Havasimy

I realized that I did leave one thing off of my list of anticipated entertainment events. I forgot about the Dukes of Hazzard movie. The casting of Jessica Simpson as Daisy Duke lowers my expectations, especially since they scrapped any plans they had to have her go brunette. I'm just hoping that the guys of Broken Lizard have nostalgia for the part and doesn't make it a intentional comedy out of it like often happens to older action tv shows. From what I have heard, they seem to be taking the car driving and jumping seriously.

One thing that comes off my list is Grey's Anatomy. It debuted tonight. It was a well-done show. It met my expectations, but didn't blow me away. Of course, the main reason why I watched it was because it has Katherine Heigl in it. It also stars Ellen Pompeo who, in Old School, reminded me of Renee Zellweger before she became annoying. Of course, I might start watching a show because of a hot actress, but I don't keep watching a show because of it. Otherwise, I would have watched Dawson's Creek past the second season and would still be watching Alias.

Basicly, my review of Grey's Anatomy is that it's not something I'm going to tape even if I'm home watching it like I do with 24, but for now I'll be watching it as long as the storylines don't get too stupid or something else better doesn't come on at the same time. In my priority list of hour-long shows currently on, I put it after 24 and Desperate Housewives but before Lost or Boston Legal.

By the way, Lost is beginning to lose me. I'm starting to not care about any of the mysteries or any of the back stories. My cynical mind can't commit because I'm unconvinced the answers will live up to the hype. Just like watching Secret Window and praying the obvious solution isn't going to be the outcome, I watch Lost praying that there's a answer that doesn't cheat but is something more original than ripping off the solution of Identity.

I had a bad weekend. But everything always balances out, right? I can't argue. Not after opening the mailbox to find the latest issue of GQ. Yeah, life is good. And I think The Fantastic Four movie just moved up to #4 on my list.

What a weekend. It started out with me having to go with just one contact lens because I accidentally caused an abrasion on my eye taking my new type of contact out. I got a pair of the new contacts that allow more oxygen to get through. They're also stiffer than my old contacts and in the course of trying to taking them out, I dug too deep, you could say. Then I got the NCAA Tournament preview issue of Sports Illustrated in the mail after my team was already knocked out. Then on friday is there was an announcement at my apartment building that the city was going to be doing work on the water system again and the water would likely be discolored again. And I was going to be going to work on Saturday so I had to go in without taking a shower. Thankfully there isn't many people in at work on weekends. West Virginia did beat Wake Forest to jump my standing in the office pool to a second place tie. Then, other teams lost and I went down again, but I'm still in the running for first place, especially since I'm the only one who picked Duke to win it all.
On Sunday morning, the water thing was supposed to be fixed, but since I've already been caught in the shower with discolored water once in this place, I played it safe and went into work again without showering. So I was at work, sitting at the computer, seeing clear out of only one eye, bothered by the fact I hadn't showered in two days (luckily even fewer people are at work on sundays), when the screw that holds the top of my foldable headphones together came out and went flying. So I had to hook my headphones together with a big-ass binder clip. (I later found the screw, but had no mini-screwdriver at work.) Anyway, this hasn't been my best weekend. I did get to shower though and I'm going to start the week anew. I worked the extra hours so I could earn some comptime to use later in the summer, but if I want to, I could just start next weekend mid-day Wednesday.

Saturday night, I went to Best Buy to look at digital cameras, which is going to be my tax check purchase. I know I want a camera that I can put in my pocket as opposed to needing a case for it and I want atleast 5MP but aiming at getting a 7MP. If anyone has any suggestions or recommendations about digital cameras, I would appreciate it, especially when it comes to stuff like memory sticks, batteries, etc. For example, is it better to get one that uses special rechargable batteries or "AA" batteries? Also, are there any brands that I should look closely at or should avoid?

I am going to start writing regularly here again. I have a couple ideas for stuff to add to the right column of this blog. For now, I'm just going to put a list here of the top things I can't wait for in the land of entertainment. And if you would have told me about six years ago that a new Star Wars movie was coming out this summer and it wasn't the movie I was most anticipating, I would not have believed it. But nothing I've heard about the movie at the top of my list has been bad. I love Bruce Willis back to his old badass form, Jessica Alba as a stripper, Robert Rodriguez resiging from the Directors Guild because they wouldn't allow him to give co-directing credit to Frank Miller, the black-and-white just-out-of-the-comic-book look to it, Jessia Alba in a bikini and chaps, the cool-ass website, Quentin Tarantino as a special guest director, Mickey Rourke in the type of role he does best, etc... The most negative thing I can see about it is that one of the fourteen or so "name" actors that is starring in it is Alexis Bledel and I don't really have anything against her. It's just that, the few times I've seen her in something, she shows no emotion. And maybe that will be good for this character or maybe the directors will be able to get emotion out of her. They said that they kept art from the comic book up on monitors while filming and adjusted the scene to fit the art. Add that to the cool things about this film. Oh, yeah, did I mention Jessica Alba is in it?

Okay, here's my list (in approximate order after the first two):
1. Sin City: The Movie
2. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
3. Serenity
4. Grey's Anatomy
5. Joe Perry
6. Fantastic Four
7. Bleed Like Me

I'm sure there's other things I really can't wait for but are slipping my mind. Others, like Miranda Lambert's debut album, have been on my list and have come out already.

Anyway, I still owe some stories about the visit two weeks ago and answers to the lyric quiz. It looks like I won't be going home next weekend, so maybe I should be able to get it done then, if not before.

Okay, I've been neglecting this blog. I'm going to start posting again. I have a mail folder full of interesting items to talk about. I also have stories from Bill and Terri and Gage's trip to New Jersey. I had figured Bill would get most, if not all, of them posted by now, but he is apparently as busy as I am. It's crunch time at work and we've been told that it's okay to work more hours now and build up offtime for this summer when the workload will be lower. This is especially good for me since I'm currently looking at the following possible events in the next six month: a visit from my family; a few weekend trips back to Pittsburgh, including one for college; a weekend trip to the Virginia area and a week-long road trip through the southwest. None of the trip are for certain, but if they all become reality, it'll be nice to not use up all my vacation time doing them.

Anyway, I'll just end this post with the first round picks from one of my NCAA tournament brackets:
Illinois
Texas
Alabama
Boston College
LSU
Arizona
So. Illinois
Okalhoma St.
Washington
Pittsburgh
Geo. Washington
Louisville
Texas Tech
Gonzaga
West Virginia
Wake Forest
UNC
Iowa St.
New Mexico
Florida
Wisconsin
Kansas
Charlotte
Connecticut
Duke
Stanford
Michigan St.
Syracuse
Utah
Oklahoma
Cincinnati
Kentucky