Change: to make the form, nature, content, future course, etc., of (something) different from what it is or from what it would be if left alone.
I hear people say “if it’s not broke don’t fix (change) it”. My first thought is “yeah you’re right” why would you want to change something if it is working. After thinking about it a little more I have realized that I don’t fully agree with this mantra anymore. I am starting to think that anything worth keeping needs to constantly evolve or it will die off to the next best thing. I think maybe that’s the problem congress is having right now. We have so many programs that for awhile have worked and people at one point said well why re-think or re-look at this program when it is working. Well now we see that we need to re-work and re-think and “change” many of these programs. I think without change you can’t grow and that fear prevents a lot of things in life from being great. So this week my goal is to think of things that I would like to change. First order of Business: should I get rid of Netflix all together because prices have gone up or should I stick with just the DVD or just streaming or both?
Blind Spot – James Franco
Funny story about this movie, when I got Blind Spot in the mail my first thought was “this movie doesn’t sound that interesting to me”. I ended up watching half of the movie, it was a documentary about fossil fuels and basically scientists and researchers telling everyone that we are bound to run out and are screwed. Don't get me wrong I think this is an important issue and that we need to look into renewable resources. Well it wasn’t until I was half way into the move that I thought "where is James?”. I then look at one of my favorite sites (IMDb) and realized that I was watching the wrong Blind Spot. That being said I hope to watch the real Blind Spot soon. I am also no longer going to post a movie every blog because it prevents me from blogging more since I sometimes cant find time to watch movies (crazy I know).
Special Shout out to Avery…I hope you have a Happy 1st Birthday!
Friday, September 23, 2011
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Is it fate?
Do you ever wonder if fate is real? Lately I have heard people say, “this is my destiny” or “this is what I am meant to do”. I wonder sometimes what my fate is? Is it to invent something? Is it to become someone? Is it to love more? The reason I started to think about this lately is because of a pair of sunglasses and sandals.
Object One: My friend Britt had sunglasses that fell into the water and then into the muck. I of course felt bad and jumped into the muck but had no luck finding them. The next morning while looking under the dock Britt saw them and was able to pick them up out of the muck. Was it fate that Britt found those glasses…next week will she be wearing them and have a bug fly into her face but the glasses stop the bug from hitting her eye? Maybe!
Object Two: It all started because I was trying to bring a Jet Ski from one dock to another. I kept my sandals on my feet to run over to the other dock and then I didn’t want to get them wet so I put them on top of the Jet Ski. I had to wiggle the Jet Ski because it was beached on the sand. I finally got it free and took off. I went on a few rides and got off the Jet Ski and soon realized I did not have my sandals. I went back over to the other dock to look for them and found one floating in the water. After 15 min of looking for the other one I gave up. The next morning I was on the dock and I yelled out “shut the front door”. There was my sandal floating in the water 6 docks from where I had lost it. It is fate? Would I have been walking and cut my left big toe due to the lack of sandal. Maybe!
What role does fate play in your life? Do fate and destiny go hand in hand or are they two different things?
James Franco – Mother Ghost - 2002 – Skateboarder Guy
If I ever pick a new person I might start with movies where they appear for more then 10 min in the film. Mother Ghost stars Mark Thompson. The story is about his mother passing away and him being haunted by it and unable to move on with his life. He ends up calling into a radio station and talks to a popular psychiatrics who helps him realize things in his life that have been preventing him from moving forward. James Franco plays a skateboarder who Mark encounters on his way to the radio station. I think he asks for a smoke and gives him some cheap advice. It was a okay movie, had some funny parts and a overall good message. It was not a must see.
Object One: My friend Britt had sunglasses that fell into the water and then into the muck. I of course felt bad and jumped into the muck but had no luck finding them. The next morning while looking under the dock Britt saw them and was able to pick them up out of the muck. Was it fate that Britt found those glasses…next week will she be wearing them and have a bug fly into her face but the glasses stop the bug from hitting her eye? Maybe!
Object Two: It all started because I was trying to bring a Jet Ski from one dock to another. I kept my sandals on my feet to run over to the other dock and then I didn’t want to get them wet so I put them on top of the Jet Ski. I had to wiggle the Jet Ski because it was beached on the sand. I finally got it free and took off. I went on a few rides and got off the Jet Ski and soon realized I did not have my sandals. I went back over to the other dock to look for them and found one floating in the water. After 15 min of looking for the other one I gave up. The next morning I was on the dock and I yelled out “shut the front door”. There was my sandal floating in the water 6 docks from where I had lost it. It is fate? Would I have been walking and cut my left big toe due to the lack of sandal. Maybe!
What role does fate play in your life? Do fate and destiny go hand in hand or are they two different things?
James Franco – Mother Ghost - 2002 – Skateboarder Guy
If I ever pick a new person I might start with movies where they appear for more then 10 min in the film. Mother Ghost stars Mark Thompson. The story is about his mother passing away and him being haunted by it and unable to move on with his life. He ends up calling into a radio station and talks to a popular psychiatrics who helps him realize things in his life that have been preventing him from moving forward. James Franco plays a skateboarder who Mark encounters on his way to the radio station. I think he asks for a smoke and gives him some cheap advice. It was a okay movie, had some funny parts and a overall good message. It was not a must see.
Monday, July 25, 2011
Harry Potter Facts
Here are some random Harry Potter Facts. If you have not gone to the last movie yet you must go before it is out on DVD.
• The film’s budget is estimated to have been £150 million. John Hurt (Mr Ollivander in the films) ranted recently about the ‘quite absurd’ amount of money spent on ‘Harry Potter’ films. He said: ‘I look around and there are three costumes there, none of which are likely to be worn, and they’re all replicas of each other. It’s a vacuous waste of money and it drives me insane.’
• It was all drama at Leavesden as in March 2009, soon after Holmes’ injury, a fire started on set. The fire started during the filming of ‘a big special effects scene’ and took 40 minutes to extinguish but caused no injuries. Apparently there was no damage to the studios and the actual set was ‘due to be rebuilt anyway’ for a new battle scene in ‘Deathly Hallows’ Part 2.
• In the first film, Griphook the goblin was played by Verne Troyer, one of the few Americans in the cast, but voiced by Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick). In ‘Deathly Hallows’ Davis is both Griphook’s body and his voice, whilst continuing to play Flitwick,
• ‘Deathly Hallows’ is the first time Brendan Gleeson and David O’Hara have acted in the same film since ‘Braveheart’ in 1995. Gleeson plays ‘Mad-Eye’ Moody and O’Hara plays Albert Runcorn – the Ministry of Magic official who Harry impersonates with Polyjuice Potion in order to enter the Ministry.
• Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) considered not returning for this film as he feared he would have little or no time on screen, after his character was imprisoned at the end of the fifth book, but on meeting J.K. Rowling and begging to be released from prison, she told him ‘You’re out. Chapter One.’ and he signed on for ‘Deathly Hallows’.
• In the epilogue in ‘Deathly Hallows’ Part 2 the cast play their characters in the future, using a combination of prosthetics, computer generated imagery and convincing acting, as in ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’. In this epilogue the wife of Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton), Astoria Greengrass, is played by his real life girlfriend Jade Olivia.
These facts were provided to you by Livy Watson a writer for the Telegraph
Movie: Deuces Wild (2002)
I was pretty excited because I thought I had never watched this movie before. I had. The movie takes places in the 1950’s in New York City; it is about two different street gangs who battle it out for “turf and pride” ha-ha. The Deuces are the “good” gang. They are there to protect the streets and the people, while the “bad” gang or the Vipers are determined to keep dealing drugs. James Franco plays Tino who is on the Deuces. He once again only has a few lines but is one of the close confidants to the main character Leon played by Stephen Dorff. His acting consists of “lets get them Leon” “someone needs to pay Leon” etc. It is a very bloody movie with a lot of swearing. Not sure if I would watch it again. The 50's would have been fun though.
Next up is: Mother Ghost (not sure what it is about). IMDB says his name is “skateboarder guy” sounds promising…ha-ha
• The film’s budget is estimated to have been £150 million. John Hurt (Mr Ollivander in the films) ranted recently about the ‘quite absurd’ amount of money spent on ‘Harry Potter’ films. He said: ‘I look around and there are three costumes there, none of which are likely to be worn, and they’re all replicas of each other. It’s a vacuous waste of money and it drives me insane.’
• It was all drama at Leavesden as in March 2009, soon after Holmes’ injury, a fire started on set. The fire started during the filming of ‘a big special effects scene’ and took 40 minutes to extinguish but caused no injuries. Apparently there was no damage to the studios and the actual set was ‘due to be rebuilt anyway’ for a new battle scene in ‘Deathly Hallows’ Part 2.
• In the first film, Griphook the goblin was played by Verne Troyer, one of the few Americans in the cast, but voiced by Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick). In ‘Deathly Hallows’ Davis is both Griphook’s body and his voice, whilst continuing to play Flitwick,
• ‘Deathly Hallows’ is the first time Brendan Gleeson and David O’Hara have acted in the same film since ‘Braveheart’ in 1995. Gleeson plays ‘Mad-Eye’ Moody and O’Hara plays Albert Runcorn – the Ministry of Magic official who Harry impersonates with Polyjuice Potion in order to enter the Ministry.
• Jason Isaacs (Lucius Malfoy) considered not returning for this film as he feared he would have little or no time on screen, after his character was imprisoned at the end of the fifth book, but on meeting J.K. Rowling and begging to be released from prison, she told him ‘You’re out. Chapter One.’ and he signed on for ‘Deathly Hallows’.
• In the epilogue in ‘Deathly Hallows’ Part 2 the cast play their characters in the future, using a combination of prosthetics, computer generated imagery and convincing acting, as in ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’. In this epilogue the wife of Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton), Astoria Greengrass, is played by his real life girlfriend Jade Olivia.
These facts were provided to you by Livy Watson a writer for the Telegraph
Movie: Deuces Wild (2002)
I was pretty excited because I thought I had never watched this movie before. I had. The movie takes places in the 1950’s in New York City; it is about two different street gangs who battle it out for “turf and pride” ha-ha. The Deuces are the “good” gang. They are there to protect the streets and the people, while the “bad” gang or the Vipers are determined to keep dealing drugs. James Franco plays Tino who is on the Deuces. He once again only has a few lines but is one of the close confidants to the main character Leon played by Stephen Dorff. His acting consists of “lets get them Leon” “someone needs to pay Leon” etc. It is a very bloody movie with a lot of swearing. Not sure if I would watch it again. The 50's would have been fun though.
Next up is: Mother Ghost (not sure what it is about). IMDB says his name is “skateboarder guy” sounds promising…ha-ha
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