WanderingSalsero

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The new Star Trek move........I liked it

I just saw the new Star Trek movie.  I liked it.

Frankly I couldn't follow all the stuff about who did what in the past and who did what in the future and how yesterday's dinner effected to Jovian stock market 100 years later, etc., etc.  But still, I thought the plot was cohesive enough to be interesting.

And the acting was good too.  All the characters were believable and all the sets were good and the technology was up to the usual Star Trek quality.  But I'll tell you something.

You did't actually see the bad guy die, did you?  I'll betcha he pops up somewhere.  Like maybe working in a MacDonalds on Telephone Road or somewhere like that.

New audio feature on Typepad?

I got an email from Typepad today that there's some kind of new audio embed feature available to members of the Beta Team.  Like me. 

Here's the link.

I haven't fully explored it yet but I was redirected to this page which has some really neat sound files.  The first one, 'Armstrong Groove', is the best.  It starts out kinda like that classic, Ravel's Bolero, and then develops.  I think it would make a great rhythmic foundation for either kizomba, bachata or even cha-cha.  I like it anyway.

The second file, "Untitled Groove", is OK too but not as cool as the first one.

Then, the 'angry cow' is very nice.  Sorta reminds me of Sesame Street.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

I saw a movie tonight that's going on my all-time favorite movie list......The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.  It's one of those movies that made me very emotional and sorta teary eyed because it had so much profound to say about life.  I'd highly recommend it.

Here's a video from YouTube.

 

Funny that I'd never heard the title before.  Me and Dulce and some of here Filipino friends who can get on the Army base here went to a movie 'on post'.  There were two movies playing.  The other one, Journey To The Center Of The Earth, would have been my first choice (only because I'd read the book before) but luckily it wasn't playing til later in the day.

I'd highly recommend The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.  It's told in the flashback style......i.e. a lady is visiting here dieing mother in a hospital and reading a diary she has from her father.  Personally I've always liked the 'story telling' style of movies.

It's a great movie.  You ought to see it if you haven't.

Old adventure films("Saturday Serials")

I seriously doubt than any of my beloved readers are old enough to remember the serialized adventure series that people used to be able to see at the Satureay matinees at movie theaters and/or on the early days of Saturday morning TV.  But I remember.

I remember mostly Flash Gordon which starred Buster Crabb as 'Flash'.  It was a really good series.  But there were others.

There were several western characters of course but especially good was Hoppalong Cassidy.  On the 'sci-fi' side of things you also had Captain Cody.  He was good.

Well, I found a blog yesterday from some gal named "Bibi" who seems to reside in Brazil somewhere.  This is it:  http://www.bibi.vlog.br/

If you click through you'll find a lot of these old serial flicks.  They're really cool.  But in addition to that type of film, you'll also find some links to other films all of which apparently come from some sort of public access archive.  I forget the name of it.  I'd seen it mentioned before.

But this is entertainment that shouldn't be lost or forgotten and apparently it's still available.

Here's a link to one particular episode in the science fiction serious called "Crash(Buzz)Corrigan".  I looked at a few of them last night from a PC bang near where I live but for some reason I can't get it to buffer quickly here at school.  I think you'll like it though.  It's the kind of thing that's nice to have around for real basic entertainment.

Count of Monte Cristo

I just watched it.  Much better than I thought it'd be.  Nothing hookey about it at all.  I can't compare it to the book because I didn't read it but I thought the acting was great, the filming was great, the representation of the period was great (post Napoleonic France) and the plot (whether or not it was true to the book I don't know) kept me on the edge of my seat (which might have also been because it wasn't too comfortable anyway). 

If you haven't seen it, rent it and watch it some night.

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Things I did on my Holiday that Might Interest You

Posted by Amy

Food

Last week, to celebrate the end of my third session of school I stopped by an ice cream place called Amy's Ice Cream.  The ice cream was awesome!  I'm not saying that because the place bears my name :-)  A coworker suggested it to me, so I decided to try it out.  My sister and I shared a banana split and the guy that served the ice cream was flipping ice cream scoops in the air.  I asked him how long it took him to do that: answer: He has been serving ice cream for 4 years.  Cool.  I like the place and it had a cow on the outside of the door, but it is located in a weird spot which is between S. Shepard Dr. and Greenbriar off of 59.  Here is the map:

You guys should try this out.  We all live busy nonpleasurable lives. I must say after that ice cream binge and some conversation, I felt pretty darn good.

Oceans' 12? (Hard to follow)

My friend Ron, the artist, has some sort of hookup with a video rental place where he gets a never ending supply of DVD movies to watch.  And a couple of nights ago when I was over there (the same night I took the picture of "The First Date" painting) I hung out over at his artist pad and watched this movie, "Oceans 12". 

I think it was ".....12".  It was the second movie of that series anyway.  I didn't know anything about it.  I'd heard the name before and Ron had just mentioned it to me.  Anyway, he asked me if I felt like watching a movie and I said, "Yeah, sure."

I liked the photography in the flick.  I thought it really gave an intriguing picture of how people in the financial upper stratosphere live.

But the plot?!!!  Ugh!  All through the movie I'm thinking, "What the hell is going on here!!??"

I didn't like it.  No...wait!  I did like the Portuguese singing in the closing credits.

The Missing

Ron loaned me the DVD.  The flick's pretty good......