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Har, I wanted to post another picture today, but will hold off until sometime next week. This page is already too graphics laden, and I originally wanted this to be a dial-up friendly site. (Picture posting notwithstanding)

Haven't been working out hard this week, kinda slacking just a tad. I guess that's pretty okay, as my body is telling me I need to relax it for a bit.

Nothing else is going on I guess, so I'll just end it short for today. Maybe if I get some inspiration later on, I'll update.

....sometime, life's just a tad mundane. posted by losir at 10:35 AM

Like any good DVD movie, there's always some bonus material. I found 2 unposted pictures of my trip to Montreal.

....final update for today (It's been kinda quiet.)

posted by losir at 4:50 PM

I forgot to write that this is going to be my new toy. I hope to pick it up this coming Saturday. It should be so cool. What is it you ask? Simply, it is an mp3 player shaped as a casette tape, which I can insert into any casette deck, and have mp3s playing. This will rock in the car, as I won't need anything else (i.e. casette adapter) to enjoy music in my vehicle. It also means I won't need to accumulate enough music to burn onto a CD. And now I can also listen to music while I'm on my bike, so I won't be so bored. I'm excited.

I was looking very hard for an PDA/MP3 combo, but just couldn't find a decent one for a cheap price. So much for convergence. My only concern will be battery life, as it lasts anywhere from 4 - 7 hours only before needing a 3 hour recharge. I could buy a car charger with the unit, as it's only ~$20 CDN, I'll see.

Since the online site I bought from is in Toronto, I save the $12 shipping charge, and since I am paying cash, I won't have to pay the taxes. Finally, I hope I can get a last minute deal off the guy. All in all, this is a $200 investment towards my sanity and enjoyment.

...but it's kinda expensive, n'est pas?

posted by losir at 3:50 PM

Road to Perdition, a movie so linear you won't need road signs.

In fact, if you were to take a road trip, this would definitely be a bus tour. Drive for 3 hours. Stop for 30 minutes. "Oh look! This is a museum!" Pile back onto the bus, drive another 3 hours to the next locale, ad nauseam.

Tom Hanks' name is too big for a movie like this. From Splash to The Green Mile, he's always been the "good guy". In every sense of the word, he's been a babyface.

The whole movie is based on the fact Tom Hanks is playing a bad guy. It goes to great lengths to portray him as an assassin with a heart of gold. Every scene with Hanks holding a gun has got him lips drawn and brooding, as if killing the person was distasteful, but necessary. It's too much of a cliche. It would have been better if Hanks played it a little more loose, with a little more passion in his chosen craft. And that's the problem. We don't watch the movie to see Hanks character as a badass with a dilemma, instead, we concentrate on the fact Hank's playing someone out of his character niche. Very distracting and not much fun.

Then there's Paul Newman's character. He's supposedly a big time crime boss which everyone loves and fears at the same time. Instead he comes across as a leader of a small town with ties to the mob and nothing more. There's no justification for the bigger families in Chicago to be helping him out so much.

The story itself didn't make much sense either. Look how Hank's character (Sullivan) uses to draw out the man who killed half his family. If you start robbing the mafia, you're not getting away. Period. It's all about respect, (doesn't anyone watch The Soprano's??) and if you mess with their way of income, then you're going to be hunted down and made to sleep with the fishes; even if you give back their money in the end. It's no longer a matter of cash, but if you trifle with the mafia, you're going to be made an example of.

This is not a mob movie, there's not enough ganster-ism in it to be Godfather-esque. It just doesn't work. It's too pretty for its own good. While every shot screams art, it does not integrate into a movie. Nothing's more poignant than when Sullivan kills Newman's character (who's name I can't recall). Newman's henchmen just stand there, shooting into the dark, without even trying to get their boss into the car. This is pretty. Pretty pathethic!

Finally, it was predictable. If you've seen the trailer, and then watched the first thirty seconds of the movie, you know how it'll end. Because ultimately this is an art flick, any dramatic cinematography results in an event. i.e.: When Sullivan is about to be shot, you can just so tell, there's no surprise to it.

The idea of the movie is great, but the actual story was mediocre at best. Compounded by the fact this was a Tom Hanks vehicle, and "from the director of American Beauty", it stank.

....kapish? posted by losir at 11:55 AM

Drinking two nights in a row is pretty rough. What's worse, two nights at the same club, that's just sad.

But it wasn't my fault, at least not really. Two different group of friends, two different parties, that's just the way life goes. Or so I hear.

Hey, at least I was out having a relatively good time, instead of just - what; sit at home and do my laundry? No thanks. I'm intimate with my computer at work already, last I need is to be nice-nice with it at home too.

Besides, that's what Sunday was for. Got a lot of TV watching caught up. I think I'm good for another month.

Okay, I thought it was a lot more interesting than that, but upon reflection, it's just a typical weekend.

....drone on. posted by losir at 4:44 PM

Hi ho, kermit de frog here. This batch of birthday party pictures have been brought to you by the letters H and the letter N.

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....enjoy

posted by losir at 1:59 PM

I don't remember these pictures at all. But man, I was such a cutie.

....I hate being a grown up.

posted by losir at 12:09 PM

Quick little update for today.

It's another Canadian long weekend (I don't even know the name anymore), so I've not been active these past three days. Couple of stories to write about, since I went clubbing Friday AND Saturday.

....but let's wait until I upload the pix. posted by losir at 10:05 PM