Holy Shmuckers!

I have a physics lab due tommorow, but i dont really feel like doing it, so here i am. Procrastination FTW! on a side note, i have been short handing the word tomoro for so many years on msn, i dont think i know what the actual spelling is any more. On a side side note, did you know they invented a punctuation mark in the 60's to replace "!?" its called intterobang and it looks like this: ‽. it never really cought on, which is tragic, so i promote its use. just press alt+8253, unless your on windows 7, where it doesnt work for whatever reason, but no worries, i have personally informed billy gates about the matter through the medium of aggressive telepathy, and im sure they're all over it. There was a ten minute blizzard in ottawa today, my tiny class of 20 people completely stopped to watch it. Our teacher, bob, is almost completely bald, with a semi circle of strawberry red hair on the back of his head, a deep melodic voice, and two sets of glasses which hang from his neck and he switches between continuously. His deep voice is very soothing and in a dark, warm room whirring wiht computers, i often find his musical ramblings about Style sheets and syntax lulling me to sleep. I get the impression hes an aging hippie, he wears moccasins and rides a bike to school. Ok the moccasins were a lie, but im sure he has at some point in his life, i can tell. He says things like okidoke, and anywho, which are even more hilarious coming from a large old man. When he saw the snow, he exclaimed "HOLY SHMUCKERS!", i enjoyed that.

Anyway! i came up with a theory lately that i wish to share with you. Do you ever realize that some of the people in your dreams are strangers? I wondered if it was just me for a while, hoping it would indicate some strange condition that i could use as an excuse to not feel in akward in akward situations in a "ITS NOT MY FAULT! IM DIFFERENT!" kind of way. but apparantly not, it happens to everybody. My roommate says he completely fabricates and has sex with strangers in his dreams. So i got to wondering how does the mind render completely new characters, out of nothing, that talk and interact and, if your me, ridicule in your dreams? The people in my dreams do and say things for reasons i don't understand, how does the mind completely invent a whole other personality for a dream character to have and act out without it being a projection of your own personality? because its impossible to imagine how another person thinks. Which brings me to my theory that these dream people could exist in real life. I like to think they live somewhere in the world, possibly another time and i have met people from all over the world while i sleep. I like to think they dream about me as i dream about them. We are brought together in a little dream world from across the continents. Its a rather lovely thought i think, and i hope its true. It would also make a fantastic idea for a movie, so look forward to SLUMBER starring ERIK BAHM, directed by GRANT DEVRIES and RICHARD WITHERS, written by KYLE THOMPSON, assistant to the director: BEN KEIFER, catered by RYANS MOM.

much love,
kyle

Movie of the Week - A Few Good Men

Unlike many of todays movie goers, I firmly beleive that Tom Cruise is one of the best actors out there. All you have to do is simply watch one of his dozens of movies to know that this guy can act. Todays media being the way it is, word spreads pretty quickly about actors and their personal lives, and how they live them, and many people are blinded by Tom Cruises public actions, giving him an unfair rep as an actor. Being a devout scientoligist and jumping histaricaly on Opra's couch screaming "I love Katie Holmes", despite being very weird and even slightly comical, really has nothing to do with how he acts on the big screen. For all of you that say he's nothing but a nut job wacko that couldn't act his way out of a wet paper bag, I object, because the fact is, "you can't handle the truth!"


I give you exibit a, A Few Good Men (1992). This courtroom drama, which happens to have an all star cast including Jack Nicholson, Demi Moore, Kevin Bacon, and small roles by Keifer Sutherland and Cuba Gooding Jr., is a movie not only with a great story; it's a movie with tremendous acting. The film revolves around the trial of two US Marines charged with the murder of a fellow Marine, and how Cruise prepares a case to defend his clients. There's literally no action or suspense in this movie what-so-ever, however you are compelled to keep your eyes glued to the screen as Cruise wins you over with his witty and briliant personality. Jack Nicholson plays the "bad guy" for lack of a better word, however I won't explain that so as not to spoil any of the movie. The story is kind of this emotional rollercoaster ride that Cruise takes you on as he is forced to consider his values and what he beleives in through out the course of the case. Despite being an interesting story, the movie truly would have failed without the great performances of Cruise, Nicholson, Bacon, and even Moore. Its a movie that really just makes you feel good inside, and appreciate what it takes to be a lawer. I give the flim a 4/5 and strongly recomend seeing it if you havn't already. Here's the trailer:



After seeing this movie I can gaurantee that whatever beef you have with Tom Cruise, you'll put behind you when you watch his movies. This is just one of many of his great performances. He's an excellent action star in films such as the Mission Impossibles, Minority Report and The Last Samurai. He plays smart believeable lawer s in both The Frim, and A Few Good Men. And he is a terrific character actor in films such as Rain Man, Jerry Maguire, and my probably one of my favorite performances ever by him Tropic Thunder. He's coming out in a new movie this summer with Cameron Diaz called Knight and Day, which looks awesome! Heres the trailer:



Well that's all until next week!

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Today is Sunday

Hello to all my beloved readers,

I have managed to pull myself out of my overly congested schedule to fit in a blog post.
I will begin with an update. Many of you know that my biggest news of the past fortnight has been my acceptance into Vancouver Film School, beginning in May of this year. yay. In actuality, thats all of my news from the past fortnight.
To quash some fears and anxieties you may have; University has not changed me. I will valiantly return to you in my usual splendor, and still amazingly, and cooly tall. I feel enlightened and educated ready to face a world of troubles. This has not hindered my love of the hunt (seagulls), the pleasure i get from eating Dominos pizza at Block House Island, or my desire to rid the world of its many Douchebags. I am what I am, and thats all that I am.
At this exact second I am sitting in my dimly lit room staring out the rain splattered window and wondering when my Stephen Fry autobiography will arrive. Hopefully tomorrow. Hamilton has yet to go with a full week with snow on the ground. Making for a rather dull winter. Although, yesterday I was able to go for a walk with only a light jacket on, which was nice.
I wish that something completely enthralling happened to me this week so that this post would be a little more interesting. I would have even accepted being kidnapped, blindfolded, trucked to a remote location and given the decision between surviving in a ring with a raging bull, or killing both an alligator and a great white shark tied together at the tails while a small mexican boy sprays water on them. THAT would have made for a more interesting week, and subsequently, post. Fingers crossed for a more event filled week ahead.
Until next time,
I hope you are all well and in good spirits,

Grant D.

Hours of Entertainment

Second Funniest Blog Ever (is that better grant?)

So i was checkin out yahoo news today, cause really who reads the paper anymore, and i saw this video about a sleep talking guy, so i checked it out, and it turns out there's this guy that says the most REDICULOUSE stuff in his sleep, and his wife tapes it every night and puts the best of it on this blog:

www.sleeptalkinman.blogspot.com

It is honestly the funniest shit i have ever seen, like the stuff that comes out of his mouth is soo fantastical, it's like he has devine knowledge, like he's having a conversation with jesus. it will blow your mind so read it!

thats all for now

THINGS KYLE LIKES

I too think i need a regular item to keep me focused and reduce creative strain. Ive decided on Things Kyle Likes. In which i will outline things I like, and dislike. as they pertain to my life. Installment one is as follows:

THINGS KYLE LIKES

Arizona red apple green tea.
Nectar of the gods, possible the greatest beverage i have encountered in my life. Cheap too! Amazing.


(elementary)Physics.
A shocker, i know. But ive never taken physics before, so i was pretty trepidatious (minus 1 point) about having it this semester, especially after failing math last semester, but its going really well. Actually, i find my self kind of enjoying it, i think its because its the first time since grade 8 i have understood a form of math that is being taught to me. Could always get harder though (thats what she said).


Sandwiches.
I've just really been craving them lately. All kinds, in every colour and creed in the deli rainbow, i dont discriminate.


Fantastic Mr. Fox.
I have watched this movie twice in the last 2 days. It's not for everybody, but i love quirky, kind of odd, movies. Plus it looks amazing. The human puppets are particularly impressive, their entire faces move so complexly when they talk. Micheal Gambon (Dumbledore) is awesome in it, and George Clooney's in it, so you know its good (that was for grant).

THINGS KYLE DOESN'T LIKE

China!
Recently, the chinese government has hacked the Gmail accounts of chinese journalists and performed cyber attacks against google itself as well as enforcing stricter censoring of google searches. In response google announced its not going to censor searches in china anymore, even if this means they can no-longer operate in china. Which is pretty amazing if you think about it. Google is willing to step out of the fastest growing economy in the world and loose billions of dollars in revenue in order to make a point to the chinese government. Kudos to google.


The Kindle.
I just dont get it. What does a kindle do that a book cannot? New technology is supposed to fix a problem with old technology. What was wrong with books? The only possible advantage they have is that its easier to hold and turn pages. That is not worth &300. If my math is correct, which it probably isn't, you'd have to spend another $300 ontop of the cost of the kindle, and buy the cheapest kindle books you can find, to make buying a kindle cheaper than buying the same amount of books in book form. Plus it opens up the publishing world to piracy, which isn't as rich as the movie and music industry and could take a serious blow, i could go on but.... just don't buy a kindle!


Australia.
I wanted to go to australia, but apparently everything there will kill you. Box jellyfish, blue ring octopus, giant spiders, sharks, salt water alligators, fresh water alligators, giant spiders, 8 out of the top 10 most dangerous snakes in the world, more giant spiders, platypuses (platipi?) are poisonous apparently, if you hit a kangaroo with your car your dead, if you stand near a wombats tunnel, you are dead, there are stone fish which just sit at the bottom of the ocean pretending to be stones until you step on them, then your dead, and giant spiders. The rest is sheep.

I think thats enough for now, cya.

PS. my reading week is 15-19, so if anyone wants to come and stay up in ottawa for a night, then's your chance.

Movie of the Week - The Book of Eli

Hey Alligators

So Iv been trying to think of a good way of increasing my blog entries, and Iv decided that since I watch an average of 15 - 20 movies a week (the first step to recovery of an addiction is acceptance so im on the right track lol), usually at least one of which at the theatre, then a weekly movie review would be a good idea.

This weeks movie is The Book of Eli. I saw this opening night last friday, and going into it I had mixed expectations. Visually, I thought the film looked pretty sweet, as Im a big fan of appocalypse movies, and its always cool to see the way the earth looks after a nuclear war. It also looked like it had the potential of having some great action, as well as good acting from both Denzel Washington and Gary Oldman, as well as Mila Kunis who has recently been doing a lot of movies and I think she's pretty good, not to mention smokin hot. As far as the story goes, I really didnt know what to think. All the trailer really gave you was that Denzel was protecting this book for some reason, and that Gary Oldman wanted it, so i really didnt know what the book was or what its purpose was. Despite being opening night, the theatre was only about half to 3/4 full (where as Avitar 3D was sold out for the fourth week in a row).

Despite the decaying, depressing and hopless look of the movie, it was actually an increadibly "feel-good" movie, even more so then Avatar. When I left the theatre, I was kind of in awe to how powerful a message it had, and how well it delivered it. As I had predicted, the looks, acting, and action in the film were all terific. Pretty much the entire US has been reduced to a desert wasteland, and it look really great. Its hard to tell where the set ends and were the CG begins, which always a good accomplishment. Denzel Washington is BAD-ASS in this movie. He litteraly takes no shit from anyone. He's very calm, and minds his own buisness, but if you mess with him, he will FUCK YOU UP! He carries this sweet looking machete that he uses multiple times to defend himself, and he aslo carries a few guns that he uses in a couple good gunfights. Gary Oldman also played a great character. He's one of those characters that kinda plays on both sides of good and bad. He runs a small city as kind of a dictator, and can be ruthless if he is disobeyed, but all of his intentions are technically for the greater good, and you find it hard to really hate him. I'm not gonna talk too much about the story because I dont want to give to much away, but I will say its extremely interesting, and will keep you interested the whole way through. There's also a couple of good twists at the end, which are always good. All in all I think it was a great movie, and almost worth seeing again. It's got a really powerfull message that you wouldnt expect from this kind of movie, but also manages to blend it into an entertaining epic. I definatly recomend seeing it, and I'm giving it a 4.5 / 5 stars.

There doesnt seem to be anything overly good coming out this week, so I'll probably wait until next week when that Mel Gibson movie, The Edge of Darkness, comes out, cause that looks awesome. The only thing better then a BAD-ASS Denzel washington, is a BAD-ASS Mel Gibson! However, I'v been downloading movies like mad, so I should be able to find something good for next week!

Until then
Later Alligators!

PS Here's a trailor of The Book of Eli incase you havnt seen it yet:

New Semester & Larry the Cable Guy

Hey All

I hope everyones new semester is going well! Mine is somehow going to be even easier then last, which seems impossible, but i aint complaining lol
So i went to see Larry the Cable Guy live at the K-Rock centre which was pretty freakin sweet!!

Here's a couple vids i took:






Enjoy!

>.< Snookms Snookms >.<

Props to grant for finding this, i gave him a chance to post it himself, but he took to long, so im taking it and using it as a post of my own, cause i couldn't think of anything. If your feeling down its guaranteed to cheer you up. After watching it a few times i like to close my eyes and imagine a young who-grant, dressed in a little VonTrapp sailor suit, singing it with his sister on christmas morn, enjoy.

My First Blogg of 2010!

Greetings fellow alligators. I too feel it has been a long time since iv actually blogged on here (since november to be exact), and am making it a new years resolution to blogg more, along with spend less time downloading movies (cause really 50 GB of movies per month is a bit redonculous), and start going to bed by 12 (which will probably be the hardest and quite possibly impossible for me).
I also intend on finishing my novel within the next couple of months, which isnt really a resolution, just a goal.
This extra week off from school, tho boring, has been quite relaxing. Erik and I watched "A Perfect Getaway" which actually blew both of our minds. It was actually amazing! Im probly heading back to Kingston on Saturday, and im going to the Larry the Cable Guy concert in k-town that night, which will hopefully be kick ass! Marks are now out and I faired pretty good, except for Photoshop, which I got a f**king 60% in, which is a result of our prof not handing back any marks at all the whole semester, giving me no idea how i was doing in the course. Hopefully I can fight this, but idk, we'll se what happens. I'm pretty excited for this semester as I have Film Studies, Video Editing, and Media and the Arts, which should all be pretty descent.
I might have actually managed to get a job in kingston at an esso gas station.
And now for the best news:
So as you guys know I'm currently living in Kingston with my grandparents. My Parents and Grandpartens are going on a trip to the Dominican from Jan 22nd-30th, leaving me an empty house in ktown for a week. My Birthday happens to be Jan 26th. I am planning on having a party on saturday the 23rd, and I expect you all too show up lol, and you can come for the weekend if you want. It should be pretty ballin, and I hope most of you guys can come. I know that for those of you that live past toronto you probably wont be able to make it, but the invitaion is open.
Anyways, thats about all I got right now
ttyl Alligators

Two Posts in less than 24 hours, woot!

just in case anyone is interested

I Kinda Forgot How To Do This

Oh, hello there. My New Years resolution was to blog more, so here goes. It's been a while, so I almost feel like I've forgotten how to do this. It will not stop snowing in ottawa. It was sunny yesterday and there was still snow coming down, just a light sprinkle, but it will not stop. I love snow, but i think after a certain point of walking in slush and always having wet feet, you just want to see the sun. Speaking of the sun, I watched a movie called Moon last night. Excellent movie! Kinda weird, its about some guy whose stationed alone on the moon. If you're thinking of watching it, don't watch the trailer first, it gives away too much.
The fan on my laptop is fucked up. It is VERY loud, Ive probably told some of you this before but it was so loud once it woke up my roommate, he thought it was his phone vibrating. So im going to go to Rideau Center today to see how long it would be for it to be sent away and fixed. But I need it for pretty much everything, so i dunno if thats even possible. I found that if you lift up the corner of the laptop and drop it while the fan is going nuts it makes it quieter... sometimes... so the times it doesnt i get frustrated and more and more aggressive with it. I need to fix it fast before i break it.
So far my semester is looking ok. I dont have many art classes, which blows, but all my teachers speak perfect english, which i have never been more thankful for. I dont think i could take another semester of "is ayisickleteh tlee den.." which translated means "if i is equal to three then.." *twitch*
So the Burj Dubai was official opened yesterday. It is 828m, and they renamed it Burj Khalifa, just to fuck with people. It's weird for me to think of it as being done, it doesnt seem long ago that i would spend hours online looking at construction images of it when it was only 20 storeys tall. Anyway, there was a crazy ass opening ceremony, if you've got 12 minutes to kill the whole thing is awesome, but jump to 8:50 to see the whole building lights up.

btw. the tallest building in the world is also next to the largest mall and largest fountain in the world which shoots 150m into the air.. i love dubai.
EDIT - the videos widescreen so i cant get a player small enough that it wont cut off the buttons on the end to close the ad and make the vid bigger, so the link is here.