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05/25/2008 23:25 #44452

i'm not exactly jeff simon
Category: movies
I finally saw Juno today. I enjoyed it, but it didn't quite live up to my expectations. I liked it, but I didn't love it. It was funny and it seemed to get better as it went along, but the first half of the movie didn't seem quite as good. Maybe I didn't give it a fair chance.

One movie that did exceed my expectations was August Rush. It surprised me how much I enjoyed watching it recently. I thought it might be kind of lame, but it really wasn't. I really found myself rooting for the characters and enjoying the way that their stories came together. I definitely enjoyed the music in the movie. Even if its not exactly treading new ground, it was worth renting.

I'd like to see "There Will be Blood," "Eastern Promises," and "No Country for Old Men" (Saw part of it recently, it's great so far).




theecarey - 05/26/08 19:53
I saw both, "There Will Be Blood" and "No Country For Old Men" at the theater. Both were very well done and are worth watching more than once. Watch it with someone as you will be sure to want to talk about it afterwards. I have Eastern Promises on DVD, but have yet to see it.

Have you seen, "Into the Wild"?
metalpeter - 05/26/08 14:49
Yeah what you expect out of a movie is a big Determination of how you like it. That is true of many things other then movies as well. "in the words of henry Rollins" the expectations and excite before something happens is the best part (wish I said that better but If I could I would be the one doing spoken word tours and not him). I wish I could come up with a recent example from my life but there was a movie called "The Falcon and The Snowman" All I remember about it was that it was a good movie. But leading into it I heard it was great and heard a lot about it so even though it was good it wasn't as good as I thought it was I guess you could say the same thing about "Akaira" (lengdary animee movie). In terms of No Country for old men it was good but in my view kinda weird also hope you see all of it and enjoy it.
tiburon1724 - 05/26/08 09:46
It definitely is a 'different' movie, though very good (Bateman did an excellent job I think) but I don't really think it's deserving of all the hype it's getting. I saw it before the hype machine started up and so I think I was able to appreciate it more.

05/21/2008 00:37 #44405

(just go ahead now)...
Category: life
It's been a little awhile since I've updated.

So here's what's been going on:
1. The semester ended last week. I was able to get a 3.9 this time, which helped.

2.A few weeks ago, I went with some friends to the albany tulip festival. We listened to the Spin Doctors play. The music wasn't the greatest (except for two princes, lol) but the festival was really fun!
Here are some photos that I took:


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Last Saturday, I packed up my stuff and headed out for Rochester. After I got there, A. and I went to the same amazing brewery that we did on New Years Eve. They have wonderful Irish beer. The next day, we stopped at Letchworth State Park on the way home. I'll have to post some of the waterfall photos soon. I love it there. It's definitely one of the gems of western new york. Then A. took me back to Jimmytown, and we ended up going to dinner with my dad and sister.

4. It's good being back with the family for awhile.





museumchick - 05/25/08 23:29
See... if I were the Spin Doctors... I would be really excited that Tina Fey wore my shirt! I actually do think they are pretty cool, though they didn't sound great for most of the concert. Part of that might have been the sound system/location we were in, though.
drew - 05/21/08 08:31
I love the Spin Doctors. I should probably stop admitting that, but I cannot.

Last week, on 30 Rock, Tina Fey was wearing a vintage spin doctors shirt.

It was AWESOME. Worlds coming together. So cool.

04/26/2008 23:04 #44161

a few April photos
Category: photos
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museumchick - 04/30/08 18:36
Thanks everybody!
libertad - 04/27/08 13:46
They are really nice. I'll have to take a pic of our cherry blossom tree when the light is right. The blossoms don't last too long at all.
metalpeter - 04/27/08 10:05
I really like those last 2.
paul - 04/27/08 08:31
Those pics are beautiful. I can't believe spring has come so far.

04/24/2008 16:26 #44127

pregnant men
Category: news
The first pregnant man?


This was a story I found about a guy who carried his twin in his stomach for almost forty years:

(I never knew something like that could happen as well).


museumchick - 04/26/08 22:59
(e:Paul)- thanks for helping me with the links! I always have trouble with that.

(e:jenks)- I think he is biologically a man. I find it really confusing, to be honest. I was curious if anyone else here new anything about it.
jenks - 04/26/08 19:54
i couldn't find the basic story- is he really a man? like XY chromosomes? I just don't get it. Why? Just to make news?
The only "male pregnancy" I've heard of before is a woman who had a partial sex change operation, but retained her sex organs, but was living as a man.
paul - 04/24/08 19:16
Better than this :::link:::

04/23/2008 21:20 #44120

wishing
Category: family
I wish I could help out my parents more with financial stuff and things that they need. My dad had to stop working a couple of years back because of illness that was pretty serious. He has a good attitude about his disease, even though he's in pain most of the time. My dad gets a pension which is decent and my mom works part-time, but the medical bills are high.

I'd like to help them with their bills. I also wish I could buy them a stove that actually worked, and a good dryer. I'd buy them the materials to fix the porch. I'd treat my mom to a vacation because is under a lot of stress much of the time.

I don't make a very big salary. After paying rent and bills- it's hard to find much extra. I wish there was more I could do for the people I cared about.

Everything is going well here. It's a little stressful the next couple of weeks with papers/projects/grading/teaching etc. I've really been liking the school and my job lately. I've felt a lot better about both this semester. I may have a couple of part-time jobs this summer that might be decent. I'm not 100% sure if they are hiring me, though.

Thank you all for the advice about the internet stuff. I have been using safari as my default browser, and I really like it. I may try firefox too.
carolinian - 04/24/08 09:33
I hope you fulfill all of your dreams.
libertad - 04/23/08 23:41
It is so hard feeling like you can't help your families problems. That is something that I think everyone suffers with. Things are tough for us. Are we really equipped to deal with our parent's old age?

jenks - 04/23/08 21:45
jess it's really sweet that you care so much and want to help. Shows that your parents did a good job. :)