Musings

Stick It (2006) is a movie by the director of Bring It On and I must say, I reallly, really enjoyed this movie. And I watch a lot of movies. I was laughing my butt off, and the humor was just up my alley. Silly, yet delivered completely irreverently (by lead character “Haley”) or at times totally deadpan (by the uber-hilarious Vanessa Lengies, playing “Joanne”). Great music, great plot (though nothing totally surprising, one must admit, but come on–did you expect the same thing from Bring It On?) and great acting. Jeff Bridges is in this one as Coach Vickerman, and he does a great job. Each girl except for one had a stunt double, and many nationally and internationally medaled gymnasts either doubled for girls or performed in the background (with the exception of Maddy, who acted AND performed). All in all a great movie, definitely one I’m buying. Worth your time. 

Gary (the name of my ‘04 Honda Civic…don’t ask) got injured last night. At 11:30 PM I backed out of my friend Tracy’s parking garage and swung it out, turning, while I reversed. Unfortunately I failed to register the fact that there was a 12-inch diameter concrete pole adjacent to my back left wheel. So, swinging out like a smug ass, I crunched my left front fender right into that ugly yellow pole. Goddamnit. I don’t get in accidents, in fact, I haven’t had one ever until now, practically. (I say practically because ghetto Mexican hit-and-runs don’t count as my fault.)

In other news, Happy 12th Birthday to my little sister Annika! As Pooh would say, “many happy returns of the day.” Whatever that means. I’m pretty sure it means, “give me more honey, ass.”

Apple has done it again. And I mean that in a not-so-good way. Sure we can all yap about new nano colors, but I’m sorry: I just think it looks archaic, harking back to the iPod mini days, when the shiny black and white looked so much more modern. I wouldn’t be so hasty to jump on the iPod nano bandwagon just yet. And the much-rumored widescreen video iPod? Zilch. They merely bumped up the storage space on the 60GB to 80GB, improved battery life and added a new search feature (yippee…). I have to say the only thing that impresses me is iTunes 7; the overhaul was sorely needed, and it looks so darn elegant now. I spent the last (I’m ashamed to say it) 2 hours or so getting iTunes to download my cover artwork for me. It didn’t have a lot of them so it also required Firefox set to Google Images on standby for backup. I’m excited about the new movies feature, except that I have netflix and could technically (though I don’t, because it is illegal) watch movies on my iPod anyway. I’m not entirely sure how one would do that, but I’m pretty sure it’s possible. Probably better if you own the movie already, folks. All in all, I was sorely disappointed what with the huge hullaballoo that whipped everyone in a frenzy come “It’s Showtime” day–kind of a letdown if you ask me. Which you did, right?

How to make your own Ferrero Rocher goodness:

1 jar Nutella

1 package Saltine crackers

1 knife

Spread nutella onto a Saltine cracker, and sandwich with another cracker on top. Enjoy. Note: Nutella as it turns out is MADE by the company Ferrero, hence the literally exact-same taste as the upscale Ferrero Rochers at a fraction of the cost. You’re welcome.

Five year anniversary. One of the most sorrowful clips on 9/11 I’ve ever seen. It made me cry yesterday morning.

Rumors are circulating about the new widescreen iPod video (what is this, 5th or 6th generation?) and whether it will be the big surprise unveiled during the super-secret Apple event on Tuesday. With three siblings’ birthdays in September, each a week apart, they’re frothing at the mouth ever since I told them about this maybe-iPod. I’m curious too, even though I feel like I just bought my black 30GB iPod with video. It’s sweet, even though I want it to be nano-sized, I have 14GB of music so far that I need to store on it, so a nano is out of the question.

 Oh yeah, welcome to my new writing space. I kept an online journal (Live-Diary.com) for about 2-3 years running, and it became pretty popular. Not as popular as my photoblog, 84.NET, but it had its moments. I guess I’m better with pictures than I am with the crap that spills out of my mouth. Or onto my keyboard. Visual—gross.