Belligerent and Numerous: Meme Friday

Friday, February 10, 2006

Meme Friday

Because I am both very sick and very tired, I'm not posting anything of consequence. What I am doing is a dumb meme, which provides the illusion of content in place of me having to think while my stomach is in a constant state of upheaval.

Four Jobs I've Had

Law Library Shelver - 4 consecutive years

Carnival Worker - 3 months, sporadically

Fashion Show Guard - Two, 2 week stints

Camp El Tesoro Store Manager - One glorious (hideous) summer

Four Movies I Can Watch Over and Over

Bring It On - "Follow me or perish, sweater monkeys!"

The Emperor's New Groove - "Why do we even have that lever?"

Mean Girls - "That's why her hair is so big, it's full of secrets!"
Center Stage - "Dance what you feel!"

Four Places I Have Lived

Chicago, IL - ages 0 to 1

Orange, TX - ages 13 - 18

Dallas, TX - ages 18 - 24

Homer, TX - ages 7 - 11

Four TV Shows I Love

The Office - my new obsession. I love me some Jim.

Arrested Development - my ire that this show is cancelled knows no bounds

Grey's Anatomy - Sandra Oh! There needs no more explanation. (But anyways: I *heart* George!)

Scrubs - "I would never swim in a pond, they are infamous for serpents."

Four Places I Have Vacationed

Galveston - the ugliest beach you ever did see

Orlando - or wherever the hell Disney World is

Arkansas Ozarks - my favorite vacation spot

Austin - you've got to admire their drunken spunk (also: excellent BBQ)

Four of My Favorite Dishes

Monte Cristo Sandwich - deep fried for maximum deliciousness

Buttermilk Pie - so sweet that it fuses your mouth shut

Peanut Butter and Pickle Sandwiches - contrasting flavors = awesome

French Toast - the one dish I can make perfectly every time

Four Sites I Visit Daily

Television Without Pity - to fuel my TV obsession through the written word

Damn Hell Ass Kings - a portal to so much funny

Penny Arcade - The only webcomic anyone will ever need

ESPN.com - Look how straight I am

Four Places I Would Rather Be Right Now

In my Bed

In a Bar

On my couch

Switzerland

Four of my favorite commenters I am tagging.

Frank - even my arch-nemesis needs things to occupy his time

Erin - obviously

Devon - because she promised to keep updating to keep me entertained during the day

Emily - because she needs to post. (guilt-trip!)

(Edit: I should do my research better.)

2 comments:

frank said...: I can't believe 13 going on 30 isn't on that list!! Sure, you've only watched it once the other day. But the first words out of your mouth after it finished were "Can we watch it again?!"; 1:19 AM
deh-vin said...: Re: chronological order

haha, it totally bothered me too! My 38.9% of me that is anal is very confused. Is it in order of your favorites? I'm...

Fix it!; 3:49 PM

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Where My Opinions Count

(500) Days of Summer - Let's start with the caveat that this movie is nothing but a stacked deck against me. You've got Joseph Gordon-Levitt (seriously my favorite actor in the world), in a funny role of a guy unsure of what he wants to do with his professional life while his love life is in constant turmoil. Oh, and Regina Spektor songs keep playing in the background. If there is such a thing as a movie marketed directly to me, this is it. But y'all, this movie is so good. Not in a traditional storyline sense. Or even in an acting sense (although JGL is on fire the entire way through). It's about the feeling it gives you - liberally borrowing from every cliche available - musicals, old black and white cinema, jumping timelines, everything - all working in concert to give you the feeling of a relationship as it ends, and the things you remember. The overrall impression is so great that I forgive the minor quibbles I have (hammy sidekicks are over the top, Zooey Deschanel is playing her stock character #2, much as she has for the last 4 things I've seen her in). This is my movie of the year, right here. Absolutely stunning.
Push - So much better than I was expecting that I may have wrapped myself so far around that I actually enjoyed it. There are some terrible, terrible parts (the Casio-grade Music of Love that they played every time that Chris Evans and Camilla Belle were in the same room, for instance). But Dakota Fanning was pretty great, and I'm up for anything that gives Cliff Curtis or Ming-Na more work. I can't believe I'm saying this, but it's kinda too bad that it tanked - I could totally be up for a sequel.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince - Got my nerd on and wrote a whole boring essay on it.
Let The Right One In - A good movie that gets better the more I think on it. Despite being a mildly gory vampire movie, it's surprisingly subtle. They don't try to hit you over the head with anything, it's all underplayed. The mother's soft neglect, the father's hints of homosexuality, even the parallels that can be drawn between particular characters - nothing jumps out at you. That, combined with the natural way that Oskar and Eli's relationship is handled, paints something like a real life picture that just happens to have a vampire somewhere in there. It's more than a little unsettling, especially the way the bullying keeps escalating as the movie continues. Overall, the movie's a little methodical for my tastes (I like my supernatural horror scary, not just ungodly depressing) but it's undeniably a great film.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - So bad I exceeded the character limit. If you care enough: Go Here
The Hangover - Delightfully vulgar and meandering. That's pretty much my the sum of my thoughts. "Genuinely and shockingly funny" is another soundbyte I could add in there as well. After seeing his Fiona Apple music video, I always assumed Zach Galifianakis would remain an unacknowledged American treasure forever, since the combination of that plus his standup act had still left him in obscurity against all odds. But I am gleefully overjoyed to be proven wrong. May he blossom and go on to larger-scale fame. He made this movie.