Va Tech...

obviously what happened was a tragedy of mass proportions...the world is a sick place. my thoughts go out to the parents...i can't even imagine...being a parent has totally changed my view of these types of events. i used to just not really think about shit like this i guess...but now with one child and another on the way i strictly see it from that point of view...and it makes me cry to be honest with you...but that is what you should do when you are forced to think about the unthinkable...even thinking about having to explain things like this to my innocent little girl just seems unbearable...but i am not an idiot either...as a parent you have to tell them everything before they hear it from someone (probably some asshole! lol) else's point of view. but the fact remains...life is precious and short...a

Imus...

all i really have to say about the imus situation...is who really gives a shit?? i dont know anybody that listened to imus...ever...the only way i knew of him was he was the asshole in the howard stern movie...imus always came off as some rich asshole who thought he was better than everyone else...so fuck him...as for what he said....who really gives a shit about that either...he was a 66 year old white man trying to be cool...thinking he was being hip and funny...so al sharpton needs to get his panties unbunched and relax...i am sure there are tons of real causes he should be fighting for...

babel...

so i had a home alone night the other night (after olivia went to bed...) and i rented and watched babel with brad pitt and cate blanchett...another friend of mine said it was great...

this one i was loving the whole way through...the cinematography was excellent...sort of a new age easy rider...with a cool soundtrack, very erie! and for some reason i do like brad pitt...and cate blanchette is always great...but...then...nothing really ties together the way you want it to...it just sort of ends. it was like 2 1/2 hours long and could have been at least another 1/2 hour longer. it doesnt seem like the kind of movie that they would be holding out for a sequel or anything...it just leaves you hanging ...

i realize these kinds of movies are to make you think and just sort of throw real life right in your face...but i gotta bitch about something right? a

Is it just me??

so...is it just me or is the new lucinda williams cd...west...really hard to listen to. i really like alot of her stuff from car wheels and world w/o tears...but this one just seems to drag on and she never breaks out of the monotone dull dragging vocal style that she perfected on previous attempts but seems to rely solely on here. she just needs to mix it up a little or something...

new to blogging...

this is a first attempt at blogging...but i'll rant a little...lol

well...i always get movies that people tell are so great and i rarely agree...i agree i am over critical but the majority of movies are garbage...

so lately i borrowed v for vendetta and the prestige...both with high recommendations from several different friends...i didnt think much of either one...v just couldnt keep my interest...i found myself thinking of other things as the movie played...which is a common thing for me during movie watching...doesnt always mean a bad movie. but in this case i just couldnt get into it...i like all the comic book movies that i knew of as a kid...batman,superman,hulk,xmen...and so on. but these obscure comics brought back and revisited just isnt my thing.

as for the prestige...it was just way too predictable...i knew from the get go that the dude had a twin...i liked the look of the movie and i am a fan of hugh and scarlett...but if "the big secret of the movie" is so glaringly obvious it just kills me.

anyway...i will try to keep up with a blog and hopefully make it more interesting than this...a