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Turkey Day

Well another Turkey Day has come and almost gone.... which means another Chistmas season is upon us.... A lotta money I don't got... but Best Buy is having a huge DVD sale tomorrow morning and I prolly don't want to miss that.

I've pulled out the Christmas music already... cause why not.

I spent my day with other Orphans of Xxxtina's. An awesome turkey with all the great stuff around it including stuffing. Played The 90's edition of Trivial pursuit agina and won... again. No body wants to play with me anymore. :(

The Bears lost again. I think it was their Orange jerseys. They looked like they Bengals and who's threatened by them.

Did miss the Parade this morning... that's an odd tradition to miss... but I lost my keys last night (which is nothing new to people who know me) and I couldnt' leave my friends house last night... so that meant a late night till they were finally found in a room I never went in. Blah..

But we had so much leftopver food I think everyone took home enough for 2 meals. Which is nice.

So happy Thanksgiving all. I'm thankful for my friends who will catch me when I fall and to my family who I'm glad is a constant in my life... even if it means calling me out of nowhere and singing wacky songs at me. And I mean AT me.

Give thanks to everyone your thankful no matter how it is.

Matt

National Treasure

My National Treasure would be some #%$%@ing sunshine. It's still raining. In two weeks we've had a day and a half of sunshine.

I'm dying. But still writing away.

Ryan and I went to see National Treasure... the new Bruckheimer/ Nicholas Cage movie. Always liked Nicholas Cage... even before I knew he was. But since The Rock he's been high on my list. So the matching of Bruckheimer and Cage was on my gotta see list. And... it was all right. I mean it was funny... not a lot of room for Cage to freak out like he's so good at... but it was good.

Part of problem with the film is that if you've read The Da Vinci Code you'll recognize the plot. It's as if Bruckheimer read Da Vinci Code saw that Ron Howard had already acquired the rights and set out to make his own version.
(Incdentally, Brian Grazer was going to buy TDVC for the TV show 24 but the author had his sights set on movies. Now Ron Howard is directing and Tom Hanks is starring.)

Anyway, a lot of action not enough plot. It's not really a thinker, like it could have been. Off set the action without bit of intellectual tingler and you would have had an A movie... but as it is it's a B.

I might also mention Cage's costars are awesome. The buddy named Riley. played by Justin Bartha, is a laugh riot. (I could played this part by just walking on to the set and picking up the script on Day 1. I wish I had.) But he's hilairous. And the chickie Diane Krueger who also played Helen in Troy is hot hot hot in this film. She's instantly likeable.... but that's true of most Bruckheimer women.

So see it... or wait for the DVD. Either way I'm sure you'll like it.

Matt

RAIN

We're on our fourth day of rain. Make it go away.

I could never live in Seattle. These four days have been bad enough I can't imagine weeks at a time.

The sun gives me energy and makes me happy. A couple of days of rain makes me feel sad and annoyed. And when THAT happens... well at least I write more.

I guess there's something to the suicidal and depressed states of many artists and writers. Your brain puts pours out with creativit y. It's probably not healthy but it works.

Don't worry I don't have a broken glass to my wrists or anything.

I'm working on a short for the MoviesAskew webboard. It's an idea I've been wanting to turn int o movie but I never thought I had enough for an entire movie. So the 30 minute short should just about do it. But wow does it clip along.

1 week until the offical start of the Christmas season. And gobs of Turkey, turkey turkey. Can't wait.

Not much going on this week so got nothing to write about. But I have a feeling I got something brewing on the horizon worth mentioning. So we'll see.

Matt

Cold again

All right I love seasons. It's odd. and like I said last time it's nostalgic. I don't even complain about cold weather. RIght now it's 45 degrees outside. We've finalized our Thanksgiving plans. My firend XXXtina's parents are leaving town and since all of us have apartments the use of her parents house is awesome.

Her parents also have a giant screen TV to watch football on. Someone said we're buying a keg. What? I think wine would be more appropro. But I guess we could save the wine for dinner.

It's chilly enough Ryan and I have decided to sit and watch Ep IV. We're playing som Madden and Ryan's kicking my tush.

Last night we played the 90's edition of Trivial Pursuit. I humbly admit I won. more importantly I kicked the groups ass. I had a little help from Miss Mary-Susan. She answered six quesitons for me (one for a pie). But I nailed all the rest myself. I got the other 5 pies and the person closest to me had 3. Garrett.

I'm calling in next time Super Millionaire comes on. Even if I won 20,000 I'd be happy.

Well, have a good weekend, I'm off to watch Luke blow up a death star.

Winter

I like seasons. I really don't mind cold weather. It's kinda nice... nostalgic in a way. I have these awesome memories of a dark winter sky with 2 feet of snow on the ground... bundled in moon boots, scarves and a thick padded coat. And I'd spent probably a good hour out in the snow building a fort. Mittens. Don't really help you shape snow. But keep your hands really warm.

There's a nice smell in the crisp air. You know it's winter. In the past week in only got down to 40 but it was the beginnings of winter. Course here in Austin that's probably as cool as it gets. But it's nice anyway.

Gearing up for Thanksgiving. I've talked about it before but I love the Holiday season. And it all starts, for me, after Turkey Day. I know the rest of world starts it on November 1, but I believe, thanks to Macy's, that it doesn't begin until Santa shows up in the parade.

Really I'm just looking forward to some Turkey. Mmmmm. Turkey. The other night I smelled some cooked meat and dishwashing soap (at work somehow) and I thought instantly of Thanksgiving. Nothing like dirty dishes and soap to make you think of Turkey Day. Cause that's what the day is about food and cleaning.

Lastly, I saw the Incredibles the other night. Good film. PIxar at it's finest. Just a dang super film. Course the first preview they showed was the teaser trailer for EP III. It rules. You see nothing and see everything. I'd go see it. Or just click right here and see the first scenes from EP III. After all it's 191 days until the thing opens.

Matt

Election Day

Well here we are the day we decide who will be running the country for the next 4 years. I don't get to vote this year... something about moving I never took care of. It's kinda just as well. This is wholly inappropriate to say I know... but I'm okay with it. Here's why.

I voted last time... and the time before. These Presidential elections are important... not the smaller one's aren't but you know the big office is the most important. And uh, I can't make a decision this year around.

I'm going to upset some of my more libral democrat friends by this next bit but... oh well, it's politics. If there's one thing you learn is that you can't please everyone. But in all my research about where I stand onTHE ISSUES it seems that I'm a conservative democrat. Not a libral republican, mind you, there's a vast difference just a conservative democrat.

But I'm for Bush's "war" on terror. And I'm FOR Kerry's stance on the other issues that make me a democrat. Not all democratic issues just lots of them. Like health care, I have crappy insurance. Real crappy. It's all I can afford. Wouldn't mind some help in that area. Education, there are Ideas that both have that I think are silly. And that's my point, both will do stuff I like, and both will do stuff I hate. Where do you put your allegiance then?

I know it's my right and I should vote, but either way I'll be betraying some value I think is right. These 2 candidates are so fundementally opposed to each other in that's it hard for people like me to choose one.

So I'm not voting. And I'm not proud but I just thought I'd explain why.

In other news winter is beginning in Texas. The high today is 63. All over the news they're telling everyone to pull out their coats. Babies.

In the spring in Missouri, 63 degrees is when we wear shorts for the first time.

Anyway, good luck in your votes, I know my brother and sister will cancel each other out as will Ryan's parents. I know Aj's vote and Greg and Monica's. Followed by my general manager's vote, who's been wearing a "W" on his lapel since July. Followed by two other people I know who are voting "W" in my small polling sample it's well neck and neck.

So good luck to whoever. It's my day off so I'll be watching with peaked interest who wins.

Matt

Halloween

I enjoy Halloween. Sometimes. If I have the the greatest idea in the world for a costume than I love it. If not than Halloween can blow me. Like last year, at work, wehad to get dressed up. I had no money and no good Ideas so I went as Jaegermeister. Jaeger Pumpkin shirt, Jaeger hat, Jaeger glasses, Jaeger neck tie. It was simple and easy to work in.

But this year I was inspired. (All right I stole the idea from someone else on the internet.) So I got together and some stuff... paid 17.00 for a t-shirt and viola.

Put in a few pins to keep the shirt looking pulled open, kept the tie on my shoulder. Had fun with my tables... said stuff like "Have a Super night." Or I'd gab and say stuff like "How many pairs of glasses do you think Supes goes through pulling off every pair and throwing them?"

On time a girl asked me to get her a side of ranch. When I returned she said, "That was fast." "Well, I am Superman." My response.

Just wanted to share. I've been wanting a Superman "S" shirt anyway.

Hope you all had good times.

Talk soon,

Matt