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Amy Adams
2008-02-26 06:32:00 Did anyone watch the Oscars last night? Apparently not, according to the Nielsens. But if you did, then you got see Amy Adams performing one of the three nominated (and losing) songs from Enchanted. The poor girl had no props, no background dancers, and no special effects. Still, she gave it a go - completely ... More About: Celebs , Amy Adams
How to Deal
2008-02-23 20:13:00 You always hear nightmare stories about people who get rich or famous all of a sudden, and don’t quite know how to handle all of it. Lottery winners who spend without care, suddenly living beyond even their newfound means. Young athletes who can’t say no when long-lost relatives appear out of the woodwork, spending themselves ... More About: Views , Deal
The Sun Also Rises
2008-02-19 07:27:00 It’s absolutely the most fascinating trade I can remember in the last two decades. The only comparable case, and it’d be somewhat of a stretch, was the July blockbuster the Dodgers pulled off four years ago. That was Penny and Choi to the NL West-leading Blue Crew, with Enarnacion, Mota, and LoDuca shipped to the ...
Why SoCal is Awesome
2008-02-13 08:59:00 Part I. I get an unequivocal thrill when I’m on the I-5 in Anaheim and I get to see the Disneyland nighttime fireworks off in the distance. I absolutely adore it when I see them while walking through the parking lot just across the way at Angel Stadium. They’re just fireworks, but they’re not. For all ... More About: Views , Awesome
Stupid Grad School
2008-02-06 19:48:00 I was sitting and waiting at my optometrist today when I looked down and noticed the pen marks on my pants. Then I realized that I wasn’t able to get out the ones on my sweater with the last wash. I have a few shirts at home splotched with pen and pencil and marker. And ... More About: My Life , School , Stupid
Where Amazing Happens
2008-02-02 03:37:00 I’ve been giddy all day. I keep breaking out into huge grins, pumping my fists - it takes pretty much everything I have not to holler and scream “yes!” in public. So this is how it feels on the other side. This is how Miami felt when they got the most dominant player in the ... More About: Amazing
Bullseye
2008-02-01 05:33:00 A couple of days ago, I went to Target to return a television antenna. Not because it was broken (which in fact, was the only question the guy asked me), but because I didn’t want it anymore. Because I bought it, used it for two weeks, and then decided, “Ehh, I think I’ll pass. Where’s ... More About: My Life
The Right to Bleed
2008-01-25 08:17:00 It’s hard to feel sorry for a guy who makes $20 million a year, who’s on the books for another $40 over the next two. It’s hard to feel sorry for a guy who screamed “pay me” at his owner in the preseason, who seems perfectly happy to burn his bridges and dismiss the past ... More About: Sports , Bleed
Defined
2008-01-24 03:22:00 Watching sporting events in high definition is pretty disgusting. It’s like growing up with McDonalds (because isn’t that what every family does?) and then discovering Jack in the Box and Carl’s Jr. and In-N-Out. It’s taking the bus or riding a bike or walking to get around and then getting a car. It’s like Plato’s ... More About: Views , Defined
Thief!
2008-01-19 00:49:00 I always thought it’d be funny to walk through a store without purchasing anything, acting suspiciously as you get past the metal detectors (fumbling through your pockets, looking over your shoulders, or whatnot), then start laughing maniacally and take off sprinting. Would somebody chase you? Would you get tackled? Would anybody care? More About: Views , Thief
The Sarah Connor Chronicles
2008-01-16 08:25:00 Had you talked to me on Sunday night (as I’m sure you were clamoring to do), I would not have had many kind words to say about Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles . The pilot episode was essentially a watered-down version of the last two big-screen installments: two robots - one to kill, one to protect ... More About: Reviews , Sarah Connor
AllNight
2008-01-08 11:44:00 It’s 2:44 am. I’m lying in bed - I’ve been here for a couple of hours trying to fall asleep, obviously to no avail. The reason is pretty simple, if somewhat asinine. School starts tomorrow. For as long as I can remember, I’ve had trouble going to sleep the night before ‘big’ days. It actually ... More About: My Life
Two Weeks Notice
2008-01-05 06:37:00 A couple of weeks ago, I had a great idea for my next photoblog. Basically, I would capture all the awesome stuff I would do over my winter break. Fantastic! Uh, unfortunately, I’m quite horrible about being diligent with my digital camera. So that’s not happening. Instead, I’m just going to tell you about all ... More About: My Life , Notice , Weeks
At the Theater, 2007
2008-01-01 10:52:00 It?s a safe bet that I?ve never gone to the multiplex more than in the calendar year of 2007. Whether that?s a reflection of the quality of movies (or trailers) released or of the quality of my social life is perhaps debatable. But I know my box office employees ? if not by name, then ... More About: Movies , Theater
Movie List 2007
2008-01-01 10:30:00 The movies I saw in 2007: Night at the Museum, Children of Men, Miss Potter, A Good Year, The Prestige, Déjà Vu, The Lives of Others, Music and Lyrics, Bridge to Terabithia, The Astronaut Farmer, 300, Breach, Zodiac, TMNT, I Think I Love My Wife, Blades of Glory, Meet the Robinsons, The Hoax, The TV Set, ... More About: Movies , Movie , List
Ramblin? and Gamblin?
2007-12-24 23:13:00 2004. I’ve been in Las Vegas for four days. It feels like a lot more. It’s freezing in Sam Boyd Stadium. Like everybody else, I spend the entire game shivering, trying futilely to warm my hands with a cup of hot chocolate. I’m wearing two layers, completely unprepared for the 30-degree weather. We’re sitting in the ...
Break
2007-12-22 09:10:00 I’ve seen four movies the past four days. I’m also officially completely infatuated with Amy Adams now. In the past 48 hours, I’ve had two dogs at Pink’s, a pastrami sandwich at Langer’s, a double-double at In-N-Out, and even wonton noodles at Sam Woo. I went to the Grove today, South Coast Plaza three days ... More About: My Life , Break
One Student
2007-12-12 06:44:00 There’s this douchebag who sometimes works the Edwards box office over at the Irvine Spectrum. The last few times I bought a ticket from him (over the course of several months), we’ve had pretty much the following exchange. “Hi, can I have one student for Bee Movie, please?” “I can’t sell you a student; that’d be slavery. ... More About: Student , My Life
Do Not Pass Go
2007-12-07 02:59:00 I was sitting in class the other day, waiting to go in the last five or ten minutes. On the back of one of my course readers, there’s this picture of the family who published it. Bored to tears, I went ahead and drew a little mustache, monocle, and top hat on the man - ... More About: My Life , Pass
Time Management
2007-12-04 07:57:00 Have you seen the previews for the new Hilary Swank movie, P.S. I Love You? How ridiculous is this premise? She loses her husband, but apparently he’s strategically left behind a million messages to guide her life and teach her how to get along without him. And not only this, but she starts creepily interacting ... More About: Movies , Management , Time , Time Management
Convergence
2007-11-28 18:41:00 And, the very next day, out of nowhere, there’s a E-Ticket piece on Bo Jackson* on the ESPN.com front page. What a two-day run! In the words of a certain blue-haired geek from an old Simpsons episode, “Everything’s coming up Milhouse!” Only replace Milhouse’s name with mine. This is just astounding. *20 minutes later, I would ... More About: Sports , Convergence
November Rush
2007-11-28 10:46:00 I’m just sitting in the theater tonight, watching the late showing of August Rush . And it’s going, and it’s solid so far… and then all of a sudden, Becki Newton just shows up on screen. And she’s in the movie for literally three minutes, but it totally made it for me. I mean, the film ... More About: Movies , November
Steve
2007-11-27 21:11:00 In a ten minute span, I just saw Steve Rhoades from Married with Children (that would be David Garrison, without help from IMDb) on two different channels. First, as a lawyer in an old Law & Order on TNT, then as a doctor or dentist or something on a Sabrina the Teenage Witch repeat on ... More About: Television
Photo Op
2007-11-14 10:41:00 It’s always fantastic when movies or television shows try to represent their characters as existing in the real world. Lions for Lambs, for instance, has probably the funniest sequence I’ve seen all year, and it occurs when they pan around the office of Senator Jasper Irving. I guess the point was to demonstrate Irving’s high ... More About: Movies , Photo
Sandwich Dressing
2007-11-14 04:15:00 Using Thousand Island as a spread makes for the best chicken sandwiches in the history of mankind. In the history of mankind. More About: Food , Sandwich , Dressing
Year Five
2007-11-12 07:03:00 There are falling stars. The wishbone of the Thanksgiving turkey. 11:11, a.m. or p.m. Birthday candles, of course. Holding your breath through tunnels. Coins in a fountain. The truth of it, though, is that all those things don’t really mean much of anything. They’re wasted thoughts. Unanswered pleas, unrealized hope - deriving meaning only ... More About: Views , Year
Empty Tank
2007-11-10 02:38:00 Man forgets car at gas station BERLIN (Reuters) A German man forgot his car after filling it up at a petrol station, police said Friday. “He just forgot about it and walked off home,” said a spokesman for police in the western city of Wuppertal. After the car had sat blocking the pump for about an hour, a woman ... More About: In the News , Tank , Empty
Laundry Day
2007-11-04 03:03:00 My 2006 Fantasy Baseball League champion t-shirt - the lone prize representing six years of fantasy sports involvement, hundreds of dollars poured into the ESPN conglomerate, and roughly fifteen different teams across the three major sports - has officially obtained a noticeable tinge of pink. I am a ginormous moron. Dammit. More About: Laundry , My Life
American Gangster
2007-11-03 00:06:00 Worth the hype. Despite an iffy conclusion (in particular, the final five minutes or so), well worth the hype. I feel like I always have issues with how movies end, though. More About: Movies , American , Gangster , American Gangster
Wake-Up Call
More articles from this author:2007-10-31 18:11:00 I was startled out of bed today around 4:10 a.m. by a spam text message. I didn’t even know that stuff existed. Man, I hate cell phones. More About: My Life , Wake , Call , Wake up 1, 2, 3 |
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