Archive for June, 2004

  • Time to Dry Off

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    It has been over 6 years since I first enjoyed the intoxicating flavor of alcohol, and now that time must come to an end. This weekend I let alcohol get the best of me again, the only thing that was different this time, I remember it all. I normally would just not remember when I got really drunk and it was easy for me to pass off whatever I did as just drunken fun. I can't do that anymore. In all honesty, I don't know how anyone stays my friend after a night of heavy drinking by me. I am obnoxious and rude and I don't want to be that way anymore.

    So, starting yesterday, I have stopped drinking alcohol. I can only imagine this will also improve my health as I would commonly have a beer or three about 3 nights a week. I know that there are going to be tough times, such as going to Joe's, enjoying a hot summer evening and a Guinness during the winter months, but this is for the best. If I can't control myself while drinking, I shouldn't be doing it. I am sorry to everyone I offended or trapped in discussion when I was drunk, you don't need to worry about it anymore.

  • Punch-Drunk Love

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    This is one of the oddest movies I have seen in awhile. It was a romantic comedy, kinda. It also seemed to have aspects of The Big Lebowski as well. It was nice to see Adam Sandler in a film that he wasn't being obnoxious and making funny noises. This shows that he can play other roles, albeit this was still rather odd. I think that I would recommend this movie to other people, though you have to go in with an open mind and knowing that you are going to see a weird movie.

  • Snatch

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    This film by Guy Ritchie is an interesting tale of underground British crime. You get to learn about how many pigs it will take to eat a person, the day to day life of a "pikey" and how to botch many different criminal activities. The story can be a bit confusing at times, but still remains entertaining. Brad Pitt pulls out another impressive performance and really steals the show. Not a great film, but it is pretty good.

  • A Beautiful Mind

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    This is my first Netflix review in awhile due to a couple of movies that I had out for over a month. Deliverance and Brazil were sitting around, waiting for the right time to see them. I tried both movies, but could not get into them, so they get sent back without view or review. Now onto this review:

    I had stayed away from this movie because it is about an insane mathematician and I really didn't want to support the notion that people who do math are nuts. But after a few years, I decided to give it a whirl. I was pretty inpressed by the film, Russell Crowe did an impressive job playing John Nash, keeping the mannerisms and speech up throughout the film. The story was good as well and of course had the happy ending. All in all, not a bad film, it kept my interest and had a couple interesting twists.

  • Web Browser Rant

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    To follow with the recent rants about Firefox, I must now rant on the topic of web browsers in general. This is spawned by taking a class about troubleshooting Microsoft software including IE. Now the instructor is showing off Windows XP SP2 which will include a pop-up blocker for IE. Everyone in the class was amazed by this as I sat here and shook my head. Firefox has had this for over a year now and these people are wowed by a simple pop-up blocker. I am now wanting to know, why do people not want to make the switch to Firefox? Please tell give me any and all reasons, because if I don't get any good ones soon, my rage will continue to grow!