i went to vegas last weekend. it was good seeing everyone. really hot, but dry hot. not humid nasty hot like southern california. on the way home, there were a bunch of accidents on the 15 freeway and the traffic was completely stopped at 11am. so we got off at stateline to ride the rollercoaster at Buffalo Bills (scariest experience ever) and found out that the freeway was going to be shut down until 9pm. We got a room for 28 dollars (which smelled like a fart) and spent the night at stateline. When I got home, one of my fish was missing and my window had been closed all weekend and it was uncomfortable. But it was a lot of fun seeing everyone and having fun with some friends on the last day.
speaking of my fish, the silver one disappeared completely while i was gone, and i found the little black one dead at the bottom a couple days afterwards. now it's just the big black one and i'm kind of waiting for him to croak as well. bummer.
yesterday i was surfing with alex serafin and brad and his son down at san onofre and a guy about 20 feet away from me was talking and i thought he sounded familiar so i paddled up next to him and asked him what his name was.
"Benjamin"
"Delameter?"
"Yea how did you know?"
"I used to go to the Vineyard in La Habra. I'm Heidi Lynn's little brother."
"Oh crazy. Yea I havent been walking straight. Dont be like me man."
and then he caught a wave in a left. I dont think he remembered me but he has a very distinctive voice. Funny huh?
thats about it. hope you guys are doing well.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
moovs
I'm bumming a ride out vegas next weekend from either my friends or my coworkers. im stoked on seeing everyone.
been surfing a little here and there. mostly work and finished with my easy semester.
thats about it. i've seen a ton of movies in the last few weeks as well.
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull or something
B
I've never seen any of the Indiana Jones movies. Most of the people I've talked to about this movie were die hard fans of the series and the general consensus was that it was unrealistic and corny. I thought it was fun though. A good popcorn movie. I wasn't expecting a Dr. Jones documentary on the History Channel so aliens and nuclear explosions were very satisfying.
Gone Baby Gone
A-
I like how it's set in Boston. It has great cinematography and even though I've never been to the city, I think Ben Affleck captured it well much like they did in Good Will Hunting. The question the story asks of the viewer is a tough one to answer, skewing the viewer's perspective on who the real antagonist turns out to be. The opening sequence of the movie was my favorite part. The only thing that I didn't like was how it felt like it ended three times in different parts. I would wait for the credits and then sit through another thirty minutes of movie. Definitely one I would own.
American Gangster
C
I thought this movie was directed by the same person who directed Training Day but I might be wrong. Maybe it's just because it has Denzel Washington in it as a bad guy. I loved Training Day, this one was nowhere near as good. Typical mafia type story. Newjack kills some people, sells some drugs, turns on everyone and then gets busted. If you're into this sort of thing, I'd recommend watching Scarface again. That way you don't have to listen to Russel Crowe for two hours. "Tuggah, I love me a good foight!"
Lars and the Real Girl
No grade
I started watching this at my friends house but fell asleep like twenty minutes into it. It's about this guy who's a shut in and cant socialize with other people so he orders a mannequin online and pretends it's his girlfriend. The story is about how the town reacts to it and eventually starts to treat his doll as if it were a real person. It's hard to explain without actually having watched the whole thing and I don't think I'm doing it very much justice right now. Basically I thought it was going to be a mushy chick flick with the doll as just part of the story, but I think it's neat that they made the whole movie simply about him and his doll.
Point Break
A
I cant believe it's taken me all this time to finally watch this movie the entire way through. 7.50 at Walmart. Keanu is an FBI agent on assignment to catch a band of surfer bank robbers. In order to catch them, he has to learn how to surf and infiltrate their group. Sounds cheesy huh? It is, and it's great. But it's not so corny that you don't like it. It's corny like, "yeaaaa, that's sooooo 90's." I've always liked how the bank robbers wear rubber president's masks too. It's a sweet action movie with surfing in it, cant go wrong with me. An added note, an old friend band of Code Brown, Wester, wrote a song a while ago using only lines from the movie as lyrics. I was catching them the whole time I watched it.
been surfing a little here and there. mostly work and finished with my easy semester.
thats about it. i've seen a ton of movies in the last few weeks as well.
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull or something
B
I've never seen any of the Indiana Jones movies. Most of the people I've talked to about this movie were die hard fans of the series and the general consensus was that it was unrealistic and corny. I thought it was fun though. A good popcorn movie. I wasn't expecting a Dr. Jones documentary on the History Channel so aliens and nuclear explosions were very satisfying.
Gone Baby Gone
A-
I like how it's set in Boston. It has great cinematography and even though I've never been to the city, I think Ben Affleck captured it well much like they did in Good Will Hunting. The question the story asks of the viewer is a tough one to answer, skewing the viewer's perspective on who the real antagonist turns out to be. The opening sequence of the movie was my favorite part. The only thing that I didn't like was how it felt like it ended three times in different parts. I would wait for the credits and then sit through another thirty minutes of movie. Definitely one I would own.
American Gangster
C
I thought this movie was directed by the same person who directed Training Day but I might be wrong. Maybe it's just because it has Denzel Washington in it as a bad guy. I loved Training Day, this one was nowhere near as good. Typical mafia type story. Newjack kills some people, sells some drugs, turns on everyone and then gets busted. If you're into this sort of thing, I'd recommend watching Scarface again. That way you don't have to listen to Russel Crowe for two hours. "Tuggah, I love me a good foight!"
Lars and the Real Girl
No grade
I started watching this at my friends house but fell asleep like twenty minutes into it. It's about this guy who's a shut in and cant socialize with other people so he orders a mannequin online and pretends it's his girlfriend. The story is about how the town reacts to it and eventually starts to treat his doll as if it were a real person. It's hard to explain without actually having watched the whole thing and I don't think I'm doing it very much justice right now. Basically I thought it was going to be a mushy chick flick with the doll as just part of the story, but I think it's neat that they made the whole movie simply about him and his doll.
Point Break
A
I cant believe it's taken me all this time to finally watch this movie the entire way through. 7.50 at Walmart. Keanu is an FBI agent on assignment to catch a band of surfer bank robbers. In order to catch them, he has to learn how to surf and infiltrate their group. Sounds cheesy huh? It is, and it's great. But it's not so corny that you don't like it. It's corny like, "yeaaaa, that's sooooo 90's." I've always liked how the bank robbers wear rubber president's masks too. It's a sweet action movie with surfing in it, cant go wrong with me. An added note, an old friend band of Code Brown, Wester, wrote a song a while ago using only lines from the movie as lyrics. I was catching them the whole time I watched it.
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