Jules: Now Yolanda, we're not gonna do anything stupid, are we?
Yolanda: You don't hurt him.
Jules: Nobody's gonna hurt anybody. We're gonna be like three little Fonzies here. And what's Fonzie like? Come on Yolanda what's Fonzie like?
Yolanda: C-c-c-cool?
Jules: What?
Yolanda: He's cool.
Jules: Correctamundo. And that's what we're gonna be. We're gonna be cool.Jules (Samuel L. Jackson) et Yolanda (Amanda Plummer), Pulp Fiction
If you've been reading my blog for a while now, you've read about my disdain for vampires, their stories and movies. I can't stand 'em, and their appeal frustrates me at times like wish fulfillment people looking for a fantasy life. Give me science fiction or sword and sorcery for my fantasy life not something from the horror genre.Still, there's one vampire tale that I like a whole lot: Stephen King's Salems Lot. The night I read it I had to stay up until dawn because I was too scared to put it down and turn the lights off. The Glick kids could've started scratching at my window if I did. Even to this day, it is the one vampire story I can say I like. Most likely, this affection results from the novel's heroes are the vampire hunters. It sides with those who are vanquishing the scourge that are the vampires of the story like eradicating a virus. Kill all vampires!Today's like is a nice roundtable read about the CBS miniseries explaining how it fits into the vampire story pantheon. I watched the miniseries as a youngster and I can tell you how frightening it was. Only later when I read the book did I feel the terror of it all.http://moviemorlocks.com/2011/03/25/the-horror-dads-in-salems-lot/
Once again I have to ask, why are all our vacations all about the eating? Here’s a shot of the cakes you can find at Red Ribbon Bakery, a Filipino bake shop. They also serve palabok, dinuguan, and empanada. After airplane food, after fish and chips, we end up here — my mom, Tita Mina, and Tito Rudy — looking for food. Again.
We got some to go.
Now, I’ve got a few enseymada and taisan to eat. I should get coffee with these pastries. I should’ve gotten some pan de sal, also.
The cupboard seems bare for this season, but at least we get two bobbleheads: Matusz and Showalter. Here's to hoping the Orioles get off to a good start and stay competitive so that when bobblehead day arrives for Buck he's still around. Unlike last year with a certain left fielder, *cough* *cough* Riemold.http://baltimore.orioles.mlb.com/schedule/promotions.jsp?c_id=bal&y=2011
The one bet me buy, the one bet me buy, it bust me, lordLong Shot Bus' Me Bet, Sons of the Pioneers
I can now finally play all those Bard's Tale games I have socked away.http://boxerapp.com/
Picture from this past weekends nuttiness. Here’s to family.
It is true about what the critics have been saying about Battle: Los Angeles. It really is a movie made up of all the action flick cliche’s you’ve already seen.
Let’s check off some movies that Battle: Los Angeles is indebted to. Black Hawk Down, Alien, Aliens, District 9, Saving Private Ryan, Bourne Identity, 300, ID4, Transformers, War of the Worlds, Avatar. The list goes on and on. I even threw in movies I’m not so sure was in there, but no doubt with squinty eyes they can be.
That said I enjoyed it still. This will be one of those movies on TNT or TBS that you’ll watch whenever its on.
3 of 5 stars.
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Did I really make Cousin Brenda take me to the ballpark?
Yup.
I wish it was the real baseball season.
MD 88 is 5 seats wide. The overhead bins are small and not too tall. Going west by south is stupid ridiculous. Once doors are closed we're sealed in. Sitting in an airplane on the middle of the Tarmac looking like we are on the take off lane!How is it that I got a longer wait in Atlanta again. I've been here twice and I've spent more time waiting for a plane than I had ever done flying here. Atlanta airport metro running slow. Nice breakfast at Brioche Doureé. French. Croissant. Ham egg and cheese. You'll find it on concourse A hidden by the bookstore. Went to concourse A. Now back in concourse B. Did not take the Metro.
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