Current Mood: Chill

And by British, I of course mean reviews. Books, comics, games, and movies…mostly movies. While on my “vacation” I had lots of time for movie watching and did just that, as well as read a few books and comics so over the next few weeks, I will be reviewing said media. Upcoming for review…

Ultimates V1-2
Anita Blake - Vampire Hunter - Guilty Pleasures
Star Wars Darth Bane - Rule of Two by Drew Karpyshyn
Legacy of the Jedi 01 - Legacy of the Jedi (by Jude Watson)
Jedi Apprentice 01 - The Rising Force (by Dave Wolverton)
Chuck & Larry
Sansho the Bailiff
Live Free or Die Hard
Superbad
Home Movies Season 2
Boondocks Season 2
Outlaw Star
Hard Boiled
Election
Clerks 2
Replacements
3:10 to yuma
The Kingdom
Band of Brothers

I”ll start with the bad and mediocre. The bad being, “I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry”. I laughed a total of two times during the movie. It was just one long gay joke. The only saving grace…oh I think you know. Jessica Biel’s fine, fine ass. In the immortal words of Adam Sandler in the movie Billy Madison…”Soooo hot, want to touch the heinie.” That might be the best ass in Hollywood.

Want to touch the heinie

On to more bad. Next is the boring, pointless, uninteresting pile of literary feces by the name of “Legacy of the Jedi” (by Jude Watson). It was a 3 part series. After reading the first, I skipped it’s sequels. So bad. Nothing more needs to be said…skip it!

On to mediocre, we have the straight to DVD “Big Stan” starring Rob Schneider. It had everything I like in a comedy. It was crude, politically incorrect, violent, and nonsensical. It also had Bob Sapp, Don Frye, and Randy Couture in it who are all big names in MMA. Also stars Jennifer Morrison(House) and David Carradine. It’s not a movie I’d buy, but worth checking out with some friends.

And one last mediocre. Jedi Apprentice 01 - The Rising Force (by Dave Wolverton). It wasn’t bad, it just wasn’t good. Hence…mediocre. I’m just gonna copy&paste a review I put up elsewhere…
“Much better(referring to the craptastic “Legacy of the Jedi), but still a bit slow. Gave some pretty good insight into Obi Wan and Qui Gon Jinn’s early relationship and how he came to be Qui-Gon’s Padawan. Nothing terribly interesting.” If you’re bored, it’s raining, the spank bank is empty, the electricity is out, you own the book, and have nothing else to read…give it a shot. But don’t go out of your way to read it.

And that’s it for today. Live long and prosper…or don’t, whatever.

Well I’m back from my vacation as of November 3rd. So good to be back home. We went to Parker Dam, California for a month. Then Vegas for a day, followed by a horrible trip to Colorado. Colorado wasn’t bad, but the drive from Vegas to Colorado was fuckin’ horrible. The mountains, while nice, made for a gut wrenching trip. My grandpa driving at night on winding narrow roads is NOT a pleasant experience. He was taking 50MPH turns at 70-75MPH consistently, and in the process scaring the shit out of me and my mom. What’s worse, is I have this recurring nightmare that I’m in a vehicle driving high speeds on a narrow, twisting road before losing control and plummeting to our inevitable death. Luckily my nightmare didn’t become a reality…although my gramps tried his damnedest lol.

Only good part of the trip was getting to see Stomp Out Loud Live in Vegas. One of the greatest things I’ve ever experienced. Made even better with the knowledge that after January the only place you will be able to see them is in New York. So glad I got to see them. No matter how good the show, still not worth the horrible vacation…never, ever again…well maybe Comic-Con…still debating.

We also took my 96 year old Great-Grandma with us and if you’ve seen National Lampoon’s Vacation, I was sure we were gonna live it. You know the part where they pick up their grandma and she dies on them and they don’t notice cuz they think she’s sleeping. Every time she fell asleep, that popped in my mind. Funny, yet morbid lol.

Also one small cool little note about the trip. There was 4 generations of us in that van. It was like the bible and shit. Mildred Allen(great-grandma) beget John Allen(grandpa), John Allen beget Dinah Allen(mom), Dinah Allen beget Me(me). Well I’ll have more later as well as some pictures. Those with my myspace can see some of the pics there already. Well I’m out. I’ll probably have the pictures up tomorrow.

Current Mood: Chill

Sorry, I’ve been letting my laziness get the best of me. Figured I should make at least one post before I disappear for a month.

God this trip is gonna suck. We are planning to hit up Vegas though so that’s a plus. Gonna try to go see Cirque De Soleil and Penn & Teller. Maybe Cheech & Chong, not positive yet. Other than that I plan to stay holed up in my room the entire time. Biggest problem will be trying convince people I actually like being alone. It’s not JUST a “fuck family” mentality. People in general just aren’t big on my list of things I like. Oh I have a list. Number one on the list…Me being left the fuck alone a good portion of every day. Of course that doesn’t work too well now that we have she who shall not be named’s kids. My weekends are shot, but I’m getting used to the idea…I guess. Anywho, I digress…this trip is gonna suuuuck.

Been watching some TV…shocking! Mostly The Cleaner on A&E. Really decent show starring Benjamin Bratt. About an ex-drug addict who made a deal with God and now is doing “god’s work”. Whatever the hell that means. Well for his character, it means, helping other’s kick whatever addiction they have. No matter what, when, how, or why. I’m enjoying it.

****FMA Spoiler Alert for Allen****
Also, Tre and I finished up Fullmetal Alchemist. Really good fricken’ anime. Ended about as good as it could. Pussed out on some deaths. Mustang should have died. I think it would’ve been fitting. I generally hate overly sappy, nice, perfect endings to shows and whatnot but I would’ve really liked to have seen FMA end that way. With Ed & Al getting their bodies back, retiring from the military and moving back home. Just would have been a nice way to end it after all the shit they went through. And they went through a lot of shit. My 3rd favorite anime behind Cowboy Bebop and Trigun. We’re watching Outlaw Star now. Having a had time getting into it. The English voice acting is atrocious. Way too childish sounding.
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Hmm, what else? Went to my cousins football game last Friday. They won huge, 45-0 or something like that. Drew’s the kicker, punter, Wide Receiver, and Free Safety I believe. He’s pretty good. Their best Wide Receiver easily imo, yet they rarely pass it to him. We’re going to his game Friday the 26th as well. Sally(my Aunt) is gonna take the kids then to give my mom a chance to get everything together for our long, shitty trip. Hope things go okay. They(the kids) get discipline here, but we’re pretty lax. They don’t really have to do much. As long as they’re good, they get to pretty much do whatever…within reason. Sally on the other hand is very strict. I mean, maximum security prison strict. Should be an interesting first couple weeks, what with Tay’s epic stubborn streak. Not too worried with Tre. He’s a pretty good kid.

Hmmm, haven’t been doing much reading since getting Rock Band 2. I’m still a vocal God.

That’s really about it. She who shall not be named already “quit” her job. We think she was fired. The job was too hard for her…that job…stocking shelves…*le sigh*. Of course no visitation this week. Wish this would all just end so the kids(and us) could move on with our lives. Well, I’m out. Hope to have kept mildly entertained with this long, pointless, meandering, unfocused, boring post.

PS: My worst fears realized…The Chiefs are worse than the Raiders…The RAIDERS!

Current Mood: Angry

Well, it looks to be another loooong year for Chiefs fans. Croyle is one of the softest quarterbacks I’ve ever seen. Of course he’s not helped by our piss poor line.

Dwayne Bowe is NOT a number 1 receiver. No real number 1 receiver drops 4 fuckin’ passes. And if said number 1 receiver does drop 4 passes, he doesn’t give an interview after the game and nonchalantly say “he played OK.” He should be pissed at himself. Let us know how he’ll never let that happen again. But no, he’s apparently comfortable at being a failure. Well there’s no wonder Carl Peterson likes him so. Peas in a pod. What are we in now? Year 19 of his 3 year plan?

The defense looks pretty good however. Not impressed by our new middle linebacker, but liking our secondary…for the most part. Our d-line is a work in progress.

Only real bright spot was Jamaal Charles and the ever steady Tony G. Larry Johnson just isn’t what he used to be and that worries me, but we’re stacked at that position so not a big worry.

With all that said, at least we’re not the Raiders…HA!

Current Mood: Bored

Nothings really going on in my life right now so I figured to shut some people up about my lack of posting I’d post some ringtones I made. One quick note of annoyance first…

She who shall not be named got a job and works evenings. Because of this, the people in charge of this whole mess wants to take Tre out of school once a week so he can have visitation still. I mean I get it…sorta, but is that really the best solution. He’s already behind other kids his own age thanks to she who shall not be named and her propensity to be too tired/lazy/drugged/fucked up to get him up to go to school last year. And now they wanna take him outta school to go see her!? Even without custody of her kids she continues to fuck shit up for them…though this isn’t really her fault…I’m just saying.

Now onto the ringtones…
Bone Thugs N Harmony - Crossroads
Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch(edited)
Merideth Brooks - Bitch
The Doors - Soul Kitchen
K-Ci & JoJo - How Long
Mai Yamani - Real Folk Blues(Cowboy Bebop)
Cowboy Bebop Theme as sung by Ed #1
Cowboy Bebop Theme as sung by Ed #2
Flight of the Conchords - Business Time
Flight of the Conchords - If You’re Into It
Flight of the Conchords - Leggy Blonde
Flight of the Conchords - Muthauckus

Well after “acquiring” 209 Star Wars novels.  I finished the first one today.  The first one being Darth Bane: Path of Destruction.  Based roughly 1000 years before the events of Episode I.  It’s a look at one of the most powerful and influential Sith Lords in the Star Wars universe, Darth Bane.  He single-handedly destroyed the sith as it was known then and rebuilt it based on the Sith Lords of the past.  Namely Darth Revan and the “Rule of Two.”  The Rule of Two being that there can only be two Sith Lords at any given time.  A master and apprentice.  The book doesn’t cover all of this.  This book basically just covers his origin.  How he went from a lowly miner, to Darth Bane, Dark Lord of the Sith and completely destroyed the Sith as it was known at the time so he could enact his rule of two.  It was a really good read and can’t wait to read the next book in the Star Wars universe.

Current Mood: Confused

My ex-lady friend, and current good friend has once again been forbidden to talk to me by her significant other. It’s gone so far that she has even removed me as a myspace friend no doubt at the behest of her husband. Let it be known, I have no designs on my ex-lady friend. We are friends. No more.

Really, am I that much of a threat? A 31 year old quadriplegic, anti-social, high school dropout, that lives with his mom, and resides in a bed 24/7…not to mention the 2500 miles in between us. He’s jealous of that? Really? I just don’t get it. Of course I haven’t been in a relationship since I was 15, so what the fuck do I know? I guess I could look at it as he loves her so much he just doesn’t wanna lose her…especially to a 31 year old quadriplegic, anti-social, high school dropout, that lives with his mom, and resides in a bed 24/7…not to mention the 2500 miles in between us.

I almost added him as a myspace friend, but that’d almost certainly acerbate the situation. I’ll just back off and chill. What can I do? Some people are just beyond reason and/or logic.

We’ll always be friends no matter how much…or little we talk. Ours is a bond that can’t be broken…trust me, I’ve tried lol

She’s very persistent.

This is the guy he’s worried about…

Somewhat of a follow up to me being a Rock Band God, my cuz Allen will be excited to hear Rush’s album Moving Pictures will soon be coming to Rock Band. Me, not so excited. The song YYZ will be frustratingly boring to me and I’m just not a huge Rush fan to begin with. In bad news, my mic has a short in it…noooooooo!

Breathe Jamaal, breathe. Ok, moving on. Been watching a lot of Olympics coverage and Usain Bolt of Jamaica is ridiculously fast. That fucker can fly. Won gold easily in the 100 and 200m and broke the world record in both. He won the 200 by like 5 body lengths. It was crazy to see. I’d be embarrassed to come in 2nd.

I watched the woman’s soccer gold medal match this morning and Marta of Brazil has got to be the best woman’s soccer player by far. She was beating double and triple teams consistently all game. So talented. Of course all that talent goes for naught as the U.S. women won in overtime to defend their gold medal from the 2004 games.

That’s really it as far as standout performances. The “Redeem Team” is looking very good but I’ll hold judgment until it’s all over.

I also was shocked to see WALKING is a fuckin’ Olympic sport. Fuckin’ Walking. They was talking about the “competitors” last night and one of the announcers actually said, and I’m paraphrasing “The Russians look really strong. They’ve been walking very well this year.” Are you fuckin’ kidding me!? Really, they’ve been walking well this year? Ridiculous.

In positive news, Tre’ is a fan of Fullmetal Alchemist(my 3rd favorite anime). Which shocked me as there isn’t a whole lot of action. Though it deals a lot with death and morality issues and trying to explain a lot of the things going on to a 5 year old is damn near impossible.

In vacation news, I’m still not looking forward to it. Though it got a little better as we’ll probably take a day trip to Vegas. Little over a 2 hour drive from where we’re staying. Likely check out a couple shows. I’m thinking Blue Man Group. Not big into gambling. Seems like a huge waste of money and time to me.

One last small note.  R.I.P. to Julius Carry III better known to most as Sho Nuff from the movie The Last Dragon.  One of my favorite/fun movies of all time.  Now bow down and kiss his converse!  Rough week for us black folk.  First Bernie Mac, then Isaac Hayes, now Julius Carry III.

And I’m out!

Current Mood: Sick & Sick & Sick

Starring Cate Blanchett, Ted Theodore Logan, the original Talk Soup guy, Schillinger, Lumbergh, Katie Holmes breastesses, and written by Sling Blade.  If you caught all those references, yay for you.

I avoided this movie for many years because it didn’t look all that good. Reviews were pretty bad as well. After a few years I’d hear references to the film here and there, and most was positive. So I begrudgingly added it to my netflix list.

I should have stuck with my original instinct. It was average at best.  The only saving grace was the aforementioned Katie Holmes breastesses.  They were quite impressive.  Not too big, not too small.  Nice bounce.  Seriously though…they were nice.

As for the movie, not as impressive as Katie Holmes breastesses.  I knew who the killer was 20 minutes into the movie which is impressive since the movie went nowhere for about 35 minutes.  The ending was a complete mess.  One of the worse endings I have ever witnessed.  If you hadn’t guessed by now, I say skip this movie.  You could probably find Katie Holmes breastesses online anyway.

Current Mood: Indifferent

Well, as you may know I had planned to go to Cali for Comic-Con. Well, due to unforeseen circumstances we didn’t make it. Well, now we’ve got another much less fun and more family oriented trip coming.

We’re going to some river in Cali with a bunch of family. Normally I’d nix the trip. Not a fan of people, and even more so family people’s. But my grandparents went every year and with what’s recently gone down…well, lets just say, I need to go. I couldn’t very well tell my grandfather he can’t go, because I’m a tad anti-social. So me, my mom, my grandfather, and my great-grandma(who’s senile) are making the trip out there(for the entire fricken’ month of October) near the end of this month.

I’m gonna try to make the best of it. Which is gonna be hard since all the activities available isn’t shit I can do. I’ll likely stay holed up in my room playing Rock Band 2 or Guitar Hero World Tour avoiding people as much as possible. Who knows, maybe I’ll have fun…..yeah, that’s not happening…At least I’ll get to get caught up on some reading.