Ode to my iPhone

With my iPhone
I can call all my friends
I can talk talk talk
Until the day ends

With my iPhone
I can surf on the net
I can check my facebook
And post pictures of wolfram, my pet

My iPhone tells me the weather
and let's me play games
Downloading stuff for free
Definately isn't lame

It stores all my music
And phone numbers too
I can watch the stocks drop
while crying, boo-hoo.

So many cool apps
Like a virtual dog
My iPhone's so awesome
It deserves a poem on my blog!

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Movie Review: The Day The Earth Stood Still

The Day the Earth Stood Still, a remake of the 1950s movie of the same name starring Jennifer Connelly and Keanu Reeves was a decent flick but nothing special.

Special Effects: the effects were cool, however I think they could have had more of a punch.

The Plot: the plot of the movie was somewhat different from that of the original. The main theme was one that seems to be very popular amongst movies right now (humans are destroying the planet) which is seen in other movies like Wall-e and The Happening. I would say that of these 3 movies I would rank this one as 2nd place (wall-e 1st and the happening 3rd)

The Acting: the role of the alien Klatuu was perfect for Keanu Reeves, as he is not the most well rounded actor but does a good job playing stiff alien or robotic roles with minimal emotions. Jennifer Connelly made up for Keanu's lack of emotion. The kid, played by Will Smith's son was VERY annoying and the part could have probably been removed without anyone noticing. He was nothing more then an unnecessary annoyance.

The worst part of the movie was the ending. It seemed rushed.

I would recommend watching this movie on a rainy day when it is free on cable.

Mangy Squirrel Rating: 2 1/2 out of 5 acorns.

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New years blogging resolution

So, I am thinking it would be a good idea to structure my blog a bit. Starting next week I am going to try to follow the following schedule:

Monday: Retro Reviews - me reviewing older movies.

Tuesday: Poem day

Wednesday: Favorite song of the week - me highlighting my favorite song of the week.

Thursday - nothing

Friday - Photo Friday

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My Bloody Valentine 3D - coming soon

I saw a movie trailer tonight for the new 3D horror movie My Bloody Valentine 3D. Even though I don't do "slasher" horror movies I must admit I am intrigued. The fact that it is 3D, I would imagine would make it ultra terrifying! I wonder if this 3D thing is a new film trend that is going to become popular with more and more mainstream movies. Usually when you think 3D you think nature documentary but it looks like that is no longer the case.

This movie is starring Jensen Eckles of Supernatural (YUM) and a bunch a cry-baby skinny girls.

Another thing I liked about the trailer was the tagline:

"Nothing says date movie like a 3D ride to Hell!"

I know I would be terrified and would probably close my eyes and plug my ears for most of it (thus wasting like $15) but I kinda want to see it.

It comes out at the end of January.

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10 Great Holiday Movies

Below are my favorite Holiday movies. They are not in any kind of order.

1. The Grinch Who Stole Christmas (the cartoon version only) - a classic

2. Rudolph - another classic. It is full of claymation goodness!

3. Die Hard - Yippee-ki-yay mother$&@?&$!! Also, it has Alan Rickman as the bad guy....YUM!!

4. Babes in Toyland (only the one from 1960). This movie is awesome. They don't play it enough!!

5. Scrooged. One of my all time favorites!! More holiday movies should be like this one!!

6. A Christmas Story. Yet another classic.

7. The Gremlins. Answering the age old question of what to get someone who has everything!!

8. The Shining. There is nothing like watching the snow gently fall from a beautiful hotel...especially if you are staying in room 237!!!

9. The Nightmare Before Christmas. Is it a Christmas movie? Is it a Halloween movie? Who cares?!

10. Mickey's Christmas Carol. I use to watch this every year when I was a kid!!

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Kirk Cameron is still a GIANT tool!!

Okay so this week it seems our buddy Kirk is telling people that they are going to Hell if they go to see movies that have blasphemous language. Really...Really!!!! How about, "hey man, rape and murder bad!" Nooo!! Seeing a movie with blasphemous words like "God or Jesus" will send you straight to the Hot Pit!

Then, most of the show was an advertisement for the Mel Gibson movie Passion of the Christ. You remember Mr. Gibson, right? He was the man who made anti-Semitic remarks to the officer arresting him for driving drunk and then calling a female officer "sugar-tits"!! Nice role model you got there Kirky!!!

I never saw Passion of the Christ. I wouldn't want to hand my money over to a hypocritical anti-Semite who obviously doesn't have any respect for women or the law!

Then, on the show Kirk shows clips of recent movies with people cussing (bleeping out the sinful parts, of course). These movies include the bucket list and some vince vaughn movie. If I were any of the actors in those movies I would be pissed!! Not to mention the fact that I can't recall hearing in the news that vince vaughn was running around calling the females that help serve and protect us sugar-tits!!!

All of this "see only the g rated god friendly movies" couldn't at all be a ploy to boost sales of Kirk's own lame-ass movie about god fearing fire fighters....could it?!! That would be....very wrong!!

And...Ray Comfort looked creeptastic in a tux!!!!

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Tis the Season....to go crazy

Is it just me!!! I have noticed the following happens the second Thanksgiving is over and lasts until the end of the year.

1. People on the road are crazy! Thats right folks, crazy. There was a little bit of traffic the other day on 29 towards the mall and some FOOL couldn't wait it out and tried to go across the median which was basically a big ditch and naturally she got stuck. What a loser!! I mean really. So much for being in that much of a rush. Now she is going to have to sit there and wait for a tow truck. On the plus side, I was entertained while sitting in traffic!!

2. People trying to park are crazy! It took me 45 minutes to find a parking space at the mall the other day. I just couldn't believe it. I mean the economy is in crisis and whatnot! It isn't like I was at Wal-Mart!

3. Time flys like crazy! Spending all your time everyday just trying to prepare for the holidays which don't even feel like the holidays (and everyone says this every year, which leaves me to believe that when you don't feel like it feels like its the holidays, that is the true feeling you are suppose to have on the holidays....still with me). People always have these grand plans and nothing seems to ever work out because we are all so busy being busy all the time. Like baking cookies, which I say I am going to do every year. I have all the cookie supplies and yet, I never have the time to bake the cookies! My friend had a great idea the other day. Get a variety of Elf Fudge, Oreos, Nutter Butter cookies and throw them in tins to give to people as gifts. Does it count that you opened up each of the boxes and put the cookies into tins? I mean I guess you could get cookies that look homemade like from the grocery store or something, but whats the point. I mean, if you are not going to do it, you might as well not do it right!!

4. Trying to find the right gift....right! Again, since the economy sucks we can't even cop out with a gift card because who knows if that company is going to be in business next month (of course you could always get a nice gift certificate combo of McDonalds and Wal-Mart because they are not going anywhere). So now, we really have to think about what to get people....to hard....everyone gets cookies....oh right....I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO MAKE THEM!!!!