Off-Topic Thread #1

Movie was awesome too

And making an attempt of classic literature with Odyssey by Homer. Second one is a lot harder to read than the first!

and skip back and forth between books, so some of these have been “in progress” for years, others months or weeks:

- Soccernomics
- A Long Way Down
- Love is a Mixtape
- A Gate at the Stairs
- Birds of America
- The Brand Gap
- Homer’s Odyssey (the cat book, not the real thing… I had a blind cat and thought it would help… it didnt, because I think it is more of a life story than a story about having a blind cat)

Kitty Norville werewolf stories. Hilariously entertaining. I’m trying to read Infinite Jest to counteract, but i want more werewolf stories :(

Which is a Korean film and is just a little bit messed up!

in no particular order because it changes frequently. A good mix of cheese and not so cheese, I think.

- The Shawshank Redemption
- Swing Kids
- The Gladiator
- Wristcutters
- 12 Angry Men

I like some depressing-ish movies, I guess. Honorable mentions go to some funnier ones, like Billy Madison, Old School, The Big Lebowski, and a bunch of others I know I am forgetting.

In no order,
The Godfather
Pulp Fiction
Manhattan
The Big Lebowski
Miller’s Crossing

1. The Princess Bride
2. Cast Away
3. Almost Famous
4. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
5. Casablanca

saw moneyball (loved it)
only one ive watched so far of the nominees. Drive was incredible though, MI4, Planet of the apes, Potter, Thor and attack the block were also good, havent seen tinkor tailor, but i love gary oldman, so im sure ill like it

Going through the second season…intense show.

You got the briefcase. All in the game tho right?

That front three of the Giants defence will feast on Brady.

I never got into Lost… I was lost watching Lost. I was a 24 fan, myself. As unrealistic as 24 was, it had nothing on Lost, to me. I had to suffer some assholes on the city bus talking about how unrealistic 24 was, and then going on about how awesome Lost was with its time machine shit.

Love Mad Men (and not just because everyone else began to love it), though it has had some bad episodes this last season… but they made up for it with one of the best episodes. I don’t have high hopes for this next season, however.

Law & Order SVU is my throwback for dramatic television. You can never go wrong with that one.

And then the funny shows… I miss Arrested Development, I love It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (though this last season wasn’t all that great), and The League is now up there on my list of favorites as well. I sometimes love to watch Archer, but often forget about it being on. I like 30 Rock, but ALWAYS forget to watch it. I only see reruns of it, these days.

Smokemonster = Lukaku

it had a lot of cheesy chick flick things about it from time to time, so the really funny stuff went under the radar. But it was better than lots give it credit for, you just had to really watch it. Apparently it is huge overseas in, like, Spain. Come to think of it, I believe a number of the Spanish NT mentioned watching it. Weird. But then, the Spanish NT also have some other things in common as far as pop culture goes, and some of them are not the best trends. What is with their fascination with Coldplay?! All of them!

that sounds like an awesome diet plan. I am currently at 5% actual sleep, 35% food and drink, 60% work and avoiding work on the Internet.

about the extent of my gaming-ness is that I interviewed for a job at Harmonix and came pretty close to getting it (probably the best tech support job ever… you got paid to go to SXSW and play Rock Band with celebrities). I almost applied at Linden Labs, too (I was desperate for a job, but not desperate enough to open a Second Life account).

That, and original Mario Bro’s, Mortal Kombat, Cool Borders 3, GoldenEye, Tetris… crap like that :) I did used to watch my brothers play Metal Gear and and things like that. Some of those were like movies, more than games.