything away I like the character devolpement, that the hero is not all good and the villian is all evil I like that it wasn't true in this film. One thing I've liked about all the spidey films is that it seems that they have the perfect actor for each part. I wish I could get into the debate of how things change from the comic to the movie. I won't do that for two reasons. 1) One I don't remember the details well enough. 2) It is a different medium and so to compare them isn't really fair. When doing a movie the viewers often never read the comic so you will change things that they might enjoy more. Plus there is a time factor in a movie you can't make it four hours long. So all in all I had a good time and it was worth the $7.
metalpeter - 05/06/07 08:41
One thing I forgot to say was that there where two really neat things at the Theater. The first one is a life sized Silver Surfer. It would be really cool if it was riged so you could ride the board with him and they could charge you and give the money to charity. I'm sure it is only cardboard and would never hold a person. Also in the same roped off section is the simpsons couch. Here again would be a cool photo op since there is an open spot on the couch. I like my idea of letting people take pictures on it. The Buzz it would cause for the movie would be so intense.

05/02/2007 19:38 #39132

Last Night
I had a great time at Spamalot last night. I thought it was very funny but I don't want to give away any of the jokes or gags. There is a review of it in today's Buffalo News. I don't completely agree with it because they kinda compare it to another production of it. If I had seen it somewhere else then I might agree. I think the singing was fine, yeah maybe it could have been a little bit better. But you go to laugh and enjoy your self. I'm also looking forward to comedy this Saturday at town ballroom that should be a good time we shall see.

04/30/2007 18:35 #39108

Spamalot and Comedy
Category: events
I will admit that I should have planed better and I could have set up the timers to tape all my Monday stuff 24, Heroes, and The Real Wedding Crashers (think Punk'd or Practical jokes at a wedding) that way I could go to The Best of Buffalo Awards and eat for free I bet it would be a great time.

One Tuesday I am going to see Montypython's Spamalot. I admit I have never seen what it is based on The Search for the Holy Grail. But I have watched the show and so I'm looking forward to this. Hey I have to take some safe chances once or twice. I like Shea's it is really a cool old theatre.

On may 5 also know as Cinco De Mayo I'm taking another chance and going to see some comedy at the Town Ballroom at the Shreed & Regan comedy fest. I only know of one guy so far but I'm sure I'll still have a good time. Not sure if I will wind up going anyplace after that but maybe I will.

Just want to pass along to remind people to keep there eyes on your local papers. I know that you may not agree with some of the politics in them. But a lot of them have ads for concerts that are coming up or other events. It is about to become the very busy concert season. One of the ones I'm really looking forward to Is Godsmack at Sheas that should be amazing. I'm not sure if I should get tickets for ICP also known as Insane Clown Posse. I have seen them before but it was years ago and soda pop went everywhere but it was a great time. I'm not into not sure if it would be called rap or hip hop like I really used to be. But that being said it could be a really fun show.

04/29/2007 12:44 #39085

Condemed
Category: movies
I forgot that I wanted to do a second post on two movies I saw Yesterday that I liked. The first one was Disturbia. I admit that it did kinda remind me of this movie called The Burbs but it isn't a comedy. I admit that suspense isn't really my thing but I liked this one. Action is more my type of movie and that is why I saw The Commdemed Staring Steve Austin as the hero of the story. The fight scenes where pretty good. But I liked that it was more then just a hunting guys down type of movie it also had the story line of it being an internet reality show. If you like that type of movie you will enjoy it. On my way there I saw this interesting looking guy on Elmwood I'm wondering if anyone else has seen him or knows anything about him. He had on what almost looked like flip flops or water shoes or even maybe dress shoes. The shorts he had on kinda looked like board shorts from a distance. Ok so at first I thought the guy was nuts but then I thought no maybe he has money not really sure but it is an interesting jacket. The jacket is something I would expect to see in the country or down south it was a leather jacket with the Southern Flag on it and on the sleeves it said rebel. I think that is the first time I've ever seen anyone black with a rebel jacket on before. I'm not saying that they haven't but it is uncommon because often that symbol is more about racism then it is about southern pride. It also looked like and I could be wrong that he had on Oakley sun glasses it at least looked like there symbol. That being said that is one of the kinda fun things about the strip is how different everyone is. On a side note not sure if anyone has noticed who drinks pepsi they have websites on there can and bottle designs. I took the slut test on the link in (e:twisted)'s blog and it said i'm 58% of a slut not that I have any idea what that really means. Oh yeah back to movies for a minute. I tried to watch a couple last night but my cable wasn't working right. So maybe tonight after the game I'll try to watch A scanner Darkly or something like that.