Frozen Monkey

I’ve been doing a lot of everything lately, so this blog entry will cover as much as I can remember. The Arctic Monkeys concert was fun, for me anyway. They played most of the songs from their two albums, but missed Riot Van. I had hoped they’d play that...

Lost and found

Well, I’m getting used to this whole concept of GPS. I ended up paying $26 on eBay for a GPS card for my Pocket PC (Holux GR-271). It’s supposed to be one of the best, but I’ve been kind of underwhelmed by its performance. It takes a long time to...

A break for the present

I’ve been writing about the past for the last few entries, and I guess I’ll get back to it later so I can finish telling the story of my San Francisco trip. But there are a few things I wanted to blog about, so I figured I’d write about them now so...

Apocalypto

I saw Apocalypto last night. It was very good, actually. All the characters spoke in a Mayan dialect that is supposedly accurate to the time period. What I liked best is that even though it was a big Hollywood production with a massive budget, dealing with a giant...

Northfork

I watched Northfork tonight. I didn’t think it was possible for a movie to be visually beautiful, boring, and confusing all at once. I was wrong. I don’t think there was a contiguous three minutes in which I had any clue what was going on in this film....

3.5 Samurai

I watched most of Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai. I didn’t get to see the whole thing because disc 2 of my 2 disc set doesn’t work at all. Anyway, I guess I can’t give much of an opinion of it. It’s old, that’s for sure. Made in...