Nothing to say...

Except summer sucks. It's too hot and I burn my head here. Oh and I read a blog by some dick who works in Korea and seems to think it's the third world. Asshole. I say if it sucks that bad and you have such disdaine for the people and those who work here, then you can kindly fuck off. Anyway, I got to work, work and work. Then work some more. We're heading into speaking test time at work and the session's a third done. But there is the fun of intensives to look forward to. Oh joy. Long ass days. There better be overtime.

This is the reason to watch Superman 3.

That and Richard Pryor's hacking and cracking skills. Who knew you could become a computer genius in a week! Plus, once you do embezzle thousands, try to kill Superman and engage in a plot for world domination, there's no consequences.....you get totally off. Excellent!

Superman Flies!

It's a good, solid film that perhaps spends too much time paying homage to the better aspects of thos that came before and too little time on new material, but after nineteen years it's a great start to a new franchise. Hopefully they'll make a great sequel with better pacing. But now I can easily say that the new Man of Steel was a great choice.

Our Hero. 

It's a bird? A plane? Aw, shit it's Superman!

I'm a much bigger fan of Batman or the X-Men than I am of Superman, but I can't help but feel excited by the new Superman film. Maybe it will be the superhero film of the summer and sooth the bad memories of The Last Stand. Now that it's only two days away I'm getting all excited for the film. Listened to the score, downloaded some wallpapers and checked the Superman sites again. No matter what, there's no way it could be as bad as the last two in the series.

Top Ten Movies

Here are my favorite ten films as of today. I know I'll be forgetting quite a few.

Swingers

The Godfather Part II

Lost in Translation

Sideways

LA Confidential

Star Trek The Wrath of Khan

Moulin Rouge

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Midnight Cowboy

Bitter Moon

Hard to make a list like this, but here it is.

Capote!

Go watch Capote. Absolutely brilliant film with an even more brilliant performance from Hoffman. This movie kicks ass and makes me want to read In Cold Blood again. Damn fine film.

Top Ten

Something a little different to kill the time and fill a post, a top ten list. Thought it would be nice to think of my ten favorite (at the moment) books. In no real order:

Memoirs of a Geisha 8.5/10

Shibumi 8/10

Catcher in the Rye 10/10

Norwegian Wood 10/10

Post Office 8/10

Middlesex 8.5/10

The Amazing Adventures of Cavalier and Clay 10/10

The Tortilla Curtain 9/10

Shanghai Baby 8/10

You Only Live Twice 9/10

Hopefully I haven't left anything really good out. Of course I could add everything by any of these authors.

World Cup

It's here again and America doesn't care. All I know is the US lost its first game and Korea won its first. No surprise this place is going nuts. Red, red everywhere. We even had a little World Cup party after work to watch the game. Free food, free beer and a good way to kiss up to the bosses.

Yeah, I took a stand and well.....it's pretty mediocre. Oddly I don't blame Ratner. I blame the lame ass script and the need to either kill off or neuter every character in an arbitrary need to end the "trilogy." Why? You can make a dozen of these fucking movies. Oh, but we need a Wolverine movie....yeah, jut just do both. Works for Marvel. 

Random Update!

Hmmmm....not much to say really. Been back a week now since my week long trip to the states. Saw some people, did some things, didn't see some people. All very quick and very busy. So if I didn't get in touch with you, then I'm sorry, but there was no way I could go everywhere I wanted in so little time. Maybe the next time I'll plan it further ahead of time and get to see some of you. Don't forget that everyone knows where I am and can always get in touch with me here.
So, what else to say? Well, my brother and his soon to be wife are expecting a kid. So I'll be an uncle soon. Fucking crazy. My mom's moved into her own place and is having her own little golden girls lifestyle and I find that I have no place back there at all. So in that respect I'm glad I didn't stay with them any longer. I'm just a house guest with no life back there anymore. Here we started the new session at work. I missed some changes while gone and now we've got more new people and new classes and lots of crazy shit going on. I got moved over to the new(old) building and get the quiet office, but have to go back and forth constantly. Supposedly I have more responsibility, but not as of yet. For now I get more breaks and less work. Pretty sweet. As of today I've been at Avalon a year and I can't believe it. I'll be here awhile. I have a computer at my desk to do real work now and I've had a little more contact with the hot hot hot counselor, Lena. Still not sure if I should bother doing anything about her, but huddling under an umbrella in the rain with her was fucking nice. We'll see.