Well, it's happened again. I've successfully made it to yet another birthday. This one is hardly a milestone (age: 31? Who cares?). However, it seems to me that so many more people remembered my birthday this year than in the past. Maybe it's because I wasn't off on Thanksgiving break - in other words, today was a normal work day. Well, my sincerest thanks to everyone who wished me well today. Thank you all so much. I will surely remember your birthdays in turn.*
*this statement is not legally binding - seriously, I got lawyers to back me up
Monday, November 26, 2007
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Sunday, November 11, 2007
It's the new drive-in
I know, I know - two posts in one day - try to contain your excitement. But the topics are sufficiently different to merit separate headings.
Yesterday I went to Blockbuster Video - the first time I have gone to a video rental store in almost two years. Since I subscribed to Netflix, I really haven't rented any videos that weren't mailed to me. Besides the fact that they completely changed their rate structure, I was really taken by the fact that they were now renting a ton of DVDs of films that never saw a theatrical release. And not just a few sprinkled in here and there. I mean a large percentage of their titles were direct to video - mostly cheaply made horror and action films. Wow. I had no idea such idea such fine films even existed. I'm blanking on most of the titles, unfortunately. People must rent them, though.
The thing is, some of these films really do make it to the theaters. Like "The Condemned" (an adrenaline charged action-thriller!). Or who could forget "DOA: Dead or Alive" (it's based on a video game AND it's got chicks with swords - how can you go wrong?). Seriously, though, for each of this type of movie there were probably two that had never made it to the multiplex. It's like a whole new world of schlok I was unaware of.
Yesterday I went to Blockbuster Video - the first time I have gone to a video rental store in almost two years. Since I subscribed to Netflix, I really haven't rented any videos that weren't mailed to me. Besides the fact that they completely changed their rate structure, I was really taken by the fact that they were now renting a ton of DVDs of films that never saw a theatrical release. And not just a few sprinkled in here and there. I mean a large percentage of their titles were direct to video - mostly cheaply made horror and action films. Wow. I had no idea such idea such fine films even existed. I'm blanking on most of the titles, unfortunately. People must rent them, though.
The thing is, some of these films really do make it to the theaters. Like "The Condemned" (an adrenaline charged action-thriller!). Or who could forget "DOA: Dead or Alive" (it's based on a video game AND it's got chicks with swords - how can you go wrong?). Seriously, though, for each of this type of movie there were probably two that had never made it to the multiplex. It's like a whole new world of schlok I was unaware of.
Number What?
I don't usually follow college football too closely, but my grad alma mater Illinois upset the number one team in the country (Ohio State) yesterday afternoon. Which is pretty awesome. But apparently the Illini quarterback is a guy with the name Juice Williams. Uh oh. We all know what happened to the last football star named Juice.
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