We rented the French film “A Very Long Engagement” last night. It starred Audrey Tautou and was directed and co-written by Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the writer and director of Amelie. So, we had high expectations. I liked this movie even better than Amelie (which I loved). It had the same simplicity of story successfully combined with …
Monthly Archive: June 2005
Jun
19
Jun
18
The Blogosphere Welcomes Ryan Warren
I’m such a dick. My friend Ryan made the mistake of telling me that he was “experimenting” with the whole blogging thing, just to get a feel for the technology. That’s kind of like when you’re in college and you tell your friend about the “experimenting” you did with homosexuality… you know there’s no way …
Jun
17
Batman Begins
Right off the bat you should know that from the ages of 11 to about 15 I was a huge comic fan. I generally shunned what I considered the more ‘kiddie’ brand of DC comics in favor of the imminently more mature Marvel universe of superheroes, but I always had a healthy respect for the …
Jun
15
No more trips to Brussels
I’m finally done. After my film noir exam today I got on the international train from Brussels for the last time. I’ve been on that train twice a week since last September! No more delays. No more screaming kids. No more Morroccans proclaiming that all Belgian women are beautiful. And no more sniffing police dogs …
Jun
15
Where’s the Apology For Terri?
The results are back. I have only one thing to say. All you dispicable people who sent hate mail to Michael Schiavo, and all you Republican politicans who ran back to Congress to get special laws passed to violate an American’s civil rights, and Jeb and George Bush, and even Teri’s family… …where’s your fucking …
Jun
15
Caution: Blogging Can be Hazardous to Your Health
Is blogging protected as free speech? I’ve now read at least three articles about people being fired for what they say in their blogs. Here’s the latest story. Naturally, there are some things that should just be common sense: Don’t talk shit about your boss or your coworkers Don’t reveal company secrets Don’t blog from …
Jun
15
U2 Vertigo pictures
Some people that Katja knew took some pictures of the concert.
Jun
15
Comments are working again
A special thank you to IanD, who showed me where in the admin application I had the wrong settings that were keeping everyone from being able to leave comments.
Jun
14
The U2 Vertigo Tour
I finally saw U2 in concert. This Friday Ann and I and two of our friends (Ian and Katja) saw the Vertigo tour at Heysel stadium in Brussels. It was a beautiful day which turned into a cool night. There were two decent opening acts before U2 took the stage at about 9:30. It was …
Jun
10
Series of Unfortunate Events
This movie was GREAT! Five stars. I can’t believe I didn’t go see it in the theater and didn’t hear more about it. It was a unique and original story, a great cast, looked beautiful (both the cinematography and the sets), was funny, magical, and entertaining the whole way through. The cast was excellent and …