Another relaxing Rye weekend.
Aside from spending lots of quality time with Lee I watched two episodes of the Sopranos, Batman Begins, 7 Up, 7 Plus Seven, 21 Up, and a Mets game.
I'll start from the beginning.
The Sopranos is a brilliant show. I went through a period where I thought Twin Peaks was the best show ever, but everytime I watch the Sopranos I'm just more and more amazed. It's like a 50 hour long movie that I don't want to end. The writing is original, the characters are all well developed and interesting and it's just such an intelligent show. It's nice not being treated like an idiot when watching T.V. The last season begins March 2006 and I'm very very excited.
Batman Begins was very entertaining and I liked it a lot. Unfortunately, it was very obviously not Christopher Nolan's film but a franchise that Warner Brothers is very carefully protecting and were kind enough to let Christopher Nolan attach his name to. The fast cutting and rushed ending were disappointing but the dark bladerunneresque atmosphere was great. Christian Bale is a great Batman, Michael Caine was great as Alfred, and I really really really liked the guy who played Bruce Wayne's dad. I don't know why... I just did.
Katie Holmes didn't ruin the movie although her inane profundities grew tiresome after awhile. Actually, they were tired from the beginning. Also, Gary Oldman was fine as Commisioner Gordon but I'm so used to him in The Professional and Die Hard that I keep expecting him to shoot Batman in the back of the head.
Liam Neeson is so cool. The same goes for ninjas.
The Up series is a series of TV specials that tracked the lives of various children in the UK starting at the age of seven and revisiting them in seven year intervals. A lot of them are annoying but it's surprising to see the way kids change and even more suprising to see just how little they change. The series is up to 42 up now and 49 up is due next year. Maybe I'll write more once I've seen the whole series.
On Saturday I went to the Mets game where we had great seats thanks to Lee's dad. More importantly, it was Carlos Beltran bobblehead day and Kobayashi, the world's competitive eating champion, threw out the first pitch. You guys might recognize him from the food network or his recent succesful defense of his title on ESPN2. I merely recognize him as the world's greatest living athlete.
I recently saw fireflies for the first time in my life. It was in City Hall Park where they have lots of art installations and I thought the lights were an art installation. A brilliant one at that. I stared for awhile trying to figure out how the artist had done it and being really excited because it was so beautiful. Then, I took a closer look and realized they were insects! That made it even more exciting and gave me fuzzy feelings toward nature that I suspect Leonard would have been proud of.
Last night I ate four brownies, a slice of peach pie, two or three cookies, and some ice cream. I went to bed feeling satisfied with what felt like my imminent sugar induced death.
Tempurpedic pillows are amazing.
Work is going well. James' sister looks exactly like him for anybody wondering.
Speaking of work, I need to update my resume now.
I'll start from the beginning.
The Sopranos is a brilliant show. I went through a period where I thought Twin Peaks was the best show ever, but everytime I watch the Sopranos I'm just more and more amazed. It's like a 50 hour long movie that I don't want to end. The writing is original, the characters are all well developed and interesting and it's just such an intelligent show. It's nice not being treated like an idiot when watching T.V. The last season begins March 2006 and I'm very very excited.
Batman Begins was very entertaining and I liked it a lot. Unfortunately, it was very obviously not Christopher Nolan's film but a franchise that Warner Brothers is very carefully protecting and were kind enough to let Christopher Nolan attach his name to. The fast cutting and rushed ending were disappointing but the dark bladerunneresque atmosphere was great. Christian Bale is a great Batman, Michael Caine was great as Alfred, and I really really really liked the guy who played Bruce Wayne's dad. I don't know why... I just did.
Katie Holmes didn't ruin the movie although her inane profundities grew tiresome after awhile. Actually, they were tired from the beginning. Also, Gary Oldman was fine as Commisioner Gordon but I'm so used to him in The Professional and Die Hard that I keep expecting him to shoot Batman in the back of the head.
Liam Neeson is so cool. The same goes for ninjas.
The Up series is a series of TV specials that tracked the lives of various children in the UK starting at the age of seven and revisiting them in seven year intervals. A lot of them are annoying but it's surprising to see the way kids change and even more suprising to see just how little they change. The series is up to 42 up now and 49 up is due next year. Maybe I'll write more once I've seen the whole series.
On Saturday I went to the Mets game where we had great seats thanks to Lee's dad. More importantly, it was Carlos Beltran bobblehead day and Kobayashi, the world's competitive eating champion, threw out the first pitch. You guys might recognize him from the food network or his recent succesful defense of his title on ESPN2. I merely recognize him as the world's greatest living athlete.
I recently saw fireflies for the first time in my life. It was in City Hall Park where they have lots of art installations and I thought the lights were an art installation. A brilliant one at that. I stared for awhile trying to figure out how the artist had done it and being really excited because it was so beautiful. Then, I took a closer look and realized they were insects! That made it even more exciting and gave me fuzzy feelings toward nature that I suspect Leonard would have been proud of.
Last night I ate four brownies, a slice of peach pie, two or three cookies, and some ice cream. I went to bed feeling satisfied with what felt like my imminent sugar induced death.
Tempurpedic pillows are amazing.
Work is going well. James' sister looks exactly like him for anybody wondering.
Speaking of work, I need to update my resume now.