"Sthweetheart, I'm out of grenathes! Sthend in the demo hunk!"

Time to dive right in here. Today was, one of those days you only get once, maybe twice a year where at the end of the day, It's so sad to see it end.

Today I, along with my roomies, watched four classic films. "The Last Boyscout", "Over the Top", "Above the Law" then to finish that off the new "Rambo" flick. Now that I think about it. I didn' treally like Rambo at all. It kind of bored me. I just can't do cheap thrills anymore. But, It went along with the most testosterone filled, epic day of my life here in Chicago. It was so much fun. there was a bit of a down time in the night were I had some food and relaxed a little bit. But then I went next door and participated in a ping pong tournament that lasted for about four god given hours. Then we invented a new type of ping pong where the goal is to bank every hit off the nearby walls. It got pretty intense and I think we play about four games. The whole time playing pong we listened to Bruce Willis' first (that's right, FIRST) album: "The Return of Bruno". When It was all said and done the sheer satisfaction of a day well spent washed over the room and was somewhat bittersweet. Ahh..

Anywho....

Yeah, I wouldn't recommend RAMBO but if you're bored and want to kill an afternoon check it out. If you've got a weak stomach you may want to sit this one out. It's pretty fuckin' brutal. The only thing keeping it from pure destructive nihilism for destructive nihilism sake, is the fact that all the gore and kills are accompanied by off colored, tacked on CG blood and gore. It's a Rambo movie right? What do I expect? Well, I don't know what I expected but it wasn't necessarily the itch I wanted to be scratched.
I'll admit to a few good kills and fun moments. But, would have at least gone for, I don't know, some good conceptual action shots, some style, or just more Rambo in general. I do love Stallone so I'll just let this one pass on to the others who are more willing to stomach it. Just not for me I guess.

On the flip side I watched an animated film called "Paprika", that is just fuckin' brilliant. Highly recommended. Don't let your preconceived notions about Japanese Anime deter you. Good story, great animation, brilliantly conceived visual action and storytelling. This is the latest film from visionary Satoshi Kon, who previously conceptualized and directed "Perfect Blue", "Millenium Actress", and "Tokyo Godfathers". If you're not familiar, do yourself a favor and get familiar.

I've actually been on a bit of an anime kick the last few days. I watched the first film by Hayao Myazaki called "Naussica of the Valley of the Wind". Great movie, (as to be expected from Ghibli). Very much a tale about the human influence, interaction and destruction of the environment. This is from the same studio that produced "Princess Mononoke" and "Spirited Away". Two of my very favorites. Also if you get a chance and want to cry your fucking eyes out, watch "The Grave Of the Fireflies". To this day the saddest film i've ever seen. A "cartoon" no less.

Tomorrow I'm going to watch an anime called "Tekkon Kinkreet". I've only seen about five minutes so far but it looks very interesting. Check it out:


I'm excited.

All in all things are good but nothing really new to report.
Last night I dreamt I had sex with a friend, then later dreamt a scenario about an all gay military task-force sent in to secure and protect a city from an alien threat. Then after all that I dreamt about a real world scenario about a bunch of young people trying to get along in a new apartment. I was there and a few of my other friends from college who, uh, I also had sex with. In the dream not in college.

I don't know man....don't ask me. Just call it like I see it.

Channing Tatum is playing Duke in the G.I. Joe movie. He's too young I think. But, who knows. I'll watch it and complain about it later.

My Friend Noreen messaged me and aked me to add her Blog to my ever growing list of super cool blogging cohorts. I wasn't going to, cause no one tells me what to do! NO ONE!! But, I took a look at it and it's a great blog. funny as hell and lots of interesting posts. So hit up the side bar if you're ready see what happens when shit gets real!

Here's a link to some movie posters for movies I have no idea about. The second two I think are really great though:
http://www.joblo.com/a-trifecta-of-posters

Lots of cool shit coming out of Sundance Film Fest. Too much for me to want to blog about at this time. But i'll try and snag some details about new cool films when I'm get the chance.

MOM DON"T READ THE NEXT LINE!

Nipple rings. Turns out I'm into that sort of thing.

That is all.

Epic day has gone
Ping Pong saves country
Careful riding bike

Peace.