Monthly Archives: September 2008

Sep
30
2008

A Farewell To Arms by Ernest Hemingway Review

I hate war movies, mostly because they are long and drawn out and lack any real character study outside of “team” or “group” efforts. Never is it really about one person, and most of the time the movie really tries to entertain on the “action” level rather than connecting raw emotion and paralleling psychology. Sure [...]

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Sep
30
2008

The Book Buying Addiction

I know that books, much like cars, depreciate in value the moment they leave the bookstore, however I can’t help myself from buying and reading books. The past weekend I went to two separate bookstores and managed to walk out with books. Even though I’m in the middle of reading The Secret Life of Houdini, [...]

By sirjorge | Posted in Random Observations, book review, lamentations, personal, reading, video store commentary | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)
Sep
29
2008

Whole New Thing Dvd Review

At first glance, this film looks quite interesting. It looks like an arthouse film, or a good independent film, and I love good independent film. I repeat, I love GOOD independent film. This one is not exactly what I expected and well, it turned out to be gay. Not gay in a horrible slanderous sense, [...]

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Sep
26
2008

The Jackass

In the middle of my junior year of high school the school I was attending gave me the boot. It was like being fired from a job. It’s really weird because the school was private, and my mom (single parent) was paying the tuition for me. I was just too edgy and was too hardcore [...]

By sirjorge | Posted in Music, Random Observations, lamentations, music reviews, music video, personal, video store commentary | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)
Sep
26
2008

The Cheapest Jay Z Album Ever

So I was at work when I got word that a Jay-Z album was 99 cents. So I asked my coworkers about the record to see if it was worth downloading. They all said to do it illegally, and be done with it. However, me being a sucker for a good deal, was more interested [...]

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Sep
25
2008

Batman Smoking A Cigarette

This week in the local free trash newspaper that comes out here in Seattle, I stumbled across this hilarious comic short featuring a cat, Batman smoking, and Superman leaving a dump…or did he? Hilarity ensued as I read this, and so I had to post it for you, my loyal bunch of readers…all 4 of [...]

By sirjorge | Posted in Clerks, classic cartoons, comedy, comics | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (2)
Sep
25
2008

Seinfeld Season 1 and 2 Dvd Review

The early years of Seinfeld were odd. The characters were definitely not as neurotic and the comedy was situational far more than later episodes. The situations were also not too absurd, while there was absurdity running throughout the dialogue it was more of a show featuring talking heads. If Kevin Smith were to do a [...]

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Sep
24
2008

The most frequently challenged books of 2007 and where to buy them

So here is a list that shocked me somewhat. I was traveling online and found that there are books that are frequently challenged and debated over their content. I didn’t even know. So I grabbed the top 10 most challenged books of last year and I linked them to where you can buy them. So [...]

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