Shattered Faith

I really want this semester to end. Every teacher decides it would be in their best interest to pile shit on their students the last couple weeks. Unfortunately Teacher A apparently doesn’t know that Teacher B did this, nor do they know that Teacher C did it as well. Bah.

Guillermo Del Toro has been confirmed as the director for the two Hobbit movies. I think that’s absolutely awesome. Peter Jackson would have been great, of course, but I can’t think of any other director that I would rather take the helm since Jackson was out.

Maybe I’ll post some more when I have all that free time during the summer. I have a wedding to attend in June, and possibly a Cyndi Lauper/B-52’s concert as well. Early July will see myself off to Maine for a week. I’m looking forward to relaxing before school starts up again.

Still enjoying my vacation which consists of doing absolutely nothing. I took my car into the dealership yesterday to get some routine maintenance done, as well as check out some other things. Lo and behold the total bill will be around $1000. I needed new tires (which is true) and new brake thingers (which is true). I’d be pissed, but considering the car is 5 years old and I haven’t pumped really any money into maintenance at all yet I don’t think it’s too bad.

I’ve seen Juno and Sweeney Todd recently. Both movies were fantastic and I highly recommend checking both out. Juno went from a very small release to being #2 in the box office right now, so it looks like it’s on it’s way to being this years Little Miss Sunshine (I think Juno is better). Sweeney Todd was fantastic, and I’m not saying that because I’m a Burton/Depp fag (both have had their ups and downs). Yes, Burton recycles the same cast again – but they fucking sing! and do it well! It shows what a talented bunch these actors really are. Adding Alan Rickman to the mix just makes it all the better. They’re by no means professional singers, but they really do a fine job. Even if you don’t like musicals I suggest you check it out. Plus there’s buckets of blood which should satiate the juvenile in everyone.

This video made me laugh out loud. A lot. It’s a fake interview with Michael Cera (Arrested Development, Superbad, Juno). Check it out.

I still can’t get rid of the shit comments. Damn you wordpress.

Hope everyone had a fun Halloween. Mine started out relatively shitty. I had to work and was being rushed around. We had plans to attend a party at our friends house in Palmerton and I had no costume, and no intention of really getting one. We went to one of those seasonal costume warehouses and I couldn’t find a damn thing – plus I hate spending money on something that I’ll wear once. I was about to leave with nothing and just say fuck it, when Morgan picked out a $12 Benjamin Franklin “disguise” kit. I went for it and it ended up being pretty awesome. I had no costume to go along with it, but I think it made it all the better. By the time we got to the party and I had a couple drinks I was feeling much better about my holiday. There was a ton of great food, flowing beverage, and it was really nice to hang out with some friends and catch up with old ones. I got pretty hammered too, although I don’t think I made an ass out of myself, at least my friends wont tell me to my face.

I just finished watching “The Ice Storm” which I had partially seen a long time ago. First off, the cast is amazing. Tobey Macguire, Elijah Wood, Christina Ricci, Joan Allen, Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver. Wow. Secondly it was done by Ang Lee, who so far as really impressed me with his work (sans Hulk, but we’ll ignore that one). The whole story is about the downfall of two suburban Connecticut families in the 70’s. Really excellent, I even got a little teary eyed.

Yesterday I was browsing YouTube looking for any new videos from Siouxsie Sioux’s solo album, and I found this live version of “Here Comes The Day”:

She’s 50 now. 30 years in the music business, and this is her first solo album. She looks and sounds absolutely fantastic. I love her solo album. I mean it’s great to hear some new material, and now she can cater to her new vocals. Her voice has dropped considerably since she was in the Banshees, and you can really tell when she sings some of their older songs. She just can’t hit the high notes anymore – but here she sounds great. I really hope she goes on a tour in the US.

I have a history test tomorrow. YES!!