I think my spanish vocabulary expanded greatly while watching my first video podcast during lunch today. What was this educational podcast you ask? None other than JB’s Nacho Libre. Camera’s Ready!
iPaulo
over the hedge
Over the Hedge made me laugh. The short before the movie, which for a short time I managed to confuse for the actual movie, was very sweet. You have to love Shatner as a possum who was constantly flopping over “playing dead” at the slightest breeze.
browncoats and shindigs
browncoatsriseagain.com is a nicely executed site with a clear purpose.
Knitting for trees
Wow. I assume everything knitting blog has the story of the tree sweater, but just in case.
Joyeux Noël
Joyeux Noël was a good movie. Takes places during Christmas 1914, on the front lines of WWI. It depicts the Christmas truce that took place in several spots along the trenches. Pretty wild concept, considering the brutality of the war. A bit of battle at the beginning but otherwise it’s about the men and their stories. Excellent dvd rental, worth a special trip to the art house if you’re interested. (the wikipedia article on the truce is good too)
bbspot geek pickup lines
I haven’t been following bbspot in a long time so finding the Top 11 Geek pickup lines was fun. It was better than the Vista Versions which is what I was following when I returned to bbspot.
does my geek and other linkorama
I was listening to the Does My Geek Look Big in This podcast, when they mentioned t-shirts for Fruity Oaty Bars. That led me the Serenity easter egg (cool), the google video (cooler), and the insane website of repeating Fruity Oaty Bars (coolest). After listening to the song over and over for 10 minutes, you’ll want to open your own can of River on a bar full of stuntmen. And, once the fruity oaty bar commercial has driven you insane, switch to the willy wonka theme found over on folderspace.org. Plus, you’ll get to see River in a horrible gold, chinese outfit looking terrible. Hard to make her look bad, but that photo succeeds.
list of four more
Oops. The tagging police have arrested me for not reporting movies I’d watch over and over again.
Movies I can watch over and over again.
Big – no problem. Over and over. I love this movie.
Risky Business – even after all these years, Joe Pantoliano is still Guido the Killer Pimp to me.
Dances with Wolves – The ending gets me everytime
Planes, Trains and Automobiles – you’re going the wrong way!!
fixed the links
I finally fixed the movie links. woot!
the list of fours
Jobs I’ve Had
Box Boy – really called a courtesy clerk but that’s a dumb name.
Project Engineer (EIT) – signs go up, signs fall down.
Bit Wrangler – Da best job, best people.
System Administrator – Sometimes this job sucks, sometimes it doesn’t. But I can’t escape. I am a sys admin.
Place’s I’ve Lived
Hacienda Heights CA
San Luis Obispo CA
Las Vegas NV – I had a small, but good community of friends here which made it pretty nice actually.
Los Angeles CA – my most urban adventure. Urban living is harder than anywhere else I’ve lived, but it’s close to work. Hmmm.
Current TV Shows I Love
ER
Shield – it’s too bad this show’s violence is so integral to the story, because people are missing some amazing drama. Forest Whitaker and Gina Torres were incredible last week. Riveting TV moment
Battlestar Galactica
tbd – With emphasis on current and LOVE, I think I only have three.
Highly Regarded and Recommended Shows I’ve never watched
Tough category
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Places I’ve vacationed
Kauai – if I won the lottery, I think I would live here
Grand Canyon
Morro Bay
Ojai
Favorite dishes
Macaroni and cheese – with or without tuna added. Yum.
PBJ – hello!! you’re a mutant if this isn’t on your list!
Egg Toast – hole in toast, lots of butter, egg. also yum!
Waffles – with nuts is best
Websites I visit daily
slashdot
wow, I think everything else is work related.
Gawd how boring of me.
Help.
Places I’d rather be
Kauai
Vancouver
Scotland
Moonbase Alpha – I’m not serious about wanting to live in the world of space 1999. I wouldn’t want to wear bad 70s polyester outfits all time, and not have anything to do unless I was a main character. But I would love to live on another planet (or moon). I’m trying to remember the title of a book. It had these people living near Jupiter, who were tele-paths. Being tele-paths had created a tight, almost tribal culture free of hate, mental illness, and war. It seemed so tranquil yet alive with positive, supportive feelings. I’d really want to live there.
Bloggers I’m tagging
I think everyone I know with a blog has already been tagged. The one or two people who haven’t been, can choose to do this if they like when they read this.