I loved Nolan's The Dark Knight and thought Ledger was great, but was he really the creepiest Joker?
Monday, February 23, 2009
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
I tried to find the key to fifty million fables
25 Random and (not really that) exciting things about me:
1) I know the words to a ridiculous number of lame late 80s, early 90s rap songs. "All right, stop what you're doin'..."
2) My favourite movie is Casablanca. I've seen it over 50 times and can recite the dialogue.
9)Every Christmas I have to watch A Christmas Carol at least once.
13) I used to have a pet rat. His name was Fred.
14) I have never seen 2001: A Space Odyssey, and I have no desire to see it.
1) I know the words to a ridiculous number of lame late 80s, early 90s rap songs. "All right, stop what you're doin'..."
2) My favourite movie is Casablanca. I've seen it over 50 times and can recite the dialogue.
3) I'm addicted to "Lost."
4) I drink an obscene amount of coffee.
5) After learning that people who drink a lot of coffee are more prone to seeing ghosts and experiencing hallucinations, I worry that my life is one vivid (and lousy) day dream.
6) I like my dog more than I like most people.
7) My encyclopedic knowledge of television annoys my wife.
8) I read every book I was supposed to read during undergraduate. It took me ten years to do it.
9)Every Christmas I have to watch A Christmas Carol at least once.
10) People tend to hate me 'cause I never smile.
11) If I could get away with one eccentricity, I would wear a fedora and always dress in black.
12) I reread the Sherlock Holmes stories once a year.
13) I used to have a pet rat. His name was Fred.
14) I have never seen 2001: A Space Odyssey, and I have no desire to see it.
15) I could never live in a small town.
16) I didn't attend a real concert until my first year of university.
20) I still tear up when I think of Brad.
21) My Ipod is full of old-time radio dramas and podcasts.
22) I read Shakespeare in grade 6.
23) I used to collect comedy lps and tapes. I still have a number of them.
24) Gorillaz's "Clint Eastwood" is the perfect "walking down the street" song. The Verve's Bittersweet Symphony" can also get the job done.
25) I enjoying wasting time with these sorts of things...
17) I made a short movie.
18) My favourite novel is Tom Jones. I'm also love Death of the Heart, Notes from Underground, and High Fidelity.
19) Growing up, I had a huge crush on Mallory Keaton.
20) I still tear up when I think of Brad.
21) My Ipod is full of old-time radio dramas and podcasts.
22) I read Shakespeare in grade 6.
23) I used to collect comedy lps and tapes. I still have a number of them.
24) Gorillaz's "Clint Eastwood" is the perfect "walking down the street" song. The Verve's Bittersweet Symphony" can also get the job done.
25) I enjoying wasting time with these sorts of things...
Friday, February 13, 2009
I come from the land of the ice and snow
I feel bad about not writing more this semester, but things are quite busy. Not much to report in the way of updates as the things I'm busy with are pretty dull admin type things. I don't see that changing any time soon, so perhaps I'll have to try harder to see the amusing bits in the very, very mundane.
I have read some interesting novels in the past little while that I quite liked. The novels of Ron Hansen, who wrote The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, continue to impress me. I read Hitler's Niece over the holidays and am about half way through Margerite in Ecstacy.
I have read some interesting novels in the past little while that I quite liked. The novels of Ron Hansen, who wrote The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, continue to impress me. I read Hitler's Niece over the holidays and am about half way through Margerite in Ecstacy.
Monday, February 09, 2009
She probably lives in Tahiti
Bad weather breeds camaraderie.
Steady rain and temperatures hovering around zero have made sidewalks of Winnipeg are a virtual skating rink today. Walking to work took an extra 20 minutes because I had to do the straight leg shuffle most of the way. As I passed the other people silly or desperate enough to brave these condition, our eyes would meet, we'd share a smile and, in a few instances, an inane verbal exchange.
"Pretty bad out here, eh?"
"Yeah, it's sure not fun."
I'm not someone who likes strangers talking to me on the street. Growing up in Toronto I learned pretty quickly that talking to people on the streets was something only the craziest of the crazy did. To say hello to a stranger was an invitation to abduction or assault. But for some reason I found these acknowledgements comforting. It's like we were saying, "I know what you're going through. I'm going through it too, and we're going to be alright."
Steady rain and temperatures hovering around zero have made sidewalks of Winnipeg are a virtual skating rink today. Walking to work took an extra 20 minutes because I had to do the straight leg shuffle most of the way. As I passed the other people silly or desperate enough to brave these condition, our eyes would meet, we'd share a smile and, in a few instances, an inane verbal exchange.
"Pretty bad out here, eh?"
"Yeah, it's sure not fun."
I'm not someone who likes strangers talking to me on the street. Growing up in Toronto I learned pretty quickly that talking to people on the streets was something only the craziest of the crazy did. To say hello to a stranger was an invitation to abduction or assault. But for some reason I found these acknowledgements comforting. It's like we were saying, "I know what you're going through. I'm going through it too, and we're going to be alright."
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