I know I'm horrible at posting. I don't know why. Probably because I never feel I have much to say.
Finished up my first college course in 9 years. Managed an 'A'. Wasn't too hard. I'm glad to be done until the fall. I can actually read non-school stuff. I have a couple of poker books (huge poker junkie), and S is for Silence that I need to read.
It's summer time, and well, we have no time. I don't think there's a single weekend this summer where we don't have SOMETHING planned. I have family coming up for three weeks in August. We're going to be away from home the next 3 weekends, and people friends coming the TWO weekends after that. It's nice to see people, but sometimes I just want to relax. Not to mention that the house needs A LOT of work, and no time to do anything. I think the grass is taller than the house.
Back to the college thing: Holy crap there are some hot young girls in college these days! I had to start sitting in the front row, so I wasn't staring at the gorgeous asses in tight jeans. Yummy! Damn I'm old!
Friday, June 30, 2006
Monday, June 19, 2006
Father's Day, Kids Say The Darndest Things, and That was My Idea!
Father's day, and the family and I went to see, Cars. Funny movie (but I love Pixar movies). If you plan on seeing it. Stay for the credits. There is a hilarious scene where the cars are watching other Pixar movies. I had tears in my eyes.
I've noticed this trend for a few years now, so it really irks me. Many moons ago, when I was in college the first time, I took a marketing class. One of the projects, was to create an ad campaign for a niche product. Basically, something that there wasn't a big market for already. So my group (me and two girls) first weret going to do a better Playgirl. From what I was told (I swear I wouldn't know), Playgirl was pretty lame. The girls thought it was cheesey and had no real content, whereas Playboy has the adult side, but is more than just a nudie mag (It is???) Anyway, we ended up scrapping that idea (I had no problem doing it, I forgot why it was scrapped) and went with marketing a shower gel towards men. There wasn't one on the market, they were either gender neutral or aimed towards women. So we drew up storyboards, for a commercial and we thought we did really well. We only got a B on the project, and from the response and questions from the teacher, we felt he gave us that grade because he didn't think the product would sell. NOW I SEE COMMERCIALS FOR BODY GEL FOR MEN ALL THE TIME!!!! SOMEONE OWES US ROYALTIES!!!
One evening I was picking out books to read to my daughter before she goes to bed (she's 2 1/2). I asked her if she wanted Curious George. "No, it sucks."
Good night everybody.
I've noticed this trend for a few years now, so it really irks me. Many moons ago, when I was in college the first time, I took a marketing class. One of the projects, was to create an ad campaign for a niche product. Basically, something that there wasn't a big market for already. So my group (me and two girls) first weret going to do a better Playgirl. From what I was told (I swear I wouldn't know), Playgirl was pretty lame. The girls thought it was cheesey and had no real content, whereas Playboy has the adult side, but is more than just a nudie mag (It is???) Anyway, we ended up scrapping that idea (I had no problem doing it, I forgot why it was scrapped) and went with marketing a shower gel towards men. There wasn't one on the market, they were either gender neutral or aimed towards women. So we drew up storyboards, for a commercial and we thought we did really well. We only got a B on the project, and from the response and questions from the teacher, we felt he gave us that grade because he didn't think the product would sell. NOW I SEE COMMERCIALS FOR BODY GEL FOR MEN ALL THE TIME!!!! SOMEONE OWES US ROYALTIES!!!
One evening I was picking out books to read to my daughter before she goes to bed (she's 2 1/2). I asked her if she wanted Curious George. "No, it sucks."
Good night everybody.
Monday, June 12, 2006
Some Movie Reviews
Don't get all excited. As parents of a 2 1/2 year old and no family or babysitter in the area, we don't see movies in the theatres anymore. Which is a shame, since we LOVE to go. So now we have Netflix. Supposedly it's cheaper than renting. And it would be... If we didn't keep movies for 2-3 months before watching them. I swear every few months, Netflix must think we die.
The worst part... keeping BAD movies! UG! We had Brothers Grimm for 3 months. Watched 15 minutes of it, and sent it back.
Walk the Line... 2 months... Now that was good! (of course, for the same $30, we could have bought it).
Weather Man: Now this movie... this one had potential. We're big Nicholas Cage fans, and like most of his work. But this one... the best way to describe the feeling is: We were waiting for it to go somewhere... and it never got there. There just didn't seem like a purpose to the movie. There was supposed to be. About him growing as a person, I think, but they ran out of time or something. Kinda wish it was as bad as Brothers Grimm so we wouldn't have wasted 2 hours.
A History of Violence: Some surprisingly graphic sex scenes (for a non-porn movie, but some just as pointless as the plot to a porn). The acting was pretty bad for a non-Keanu Reeves flick. And seriously, I didn't care if his kids got hurt. I was kinda rooting for Ed Harris. And... HELLO!!!! William Hurt as a mob boss?!?!?!??! I don't think so. And being a former high school nerd (I say former cause I'm no longer in high school!), no one CARED that much if you caught their pop-fly in GYM SOFTBALL! And who hits a pop-fly and just strolls around anyway. Stupid movie!
A NEW MOVIE!!!!
Yup, we finally did make it to a movie in the theaters... and yes... it was a kids movie. We took our daughter to her first movie experience, and it went surprisingly well.
Over the Hedge: I love "kids" movies anyway, so it wasn't a burden to see this. The wife and I were buying Disney (Pixar/DreamWorks, etc) DVD's when they were released before our daughter was even a thought. We probably would have seen this anyway. Steve Carell, as Hammy, STOLE the movie. He was perfect. When they first find the hedge. "Let's call it, Steve. Steve is a nice name." And when Hammy finally gets a "power" drink. Very funny! If you're into the animated movies. Definitely worth seeing, theatre or otherwise.
This next weekend we're going to see Cars. Surprisingly, my daughter is very excited about this. Then again, she eats Play-Dough.
The worst part... keeping BAD movies! UG! We had Brothers Grimm for 3 months. Watched 15 minutes of it, and sent it back.
Walk the Line... 2 months... Now that was good! (of course, for the same $30, we could have bought it).
Weather Man: Now this movie... this one had potential. We're big Nicholas Cage fans, and like most of his work. But this one... the best way to describe the feeling is: We were waiting for it to go somewhere... and it never got there. There just didn't seem like a purpose to the movie. There was supposed to be. About him growing as a person, I think, but they ran out of time or something. Kinda wish it was as bad as Brothers Grimm so we wouldn't have wasted 2 hours.
A History of Violence: Some surprisingly graphic sex scenes (for a non-porn movie, but some just as pointless as the plot to a porn). The acting was pretty bad for a non-Keanu Reeves flick. And seriously, I didn't care if his kids got hurt. I was kinda rooting for Ed Harris. And... HELLO!!!! William Hurt as a mob boss?!?!?!??! I don't think so. And being a former high school nerd (I say former cause I'm no longer in high school!), no one CARED that much if you caught their pop-fly in GYM SOFTBALL! And who hits a pop-fly and just strolls around anyway. Stupid movie!
A NEW MOVIE!!!!
Yup, we finally did make it to a movie in the theaters... and yes... it was a kids movie. We took our daughter to her first movie experience, and it went surprisingly well.
Over the Hedge: I love "kids" movies anyway, so it wasn't a burden to see this. The wife and I were buying Disney (Pixar/DreamWorks, etc) DVD's when they were released before our daughter was even a thought. We probably would have seen this anyway. Steve Carell, as Hammy, STOLE the movie. He was perfect. When they first find the hedge. "Let's call it, Steve. Steve is a nice name." And when Hammy finally gets a "power" drink. Very funny! If you're into the animated movies. Definitely worth seeing, theatre or otherwise.
This next weekend we're going to see Cars. Surprisingly, my daughter is very excited about this. Then again, she eats Play-Dough.
Monday, June 05, 2006
Wish We Were Out Of These Jerks.
This article was on the New York Daily News website yesterday 5/31/2006.
Dutch Pedophiles Form Political Party
Some people just disgust me. While I'm generally against the death penalty (it's not for moral reasons, it's just that we have an imperfect justice system), but things like this make me thing... the problem with the death penalty is that it's TOO tame! Screw lethal injection... it should be slow and painful.
Dutch Pedophiles Form Political Party
Some people just disgust me. While I'm generally against the death penalty (it's not for moral reasons, it's just that we have an imperfect justice system), but things like this make me thing... the problem with the death penalty is that it's TOO tame! Screw lethal injection... it should be slow and painful.
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