I can't believe I'm making my fourth blog entry for the year already, and it's still January. Last year just really sucked, I suppose, so much that what little inspiration I ever had to write anything just slipped away behind an iron wall. Maybe in 2009, Obama has given me hope to write again. It is to laugh.
(He actually has inspired hope in me, hope that we as normal, hard-working Americans don't get screwed too badly in whatever grandiose schemes he comes up with to "save America".)
Anyway, posting every day is not one of my resolutions for the year. One of my goals, however (remember, semantic games and all), is to write more often on this here blog, at least one post per week on average. I guess I'm all caught up for January now. ;-)
Another of my goals is to write 20 mini-reviews of movies I see throughout the year. One down, nineteen more to go. (I'll write more if so inspired, but this goal is my minimum.)
I also plan to update my list of movies I've never seen (to the actual list, not just a sampling), watch more Netflix movies (three movies Sep-Dec last year!), and post more of whatever I see, at least just a listing and maybe a brief comment. One day, I want to do a live-blogging experiment. I experimented with the mechanics of it in 2007 sometime, but never did anything with it (I also deleted the post since it was just testing). Kind of like the BD-Live thing Warner Bros did with The Dark Knight on Dec 18 (maybe — I didn't participate, so I'm just guessing).
[A few years ago, one of my online friends had never seen Edward Scissorhands. He told me he rented it one night, and we hit on the idea of starting it at the same time, and then he would tell me what he thought afterward. Of course, he loved it. It's a great movie! Too bad we couldn't discuss as we were watching it.]
Tonight, I'm watching Cat Ballou on Netflix watch instantly. The picture's a little blurry, but I get the gist enough. Yeah, downloads, while cool in theory, will still leave a lot to be desired to try to replace hard media like DVD and Blu-Ray. The demise of Blu-Ray is greatly exaggerated.
Oh, I did aerobics tonight. I thought I would die. Some of the steps I couldn't figure out; I know what the people were doing, but somehow the steps didn't make sense to me or seem to fit into a rhythm I could do. My lack of physical coordination strikes again. The next ten pounds are going to be kind of difficult. With God's help, though, I can do it.
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Sunday, January 04, 2009
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Traitor!
I'll get to the title of this post momentarily. But first, this message:
After reviewing my recording on my MP3 player, I finally have that second thing I couldn't remember before. I do lots of surveys and pretty much get points. Eventually, enough points adds up to getting some merchandise. I've only traded in points for a couple of things, both DVDs (the other merchandise is either junk, or just not to my taste). So, back in January, I ordered a DVD, Grave of the Fireflies - Collector's Edition. I received an order-verification email on Jan 5, which was several days after placing the actual order (maybe Jan 1).
On Monday, June 23, I got a package with a return address I did not recognize. I opened the package, and there was my DVD that I had ordered nearly six months prior. Talk about timely shipment. After all, it came the same year, didn't it?
So, about that traitor thing: I've been a member of Netflix since February 2000. They're the first, and frankly, they're the best, too. I stopped renting from Hollywood Video (except on days I was sick and stayed home from work and wanted multiple movies to watch all day). Blockbuster has never been all that attractive to me, even with their online and in-store combo program.
Tonight, however, I wanted some lighter fare than what was currently at home from Netflix (all good stuff, I'm sure, but sometimes you're just in a mood to watch something else). I stopped by McDonald's (second time this month, which is now twice in the past two years) to get a salad. And there was the red Red Box box (aptly named - who'd imagine they'd find a red box and come up with the name "Red Box"?).
I've looked at their offerings before, and with it being generally mainstream-only recent releases, I've never been tempted. Tonight, not only was I tempted, I succumbed and rented not one but two (count 'em) movies. I feel so dirty. The only catch is, I've got to watch both movies by 9 p.m. tomorrow night to make it worthwhile. I'm halfway there!
(Oh, I rented Fool's Gold, which was cute and enjoyable, but not something I would buy; definitely worth $1. The other movie is Jumper, which I have not watched yet. Maybe tomorrow after going to Batman: The Dark Knight.)
After reviewing my recording on my MP3 player, I finally have that second thing I couldn't remember before. I do lots of surveys and pretty much get points. Eventually, enough points adds up to getting some merchandise. I've only traded in points for a couple of things, both DVDs (the other merchandise is either junk, or just not to my taste). So, back in January, I ordered a DVD, Grave of the Fireflies - Collector's Edition. I received an order-verification email on Jan 5, which was several days after placing the actual order (maybe Jan 1).
On Monday, June 23, I got a package with a return address I did not recognize. I opened the package, and there was my DVD that I had ordered nearly six months prior. Talk about timely shipment. After all, it came the same year, didn't it?
So, about that traitor thing: I've been a member of Netflix since February 2000. They're the first, and frankly, they're the best, too. I stopped renting from Hollywood Video (except on days I was sick and stayed home from work and wanted multiple movies to watch all day). Blockbuster has never been all that attractive to me, even with their online and in-store combo program.
Tonight, however, I wanted some lighter fare than what was currently at home from Netflix (all good stuff, I'm sure, but sometimes you're just in a mood to watch something else). I stopped by McDonald's (second time this month, which is now twice in the past two years) to get a salad. And there was the red Red Box box (aptly named - who'd imagine they'd find a red box and come up with the name "Red Box"?).
I've looked at their offerings before, and with it being generally mainstream-only recent releases, I've never been tempted. Tonight, not only was I tempted, I succumbed and rented not one but two (count 'em) movies. I feel so dirty. The only catch is, I've got to watch both movies by 9 p.m. tomorrow night to make it worthwhile. I'm halfway there!
(Oh, I rented Fool's Gold, which was cute and enjoyable, but not something I would buy; definitely worth $1. The other movie is Jumper, which I have not watched yet. Maybe tomorrow after going to Batman: The Dark Knight.)
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