Making Ebert Look Like A Slacker
Thanks to Zack Attack's DVD collection, in the past week have seen a lot of old-school movies for the first time. Here's what I thought: Big Fish (A), Boogie Nights (B+), Comedian (B), Donnie Darko (B), The Game (A), Gattaca (A), Goodfellas (A), Jackie Brown (C+), Kill Bill Volume II (A), Matchstick Men (B), Ocean's 11 (B+), Panic Room (B) and Unforgiven (B+). I still need to watch the Godfather trilogy at some point and see what this fuss about decapitated horses is about.
Well, it's been about a year since I moved down to Atlanta. I really love this city. Traffic is the only thing I hear friends complaining about, and it can definitely get congested, but it's never seemed too overwhelming to me (as compared to say the Beltway in DC). There is a lot to do in terms of clubs, bars, music, restaurants and art. And of course Portfolio Center is giving sliced bread a run for its money as the greatest thing ever. Apparently some of the samurai are planning a trip down here in early October, which will no doubt lead to reckless abandonment of the law and probably several pandas being freed from the Atlanta Zoo. Come next year, I'm not sure if I'll still be here - the quality of a sweet job is more important than location to me right now, and it might be fun to explore another city while I'm young. But for now, A-town is perfect.
And then there's Jojo, the latest teen pop princess that I hear everyday driving to and from work. The song was tolerable the first time, but the eleventy billionth is one too many. Poor Jojo. Out of all the stage names one could possibly pick, she went with Jojo, which is only two letters away from a friendly gorilla who knows sign language. And judging by her lyrics (you said that you would treat me right but you was just a waste of time) ol' Jojo's been missing a few English classes. But my all-time favorite lyric is boy you must have gone and bumped your head / because you left her number on your phone. You're THIRTEEN. Your boyfriend isn't cheating on you, he's preoccupied with trying to catch all the Pokemon. Dude should see a doctor about that head-bumping problem, though. I for one will be first in line for the next hit, Mrs. McKawski's Pre-Algebra Class is Hard!.
Wednesday, September 22 at 8:55 PM
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