spammity
Watched Veronica Guerin over lunch today. Good movie. It was a little hard, since I knew her fate going in (and even if I hadn't, the film opens with it), but I'm glad I finally got around to it. I bought the film used about 2 years ago, and I kept meaning to watch it, but I was never in quite the right mood. I kind of hate it when I watch a movie that is based on a true story and realize I had no idea about stuff that was going on in the world not too terribly long ago...but at the same time I love that movies like this get made, to enlighten me. My dad was resting his eyes downstairs in the living room when I started it, but I looked over 15 minutes in, and he was sitting up and watching it too. So that's cool. Because I would imagine one can only watch True Grit but so many times.
On the topic of movies, for some strange reason, Johnny Depp's The Libertine comes out on DVD today. Weird. Anyone besides catslash see that? Er, I think it was Cat who posted about it some months ago, but I could be wrong. I know it was shelved for over a year after it was made, and it got some pretty bad reviews...but Johnny Depp's in it. As is Jack Davenport and my girl-crush Rosamund Pike. Hmm. But $17 is a bit much to pay for a movie that might suck as bad as The Astronaut's Wife so I'll pass for now.
(Also, if you were a fan of The Pretender, the first three seasons are on sale at Best Buy for $14.99 each.)
Okay, AT&T's Home Turf website is incredibly annoying. It took me, no lie, close to two hours to finally get the fucking Pujols video playing so I could rip it. If anyone besides Bri wants it, have at. I had planned to also grab the David Ortiz and Nomar eps, but the idea of fighting with the site for another four hours was beyond me, sorry.
Home Turf is basically MTV's Cribs, but with Deion Sanders as your host. There's a bit of unsubtle product placement, but otherwise it's a cute little visit to the Pujols home. I think I might have a crush on his wife Dee, because she seems like she's fun times and I like her sense of humor.
It occurred to me in the shower the other day (things always occur to me in the shower, just go with it) that I forgot about 5 people when I sent out postcards last month and belatedly, a couple weeks ago. Well, I didn't forget you so much as I was fairly sure I'd sent you all postcards and then thinking about it, I realized I probably hadn't? It wasn't intended as a personal slight, I swear. I'm just kind of absentminded sometimes. I have stamps, and I still have postcards, so more will be going out tomorrow.
Next week's SI reveals that Major League Baseball has licensed a company to produce coffins that carry team logos. I... don't think so, guys. And for people like Bri, the company is producing urns :P
SI also gives out its first half awards in the issue. Best AL free agent signing goes to the Tigers for Kenny Rogers (worst to the A's, for Esteban Loaiza), and best AL manager is Jim Leyland (After a seven year hiatus he returned to take over a team that had lost more than 90 games five years in a row. In no time Leyland cleaned up a toxic clubhouse, provided stern leadership and rejuvenated the franchise.) Best NL manager is....Joe Girardi! ^_^ The youngest (and cheapest) team in baseball has flourished under the no-nonsense style of its 41-year-old manager. Expected by most to flop to the tune of 100-plus losses, the post-fire-sale Marlins owned the majors' best record since May 22 (20-9) and, remarkably, were only 2.5 games out of second place in the East. Oh, and SI predicts the Tigers will go to the playoffs, but as the Wild Card, not as the division champs.
Best front office went to the Reds for the Arroyo and Phillips moves; worst front office to the Twins for questionable offseason moves and taking 'too long' to dump vets that weren't producing and promote some of their younger guys.
I am down to the last forty pages of Three Nights in August. Say it ain't so ^_~
Bri didn't want to hear about some poor squirrel's final moments so a small sample of stockbroker!Chavvy screencaps.
06.14.06 - Lidge after the Astros beat the Cubs: (wmv) // (asf)
05.23.06 - Lidge after getting the closer's role back (he talks about realizing that he was tipping his pitches and correcting for that...but he still blew the very next game, and how): (wmv) // (asf)
02.17.06 - Spring Training bit just so you can lol at the idea that Lidge/Everett/Taveras was ever allegedly on the table for Miggy: (wmv) // (asf)
10.26.05 - Lidge after Game 4 of the WS: (wmv)
10.24.05 - Lidge after Game 2 of the WS: (wmv) // (asf)
10.18.05 - Lidge after Game 5 of NLCS: (wmv) // (asf)
10.09.05 - Lidge and Backe after the 18 inning marathon game, with a bit o' Clemens: (wmv) // (asf)
09.01.05 - Lidge after notching his 32nd save: (wmv) // (asf)
On the topic of movies, for some strange reason, Johnny Depp's The Libertine comes out on DVD today. Weird. Anyone besides catslash see that? Er, I think it was Cat who posted about it some months ago, but I could be wrong. I know it was shelved for over a year after it was made, and it got some pretty bad reviews...but Johnny Depp's in it. As is Jack Davenport and my girl-crush Rosamund Pike. Hmm. But $17 is a bit much to pay for a movie that might suck as bad as The Astronaut's Wife so I'll pass for now.
(Also, if you were a fan of The Pretender, the first three seasons are on sale at Best Buy for $14.99 each.)
Okay, AT&T's Home Turf website is incredibly annoying. It took me, no lie, close to two hours to finally get the fucking Pujols video playing so I could rip it. If anyone besides Bri wants it, have at. I had planned to also grab the David Ortiz and Nomar eps, but the idea of fighting with the site for another four hours was beyond me, sorry.
Home Turf is basically MTV's Cribs, but with Deion Sanders as your host. There's a bit of unsubtle product placement, but otherwise it's a cute little visit to the Pujols home. I think I might have a crush on his wife Dee, because she seems like she's fun times and I like her sense of humor.
It occurred to me in the shower the other day (things always occur to me in the shower, just go with it) that I forgot about 5 people when I sent out postcards last month and belatedly, a couple weeks ago. Well, I didn't forget you so much as I was fairly sure I'd sent you all postcards and then thinking about it, I realized I probably hadn't? It wasn't intended as a personal slight, I swear. I'm just kind of absentminded sometimes. I have stamps, and I still have postcards, so more will be going out tomorrow.
Next week's SI reveals that Major League Baseball has licensed a company to produce coffins that carry team logos. I... don't think so, guys. And for people like Bri, the company is producing urns :P
SI also gives out its first half awards in the issue. Best AL free agent signing goes to the Tigers for Kenny Rogers (worst to the A's, for Esteban Loaiza), and best AL manager is Jim Leyland (After a seven year hiatus he returned to take over a team that had lost more than 90 games five years in a row. In no time Leyland cleaned up a toxic clubhouse, provided stern leadership and rejuvenated the franchise.) Best NL manager is....Joe Girardi! ^_^ The youngest (and cheapest) team in baseball has flourished under the no-nonsense style of its 41-year-old manager. Expected by most to flop to the tune of 100-plus losses, the post-fire-sale Marlins owned the majors' best record since May 22 (20-9) and, remarkably, were only 2.5 games out of second place in the East. Oh, and SI predicts the Tigers will go to the playoffs, but as the Wild Card, not as the division champs.
Best front office went to the Reds for the Arroyo and Phillips moves; worst front office to the Twins for questionable offseason moves and taking 'too long' to dump vets that weren't producing and promote some of their younger guys.
I am down to the last forty pages of Three Nights in August. Say it ain't so ^_~
Bri didn't want to hear about some poor squirrel's final moments so a small sample of stockbroker!Chavvy screencaps.
06.14.06 - Lidge after the Astros beat the Cubs: (wmv) // (asf)
05.23.06 - Lidge after getting the closer's role back (he talks about realizing that he was tipping his pitches and correcting for that...but he still blew the very next game, and how): (wmv) // (asf)
02.17.06 - Spring Training bit just so you can lol at the idea that Lidge/Everett/Taveras was ever allegedly on the table for Miggy: (wmv) // (asf)
10.26.05 - Lidge after Game 4 of the WS: (wmv)
10.24.05 - Lidge after Game 2 of the WS: (wmv) // (asf)
10.18.05 - Lidge after Game 5 of NLCS: (wmv) // (asf)
10.09.05 - Lidge and Backe after the 18 inning marathon game, with a bit o' Clemens: (wmv) // (asf)
09.01.05 - Lidge after notching his 32nd save: (wmv) // (asf)