OK, as has become a yearly tradition here, time for my list of the 10 best movies of 2008. I've seen almost all of the movies that could potentially find a place here, with the exception of Slumdog Millionaire, Frost/Nixon and maybe Valkyrie, so I guess you could consider this a work in progress, but here goes ( Read more... )

Go to your Calendar and find the first entry for each month of 2008 ( Read more... )

1. Pick 13 of your favorite movies ( Read more... )

Hey, did you know that if you're writing a post to LiveJournal, and you accidentally hit the ESC button, it automatically deletes the entire entry permanently? Well, I just learned that lesson the hard way, many, many MANY words into an elaborate retrospective essay about the Lakers season that has been, the highs and lows, my many emotions as a ( Read more... )

When I get bored, my attention span tends to get dangerously short, and I end up spending a long time on projects that I had just decided to do minutes prior. This is what resulted this time:


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Would anyone be interested in going to a Lakers game at some point pretty soon? Tickets can be gotten for about $40 (usually on a weeknight, hope that's not a problem) and I wanna go, and I don't wanna go with my mom. I can scoop up the tickets and people can pay me back. Any takers?

Today, the Lakers successfully traded for Pau Gasol, one of the great low post players in the NBA, and didn't have to give up a single important player to get him. Needless to say, I'm ecstatic. My favorite thing about this trade?:


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I HAD to post this video. It's an actual commercial for a sandwich shop in Chicago in 1991 starring Scottie Pippen, all-time NBA great and a man who was apparently impervious to double-entendres. I laughed til I cried.

Hilary Clinton won New Hampshire. For Obama supporters, this appears to be a set-back, and you know what? It is. The loss in New Hampshire exposed a gigantic hole in Obama's campaign strategy. Here's the problem: Every single candidate that I can remember who has depended on a large chunk of his votes coming from young voters has always lost. ( Read more... )

As is becoming a yearly tradition with this here LJ, it's time to post my favorite movies of the year. The only potential candidates I have yet to see are Sweeney Todd and The Savages, but otherwise, I'd say this list is pretty complete. It looks like this ( Read more... )