Not A Very Good Post

I never seem to keep up with anything like I hope too. I haven't been feeling the greatest lately either, so that doesn't help my lack of updating. I'm not going to post any pictures this time, or anything like that. I guess I just kind of want to trudge through my thoughts a bit and see where I end up. 


I don't remember how many days ago it was, but I started talking to a friend again that I had cut out of my life back in September. I thought if I slowly started to talk to them again that we could end up in a good place between us like we had been at one time. They seemed to take it completely differently though and quickly displayed every reason that forced me to stop communication before. They acted like it was a switch that I could just turn on and everything would be normal again, but I can't do that. 


I'm also in another confusing situation. At least for me it is. I don't really want to type about it on here even though it's probably what's been on my mind the most. I don't really know how to react to it either. I always get pushed to break my promises to myself and for the first time in my life I'm keeping them. My fear is that my past is going to ruin what could be awesome in my future. 


For some reason I've felt extremely lonely this month. It doesn't help what's going on in my life right now at all. My hours have been cut at work as well and the past two weeks I've only worked a total of two days. My focus at school is already going down, but I'm trying to get to the Wellness Center as much as I can to work out. I'm hoping it's just the fact that it's Winter, that's disrupting everything, but I don't really know. 


Since it's Sunday I'm browsing Postsecret and there's a picture I found on there that I believe everyone should see:





And I couldn't agree more.


Usually reading anything on Postsecret is extremely depressing, but at the same time I enjoy reading people's thoughts and secrets and feelings. It shouldn't be unusual to hear people speak the truth, but it is. 





Not every "secret" has to be a huge life changing event. Appreciating the smallest of gestures can mean more than anything. 


Here's a picture and comment that went together that I find quite amusing:





Comment: I imagine that, if he exists, "God" talks like Gordon Ramsey. I think it would be hilarious. Him looking at us from up there, screaming: "YOU BLOODY IDIOTS!" 






After going through a lot of the posts on this site, you see the same secrets popping up again and again. You know, I really hate what fear has done to us all. 


I don't know why I'm actually going to post this. I'll probably delete this whole thing later. I guess I almost feel like the only emotion I should portray to people is happiness. 

And It All Begins Again...

Sure enough, it's time to head back to class. Today was definitely not the greatest day I've ever experienced. Actually the past week has just overall been a little bit crazy. I'm actually quite surprised at how well I've been handling it all.

First off I'm sure I've said a million times on here so far that I had a meeting with Best Buy's General Manager about my employment. Well...it turns out that they wanted to keep me so I am now a permanent employee there. He even said that they didn't have any openings, but that I performed well enough that they wanted me to continue to work there. Another seasonal cashier employee was hired as well. She was actually who I considered my "competition" for the season, so it was cool to find out that we were both hired. I've seen a few of the seasonal employees that did not end up staying though, and it's weird to see them in the store when I'm working since I feel bad and like I'm flaunting it in their face or something.

When the GM told me that he wanted me to stay at Best Buy I actually almost started crying right on the spot. I expected to go in there and be told that they simply didn't have enough room. I mean...that actually turned out to be true, but apparently it didn't matter as much as I thought it did.

All of that happened on Wednesday, so I ended up working the opening shift Thursday, Friday and Saturday which is 10a-3:30p. That is so early to me and I wanted to wake up two hours before my shift so that I'd be properly awake and everything when I got there. Saturday was also a meeting at the building. We had to be there by 7:30a, so my morning shift was not the greatest. It also snowed like absolutely crazy the night before, so barely half of the employees were able to make it to the meeting. Since it looked like a blizzard outside we also barely had any customers, so luckily I was able to leave early and was out by 1:30p.

Now here's where another story begins...My dad picked me up at Best Buy in what looked to be a brand new car. Turned out it was a 2008 used vehicle from a dealership that he was testing out. Now we've been down to one vehicle for a little while now since the van crapped out on us. Before I was told that we couldn't even afford a $2000 car, but now all of a sudden we have a $10000, 2009 Hyundai Accent. I'm not happy at all about my grandmothers purchase, especially since she complains about money problems constantly. Way to add more debt to your worries.

The other thing that seriously sucks about the car is that it's an itty bitty front wheel drive car that can't drive for shit in the snow. We have no truck, now have no van, and are down to only having tiny cars that can barely hold a grown man. I'll try to take pictures of it tomorrow if I remember.

I haven't really received anything lately except for today. I was surprised to see an envelope addressed to me in the mail since I wasn't really expecting anything yet. It was for a group I'm in on Swap-bot. In the forum for the group we posted a wishlist and then each member has to send someone something on that person's wishlist.  I received a beautiful PC and some recipes that I should try out soon. Here's the PC:


It's from ladyaries7 and the PC isn't that bright in person. I don't know why my scanner is obsessed with bright colors. I really do love the postcard though. It's similar to one that I actually found downtown here.

I've only watched two movies since my last post. My dad wanted to watch a movie from 1971 called Two-Lane Blacktop, and that was here for about four days I believe, so there hasn't been time for many movies to come in since then. The two I watched are:

  

The first movie I've seen many times, but it's been ages. It was pretty neat to see it again and it's still a very good family movie to watch as well. The second has Nicolas Cage in it and the guy that did Hiccups voice for the animated movie How To Train Your Dragon, so that was why I originally wanted to see it. I remember when it came out in theatres that people weren't really saying good things about it. It turned out to be pretty decent and I definitely enjoyed all the magical elements in it. The end wasn't the greatest though and zoomed right by, but damn, Nicolas Cage is hot as hell as that character and I normally don't like him at all.

This week is going to be pretty intense for me it seems, but luckily one of the harder days is past. I'm taking four classes this semester, so my schedule as far as that goes is this:
Personal Health: MWF - 9:10a-10:10a
Calculus II: MW - 6p-8:40p
English 101: TR - 2:30p-4p

I also am taking Total Fitness II, but that doesn't have a set schedule. I wish my college would hurry up and get everything in the system though so I can get my pre-assessment for the class done so I can start working out asap. I really want to get to the Wellness Center at least three times each week. I definitely want to make some progress this semester.

This schedule would be pretty ok, but now that I'm working as well it's going to increase the difficulty. For example I had my morning class today...and then my shift at BB started at 10:30a. I got out of work at 4:30p, which gave me enough time to change, eat dinner and then head out to the college for my night class. I got home from that at just about 9p and have just been kind of relaxing so that stress doesn't overwhelm me. I really cannot afford to get sick again, so I'm glad my body has been holding out so well these past few months. I just need to take the time to relax and calm down so that it doesn't get too extreme or anything. Wednesday is going to be a repeat of today though, so I'm sure that'll be some deja vu.

My schedule at BB for the rest of this week is:
Wednesday: 10:30a-4:30p
Friday: 10:30.a-4p
Saturday: 3:30p-9:30p

All the day shifts I've worked the past week have been extremely dead. It's almost a shock going from the holiday season to almost nothing. Saturday night should be the busiest day of the week, so it should go alright. I also get to sleep in, so that will definitely be welcome.

This semester is basically going to be me trying to balance school, work, and me time. I have a new friend that I've been hanging out with a bit and it's been really nice to get out of the house, although most of the time we just come back to my house to play video games. That's completely alright with me though. It's nice to have someone to talk too and hopefully I'll be able to expand my social circle a bit.

At my shift today it was so slow that I pretty much just talked to the other cashier that opened the whole time.   We talked about dinosaurs, paranormal stuff, cars, and a lot of other random stuff. Best Buy certainly doesn't allow me to be shy and I'm interacting with so many people. It's awesome and I think that's why I haven't gotten sick.

I believe I'm going to stop here. This post is probably not the most coherent one I've posted. I'm extremely tired, need to get to bed and my thoughts have been kinda disconnected the past few days. I've also left out a lot of details since I simply don't feel like typing forever. Ah well, I'll try to include more stuff tomorrow.

It's About Time I'm On My Desktop Again

Yep, that I am. The bad part is that I have no idea what's actually new that I've gotten this past month. I definitely need to try to keep up with scanning and dating what I receive so that my memory issues aren't as ridiculous.


ANYway, I do have four things I'd like to post on here. The first is a postcard I received through Postcrossing. It came in the mail a few days ago when it was still 2010:



It's from a Chinese college student who's studying in Canada. I think it's funny how misshapen Michigan looks.


This next one is also a postcard that, if I'm remembering correctly, I received earlier in December. I don't think I've posted it yet and I'm far too lazy right now to check. Someone from Sendsomething.net sent it to me, so I'll need to check out their profile soon to see what kind of PC's they're interested in:



It's kind of amusing to me that the picture is of falls in South Carolina. My mother just moved down there on Thursday. That's a whole other story though.


The last two things I want to post today are both ATC's that I received in swaps. This first one I wasn't expecting since it came as an extra in a Thanksgiving card swap:



Daydrifter is who created this card and it definitely was a surprise. It's really beautiful.


The second ATC is from a Dark Tower Series swap. Stephen King wrote the series, which is seven books in all. Bluemonkeymama created this one and it's awesome as well. The picture is kind of messed up since some things are 3D and there is a reflection since it's in plastic. I would have taken it out, but I have before and almost couldn't get it back in! The background also isn't as dark as it appears in the picture:



I'll try to take a picture of it later to replace this scanned image.


I should be getting back into more swaps soon, so more pictures will definitely be posted. World of Warcraft is still keeping me occupied, but last night there were some technical difficulties going on with the game that the creators, Blizzard, had to address.


There were authentication errors going on, which made it quite difficult to login to the game and once in game things would freeze and you'd get disconnected easily. At first I thought something was wrong with my internet, but pretty quickly there was a message from Blizzard on the login screen saying that they were trying to identify the problem.


This was all fine except right before they posted the message I was attempting my first dungeon with a group of people. Things were alright at first until it started freezing and finally I got disconnected. Since logging in was being stupid as well I gave up.


Since then they've figured out what was wrong and everything should be fixed. I haven't really had any issues today when I was playing, so hopefully it'll be smooth until the next issue pops up. Right now I'm just trying to figure out where the hell to go to in the game and how to get there. Here's all the things I had to purchase to be completely up-to-date on the game:


 


Thank God for Christmas sales. I paid $9.99 for the first, which is the original game + the first expansion: The Burning Crusade. The second I got for $20, while I believe it's normal price is still $40. The third and final expansion (for right now at least) just came out in early December, but I got ten bucks off of it, so I paid $30.


The newest expansion brings two new races to the game as The Burning Crusade did: Worgen and Goblins. I created a Worgen Warrior the other day and have only played it once, so it's level nine at the moment. Their start is quite different from the others I've played and the added cinematics are interesting. I'm thinking I picked the wrong class since I'm not really enjoying it at all. I didn't want to make another paladin though. It's definitely time to make my Tauren Hunter.


I really want to watch another instant movie tonight, but I'm completely unsure of what I should pick. Right now I'm leaning towards this movie:





I still haven't seen it yet and the reviews that I've read so far are praising it quite a lot. A cute family movie is probably what I need right now too. I also don't want to watch something really long, so this fits the bill quite well.


Don't be surprised if there's a review of it up by the end of tonight.

It's A New Year Already!?

Damn. I agree with whomever says that each year goes by faster than the one before. December especially flew by insanely fast. I think work distorted my perception of time. 


Speaking of work...Friday was my last day. I got to end the year with losing my job. Oh joy. I have an interview with the General Manager on Wednesday, but I know that there are no cashier spots opening up. Every seasonal employee does the interview, so we'll probably be told how well we did over the holidays and things of that nature. I'm extremely sad to see it end. I really enjoyed the people there. 


Yesterday night wasn't very exciting. I actually took a nap shortly after I got home since I was stupidly tired. About an hour and a half till midnight my grandma and I went over to my cousins house and snacked on chips, dip, and drank some sparkling grape juice I picked up. We watched the ball drop in New York on the TV and then I played WoW till four in the morning. Haha. 


One of these years I want to go to New York to bring in the New Year. The atmosphere seems amazing and just seeing all the people and music would be extremely awesome. 2012 would be a good year to go there since it'd be after the whole "world is ending" thing. 


I haven't really been on my desktop yet, so I'm still unable to update with postcards and swaps that I've received. I'm actually trying to get back into swapping and sending postcards more since I almost stopped over this past months. Everything slowed down though from the holidays. 


I did watch an instant movie through Netflix on my Wii tonight though. It's a foreign movie that came out in 2008 in Sweden. Obviously the actors/actresses talk in Swedish, so I watched it with the English subtitles. America just did a remake of it though that came out in October (I believe it was) in 2010. Here's my review:





I gave it 3 out of 5 stars. 


Since the English version of this movie was released all I've heard is that the original is a lot better and a must see. I have not seen the English version, so I am unable to compare the two, but Im not extremely impressed with the original. I had absolutely no problems with watching a movie in a foreign language. The subtitles were easy to read except in a few snowy scenes. White on white isnt exactly the greatest. 


One thing that I believe took away from the movie was the way the scenes flowed. They were choppy and sometimes I caught myself saying "What just happened?" Some snippets of scenes I didnt understand and actually read a bit about it so that I could fully understand the movie. The snippets were shown so quickly that I really had no idea what was even shown. 


Overall it was an alright movie. I think they should have thought about how they were going to move through the plot more carefully so that more necessary information was included. Id recommend it to anyone who enjoys old vampire laws, a slower pace, and books turned into movies.


I headed over to Best Buy today and they almost didn't have the movie I was looking for again. There was three or four left and today was the last day it was on sale:





I saw this movie in theatres when it first came out. It's definitely really good and I'll probably be watching it tomorrow or within the next few days. I also watched Beauty and the Beast last night, which was quite a nostalgic ride. 


There's only about a week left of winter break now, which means I really need to get in gear to buy my textbooks. The college reopens on Monday, so I'll most likely get everything ordered then. Other than that things are pretty mellow right now. 

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR!

WoW, That's Interesting...

Well so much for updating often. I've been meaning to write up a new post everyday since the semester ended, but I've just been ridiculously tired when I get the chance to finally do this. I can say that this will most likely be another huge ass post though.


Winter break is now half way over and it's just flown by! Last week I was called in two days, so overall I worked 5 days and clocked in around twenty nine hours I believe it was. I worked Christmas Eve as well from 7a-1:30p, which was not very fun since seven was extremely early for me. I was only supposed to work until 1, but was asked to stay the extra half hour so someone could take a lunch break....I never even got my fifteen minute break.


Friday I work as well from 2:30p-7:30p and it's my last day as a seasonal employee. I seriously thought there was another week left, but turns out there isn't. When I checked my schedule on Monday there was only my half hour interview with the General Manager on it, so Friday is it. I also don't think there are any cashier positions opening up, so sadly I'll be without a job in two days. It really sucks that it's ending...I've talked with some cool people and have even kind of made a friend.


I mentioned in one of my previous posts how I exchanged cell numbers with a coworker at Best Buy...Well we met up last night and grabbed a shake at the Baskin Robbins/Dunkin Donuts hybrid place. Which reminds me that half of my shake is still in the freezer. ANYway, he's seasonal as well so he's in jeopardy of not having  a job soon too.


Speaking of endings, the semester's been over for a week and a half now. The last day of Sculpture class I took pictures of almost everyone's sculptures. We were putting the patina on them, which is like a glaze. Here they are:



This is my only completed sculpture. I know it looks like crap. I've never gotten along well with clay.



This is one of Melanie's completely finished sculptures. At least I think that's what her name is. Her's were definitely the best out of the group.



Melanie's second one.



This is Nicole's. She was in Sculpture II, so she chose to sculpt a skull. It's not finished, but it's extremely cool.



This is one of Kinsey's finished ones. She took her other one home before I took pictures.



This is one of Mija's. (I think that's how you spell her name, I believe she's from Korea) She wasn't there the last day of class, so her's is unfinished. I also forgot to take a picture of her other sculpture.



This is Terrance's. His second sculpture is better, but it was in the other room when I took the pictures real quick.



This is one of Jane's sculptures. She's older and apparently works with clay pretty regularly if I'm remembering correctly.



Jane's second one.


We had pizza and pop while we finished up our sculptures, but the next day was my Calculus test. It took me three hours to finish that thing and I thought it was alright. There were several questions that really confused me, but other than that I thought I was going to get a decent grade. Apparently I thought wrong since I ended up getting a D on the final exam. I couldn't believe it when I checked the grade. It brought my overall grade down dramatically and I ended up with a 79.something % It really pissed me off since it made me end with a C. I'll be taking Calculus II in January, so I'll have to up my concentration in that class.


Besides work and school, I have watched a few more movies. It hasn't been as much as before due to being busy and tired though. They are:


   


I'd prefer not to talk about how my Christmas was, but I only got a $25 gift card to Meijers of all places from my mom's side of the family. The next day I went there and bought:





I used to watch that movie five times a day when I was little. Best Buy also had Toy Story 3 and Inception on sale for $9.99 so on break I went to snatch those up, but we were out of Toy Story 3. I might have to check if there's more tomorrow.


I do have some postcards to put up, but since I'm on my NEW laptop it'll have to wait until I'm on my desktop again. I went to make a payment on this laptop last Monday and my dad offered to pay the remaining balance as a Christmas gift. Of course I agreed so I was able to take it home that day. It's absolutely amazing! I had to wait a day to really mess with it though since I downloaded World of Warcraft and that was a ridiculously huge download.


 At first I had only bought the WoW Battle Chest that has the original game and first expansion, but then the second expansion was $20 off and this week Best Buy has the newest expansion, Cataclysm, on sale for $10 off, so I picked that up as well. WoW is now fully upgraded and I am loving getting back into it. I think I'll be making a second character soon, but for right now I'm playing as a Draenei Paladin and am lvl 31, which is a higher lvl than any of my characters ever got to when I played two years ago.


I do have some postcards to put up on here as well as a few other pictures I'd like to post, but I still need to go through my stuff and scan everything. I might hop on my desktop later tonight to update with those, but for now I'll keep it as is.

It Feels As If The World Is Slowing Down

The past two days have felt a little strange to me. It seems like a lot has happened, yet it also seems like nothing has happened. I blame the cold that decided to hit me last night.

Sunday night the weather took a turn for the worse, so come Monday morning every single school and college was closed, as well as many businesses, except for the one I attend. Of course. Here are a few pictures I took on the way to the college:




Someone spun out on the off ramp of the highway. Not exactly the best spot to be.







As you can see it wasn't the snowfall that was making travel difficult, but the wind. We had 40 MPH winds that day, so I wasn't exactly happy that college was still in session. Plus I had a Calculus test, so having two extra days to study would have been amazing. When I got to the college though I saw why it hadn't been cancelled. Here's how the sky looked near the college:





Without driving on the highway it takes ten minutes to get to the college. There is no way there should have been this huge of a difference in the weather. Ridiculous.

Surprisingly everyone showed up for the Chapter 6 test. It turned out to be the most difficult test of the semester (So far...there's still the final on Friday) and of course it was the one where my brain refused to use any of its power. I thought I blanked out on the Chapter 3 test...well this one was about 1000 times worse. I couldn't remember how to do things that I have been doing all semester, so I most likely failed this test. On the bright side I did answer all but one of the questions, but they are all most likely wrong. I also had my mom to thank for distracting me a bit...

That morning my mom sent me seven pages of text. I don't like mentioning her shenanigans on here, so I'm just going to say that she's gone so far past insane this time that I can't even comprehend it and thought that she was joking at first. I suppose I'll find out more details at the family Christmas party this Saturday. One's things for sure; I'm not holding back my thoughts on her actions anymore. If she brings it up at the party I'm going to tell her exactly what I think. I doubt it will do any good, but she needs a serious wake up call. Especially since she's dragging my brother along with her.

Monday night I watched a documentary by Michael Moore called Capitalism: A Love Story. I had actually watched it Sunday night, but watched it the next day as well with my dad and grandma. It really shed some light on some things and I found it extremely interesting. Here's the cover:



Of course throughout the whole thing my dad was making comments. He enjoys shows that confront corruption and conspiracy, so this was definitely his cup of tea. If anything that movie is motivation to get the hell out of this country. Especially since a lot of what they showed was in Michigan...the state where I live. I think Michael Moore sums it up perfectly by saying "What the fuck happened?"

I watched this documentary using the instant view feature thing on my Wii. I've also watched two other movies using the DVD format:

 

I really love Robert Downey Jr's character in Sherlock Holmes. I know that the whole movie is completely different from the stories, blah blah blah, but I enjoyed the movie pretty well. It didn't hold my attention as much as I thought it would, but the ramblings of Holmes entertained me.

Date Night was just a brainless movie to watch. I don't want to watch anything sad or dramatic since it's finals week and I don't want to feel depressed, so I figured a "comedy" would be a good change. There's definitely more action than comedy, but my favorite part of the movie was the car chase, so I suppose the action enhanced it rather than detracted from it.

Through everything I now officially have a cold. My throat has been bothering me for weeks, but last night I started getting a stuffy nose and by the time I went to bed my throat felt swollen and I couldn't breath through my nose at all. By morning my ears felt clogged as well and I now feel a pressure in my head. After a trip to Walgreens we now have the knock off of Sudafed and a bottle of NyQuil. I took two of the pills several hours ago, but I haven't noticed any difference. I'll probably be taking the NyQuil soon, which I have never had before in my life, so we'll see how that goes.

Tomorrow is study time in Calculus class and then the post-assessment for fitness. I'll need to write a paper for that class as well as for sculpture. Then on Friday there's the final exam and I'm free. However, I have work on Friday from 3:30p-11:00p I am seriously hoping that my cold is a bit better by then. Being a cashier and having a cold is not a good thing at all.

Wish me luck, since so far this week has just been getting worse and worse. There's a light at the end of the tunnel though.

Another Update? So Soon?

Why yes, I am updating again already. I'd rather do this every few days and keep it short and sweet instead of having a massive post one or two times a month. Knowing me though, my posts will probably be quite long no matter what. Ah well. 


These past few days have been pretty good actually. On Friday I finally found out my Calculus Chapter 5 test score...which is a 91. I haven't gotten that score since the first test back in September. I kinda freaked out in class when I was handed my test since I was ridiculously happy. My percentage in the class has now risen from an 84.9% to an 86%. Still not an A, but my teacher says I can still pull it off. With how frustrating Chapter 6 is though, I'm highly doubting I will do as well on this next test. 


Speaking of the test, we're doing it a little bit differently since there is only one week of classes left (Finally!). We're going to take the test in class during normal class hours instead of scheduling the test with the assessment center. He's making sure we have an adequate amount of time for the test though, so if need be we can still work on it after the time class is usually over. After getting through that there's only the final on Friday and then I am free from this semester. Apparently the final is about half an exam longer than normal, so that'll be quite a beast for me to conquer. 


Since I have still been kinda taking a break from Postcrossing I don't have any PC's from there to post, however I participated in a Lighthouse PC swap on Swap-bot the other week, so here's the two I received:



This is a Romanian Lighthouse (According to the back of the PC), but the sender lives here in the U.S. 



Pretty self explanatory here, but the sender lives in New Hampshire. I sense a theme going on.


For a few weeks now I've been wanting to display all the postcards I've received in my room somehow. I don't want to use normal tape since it might damage the cards, but I found little tab things that you put on the edge of pictures to keep them in a scrapbook. I saw them while I was browsing the art/craft store, Michaels, the other day and so far I've put one postcard up on the wall to see how well they stick. So far so good, so I might end up staying up half the night (as usual) to put all of them on the walls in my room. 


Yesterday and today I worked at Best Buy. Last night my shift was from 5p-11:30p, but I ended up going home a little over an hour early since we had really slowed down. It was kinda funny though since at around 4 I got a call from my supervisor asking me to come in to work since they were so busy. Apparently he had forgotten that I was already scheduled to come in. Since they were busy though he let me clock in about a half hour early, so I suppose that makes up a little bit for leaving early as well. 


While we were slowed down I took a look at our ad to familiarize myself with it. Turns out it expired today anyway, so it was pretty pointless...BUT...I saw that the Wrath of the Lich King expansion for WoW was on sale for 50% off, so right after I clocked out I snatched up the last one on the shelf. Now I just need to get my new laptop out of layaway so that I can actually play the damn thing!


Today my shift was short, just from 2p-6p. About half way through my shift I saw that one of the people I had gone through orientation with was working. I've talked to him a few times and on one shift where I had opened we played the "questions game" since there was literally no customers in the store. He seems like he'd be fun to hang out with, so I asked him if he'd like to sometime. I've never asked anyone anything like that before, so I thought it'd be a little weird, but he accepted. I gave him my cell number and he texted me so I'd have his as well. It'd be awesome if I can make a new friend, and I am extremely proud of myself with going out of my comfort zone. 


Since I have Netflix now, and am therefore going to be watching a hell of a lot of movies, I figured I can just post my reviews that I wrote on the site here as well. I don't review all the movies I watch, but I try. Sometimes I just don't really have anything to say about them. This is going to make this update even longer than it already is, but oh well, that's the beauty of having your own blog. 


Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire





I gave it 4 out of 5 stars.


This is one of those movies where you feel very strange if you say that you liked it considering the subject matter involved. It's interesting and fascinating to watch though since you know that events similar to those portrayed occur everyday. It makes you want to do something to help the world more.


 As for the way the movie flows...it was kind of awkward in some places. I understand when she's dreaming/remembering things, but they are placed in some odd scenes. Another thing was that I had to keep changing the volume of the TV throughout the movie. Some spots are extremely quiet, but then the very next scene will be ten times louder. It's obviously just a minor thing, so no worries. 


I think the use of the "F" word could have been a little less. I'm no prude and use the word quite often myself, but it was an overkill in this movie. Overall, if you want to be motivated to help people and are not easily disturbed, then I would highly recommend this movie.


Shutter Island





I gave it 3 out of 5 stars.


I've been wanting to watch this movie for quite a while now, and thanx to Netflix I was finally able too. However, I don't believe it lived up to my expectations. I remember when it first came out in theatres I was hearing good reviews left and right. I checked up on what people had to say about it before putting it in the DVD player and discovered that it seemed to be mostly mixed thoughts now. 


It was very slow in the beginning and took at least 45 minutes to get interesting. Since most had been revealed an hour later, it made the movie feel too drawn out. Something that slightly bothered me was the camera. The way they had it moving and the flow between scenes stuck out a lot to me for about the first half hour, but it either got better, or I just got used to it since I didn't even notice it after then. The end is actually my favorite part of the movie, especially the last few lines said. That alone was worth watching it. 


Shutter Island could have been an amazing movie, but the things mentioned above took more away from the experience than it should of. Overall it's still decent though. I'd recommend it to anyone who is a fan of some suspense and movies that set up the story before getting into the main dish.


The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus





I gave it 4 out of 5 stars.


Well this is definitely an interesting movie to watch. I was able to follow the story pretty well until the end where the scenes really start jumping around. Besides being a bit confusing...When the credits started rolling I was still unsure what had happened to one of the characters. I looked the movie up online though just to clarify everything that had happened and discovered that I simply hadn't recognized the character when they were shown. Overall I enjoyed the movie and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys magic, the unusual, and fantasy.


Letters to God





I gave it 3 out of 5 stars. (Wanted to do 3 and 1/2, but Netflix doesn't allow that.)


This is one of those times when I wish that using half stars was allowed. For about the first third of the movie I was actually distracted by how forced the acting seemed to be. It was disappointing since I really wanted the message it was portraying to come through well. After a while though it wasn't as noticeable, but by then you already knew how the movie was going to end up. 


Overall it's a decent movie if you want to let some emotions out. The message it sends is the strongest part of it, which overshadows some of its shortcomings. This movie does show that you don't need a huge budget to create something inspiring and thought provoking.


The Lovely Bones





I gave it 4 out of 5 stars. (But wanted to do 3 and 1/2)


I tend to read a lot of reviews before I watch a movie. To my surprise most of the ones for this movie are quite negative. Through the first hour to hour and a half of this film I kept thinking "How is this rated so low? I'm definitely rating a 5!" But then I was shown why. 


The story starts to become convoluted and completely unsatisfying. Some of the actions of the characters seemed out of place and a few of the scenes could have been completely left out. With those it was almost like they added the scene as a filler. However, The Lovely Bones did keep my attention the whole time. With most movies I watch I'm usually multi tasking, but with this one I completely stopped everything I was doing to pay attention and be absorbed by it. Another thing I quite like is that it ties up all the loose ends and answers all the questions pretty well without having to come right out and say it. A lot of things are implied in this movie, or said in a different way with the narrative. 


Overall I'd give this movie 3 and 1/2 stars. It had a strong beginning with me, but sadly trailed off into disappointment. I'd recommend it to anyone who is interested in the supernatural and with what happens to us when we die. You also have to be able to tolerate drama genre as well.


Well I had more reviews on there than I thought I did. I didn't watch any movies tonight, but I did watch the first episode of a TV series: The Tudors. The first season came out in 2007 I believe and the fourth (and final) season ended in June of this year. I didn't pay attention to the rating before hitting "Play", but boy, I wish I did. 


Five minutes into the hour long episode it's like "BAM! BOOBS!" There were three or four sex scenes all throughout the episode, so I saw three or four different sets of boobs and a mans ass.  One of the women had such small breasts that I actually thought it was a man at first. Oops. Here's the cover of the first season:





Looking at it now I should have known about the sex, but I didn't realize it was aired on a station that allows nudity. There's another show called Spartacus that I believe is aired on the same station. I've heard in that one there's even full frontal male nudity. It's also available on Netflix, so I suppose I might just have to see for myself.