Quantum of Solace tonight with my sister and friends.

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Having exhausted the list of movies I wanted to purchase, I’ve gone back to rentals. Tonights selection includes:

In the Land of Women (Adam Brody, Meg Ryan, Kristen Stewart)
Rescue Dawn (Christian Bale)
Waitress (Kerry Russell, Nathan Fillion)

The Bourne Ultimatum was the only movie I was awaiting to purchase on DVD this year. Picked it up on Tuesday.

There aren’t many movies in theaters that I want to see right now. It’s a big maybe as to whether I’ll indulge in I Am Legend. I do really want to see August Rush and National Treasure: Book of Secrets (Riley Poole is my favorite character). I’d also like to see an indie film called Juno, but it’s release is limited and it’s not playing in any theaters nearby. A few years ago there was a theater open that featured more independent films, but it’s since closed down. However, I’ve heard that an independent movie theater will be opening Downtown sometime next year, so that’s cool.

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Here’s a cute picture from last weekend’s karaoke night:

Tyler, as held by Troy.

I saw Spiderman 3 at midnight Thursday. It was pretty awesome. And, as mentioned in the title, Peter Parker went totally emo for a bit. Personally, I don’t know if I can compare it to the first and second movie and say that it was better. It was just different, and there were a lot of elements of story line that original took place over years of comic book continuity into two and a half hours of film. And I’m sure that’s the heavily edited version of Sam Raimi’s creation.

And when did Harry (James Franco) get so hot. He had me with those chocolate brown eyes. I might just suffer through Tristan and Isolde and Annapolis just to see him again. [After reading his bio on imdb.com] Man, I forgot he was in The Company, playing a chef, even. I totally saw that movie.

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Next Thursday I’ll be in New York and Canada with my sisters. We’ll be in Canada for the first  4 days, so if anyone can suggest some places to visit it would be much appreciated. We have things will be doing, like visiting the branch offices of Jehovah’s Witnesses for a tour. We’re also going to Niagara Falls.

I’m really excited about this great photo experience, so I have to remember my extra battery, memory cards and such.

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I missed posting my Photo Week blog last week, mostly because I didn’t take many pictures. But I’ll catch up now.

My first blackberry of the season.

I saw Disturbia twice. Don’t sleep on Shia LaBoeuf.

This is Melody. She’s been my barista a few times at a new Starbucks location near my old college. I thought she so cute, and she’s always been really friendly. So, I finally asked if I could take her photo.

After taking Melody’s portrait, this guy comes and asks me about my camera. He’s interested in photography, and we chatted briefly about how lenses are almost prohibitively expensive. Anyway, I think he’s the manager or something, because I’ve seen him at another Starbucks.

Whelp . . . I just got home from the movie theater. Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. I mean, there are movies that I know are cheesy and formulaic (like Stomp the Yard), but I still enjoy them because I personally find them entertaining. For example, I enjoyed Tyler Perry’s two previous feature film endeavors, Diary of a Mad Black Woman and Madea’s Family Reunion. Unfortunately, this review pretty much sums up my opinion of his latest film.

So, looks like I’ll stick to rentals and purchases until May movie madness. This weekend I chose to satisfy the request of a friend and rented the Back to the Future Trilogy. I remember what happened in the first movie, but the last two are very sketchy in my memory.

While I’m going on about entertainment, I suppose I’ll mention that the new album from Amy Winehouse (Back to Black) is awesome, so if you like Lauryn Hill, Corinne Bailey Rae, John Legend and the like, you’ll probably like her. The girl can sang; and she has a story to tell. I’m also digging the new Fall Out Boy, Infinity on High.

The new job is going fine, however, I interviewed for another job at an aviation firm, but decided not to take it. So, I thought I my curiosity was satisfied, and I could focus on the world of wholesale printing. Then, someone calls me from this company that I’d applied to a few months ago to see if I was still interested in working there. I’m like, “tschyeah.” I’d love the opportunity to have a job where I’d be doing actual graphic design, but I’m not dissatisfied with the one I have right now. So, probably in the next two weeks I’ll interview with them. Thankfully I’m in a position in my life where I can explore different employment opportunities.

Jessica and her pin-up covering paper dolls; Margaret and her vomiting cat.

The only thing about my job is that my time for art has suffered. I’ve been doing hardly any, safe for two character drawings of my workmates. I may do more, because it’s quite fun. Realistically, I can find time to do art if I really want. I’m still late with the last jam at sba, and now there’s a new one up. So, I’ll try to cram for that

_listening: “Where Did My Baby Go?” by John Legend

Well, I’m trying to start a health and fitness regime, eating less and exercising more than before (which was not at all). ‘Cause, I’ve a pretty sedentary lifestyle, so I need the extra boost to my metabolism. I could easily stand to lose 15 pounds. I just ran on the treadmill for the second time this week. The first time I ran/powerwalked 1.037 miles, and it was awesome. Didn’t run for 2 days after that, though, because my legs were sore.

And. . .

It looks to be a movie watching weekend. I’ve rented Dreamland, Accepted, and Paradise Now. It was funny when I rented the latter film, the sales associate at movie gallery asked, “You know this is a foreign language film, right?” I was like, “Yeah.” She said the people come in there bringing movies back saying, “This isn’t in English? I’ve got to read this. . .” *rolleyes*.

I’ll take subtitles over godawful dubbing any day. But, I get to have a Justin Long fix and be cultured as well, so it’s all good.

Ok, I’m off to do some sit-ups.