Ten Best Pictures!

broderic on February 3, 2010

Here’s imDb’s list of nominees.

I’ve seen seven of the ten best pictures: Avatar, District 9, An Education, Inglourious Basterds, A Serious Man, Up, and Up in the Air. Interesting considering the number of nominees.

Of the three I didn’t see, The Hurt Locker is the only one I’m really interested in. The Blind Side maybe. Precious, based on the Novel Saphire by whatshername, not interested.

I wonder if this changes things for the Oscar Pool?

What’s the deal with no Ponyo though?

Snowing once again…

broderic on February 3, 2010

What a winter! It hasn’t been like this for fifteen years. We’ve had a big snow storm before Christmas. It wasn’t a blizzard, but it snowed for two days. Then we’ve got the cold. There were a few days earlier this year where it was below 30F. Now it’s snowing again. Winter time.

It’s a wonder that I haven’t gone boarding.

Gravity’s Pull

broderic on February 1, 2010

R.E.M.

They are so 80s. So high school. So that time of my life. It reminds me of fall going into winter and having to do winter soccer. Being punk rock. Or being an outsider. What is it that Holden Caulfield said about all the phonies at his school?

It came out of nowhere

broderic on February 1, 2010

They reissued The Screaming Blue Messiah first two albums, Gun Shy and Bikini Red. If you need ’em, get ’em. I already have ’em. I wish I can get their third, Totally Religious. My brother’s got it store somewhere in his home. I was over there and he was trying to pawn off some mp3z his friend downloaded off the net and gave to him. Nope. I want all original pressings. Just for completeness sake.

Cross Game 168

broderic on January 30, 2010

Too bad they’ll never bring the Cross Game manga here. The industry believes that sports manga can’t ever catch on in the US. It’s our loss. Adachi-sensei is a very good story teller. Every time I read the scanlation, I ponder the greatness of this tale. Love, friendship, and baseball. Just plain a great story.

[Although when you read his other manga, you’ll find out that he runs through the same plot devices.]

Adachi-sensei still one of the best you’ll ever read.