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The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)

*fap *fap *fap … Gillian Anderson … *fap *fap *fap

SPOILERS BELOW … YOU HAVE BEEN ADVISED ….

It was suggested to me, on Sunday, that we go to a matinee showing of The X Files. I figured, “Meh, matinees are always cheaper than seeing the flick in the evening…” so off we went to the theater. In Georgetown. $10 for parking. $17 tickets. $11 popcorn and a large coke. That’s $38 total … for an X Files movie that shed absolutely no light what-so-ever on anything related to the X Files mythos. No alien invasion stuff, no hints to the whereabouts of Mulder’s sister though she was mentioned, only once or twice, in an obligatory context …

It went something like this:

A paedophile priest has visions of a missing FBI agent. They contact Scully, who’s working at a hospital to contact Mulder and have him help the FBI with the investigation. She goes to see him. They hang out with the FBI, the paedophile priest, at some point Mulder and Scully have sex but you don’t get to watch …. yadda yadda yadda …. more women are missing ….. there’s a pool ….. dogs barking …. Scully argues with Mulder about his obsession and she wants to break up with him …. Mulder uncovers a group of former soviet scientists who are cutting people’s heads off and putting them onto other people’s bodies …. their lab is guarded by a two headed pit bull …. or, it might have been a rottweiler with two heads one of which was a pit bull …. Mulder gets trapped there, Scully calls in Skinner, they shut the lab down, save a recent girl these men had kidnapped …. And then Scully cures a kid of a brain disorder he had with stem cell therapy ….

I just saved you 38 bucks. You’re welcome.

Gillian Anderson is still hot though.

My Daddy's Car Can Fly Thanks To The Power Of Poor Decisions

It’s one of those situations where you could see it coming on the terminal horizon from a mile away, and yet there’s absolutely nothing you could do about it.

“He posted on the BMW M5 forum — www.M5board.com — as ‘AmericanM5,’ the proud new owner of a 2008 BMW M5 painted Space Gray.

He had a problem. It happened when he had ‘everything set to max’ and changed gear with the shift paddles mounted on the steering wheel. As he said, ‘and I’m going pedal to the metal pushing 140 and upshifting, there tends to be a thud noise with the gear change.’ AmericanM5 wanted to know if this was normal.

And he added: ‘Let me say I am a beginner when it comes to high-performance cars as I am only 18, so take it easy on me.’”

[...]

Let’s see:

2008 BMW M5 painted Space Gray? Check!
Everything set to max? Check!
Pedal to the metal pushing 140 and upshifting? Check!
Beginner when it comes to high-performance cars? Check!
Only 18? Check!

Okay … to continue:

“The forum members told him that yes, the sensation of an abrupt gear engagement is normal with the M5’s automated sequential manual transmission, but several also took the opportunity to express their concerns.

Wrote one: ‘It’s just disturbing to know…that an 18-year-old who is asking these questions about a 500-horsepower car is driving the same streets I am. I don’t have anything against young guys driving nice cars, but an 18-year-old being [behind] the wheel of an M5 is what accidents are made of.’

AmericanM5 responded: I completely understand where you are coming from, assuming that I am irresponsible…that is definitely understandable. I do sometimes make bad decisions but I am young and I do drive safe and I will not endanger the lives of others.’

These posts were dated January 25, 2008.”

[...]

“It’s just disturbing to know…that an 18-year-old who is asking these questions about a 500-horsepower car is driving the same streets I am.” I’ll say!

“I completely understand where you are coming from, assuming that I am irresponsible…that is definitely understandable. I do sometimes make bad decisions but I am young and I do drive safe and I will not endanger the lives of others.” Of course you don’t!

I think we all know where this is going:

“At 3:30 a.m. on January 26, a 2008 BMW M5 painted Space Gray flew off the raised end of a runway at a private airport just outside Ocala, Florida, sailed 200 feet through the air and stuck a huge tree. The impact with the tree occurred 15 feet off the ground. Five young men, aged 18 to 20, were killed instantly.

Members of the M5Board began to put the pieces together. AmericanM5 said he was 18, had a 2008 M5 in Space Gray, and said he lived in the Ocala area. And he signed one of the posts, “Josh.”

The driver of the crashed M5 had been Josh Ammirato.”

Full story is [url=http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do/Columns/articleId=124526]here[/url]

Howcome My Stars Aren't Lit Up?

The stars above my avatar are always gray. They’re not all lit up like other people’s. Why is that? Granted, I’m sure there’s something in the FAQ’s about that, but you know how it is, we can’t be bothered to read through all that stuff LOL

Cloverfield (2008)

I saw Cloverfield this afternoon. Initially, when I discovered several months ago that the movie wasn’t about CTHULHU tear-assing around Manhattan I was disappointed, but still curious … I thought “As long it isn’t another ‘Godzilla’, I’m happy” … and I was.

DO NOT expect anything from this movie other than death and destruction, and a cool monster. I walked into the theater expecting to see buildings toppling, people dying, and general chaos and I wasn’t disappointed. It was worth paying the matinee rate to see it on the big screen.

Another plus, is that the monster is amazing, they did an excellent job with it. It’s larger than life, but stops short of being entirely unbelievable; in the sense that I can imagine, and actually almost believe something like that living deep within the depths of the ocean.

I enjoyed the flick, but like I said, all I expected was a lot of chaos, and a cool monster. If you like death, destruction, cool monsters and irony, go see Clvoerfield.

Can I get a "HELL YEAH!"?

Behold, the beard style that sank 1,000 ships:

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I'm going to catch HELL for this …

… but I don’t care. When the HELL will Perl 6 be released?

Mr. Woodcock (2007)

For what it is it’s a decent movie, we enjoyed it. It certainly isn’t the most hilarious film ever made, but it’s a good laugh none the less.

I'm Movin In With My Mom

Yep, that’s right. They kicked me out of my apartment, Chevy Chase froze my bank account, Cingular shut off my cellular service (because the bill didn’t get paid because my bank account was frozen) …

I was this -> ‘___’ close to living in my Honda when my mom said “Hey, why don’t you come and live with us? You’d be able to save money, and after work we could all drink margaritas and play Wii Bowling!”

And I said, “Cool! Thanks!”

So that’s about it. I’m 28 years old, and I’m gonna be living at my mom’s house.

Some people I’ve told are supportive, they say things like “Cool! I wish I could do that!”, “wow, think of all the money you’ll save” or “Right on man, your mom’s cool!” … Others aren’t so supportive. The word “Loser” is peppered liberally throughout their comments about my situation.

Me personally, I don’t know what to think about this whole thing. One the one hand, I was entirely overwhelmed by the series of unfortunate circumstances I found myself in. On the other, I’m grateful that mom is letting me crash at her pad for little more than occasional groceries and a few cases of beer a month.

I’m damn lucky I guess. I’ll try harder not to fuck everything up this time.

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)

I saw Wes Anderson’s latest installment, this last week, I very much enjoyed it. I will admit though, that I liked Rushmore better but is just an opinion. I though A Life Aquatic was an excellent movie.