I've been on an MST3K kick lately as they just added a bunch of them onto Netflix instant play.
Saw online that Michael J Nelson does "riff trax" for movies through some website now. Look like there is a small charge per movie to download. has anyone heard any of these? thoughts? Continue
We need some sort of advanced advertising protocols in place. Pandora isnt working on my laptop with firefox all of the sudden. probably something to do with a recent update. So I'm using the terrible and evil Internet Explorer. Evidently they have some sort of annoying popup banners that flank both sides of the song thats currently playing.
I know they have to pay for their license and whatnot. But I does rankle me when I get bombarded with ads for services I already subscribe to, like Netflix… Continue
I've met 3 cast members so far this year. Two of them in the last two days. Makes me vaguely wish I watched the show.
Jeff Fahey was the first. At the time I didn't even know he was on the show since I stopped watching at the end of season 2.
Yesterday was Naveen Andrews and today was Michael Emerson. All three very nice guys. Continue
So after what, a month? I finally got a pair of shoes that might work. Two returns to zappos and what do I do? Go back to the very first store at the mall that I tried. Just had to lower my standards quite a bit and now I'm the proud owner of something that could use way less fashion bullshit. We'll see how this goes.
No more shoe shopping online unless I'm familiar with the style. Continue
Added by mrmontie on September 10, 2009 at 8:56pm —
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I really shouldnt complain. so for once I wont. Rough cut pipe tobacco, local brewed beer, a balcony with a nice breeze from the tradewinds on a tropical island.
Music. being left the hell alone by the womenfolk since she has a buddy in town. No work tomorrow.
Not a bad night all things considered. Continue
Added by mrmontie on August 28, 2009 at 3:04am —
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potentially long and fairly pointless rant to follow:
I finally sold my SUV thats been sitting with family in Phoenix after a year of living in Hawaii. This is great, though as I'm sure all of you can relate, the jubilation is limited as all of the money has already been spoken for.
One item on the list, Daddy actually does need a new pair of shoes. Daddy has needed them for at least 6 months now but couldn't afford them. My mom bought me a pair of Sketchers back when I lived in Tucson (must b… Continue
Let it be noted that I grew up in a desert. I was born on what used to be a tobacco farm in NC, but I was quickly transported to Saudi Arabia where I spent my formative years.
things didn't grow unless you had "sweet sand" and even then it was only the gruffer stuff. (sweet sand was some sort of chemically treated sand that I'm sure had no side effects whatsoever.)
A new farmers market opened here in Honolulu last month and the gf went to see how it was. For some reason she is into mint these… Continue
I don't really go for fastfood very often. I've been doing it once or twice a week lately as I've been too lazy to make a lunch for work every day. But before moving to Hawaii, I'd have fast food maybe once every 3 months at the most.
However! I've been seeing commercials for Jack in the Box's "Big Deal." and I'm sorely tempted to walk or bike down to the one a few blocks away and get on board with that action.
I mean, a taco, burger, fries AND a drink!? get out of town!
The only way it cold… Continue
I dabble with pandora (www.pandora.com) now and then to try and find new music. In my limited experience its pretty terrible with anything involving lyrics. One exception to that rule came about around a month ago.
I came upon a duo out of Akron Ohio called the Black Keys. they're fairly stripped down, but I have to say that I'm liking them more and more.
Tonight I decided to watch a movie thats been in my Netflix instant queue for about a month called… Continue
Dont even bother watching uless you're a fan of Waits, Pop or Jarmsuch.
I saw this for free at a theater in tucson where a friend of mine worked. She commenced with passing a bottle of 151 rum to other coworkers of hers who were largely underage while we were watching. odd night.
But the funny bit is that I can't go to a bar now without looking to see if they have any Iggy Pop/Stooges or Tom Waits on the Juke. 85% of the time they don't. To their discredit. Continue
Not the canned kind. thats HUGE here. Hawaiians love their Spam.
I haven't really been getting much spam lately. Nobody uses email anymore and due to not having any money I do very little online purchasing.
Today I got a big folding expensive ad paper in my mailbox that actually had a car key attached to it. It even had a scratch off thing to see if you won. the thing thats even more stupid is that the scratch off bit didnt cover all of the three bars. and you could see without scratching that… Continue
My gf just got turned down for a job that would have given us free rent and utilities... because she is over qualified.
you dont turn away someone who is over qualified for a job that is only intended for one year anyway. what are they going to do? do too good of a job for you to handle?
blah. Continue
"Whats the name of that state thats below Oregon?"
umm, california...
"no, the other one... the one that has Washington DC"
Washington State?
"yeah! thats the one! Thanks." Continue
Here is where I ramble completely off topic as I don't have a blog anywhere...
Went to a BBQ for the gf's grad school department yesterday. I've been to a couple of these and they're never a bad time, but I generally fall entirely out of place since I'm not a student and have some pretty different views than most of the people in this field. So I was all settled in to drink other people's alcohol and eat other people's food for a couple hours on a beautiful spring day in Hawaii at Kapiolani par… Continue
Added by mrmontie on May 3, 2009 at 8:04pm —
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I'm a movie guy, so I agonize over orders and am completely unable to name the top favorite.
Narrowing it down to 20 is difficult in and of itself. Sneakers definitely makes the list.
This movie is always a joy from start to finish. I often put things on for background noise and this movie is on the rotation. It is, however, one of those that I always end up watching and abandoning everything else I'm doing.
The script is great and the ensemble acting is wonderful on all sides. I don't genera… Continue
Evidently I wasn't the only one as there is a thread on his IMDB page to that effect. But really I thought he died a couple of years ago.
I couldn't summon up the energy to dig up the thread we had going last year about people we thought were dead. I hope you can all forgive me. Continue
I got a digital converter box and just noticed that I don't get NBC or ABC on the broadcast signal.
The new channel designations are confusing me since they involve decimals. There is no decimal on the remote. Tvguide.com also lists NBC and ABC as being the same channel. which makes no sense to me. I'd understand if the signal strength just isnt strong enough for my auto assign channel function to detect but for them to both be the same channel makes no sense.
When i manually turn to the chann… Continue
So i'm livin it up tonight. Taco bell, cheap beer, and cooperative xbox games with a friend.
I havent had taco bell since july. Its one of those intermittent guilty pleasures of mine.
I can't order taco bell at the drive through. Ever. its too much stress. I need to be able to contemplate the menu for at least 5 minutes before getting my strategy together. they need to have an option similar to their grande meal but one thats more varied. The grande meal is essentially two items. but many of t… Continue
