In less than 40 minutes the clock will rollover to November 1. Halloween was a fun night and I enjoyed handing out candy to the kiddos. Something I get to do every year, I really miss trick or treating with my niece and nephew. I saw lots of superheroes, clowns (yes clowns), and a bunch of other costumes, all the kids were cute.
Now tomorrow is November 1. At this very moment, Tony is in the bathroom shaving for the last time this month. He made a deal that he would grow out a full beard in November, hence no shave November. I'm going to be documenting this whole month because he has never grown out a full beard, only a goatee. I'm super excited about an adventure. It doesn't take much these days.
Stay tuned for pictures and updates.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Tuesday, October 8, 2013
And Then There Were Two
This year is super exciting for me as a baseball fan and a Dodgers fan. My team has made it through the NLDS and is headed to the NLCS. Now we wait to see if it will be the Pirates or Cardinals we face. If the Pirates move forward we have home field advantage. And to be honest, I would love to see the Dodgers play the Pirates. When I lived back east I loved driving the eight hours to Pittsburgh to see them play at PNC Park.
Tonight, I watched as the first team won the ALDS, the Red Sox. A team that for so long heard chants about 1918 before winning a World Series in 2004, which subsequently made all Yankees fans shut up and have to come up with a new insult to hurl at the Red Sox players and fans. The Red Sox were my "team" when also living back east. They were close, they were fun, and they had a lot of heart. So I'm happy to see they made the ALCS.
The other team tonight also played hard. I remember thinking of the Rays as a team where players went who wanted to play but weren't all that good anymore. It was like the approaching retirement team. Tonight I learned that is not the case at all or ever. They are committed team that fought through every inning tonight trying to make a come back and win. An incredible team effort that you saw stretch all the way to the dug out and bullpen.
Now we wait for the other two teams to be determined. The NLCS will either be the Pirates or Cardinals playing the Dodgers. The ALCS will either be the Tigers or A's against the Red Sox. Both will be exciting to watch as we narrow this down to the final NL and AL team to play in the World Series.
Tonight, I watched as the first team won the ALDS, the Red Sox. A team that for so long heard chants about 1918 before winning a World Series in 2004, which subsequently made all Yankees fans shut up and have to come up with a new insult to hurl at the Red Sox players and fans. The Red Sox were my "team" when also living back east. They were close, they were fun, and they had a lot of heart. So I'm happy to see they made the ALCS.
The other team tonight also played hard. I remember thinking of the Rays as a team where players went who wanted to play but weren't all that good anymore. It was like the approaching retirement team. Tonight I learned that is not the case at all or ever. They are committed team that fought through every inning tonight trying to make a come back and win. An incredible team effort that you saw stretch all the way to the dug out and bullpen.
Now we wait for the other two teams to be determined. The NLCS will either be the Pirates or Cardinals playing the Dodgers. The ALCS will either be the Tigers or A's against the Red Sox. Both will be exciting to watch as we narrow this down to the final NL and AL team to play in the World Series.
Monday, October 7, 2013
I Am Legend (2007)
Well it has been awhile since I have written about a movie I watched and while I have seen some, I just didn't. My life has turned upside down a couple times in the last year and so keeping up with my blog wasn't a priority. But I am going to try and do this more and if you don't like it don't read it.
On Saturday night I settled in to watch I Am Legend with my mom and Tony. I knew some about the film, but not a whole lot. Yes I knew Will Smith was in it. I knew it was set in New York, that Smith's character was like the last man on Earth, and that was really it. Silly me, it was way more than that.
The movie freaked me out, had me in suspense, and left me shaking my head at the end. Considering this movie is classified as drama, sci-fi, and thriller; it lives up to those classifications for sure because those three words are this movie.
The drama aspect is created by the location of the film, the lack of noise, and Smith's character. When I think of New York, I think of a huge loud city, filled with noises of all kinds. This film has none of that. There's no noise in New York except for the sounds of a single vehicle, a dog bark, and the wild animals that run through every so often. It's creepy and makes the scenes intense. New York is not a silent city and seeing this in the film just makes the movie powerful.
I have to talk about the sci-fi and thriller aspects together because well they work in tandem. I got the movie thinking it would be scary, and in parts it was. But the other part that was even scarier was the idea that what happened in the movie could happen to the population of the world. We hear all the time of major illness outbreaks killing thousands, what's not to say that a vaccine couldn't do the same thing, or mutate people. So yeah, pretty freaky in my eyes. At one point, Tony asked when do we get to kill Emma Thompson, and I said she was probably already dead. Either way, the things in the film are freaky and I wouldn't want to be around to see one in person.
Overall I really enjoyed the movie more than I thought I would. The ending did leave me shaking my head though. To get all that way, realize the solution, and then what happens. I'm trying not to give everything away, but if you've seen it, you know what I'm talking about. I think however, seeing the final final resolution is rewarding. That made me grin to know it wasn't for nothing.
On a different note, I'm going to try and watch as many scary movies as I can this much between baseball postseason games. The Dodgers are on my TV right now trying to win this game against Atlanta and move on to the NLCS. But when I can I will. I love having Netflix and if I watch them fast enough I can get in quite a few. Next in my queue to get is Lady in White, a film I remember from my childhood that was scary. I'll have to wait and see if it still is.
On Saturday night I settled in to watch I Am Legend with my mom and Tony. I knew some about the film, but not a whole lot. Yes I knew Will Smith was in it. I knew it was set in New York, that Smith's character was like the last man on Earth, and that was really it. Silly me, it was way more than that.
The movie freaked me out, had me in suspense, and left me shaking my head at the end. Considering this movie is classified as drama, sci-fi, and thriller; it lives up to those classifications for sure because those three words are this movie.
The drama aspect is created by the location of the film, the lack of noise, and Smith's character. When I think of New York, I think of a huge loud city, filled with noises of all kinds. This film has none of that. There's no noise in New York except for the sounds of a single vehicle, a dog bark, and the wild animals that run through every so often. It's creepy and makes the scenes intense. New York is not a silent city and seeing this in the film just makes the movie powerful.
I have to talk about the sci-fi and thriller aspects together because well they work in tandem. I got the movie thinking it would be scary, and in parts it was. But the other part that was even scarier was the idea that what happened in the movie could happen to the population of the world. We hear all the time of major illness outbreaks killing thousands, what's not to say that a vaccine couldn't do the same thing, or mutate people. So yeah, pretty freaky in my eyes. At one point, Tony asked when do we get to kill Emma Thompson, and I said she was probably already dead. Either way, the things in the film are freaky and I wouldn't want to be around to see one in person.
Overall I really enjoyed the movie more than I thought I would. The ending did leave me shaking my head though. To get all that way, realize the solution, and then what happens. I'm trying not to give everything away, but if you've seen it, you know what I'm talking about. I think however, seeing the final final resolution is rewarding. That made me grin to know it wasn't for nothing.
On a different note, I'm going to try and watch as many scary movies as I can this much between baseball postseason games. The Dodgers are on my TV right now trying to win this game against Atlanta and move on to the NLCS. But when I can I will. I love having Netflix and if I watch them fast enough I can get in quite a few. Next in my queue to get is Lady in White, a film I remember from my childhood that was scary. I'll have to wait and see if it still is.
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