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Consumption #74
May. 17th, 2006 04:33 pmBooks:
Where The Red Fern Grows: Pure old fashioned god fearin' country glurge. I'd remembered reading this way back when I was a kid, probably for school. It's the story of a boy who spends years saving nickels and dimes to buy a pair of hunting dogs. It's full of nearly every cockle warming cliche to come out of middle america. Hard work for a long time, check. Prayers to God answered, check. Because someone just knew God was listening, check. "I can't explain it" moments, check. You get the idea. An interesting narrative, if you're interested in the sort of culture that's keeping President Bush & Co. in power.
It's Like This, Cat: Another book I'd read ages and ages ago. I looked around the local B&N for it, then realized it would probably be in the kids section so I went and voila, there it was. It's the heartwarming (ick) story of a boy living in NYC, who takes home one of the crazy cat lady's strays to piss off his dad. Actually, it's more about the boy and the people he meets than it is the cat. My memories were definately of a more Cat centered story, but finding out it really wasn't is the reason I like to re-read these things.
Movies:
Fun With Dick & Jane: So obviously a morality play about the ENRON thing it was painful. Mostly flat, not all that funny, nice suprise ending though.
When A Stranger Calls: Wow. How awful. As horror movies go, I was yawning till the very end. Worst building of suspense ever. Sure, hottt young scared chicks are cool, but jesus. Give her something to be scared about for crap's sake. Cliches abound. Sweet, sexy girl alone in big creepy house check. She's a babysitter, check. She calls the cops, who fail to show any real concern, and I can't blame them. The kids are already asleep? WTF? Broad daylight, and definately before 8pm? How retarded do the producers think we are? Like I said, worst building of suspense EVAR. I was severely let down by the "boogeyman" actually being a man by the time we got to see him. And not particularly menacing either, this was no Michael Miers or Jason Voorhees. It was just...a dude. A plain old regular dude in overalls. But that doesn't stop little miss not particularly emo (in the acting dept) from replying to "We've got 4 cops guarding him round the clock" with "It's not enough". Not enough for what? Gimme a break. Good movie for when you and your friends want to play Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Music:
Tool - 10,000 Days, Pearl Jam self titled. <---good stuff. Buy it.
Where The Red Fern Grows: Pure old fashioned god fearin' country glurge. I'd remembered reading this way back when I was a kid, probably for school. It's the story of a boy who spends years saving nickels and dimes to buy a pair of hunting dogs. It's full of nearly every cockle warming cliche to come out of middle america. Hard work for a long time, check. Prayers to God answered, check. Because someone just knew God was listening, check. "I can't explain it" moments, check. You get the idea. An interesting narrative, if you're interested in the sort of culture that's keeping President Bush & Co. in power.It's Like This, Cat: Another book I'd read ages and ages ago. I looked around the local B&N for it, then realized it would probably be in the kids section so I went and voila, there it was. It's the heartwarming (ick) story of a boy living in NYC, who takes home one of the crazy cat lady's strays to piss off his dad. Actually, it's more about the boy and the people he meets than it is the cat. My memories were definately of a more Cat centered story, but finding out it really wasn't is the reason I like to re-read these things.Movies:
Fun With Dick & Jane: So obviously a morality play about the ENRON thing it was painful. Mostly flat, not all that funny, nice suprise ending though.When A Stranger Calls: Wow. How awful. As horror movies go, I was yawning till the very end. Worst building of suspense ever. Sure, hottt young scared chicks are cool, but jesus. Give her something to be scared about for crap's sake. Cliches abound. Sweet, sexy girl alone in big creepy house check. She's a babysitter, check. She calls the cops, who fail to show any real concern, and I can't blame them. The kids are already asleep? WTF? Broad daylight, and definately before 8pm? How retarded do the producers think we are? Like I said, worst building of suspense EVAR. I was severely let down by the "boogeyman" actually being a man by the time we got to see him. And not particularly menacing either, this was no Michael Miers or Jason Voorhees. It was just...a dude. A plain old regular dude in overalls. But that doesn't stop little miss not particularly emo (in the acting dept) from replying to "We've got 4 cops guarding him round the clock" with "It's not enough". Not enough for what? Gimme a break. Good movie for when you and your friends want to play Mystery Science Theater 3000.Music:
Tool - 10,000 Days, Pearl Jam self titled. <---good stuff. Buy it.
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