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Oh my God, I watched Team America for the first time from start to finish this afternoon. The film is absolute greatness! Every moment is jam packed with hysterical comedy and satire. Apart from that, the puppets are incredible along with the special effects, miniatures, and puppeteering. I also watched the making of the movie and am utterly impressed with the amount of work that went into the movie. This is of course quite obvious from the quality of the film itself which has an excellent script and tackles a big political topic as Matt Stone and Trey Parker always do. I’m really impressed with this movie. Even the soundtrack is incredible. I don’t recall if any of the original songs were nominated for Academy Awards ®, but they probably should have been for completeness sake. Be warned however, it’s quite crude and something you don’t want to see if you aren’t into that sort of thing. (I couldn’t stop laughing.)
Today I also viewed Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle for the first time. Harold is played by John Cho of American Pie fame and Kumar is played by Kal Pen of Van Wilder fame. This script is also very good and the movie tackles several racial stereotypes. However, this isn’t a political satire like Team America is and is purely a yuck it up comedy for the MTV generation. I quite enjoyed it, especially with all the bull shit I’ve been putting up with lately. Besides, the cameos were incredible!
Last night, I finally saw my first viewing of the famous Chinese film Shaolin Soccer directed by the famous Chinese director/actor/screenwriter Stephen Chow (his English name). Now be advised when I say “famous” I really do mean that, as I learned this during my six weeks in China. This director is very big there and makes about one movie a year. His most recent work is Kung Fu Hustle, which I purchased while there and have yet to see. I can’t wait, especially if it is half as good as Shaolin Soccer. This movie basically asks the question, what if kung fu fighters played soccer? Well, they’d be pretty damn good! The movie is hysterical. I laughed out loud more times than I can count (and this is bad because the resident with whom I’m staying was trying to sleep and is on call today). I highly recommend you head over to Blockbuster and rent this movie. Get the subtitle version NOT the dubbed version so you get the entire effect. It truly is a wonderful film and the best of the three I’ve seen in the last 24 hours.
I need to clue you in on what’s happening in my life at the moment. Last Saturday I got up at 5:30 AM and headed for Raleigh, North Carolina. This location is more than half-way to Springfield and gave me a perfect opportunity to visit my buddy Travis (or Beef as Dad calls him…due to his extreme weight problem). Actually Travis isn’t all that fat anymore and is quite bulked up for the last few years. However, Beef is still appropriate. Anyway, I drove through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. I finally arrived in Anderson, SC at 10:30 and decided to call it quits after all that driving. I pulled into the Days Inn and spent the night in a clean room with free wireless access.
Sunday morning, I made sure to wish the three fathers in my life a happy father’s day (shouldn’t that be a sitcom title or something?). It was cool to drive past Greensboro, Highpoint, and Thomasville North Carolina, as that is where the big furniture market is held by-yearly. For as long as I can remember, Dad has been there twice a year. That was cool. I arrived at Travis’ place around 2:30 . We had excellent grilled grouper sandwiches at a local establishment in Cary, a suburb of Raleigh. Then we watched Mr. Campbell beat Tiger in the U.S. Open and then headed for a pool hall for some pool. We were at a table next to two Russians and two ladies, which was very weird. One of the ladies was quite beautiful and the other was T-RASH! It was hysterical! The pretty one was quiet, but the ugly one was loud and constantly fighting with her boyfriend. Both Russian gentlemen were equally of average looks, so I wonder why one got the good stuff and the other got the leftovers? Kinda interesting. Then Travis and I were joined by his long-time girlfriend Allison and we went to the Cary Pizzeria Uno for pizza. We tried to go to a local place called Sal’s, but they were closed. I went to bed at 11:30 PM after a great night.
Monday morning I got up at 3 AM (yeah, that’s 3.5 hours of sleep), took a shower, and hit the road. It was quite peaceful driving through North Carolina in the dark. I hit Virginia at 4:30 AM on my way to Richmond. I’m not supposed to have a radar detector in Virginia, but left mine on anyway and passed a state trooper about five minutes after crossing the state line. That was sweet. I hit Richmond at 6 AM then hit Washington DC at 7:45 AM. That was bad. I sat in traffic for at least thirty minutes which sucked. I called Nikolas and talked with him. Luckily he gave me alternative directions which I gladly took. I headed around the beltway and up into Maryland. The Starbucks in Maryland is WAY off the highway, but it had nice clean bathrooms, which was appreciated (if you know what I mean). With coffee in hand I continued on I-95 through Baltimore, past Philly, and through New Jersey. Finally I hit New York and the Bronx. I drove right past East Rutherford where the Giants play and also Continental Airlines Center where the Dallas Stars beat the New Jersey Devils in the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals. That was pretty sweet! I could see Manhattan in the distance with the Empire State Building towering over everything. I wish the WTC was still there, which really pissed me off about 9/11 all over again. Assholes. It was the first time for me to see New York City in my twenty-seven years of life. I can’t wait to return and spend some serious time there. I continued on (paying at least thirty dollars in tolls) and was quickly in Connecticut, the Constitution State. I breezed through CT and landed in Western Massachusetts and my new home, Springfield. That was eleven more hours of driving. I passed my Basic Life Support Class and went “home” to my new buddy’s apartment, a resident at Baystate.
There is much more to come regarding my new colleagues, how much I hate GMAC Mortgage and the Federal Government’s Direct Loan Program, and Sprint PCS. However there are many things to love which include my realtor at GMAC Realty (Jewett), Dunkin Donuts, the beautiful scenery and weather of Springfield, and most importantly my girlfriend Kayla who I will be calling shortly. Didn’t that sound like an introduction on Wheel of Fortune?
More on all of that tomorrow.
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Oh my God, I watched Team America for the first time from start to finish this afternoon. The film is absolute greatness! Every moment is jam packed with hysterical comedy and satire. Apart from that, the puppets are incredible along with the special effects, miniatures, and puppeteering. I also watched the making of the movie and am utterly impressed with the amount of work that went into the movie. This is of course quite obvious from the quality of the film itself which has an excellent script and tackles a big political topic as Matt Stone and Trey Parker always do. I’m really impressed with this movie. Even the soundtrack is incredible. I don’t recall if any of the original songs were nominated for Academy Awards ®, but they probably should have been for completeness sake. Be warned however, it’s quite crude and something you don’t want to see if you aren’t into that sort of thing. (I couldn’t stop laughing.)
Today I also viewed Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle for the first time. Harold is played by John Cho of American Pie fame and Kumar is played by Kal Pen of Van Wilder fame. This script is also very good and the movie tackles several racial stereotypes. However, this isn’t a political satire like Team America is and is purely a yuck it up comedy for the MTV generation. I quite enjoyed it, especially with all the bull shit I’ve been putting up with lately. Besides, the cameos were incredible!
Last night, I finally saw my first viewing of the famous Chinese film Shaolin Soccer directed by the famous Chinese director/actor/screenwriter Stephen Chow (his English name). Now be advised when I say “famous” I really do mean that, as I learned this during my six weeks in China. This director is very big there and makes about one movie a year. His most recent work is Kung Fu Hustle, which I purchased while there and have yet to see. I can’t wait, especially if it is half as good as Shaolin Soccer. This movie basically asks the question, what if kung fu fighters played soccer? Well, they’d be pretty damn good! The movie is hysterical. I laughed out loud more times than I can count (and this is bad because the resident with whom I’m staying was trying to sleep and is on call today). I highly recommend you head over to Blockbuster and rent this movie. Get the subtitle version NOT the dubbed version so you get the entire effect. It truly is a wonderful film and the best of the three I’ve seen in the last 24 hours.
I need to clue you in on what’s happening in my life at the moment. Last Saturday I got up at 5:30 AM and headed for Raleigh, North Carolina. This location is more than half-way to Springfield and gave me a perfect opportunity to visit my buddy Travis (or Beef as Dad calls him…due to his extreme weight problem). Actually Travis isn’t all that fat anymore and is quite bulked up for the last few years. However, Beef is still appropriate. Anyway, I drove through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and South Carolina. I finally arrived in Anderson, SC at 10:30 and decided to call it quits after all that driving. I pulled into the Days Inn and spent the night in a clean room with free wireless access.
Sunday morning, I made sure to wish the three fathers in my life a happy father’s day (shouldn’t that be a sitcom title or something?). It was cool to drive past Greensboro, Highpoint, and Thomasville North Carolina, as that is where the big furniture market is held by-yearly. For as long as I can remember, Dad has been there twice a year. That was cool. I arrived at Travis’ place around 2:30 . We had excellent grilled grouper sandwiches at a local establishment in Cary, a suburb of Raleigh. Then we watched Mr. Campbell beat Tiger in the U.S. Open and then headed for a pool hall for some pool. We were at a table next to two Russians and two ladies, which was very weird. One of the ladies was quite beautiful and the other was T-RASH! It was hysterical! The pretty one was quiet, but the ugly one was loud and constantly fighting with her boyfriend. Both Russian gentlemen were equally of average looks, so I wonder why one got the good stuff and the other got the leftovers? Kinda interesting. Then Travis and I were joined by his long-time girlfriend Allison and we went to the Cary Pizzeria Uno for pizza. We tried to go to a local place called Sal’s, but they were closed. I went to bed at 11:30 PM after a great night.
Monday morning I got up at 3 AM (yeah, that’s 3.5 hours of sleep), took a shower, and hit the road. It was quite peaceful driving through North Carolina in the dark. I hit Virginia at 4:30 AM on my way to Richmond. I’m not supposed to have a radar detector in Virginia, but left mine on anyway and passed a state trooper about five minutes after crossing the state line. That was sweet. I hit Richmond at 6 AM then hit Washington DC at 7:45 AM. That was bad. I sat in traffic for at least thirty minutes which sucked. I called Nikolas and talked with him. Luckily he gave me alternative directions which I gladly took. I headed around the beltway and up into Maryland. The Starbucks in Maryland is WAY off the highway, but it had nice clean bathrooms, which was appreciated (if you know what I mean). With coffee in hand I continued on I-95 through Baltimore, past Philly, and through New Jersey. Finally I hit New York and the Bronx. I drove right past East Rutherford where the Giants play and also Continental Airlines Center where the Dallas Stars beat the New Jersey Devils in the 1999 Stanley Cup Finals. That was pretty sweet! I could see Manhattan in the distance with the Empire State Building towering over everything. I wish the WTC was still there, which really pissed me off about 9/11 all over again. Assholes. It was the first time for me to see New York City in my twenty-seven years of life. I can’t wait to return and spend some serious time there. I continued on (paying at least thirty dollars in tolls) and was quickly in Connecticut, the Constitution State. I breezed through CT and landed in Western Massachusetts and my new home, Springfield. That was eleven more hours of driving. I passed my Basic Life Support Class and went “home” to my new buddy’s apartment, a resident at Baystate.
There is much more to come regarding my new colleagues, how much I hate GMAC Mortgage and the Federal Government’s Direct Loan Program, and Sprint PCS. However there are many things to love which include my realtor at GMAC Realty (Jewett), Dunkin Donuts, the beautiful scenery and weather of Springfield, and most importantly my girlfriend Kayla who I will be calling shortly. Didn’t that sound like an introduction on Wheel of Fortune?
More on all of that tomorrow.
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