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I watch movies…

18 Jul

Bit of a lazy Saturday. I get to sit back and watch a few things.

9

You know how sometimes musicians put out “concept albums”? Like Garth Brooks when he did Chris Gaines or My Chemical Romance’s The Black Parade album? 9 seems like a concept movie. Like the creator had a few really good ideas but didn’t quite know how to link them together.

It’s not a bad movie, in fact it’s the best post-apocalyptic film featuring sackmen I’ve ever seen. The animation is not bad at all, story is fairly paint-by-numbers but definitely not for kids. The movie apparently was based off of a 10-minute short film which is included in the Blu-Ray. The short was better than the film imo. Not to say the feature isn’t worth seeing, it’s just not going to stick with you for long after you do.

Percy Jackson and The Olympians – The Lightning Thief

I’d call it entertaining crap but I wasn’t really that entertained.

I will say Alexandra Daddario is insanely hot but they did the most annoying thing they could do with her. She’s supposed to be a warrior princess but the first chance they got they portrayed her as weak. She’s supposed to be an asskicker, trained for battle her whole life. First action outside of Camp Demigod? Run away, run away. Irks me a bit. What can I say? I’m a Whedonite for a reason. Strong female lead=hotness.

If they ever remake Xena, I’d nominate her. She even looks like a young Lucy Lawless.

Monsters vs Aliens

This movie got pounded by critics but I don’t really see why. I thought the movie was funny as hell. So what if the plot was as see-through as Saran Wrap? It’s not supposed to be Schindler’s List. It’s a kid’s film with enough adult jokes to keep the older crowd happy. I was definitely entertained. Stephen Colbert was hilarious as The President.

 
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C25k: Grad week

06 Jul

I’d intended just to bump something to the front page but here’s a fresh entry, why not? I’ve finally reached Week 9 of Couch to 5k, in a mere 12 weeks or so. I can now run over 30 minutes at a time, tho I still don’t appear to be able to go over 2.5 miles. At least not that I’ve tried to.

I feel pretty awesome now, aside from a nerve in my lower back that makes running really, really painful sometimes. I’m down to 161 from a high of 184, I don’t wheeze when I run anymore, or not much anyway. I have a pretty sweet running pouch with a squeeze bottle and stuff and I know that there are some things I just shouldn’t eat prior to runs. Looking at you, bananas.

I also know that the whole point of this was to try to get rid of the type-2 diabetes that’s been the bane of my existence for the past 10 years now. Mission not so accomplished there. I’m not taking insulin anymore, which is great for my tanning and my overall moods. My sugars still hover around 200 tho, which is not so great. I feel awesome but I know it’s just a matter of time before something happens. Hopefully that something is the sudden return of my sugars to normal or close enough. Dream big, right?

Anyway, Day 2 should be tonight. Hopefully I’ll be able to do a straight 30-minute run without interruptions or equipment malfunctions. We shall see.

 
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Dear diary…

01 Jun

I’m a bit conflicted whether I should post this or not but here goes. If you don’t want to know things about me of a rather personal nature, stop reading. Seriously.

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Running is a pain in my…

13 Apr

So a couple of weeks ago I started Couch to 5k. Seemed like a good idea at the time, really. Seems that my body doesn’t really agree with that assessment. I made it to Week 2, Day 2 but during that second week my right shin started hurting really badly. Now my right ankle has joined into the fun. When I was running on it, it felt like there was dead space between the shin and ankle. I’ve been told by my friends, some websites some other folks to shut it down for a few days, ice it down, wrap it up and rest the sucker otherwise known as RICE.

What really sucks is I’m motivated right now and this is just the thing that would typically demotivate me in a hurry. As I sit here typing this, all I can think about is getting back out there and running. That would be my inner Obsessive/Compulsive talking and I’d like him to stay in the conversation before the bipolar manic comes out and trolls my brain to death.

Guess I should go see a doctor but I’m hesitant. Not big into drugs and I’m afraid if It’s more serious than just a sprain that it will totally derail me. Guess I need to dig my YRG (Yoga for Regular Guys) book back out and get back on it.

 
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Saying goodbye to another friend

10 Mar

Getting tired of writing about death this week, ladies and gentlemen. Earlier in the week it was my good friend and colleague Virginia Wilcox, who we just yesterday said goodbye to in a very moving ceremony. Can’t really say I said goodbye, cause I’m still fighting tears today.

Now it’s a friend from my childhood in Corey Haim.

Now I never knew Corey Haim, not in the personal sense anyway. I knew him like every kid my age did, from License to Drive and The Lost Boys and whatever other hijinks he and Corey Feldman could get into. Doesn’t mean he wasn’t a friend. Friends make you laugh, make you forget about how life can suck sometimes, even for a couple hours.

In that they were both very good friends indeed.

I feel badly for Corey Feldman today because even now those two were very close, brothers even. In a statement, he said he was struggling to find a way to tell his very young child that Uncle Corey was gone. It’s not hard to tear me up right now, so imagine what that did.

Some may say that he was just another Hollywood guy who OD’ed and doesn’t deserve our sympathy. In light of the advice we received yesterday, I choose to look on the positive and say that I’ll miss the guy. I hope the Feldmans can find some comfort, and I hope it comes to me as well. I think we both could use some right about now.

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