Movies and Marriage and Martinis

Monday, July 25th, 2011

The last two weeks have been fun and full of excitement. This is the part of summer that seems to be filled with happy hour mixers. The weekend before last our office had a ballgame outing. We went to the Cyclones game at Coney Island. I didn’t pay much attention to the game, but had [...]

Follies Fallout and Other Diversions

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

Well, it’s been a week since we closed the show and I’m still a bit high on life. I already miss the cast (even though I see a substantial portion of them every day of school). It’ll probably be a while (if ever) before we have official performance clips online, but I uploaded a whole [...]

And I am a weapon of massive consumption

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Thanks to holiday gift cards, I’ve spent much of my break doing things like reading non-law books and going to movies. Also watching cartoon marathons on television. Anyway, here are my quick reviews of the movies and books. Avatar is sort of like a twink on ecstasy working a stripper pole. Sure, it’s fun to [...]

2009 in Review

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Well, I’m not going as all-out as I did last year with the year in review stuff, but some data for posterity… Movies I saw in the theater in 2009: Avatar Nine Happy Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Star Trek The Hurt Locker Sugar X-Men Origins: Wolverine Notable not-required-for-school Books I read in 2009: Snuff, [...]

Weekend Wrap and HP&tHBP

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

My first full weekend in the city was less than eventful. I spent some time wandering around the Upper West Side, jogging along Riverside Park, and generally getting to know my neighborhood better. I stopped in a dive-y gay bar I doubt I’ll be checking out again and I treated myself to a trip to [...]

Ready to Roll

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Well, the car is packed up except for a few odds and ends (like my laptop, obviously). Since I have specific window of time during which I’m able to move-in, I’m trying to time the trip so that I arrive during that window. That means I should leave Cincinnati sometime around midnight. The plan is [...]

Movie Review: Sugar

Monday, June 1st, 2009

This is the movie we thought we were seeing on my birthday: Sugar: Brendan Fehr, Andre Noble, Marnie McPhail Based on several short stories by writer Bruce LeBruce, Sugar is a provocative and funny coming of age love story. Cliff, a gay teen, is restless in his sheltered suburban life, and anxious to have his [...]

Spoiler-free Trek Thoughts

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

I’ve never been much of a trekkie. Sure, I’ve seen most of the shows and movies, but I never really made a huge effort to keep up. Yesterday, I went to see J.J. Abram’s Star Trek. It’s a really, really good movie and may make a full-fledged Trekkie out of me yet, although I want [...]

Okay, you can make it up to me

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Well, it appears Fox will control the X-Men film franchise forever. They announced a spin-off from Wolverine with Ryan Reynolds’ character, Deadpool. I love me some Ryan Reynolds, and I love me some Deadpool, but after Wolverine, I weep. Between this new movie, X-Men Origins: Magneto, and X-Men: First Class, we’re never going to get [...]

Views and Reviews

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

Today was so nice I decided to take a quick trip to the local comic store for Free Comic Book Day (disappointed in the offerings this year, but did buy the Astonishing X-Men books that have come out since last August when I stopped buying comics every week). I also went for a walk in [...]