Keanu Watch 2009

I've decided to take on an a new challenge, it is something that I'm calling Keanu Watch 2009. I've spent my whole life watching Keanu Reeves movies and wondering why people cast him in movies. In all the Keanu Reeves movies that I've watched I haven't seen a shred of evidence that he in fact has any acting talent. He's charismatic...sometimes...but I want to see his acting chops. If you have any leads as to what movie the talent may be hiding in let me know. The hunt begins!

This has never happened before!

Guess who this Craigslist missed connections ad is aimed at? I'll give you a clue, pay close attention to the 39 second mark in this video.

George Bush doesn't care about black people.

Kanye West is a terrible person. It can't be put in a simpler way.

Tonight at the MTV Video Music Awards the unpredictable West grabbed the mike away from Taylor Swift, who was giving her acceptance speech for Best Female Video, and told the audience that "I'm sorry, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time."

Sure, he prefaced his message by telling Swift that he was happy for her and that he would let her finish, but that doesn't make it ok. It was rude. It was in poor tasted. And it was disrespectful.

Shame on West. Shame on MTV for doing nothing to stop it. And props to Taylor Swift for handling it like class act.

Source: MTV

Trashy

Today I had the best taco of my life.

Around four my girlfriend Emmy and I decided to stop at Torchy's and grab a quick bite to eat. Torchy's is my favorite place for quick food that's under $5. Emmy ordered the baja shrimp taco on corn and I got a trailer park on flour.We where really hungry and it took longer than usual for our food to come so by the time it came out we where more than ready for the sweet taste of tacos.

As soon as the tacos hit the table my hands went to work. I grabbed the back half of the taco with my right hand and craddled it so I could catch anything that fell out the back of the taco and used my right hand to guide it to my mouth. Usually the trailer park is just a good taco. Fried chicken, queso, and green chilis all melted to together. Today's was phenominal.

After finishing up Emmy and I went back to the front desk and we each ordered another to go, drove home, and enjoyed.

Friends, Sweat, and the greatest band in Texas

The greatest band in Austin playing an incredible show last night, and it wasn't at some fancy club downtown. Nobody had to pay for parking, with the exception of the one guy whose car got towed. And everyone looked and smelled terrible by the time the show was over. The band was The Eastern Sea and the venue was some beat up house on Cole Street that may forever be cursed with the sweet aroma of Lonestar beer.

If you've never been to house show then you are missing out on something incredible. Sure it is crowded and sweaty and the sound is sort of terrible, but the concert becomes something completely different. It becomes something much more intimate and personal. It becomes a story that you can tell you're friends. I've been following The Eastern Sea since their creation five years ago and I've seen them more times than I can count (Not in a bragging kind of way, but an embarrassing obsession way) and last night was easily one of the most memorable shows that I've seen them play.

To listen to The Eastern Sea check out their Myspace.

Sega does what Nintendon't

Yesterday marked the ten year anniversary of the release of Sega's Dreamcast system. I bought and loved a Dreamcast a few years after it was released and even though I don't have it anymore I will never forget the system.

My parents bought me a Sega Genesis when I was a did and it changed my life. It was my first experience with video games and from that point I was in love, and because my parents bought me a Sega I would become a Sega fan for life.

When I got my Dreamcast I really wanted it to be the best console I ever played. It had some of my all time favorite videogames. Sonic Adventure, Shenmue, and Powerstone are games that I would still play today if I had them.

Unfortunately the console wasn't as succesful as Sega, and myself, had hoped. The system died and Sega announced that they would no longer be making consoles and only create software. The announcment was sad. And I was sad.

My week in movies

This last week I have watched a lot of movies. A lot more than usual.

Speed: Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! (See review type of thing a few posts down)

Pan's Labyrinth: I think I really liked this movie. I say think because I fell asleep in beginning and wasn't really in the mood for trippy Spanish civil war fantasy but by the end of the movie I was glued to the screen. The visual effects where stunning and the film's story was fantastic.

Enemy of the State: Wow! I'd been meaning to watch this movie for years but just never got around to it. I'm sure part of the reason I enjoyed it some much was my never ending love for Will Smith, but it was a really solid movie. The only complaints I had involved how realistic technology in the movie was, and that it also wasn't as cool as I imagine it would have been had i seen it in 1998.

City of God: I had heard a lot of good things about City of God and for the most part it didn't let down. Great story, interesting setting, and great style. There was clearly a lot of thought put into the way that the movie was filmed. The one thing that could have used work was the 130 minute length...little lengthy.

20 minutes of Hancock: What a terrible terrible disappointment. I love super heroes and as I mentioned before I love Will Smith but good God this movie was bad. And of course by this movie I mean the first 20 minutes, but if a movie can't hook me by then then whats the point in wasting my time with it? The visual effects looks horrendous. The romantic subplot was predictable. Just a bad movie overall.