I wanted to be them, but instead I destroyed myself.

Now that I'm back in the swing of work and the cool weather is here (not sure what the weather has to do with this...)I have more time to read. During the summer, especially the past few summers, I have been bogged down by the energy hoarder known as Quest Camp. During Fall though, given the gloomy weather and what not, it's prime time to get your read on. Currently finishing up Pygmy and just started Jesus' Son which I'm already in love with. I recently finished Everything is Illuminated and enjoyed it. It was told from a few different perspectives and over many years. It was confusing at times when it was telling the story of the hero's relatives back in the 1700 and 1800's. Overall though it was highly enjoyable. I had seen the film that was based on the book a few years back and it took me by surprise how much I liked it. I knew next to nothing about it, but was very pleased with it. Now that I finished the book and it's been a while since I saw the film, I wouldn't mind seeing it again actually.



Last Tuesday Kim and I were lucky enough to go and catch Sunny Day Real Estate at the Fillmore. They've been pretty much for almost 10 years. With all the original members, they took the stage playing primarily songs from their first two releases Diary and LP2 with one new song and one song from How It Feels To Be Something On. Diary is one of my favorite albums ever so for them to play a nice chunk of songs from that record was pretty exciting for me.



They sounded incredible and this show was exactly what I needed. Every one in the audience was excited to be there and there were no assholes...not around us anyway which is pretty rare.



The fact that they played a new song gives me hope that they are working on a new album which hopefully means another tour. With them though, you never know. Spanning 4 albums and 1 live album, they've broken up multiple times, sometimes bringing in new members, which fortunately is not the case this time.

I really want to see Paranormal Activity, Where The Wild Things Are, The Informant, and A Serious Man. Soon enough. I'm moving through my netflix at a steady pace. Most recently:

Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill - Not too bad. Interesting, but kind of boring to me.
Coraline - Good animation, but not all that great. Didn't live up to the hype I was subject to.
Eastbound and Down: Season 1 - Funny for the first 10 minutes, but pretty repetitive and tiresome.
Revolutionary Road - Great performances. Great costumes and set pieces. Decent film. I'm assuming the book is far superior.
Crank 2 - Highly entertaining. More below in the previous entry.
Away We Go - Funny and heartfelt. I wanted the best for the main characters. Great soundtrack as well.
Sunshine Cleaning - Funny, but more serious than funny. Kind of falsely advertised. A good rental though.
The Dirty Dozen - Best thing I've rented in quite a while. Great cast and complete fun all throughout.
The Education of Charlie Banks - Meh at it's best. I didn't really care about the characters, just hated some.
Broken English - Meh as well. A good rental if you can't find anything else. Parker Posey is awesome as always so it was fun to watch her. I'm also a fan of Justin Theroux.

Still today I have so much to burn.

I decided I'm not going to take a photo every hour for the first of the month. Been doing it for over a year and meh...I'm done with it. I would like to write more in here. I do enjoy that. I've been writing in some sort of blog for the past 12 years or so and it's never gotten old to me.

I'm getting over a cold that ravaged my system for almost a week. Now that it's coming to an end, my car won't start so I got a new battery. I have yet to put that in. I probably should do that sometime soon. I always hate car problems. Car problems and printer problems = the worst. Well I hope the battery is the only thing that's the matter.

Kim and I watched Crank 2 the other night. Let me preface by saying that I had only put this in my queue because Maynard James Keenan and Danny Lohner had cameos in it as dog walkers and I had to check that out. About 15 minutes into the movie I had completely understood its tone and what it was trying to accomplish. It did just that. This film was so much fun to sit back and laugh at. Totally over the top and a characiture of itself, Crank 2 caters perfectly to it's ideal demographic. Aside from the cameos previously mentioned, it has appearances from David Carradine, Geri Halliwell (yeah...a fucking Spice Girl!), Ron Jeremy, Corey Haim, and more. I recommend it for some fun.



I've been playing a lot of video games recently. Kim and I got a PS3 a while back and I've played through Resistance: Fall of Man, Mirror's Edge, Bioshock, and Rockband 2. Still playing Rockband 2, downloading new songs, and gaining more trophies. Same goes for Bioshock. I want to play through it on Hard and I downloaded the bonus levels this morning, but have yet to play them. I can't wait to play through these levels. While playing through Bioshock, it quickly found it's place on my top 5 favorite games. The plot, graphics, voice work, sounds, and every other aspect all are top notch. I can't get enough of this game. I especially like the color scheme.



I'm glad as hell that I don't have to wait forever for the sequel which comes out in February.

I also downloaded Final Fantasy VII which I'm excited to play through again. I ran through it when it first came out for PS and haven't played it since.

I guess it has cut into my reading time, which is ok by me, but I would like to read more often. Soon enough...after all this sickness and shit passes.