Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Just watched the trailer today and, once again...I got goosebumps when I saw that BIG "WB" on the screen!
Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait!!

Indy needed a bigger whip

A bit late posting this but I did get around to seeing Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull a couple weeks ago.

I did enjoy it. Granted, even a not-so-great movie is still entertaining when you're seeing it for free. (the biggest and only perk of working at a movie theatre)

It was exciting, funny, the usual bug-digusting scene and the adventure itself.

But there was something that was missing. A few things actually.

First Cate Blanchett being the villian; it was more cartoonish than intimidating. She couldn't have shined the Nazi from the Raiders shoes. Now HE was nasty..and believable. In my opinion, she was neither.

I was excited to hear that Karen Allen would be re-prising her role but she was a disappointment as well. Actually, she was practically unnecessary in my opinion. They could've worked out the link between Indy and Mutt without her on screen.

and then there's Indy himself. He was missing his swagger, his smart-assness and acted more LIKE a college professor than the Indiana Jones I remember.

I can't say I was a fan of the conclusion of the "adventure" either. Although I did like the final scene in the movie itself.

What saved the movie for me were two things; first..John Hurt.

He was HILARIOUS! For someone who didn't say much during the movie, he had the greatest lines. "Help?"

The biggest star of the movie in my eyes was Shia LaBeouf.

His character was everything Indy wasn't; funny, cocky, adventurous, tough and you never knew what he was going to do next.

They could easily use him to continue the series I suppose but would others agree with me that a movie with him as the star would be worth going to see without Harrison making an appearance?

I'm sure Speilberg and Lucas could find a weakness in him, since it isn't snakes!

All in all, the movie was good but I don't know if I would've been happy paying almost $10 to see it.

The girls and the Iron Man..

I just got back from seeing the Sex and the City movie..and if you were a fan of the show you will love this movie.
I cried; numerous times.
I was just so glad to see the girls again.
It was like a reunion of old friends.
And it was great to read that the movie had such a sucessful weekend.
Obviously the "powers that be" in hollywood just don't think that a chick flick would beat out the 60+ year old dude with the hat and the whip.
Way to go ladies!
Although I would like to see another one in a year or so I can't imagine what they would with it that wouldn't ruin it.
It ended just as it should have.
So enough about Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, Charlotte, Big (I mean John..and can I just say that everyone had the same reaction that I did when Carrie actually CALLED him that), Steve, Harry, and Smith....
I also have to sing the praises of the movie Iron Man.
I've always been a big fan of Robert Downey Jr, and this role was perfect for him.
Silly, arogant, intelligent....plus with the drinking and the womanizing I'm sure it wasn't a big stretch! (he might have just had to think back to a few years ago)
So far the spring/summer movie season is 2 for 2 for me.
Next up; Narnia: Prince Caspain and Indy.
Although I'm not sure how either of them are going to live up to what I've seen already.
Granted, the girls had a headstart!
Thank you SJP, thank you HBO.
You have my "LOVE"

Indy is coming!!

And I thought LAST years blockbusters were exciting!

The Countdown begins!

Numero Uno!

Last night was the closing of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog show.

Being a dog lover, I do watch it every year.

I just love looking at those gorgeous and expensive pure breds. (breeds, whatever)

During night one I saw and heard about the really amazing Beagle that had a "shot at the title" but when two poodles made it into the final I thought I'd be hurling something hard at the TV by the nights end.

No such luck.

But before I get to that, let me tell you about some other things that I saw during the 2-day event.

Those dogs stay in a hotel I probably couldn't afford for more than one night.

The lady who judged the working group looked like she was either going to fall over, drop dead or go to sleep at any point during their judging. Then they said she was going to retire after this event. No shit. She could barely walk. But she had enough spunk to boss the handlers around.

I still giggle any time any of the judges say the word bitch.

Can't they just say female?

It just doesn't seem fair. And it's not like they can call the males bastards because they have papers.

Three of the four new breeds who came to the show this year were hideous looking.

The one exception; the Tabetin Mastiff. (pictured above)

What a great looking dog!

I added him to the list of dogs I love; Burnese Mountain Dog, Great Pyrenees, English Setter, Labs, Retrievers and the Pomeranian. (the only little yip-yip ankle biter I'd ever own)

Poor James, the Best in Show from last year, did a Paw-tograph signing at the NBC store.

http://video.westminsterkennelclub.org/player/?id=216643#videoid=215763

Seriously, that poor freakin dog. Does he really need to do crap like that? Takes time away from him being at hospitals with people who deserve that love that only a dog can give.

Look at his face...even he seems to be saying "are you freakin kidding me? you're SO lucky I'm such a sweet pooch"

At least they gave him some Ben & Jerry's.

He's such a beautiful boy.

Okay, last night's winner...wow. Uno the 15" standard beagle won it.

He reminded me of Josh the Newfie when he was being judged in the final.

Barking and acting up and basically saying "Give me the ribbon already and bring on the bitches!"

But to anyone who thinks these dogs don't work for it...check out this picture of Uno doing his time on the treadmill!

Congratulations sweet boy, you made Snoopy proud!

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Boo-hoo Brady!!!

With apologies to my Patsy-lovin' friend Christine....I have to blog about tonights Super Bowl.

Hell to the freakin YEAH!!

I haven't been this excited about a Super Bowl win since....Ummm...well, ever. It was almost as good as I would feel if the Bills won. But not quite! lol

Here's the thing, there are only two people I hate in the NFL. One is Tom "Marcia" Brady and the other is Randy Moss. So to see them make a REAL classy exit to their locker room before the game even ENDED was just SUCH a great feeling!

Why do I hate Brady. It's not why you think.

I don't hate winners, okay? If I did, I wouldn't love my Yankees.

I hate WHINERS. Classless freakin WHINERS.

And Brady wears the crown in the category.

How? Well,...I remember being at a bar watching my Bills win a game and on the big screen next to their game were the Pats. Their game was in the 4th quarter and they were winning by 30-something points. And there was Brady, on the sidelines bitching to a ref about a call on his last drive. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?! You're winning by 30 you asshole.

And Randy Moss....I don't think hating him needs definition.

He's right up there with T.O.

So here's to the Giants:

To Eli,..who for one season is not in the shadow of his brother.

To Michael Strahan, to that AMAZING catch by David Tyree...OMG, that was inSANE!

To the incredible work by the Giants defense.

And to any player wearing a white jersey who had a hand on taking Boo-hoo-Brady's ass to the turf.....HERE'S TO YOU BOYS!

Another question I can't answer....

Time to post another stupid question asked repeatedly by movie theatre customers.

A couple weeks ago we had an electrical fire in one of our theatre rooms. They were able to contain it to just that one room but it fried the heating unit. Come to find out, it probably won't be fixed for at least two weeks.

So the management put the lowest selling movie in that room and instructed us to inform any customers buying a ticket for that show that there was no heat.

So we did and we got the greatest questions.

"Why?"

"Do I get a disount?" but my favorite was: "How cold is it?"

Here....let me check my personal thermostat. I DON'T KNOW.

The thing about it is, this movie is big with teenagers. Especially more of the urban variety or the kids who like to dance. (It's called "How She Move"....catchy, I know...)

And teenagers like nothing more than going out in cold weather with short sleeve shirts or just a hoodie on.

I sat in that theatre for a movie the night after the fire and I had on a wind-breaker, a jacket over it and my gloves and I was still a little cold.

Needless to say, we got some static about it but hey,...I can't be blamed because people dress like idiots in New York State in the middle of January.

Next time bring your parka and snow boots!

Dane Cook - Date at the movies Part 1

Watch this until 2:13 and then go to Part 2 because who ever posted this seemed to have the need to edit some good stuff out!
This guy kills me...and it doesn't hurt that he's HOT!

Dane Cook - Date at the movies Part 2

The timing is a bit off between audio and video but...I want THIS to be the previews at our theatre.

Your shorts are like especially gold today

Juno MacGuff: [voice over as track team runs by] When I see them all running like that, with their things bouncing around in their shorts, I always picture them naked, even if I don't want to. All I see is pork swords.

So I went to see the movie Juno last night.
My rating; 4 freakin stars.
I loved it!
It wasn’t the typical modern-day comedy that I hate.
(you know, where “hero” acts like an ass, without one shred of human decency and everyone acts like it’s normal but the “hero” still feels misunderstood)
Juno is a total smart ass, which I LOVE and can relate to, and the story itself is really good.
It doesn’t go where the usual happy-ending movie about teenage pregnancy normally goes.

It’s funny though, it seems like every time I go see a movie SOMEthing ends up happening to make it interesting.
And yes, I’m talking about my follow movie-goers.
What is it about you people?
Is there something in the vestibule that sucks all the brains cells out of your melon until you leave?
No, not ALL of you but I run into at least a couple of you idiots at every screening!!

Here’s what happened last night:
At one point I was the ONLY one in the theatre; then these 3 girls come in, they had the WHOLE theatre to choose from and where do they sit? Right behind me
Then 3 more girls come in, they have a choice of the 200+ other seats to pick from. Where do they sit? Right infront of me, which was okay, but weird.
Then this older couple sat at the other side of my row
Then the middle of the movie, I hear snoring. EXCUSE ME? The dude down my row is asleep…and freakin snoring!!
And his wife/girlfriend/whatever is just sitting there watching the movie like this is normal.
HELLO?!?!?!
I can't have it!!
So I turn to the lady and said "WILL YOU WAKE HIM UP PLEASE!" which started a sea of giggles around me
But seriously...why pay $9.25 to sleep at the movies when you can do that $hit at home for free and annoy no one??

It’s always somethin’!

Some day he'll find his Becky Thatcher...

A very belated welcome-to-the-world to my cousin Tracy’s little boy Jacob Thomas Sawyer.

Jacob was born on 12/27/07 at 11:50PM. He weighed 8lbs 1oz and 20 1/2 inches. As of two weeks ago he weighed 8lbs 13oz and was 21 3/4 inches.

They even have a website where they updated pictures of him almost daily.

http://www.tapergeek.com/jake/jakepix.htm

(the one I posted here is a personal favorite!)

Those first borns...they get all the attention!

Congrats Tracy and Claude!

see ya soon little guy!

What the?............

I think I'm rubbing off on my box office co-workers.

One of them gave out a Class 1 verbal Pimp Slap over the weekend.

Saturday night I work with this other woman who, like me, is a 2-job person.

She's always so nice, doesn't have many bad things to say about anyone. She's just there to work and get paid.

So some college puke was at her window, asked her if we had a college discount..she said no.

He asked her if we will ever have a college discount...she said she didn't know but probably not.

Then he said something else that I didn't hear (probably just complaining in general) and she said "Welcome to the real world!"
I LOST IT!

Poor, sweet woman...I've corrupted her! (ain't it great?!?!)

"I'll take stupid questions for $500, Alex"

There are some questions that are so stupid it’s almost impossible to think of an answer stupid enough to use as a response.

This past weekend we were REALLY busy at the movie theatre; which was surprising. Of what the managers told me it usually dies after the holidays and remains slow until the spring/summer blockbusters come out.
One night we did a little over 1300 people in about an hour and a half. That averages out to over 14 tickets a minute. Is that insane or what?

So what was the question I was barraged with all night?
“Why are there so many people here?”
WHAT???

How do you even answer that question?
Why would someone even ask it? What kind of answer are they expecting?

So I decided that instead of getting frustrated by it, I’d make a game of it.
My first response was “Well, if you hadn’t invited all your friends we would’ve have a quiet night, thanks.”
Then I got a LITTLE more creative:
“We’re giving away free turkeys at the concession stand”
“Johnny Depp is here to make out with anyone coming in to see Sweeney Todd”
“It’s buy 10 tickets, get 10 free night”

I'm sure I'll hear this question again in the near future so feel free to post your snappy come-backs in the comments section...as long as you don't mind me using them.

Even the biggest smart ass in Monroe County can run out of ideas!

Why women have a hard time being friends..

I have a very tight inner-circle as friends and I've found that as I get older...that circle becomes tighter and tighter.

I let people in on occasion but I'm very skeptical of why they want to be friends, what their intentions are and I'm especially careful of two-faced, back-stabbing BS.

Today I got another example of why I keep my circle as tight as I do:

There's a girl I used to work with, her sister who works at the same job as I do and another girl who I worked with years ago who works here as well.

The sisters are tight, the other girl is tight with one of the sisters and I consider all three of them friends. (they know alot about me, I know alot about them..blah, blah, blah.

So today one of them sends me an inter-company instant message telling me that the three of them are talking about going to see a movie. Not at the theatre where I work; a different, smaller one that shows more of the independant movie-types. So she asks me if I want to go too.

I told her I didn't know if I was working that night, that I'd find out tonight and let her know.

Then I tell her that the same movie is playing where I work the same night and suggest that we go there because I can get all four of us in for free.

Her response was "well, I'll see what the others say and let you know" or something to that point. (which I thought was a VERY strange response)

So I told her that if they were going to go to the other theatre than I wasn't going to go because it doesn't make sense for me to pay for a movie I can see for free.

A couple hours later, she e-mails me and says that the general consensus is that they want to go to the other theatre but thanks for the offer and they'll take me up on it another time.

WHAT???

Then I find out that when she sent the initial e-mail asking the other two about the movie..she asked them if she should invite me.

RED FLAG ON THE PLAY!!

Doesn't that seem like a strange question to ask about someone whose "a friend"?

Why didn't she just include me in the original e-mail?

Needless to say, I didn't respond to her e-mail and I'll be fucking damned if I ever invite their asses to another free movie. (oh yeah, i didn't mention that I've already taken them to 3 or 4)

What makes this even funnier is one of the sisters never has anything good to say about the other girl we all know...but somehow that girl got invited and I got the shaft.

But, I did get the best joke I've heard in weeks a few minutes ago which completely cheered me up from all this estrogen-induced BS:

I was all depressed last night so I called LifeLine

Got connected to a Call Center in Pakistan

I told them I was suicidal

They got all excited and asked if I could drive a truck!

Flashback Video: Mr. Big - Wind Me Up

So I stumbled upon this video while searching through VH1 Classic's video catalog. WOAH did it bring back memories!
When the CD with this song came out, we got a promotional copy at the record store where I worked. I took it home because i fell in love with it and all my co-workers weren't big rock fans.
So after listening to it a million times and memorizing the songs I was convinced that they would MAKE it Big at SOME point.
Then some time later they came to town for a show.
First they did the obligitory appearance at a local music store where some friends of mine worked.
Jumping the line I found my working buddies and asked if they could get the guys in the group to sign a magazine for me.
So he took it up to the table and pointed me out to the guys so they knew who it was for.
Once the mag got into the hands of the lead singer, Eric Martin, he stopped and thought. For a pretty long time too.
Then he seemed to write a novel and hand it back to my friend who brought it to me. (Needless to say, I was curious!)
What Eric wrote was "Love Kills, stop me before I kill again!"
Of course, I took this as a bit of a compliment.
That night after the show the band hung around and mingled with us commoners because the basz player is from Buffalo but for some reason there wasn't a stop in his hometown on their tour. His whole family was there.
Anyways...I was standing talking to a friend of mine when Mr. Martin walked by. (who am I kidding...I didn't take my eyes off him for one minute when they were done, I had to say something!)
So as he got near me I said "Love kills!"..which stopped him in his tracks. He turned to me a bit confused and I said "Love kills, stop me before I kill again? That sounds like a good song title to me!"
He laughed, remembering suddenly where that came from.
I don't remember how long he stood talking to me and my buddy, all I remember was loving every minute of the attention and paying him TONS of compliments on his singing.
Well, there wasn't a song called Love Kills on their next CD but there was a song called "Be With You" that became a HUGE hit and brought the stripped-down ballad into style in the early 90's.
What can I say, I know talent when I see it!
Ahhhh...MEMORIES!

TASTEY

This is a true story straight from an incident that occured last night at the movie theatre where I work:

We had a sneak preview of the movie "I Am Legend" and while the ushers were cleaning the theatre after the show, they found someone's partial on the floor
(if you don't know what a partial is, it's basically fake teeth on a bridge)

One of the ushers was pretty sickened by it being there and pushed it with her broom over to the other usher because she just couldn't bring herself to pick it up
Eventually it ended up in a courtesy cup in the lost and found

About an hour or so later a customer came up to the service desk and asked if we had found a partial in the theatre
I told her we had and she was ecstatic, so I handed her the cup and turned away to take care of another customer
Fortunately I didn't see what happened next, but my manager did.

The lady took the partial out of the cup and, without hesitation, PUT IT IN HER MOUTH!!

BLAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

Sex and the City Movie Trailer!

There's nothing I hate more than falling asleep early in the night only to wake up around midnight and know that you're going to be awake for the next....3 hours. (ugh)

but I'm so giddy right now....I feel like a little kid on Christmas morning.

A short trailer has been released for the Sex and the City movie that's going to be released this spring.

I don't know about you, but not seeing those 4 women once a week really has been difficult. What can I say, they became people I loved. although I do love the SNL take-off of their conversations and then PUNS!

Anyway, to any other SATC fan....watch and enjoy and share the giddiness!!

http://movies.aol.com/movie/sex-and-the-city-2008/30247/main

Things I've learned this past weekend....

I love the holidays and they always teach me something new...

Here's what I've learned this weekend:

Some parents are complete idiots and I'm afraid to run into their kids in 10 years.

(they'll probably be working jobs which require their names on their shirts)

The closer to the holidays it gets, the crankier people get.

(including myself. No...it's not that, I just get less patient with people who are idiots)

Holiday music playing earlier in the year doesn't bother me like it used to.

Christmas decorations being out in the stores earlier in the season doesn't bother me either!

There's something going on on the New York State Thruway. They must need more gas-tax money because I've NEVER dealt with rubber-necker delays like I did on the drive home today.

And no, they weren't delays for accidents. I didn't see ONE emergency vehicle other than a couple police cars.

I could watch holiday movies over and over again.

I'm presently watching Elf for the 3rd time in two days.

Starbucks has finally created a drink I'd stand in line for. (I'm not a coffee drinker)

Caramel Spiced Apple Cider.

Some people don't understand why the bank is busy the day before Thanksgiving and no matter what you tell them....they STILL don't get it.

Anyone who would camp overnight to get in to Best Buy or ANY retail store at 4am should see a shrink iMMEDIATELY! and if they drag their kids out for this stupidity they should be put in a rubber room.

Just when I thought I would NEVER play a video game my nieces and nephew officially have me addicted to Guitar Hero. Now I want a PS2 and a game of my own!

okay, that's all I can think of for now. I've gotta go watch Buddy the Elf and the fake Santa trash Gimble's "North Pole".