Possibly fractured my finger, but its definetely borked. Going to an ortho this week for the full gist, I'll let you know then.

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Roadtrip Day 5

Roadtrip, day 5! On our second day in Georgia, Kitty and I woke up bright and early to go into Atlanta and go to the Georgia Aquarium (and subsequent Titanic exhibit within). This was a good day, and by far my favorite stop of the trip.

We walked around for quite a while before we got to the belugas. This little girl walked right up on the glass, and the (somewhat camera-hog of a) beluga came up to the glass to say 'hi'. She was delighted.I love all things cephlapod I'm obsessed with squid and cuttlefish and I think that octopi are just about the coolest sea creature EVER. So I was INCREDIBLY happy to see that the north pacific octopus was out and about (strange for the nocturnal predator). His name is, as are all octopi to me, Alfred. Fred for short

Ah, The whale sharks. The GA aquarium is home to 4 of them, and they are, without a doubt, absolutely stunning. They are completely magestic, and glide throught the water with very little effort. Apparently, the aquarium has two girls and two boys.

The GA aquarium is also the only aquarium in America with a manta ray. She's nine years old, but you and rather small so far for a Manta. Their wing span can reach upwards of 20 feet, amazingly. I have named her Jodi.
Obligatory Jellyfish picture. I'm fascinated by jellyfish. They actually sleep- they rest on the bottom and dont move and then wake back up. This is fairly uncommon with water creatures. Most sleep on half of their brain, and their body keeps moving to keep water, and therefore oxygen, moving across their gills.
Goby. He seemed to be checking me out.. this is also the tank were a mental giant of a girl told her friend she was really into the ocean but didn't want to do it as a career because she didn't want to be "one of those marine aquarius people".
Outside of the museum were lots and lots of pretty flowers, IE- reasons for me to play with the micro lens.
Standing out front of the World of Coke!

We ended up touring the World of Coke, which was pretty interesting, despite being gimmicky and a bit more bubbly (pun intended) than Kitty and I really thought was needed. The soda tasting center stood apart for me, and was very interesting In one room, coca-cola collects a sampling of sodas from all over the world that they produce so you can try them and give your own verdict. there were a few standouts for us- The watermelon Smart soda from China was good, while the Mint soda from Djibouti was just weird. The most disgusting soda in the entire place was Italy's Beverly. I swear to you, this stuff tasted like Ass and Hangover mouth. Disgustinggrosseww. We recieved a free (pshh We paid 15$ to get in. Shit wasn't free.) bottle of coke on our way out, and took a short stroll through the store and surprisingly walked out empty handed.

On day 6, we go to the zoo, the king tut exhibit, and the terra cotta warrior exhibit!

Movie review- The History Boys, Watchmen

Alriiight, movie review number two.

Now, I am a big fan of plays and musicals, and I have been hearing about The History Boys for quite a while. I meant to get a hold of the movie ages ago, but as usual, I'm way behind.

Okay, first things first. The dialogue moves very fast, and you can easily miss a plot device or even a good joke if you aren't paying attention- typical of stage to screen adaptations (like Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead, for example). That being said, the dialogue is clever, and the cast preforms effortlessly.

I thought the ending seemed a little rushed, but other than that I enjoyed the movie.

So, overall? b-

Alright, heres a big one- Watchmen.

For those of you who don't feel like reading the entire review, here's my short sum-up:

Boobs and Blue wang.

Now. I'll explain. I read the Watchmen comic, and though most people say the cliche, "You either hate or you love it" I wasn't either. I was sort of.. unmoved by the whole thing. The story line was confusing, and not incredibly grabbing. I honestly fought to finish the thing, but I loved the artwork, and I was interested in the characters.

Similarly, I found myself fairly unmoved by the movie. It had its strong points: Outstanding cinematography (obviously, considering the director), the fight scenes (with the exception of the very first one, that looked terribly rehearsed) were very badass, cg was very good, the acting was good, and Rorschach was a stand out for great acting.

The sex scenes, however, were gratuitous, and came off quasi- soft core porn more than once. I understand that it often develops a character to have a sex scene, but these just stretched on too long (Similar to the sex scene in 300... I'm spotting a trend..) and really, I've seen enough of Malin Akerman (the silk specter 2)'s breasts to last me a life time. Also- I can't focus on a scene when Dr. Manhattan's giant blue wang is waving back and forth on the huge theatre screens, and I feel retarded for getting distracted by his boys.

All bitching aside, it wasn't a bad movie, it just wasn't amazing. Give me Ironman ANYDAY.

the verdict? C. Good acting, cinematography, and fight scenes, but the plot meanders and takes occasional breaks for a wank.

Reviews coming soon- I love you, Man , The Mummy 3, Mamma Mia, RocknRolla

Movie Review- Australia

My goodness, is this late. Taking a small detour from the roadtrip updates with one or two movie reviews.

Australia! Queue sweeping, dramatic orchestral music!

Now, I will readily admit that I had something of a bias coming into the movie. I have always been a Baz Luhrmann fan, and I was positively stoked, that's right- STOKED, for his latest.

Alright, lets get the obvious out of the way- this movie is long. Like, EPICALLY long. We're talking longer than Lord of the rings long. Baz could have made Australia into two movies and they BOTH still would have been pretty long. That being said, he managed to keep the storyline moving in a way that you only wondered once or twice, "Jesus, can I get up and pee sometime this CENTURY?".

The acting was very impressive on Hugh Jackman (Drover) and David Wenham (Fletcher)'s parts, but Nicole Kidman (Lady Sara Ashley) kind of fluctuated through out the movie. Her character changes alot over the course of the movie, but Nicole played the change like a switch being flipped- there isn't a great deal of transition for her character. After saying that, though, sweet jebas its lovely to see her with a facial expression again. She's been overindulging in the botox-fairy for quite a while recently, and I was really starting to miss non-zombie Nicole.

Now the REAL standout in the entire cast was none other than Brandon Walters, who played Nullah, the films narrator. This kid is incredibly talented and I certainly hope he goes on to big things.

The sweeping ladscapes and gorgeous visuals that Baz is fairly known for really stole the show. The costumer, Catherine Martin, Baz's wife and costumer on all of his movies, really outdid herself.

All that technical film stuff aside, I could have died very happy 20 minutes ito the movie after Hugh Jackman parades around the campsite, shirtless and dripping from an impromptu bathe.

Oh yeah Baz, you certainly know how to rope in the ladies.

And Hugh? It was lovely to see you in a movie when you didn't cry 3/4 of the time after X3 and (Shudderhiss) the freakin Fountain.

Verdict? B+

Ah, sorry, my best friend and twitter movie reviewer (http://twitter.com/miss_kitty) Kitty uses the A-F grading scale, and I like it more than my previously used number scale.

I still have quite a few reviews to post- Watchmen, The History Boys, RocknRolla, The M 3, I love you, man, ... yeah. I got a few... So expect them to come filtering in.

Till next time!

Roadtrip, Day 2

On Day dos, we packed up and headed over to the Columbia Zoo. This post will have less pictures than some of the others because we went to to the Atlanta zoo later in the week, and I have similar pictures from there.

Anyways! We saw all the regular animals normally found in zoos, plus one of my favorites-


He cracked me up, but I still haven't come up with a name for him. Any ideas?

A little bit later, we ended up in the koala house and SURPRISINGLY one of them was moving-

Alan named him Stanley, which I think is very fitting.

Moving right along, I played with my macro lens again-
And then we headed into the reptile house-

After the reptile house, on our way out, we stopped to hang out with the (INCREDIBLY NOISY) flamingos-

After the zoo, we went to a resturant named California Dreamin', which was very good.

Headed home after a long day while the sun was setting-

Day 3 was spent shopping and hanging out with family for our very last day in South Carolina.

Day 4, Tuesday, we left around noon and headed into Georgia, about a 4 hour drive. When we arrived at Kitty's mother's house, we were tired from driving and spent the rest of the day hanging out with family.

Onto day 5!

Roadtrip, Day 1

Hiya folks! I gave a lot of thought as to the easiest way to post my roadtrip, and I ended up deciding to post each day separately, with its corresponding pictures.

But here's the gist- My spring break was March 7th to the 15th. My best friend Kitty and I decided that we wanted to take a roadtrip down south. Our first stop was Columbia, South Carolina, to visit my grandparents. After that, we were heading to Marietta (about 10 minutes outside of Atlanta), Georgia, to visit Kitty's mom and step father Jim. After that, we would head for Ashville, North Carolina to go and visit Kitty's grandparent's. Soon after was the OH SO FUN 10 hour drive home.

Friday the 6th, we left Virginia and drove somewhere around 7 to 8 hours to South Carolina. Surprisingly, the drive was actually really enjoyable (with the exception of EVERY driver from Conneticut, which Kitty and I have decided require you to be a douchebag to get a drivers liscense) and we drove in shifts with the much needed guidance of the TomTom. We arrived in Columbia at around 5:30, where my grandparents were VERY excited to see us. That night, we had some absolutely fantastic pizza, watched a Fred Astaire movie and PASSED OUT.

So. Day 1.

Saturday the 7th (The official day 1) we woke up to my grandfather making his famous sourdough pancakes, eggs, and sausage. After stuffing ourselves to the brim, we packed up and drove to the Columbia Canal.

Kitty, in the car on the way.

Heres the river-side of the canal. It was an absolutely beautiful day, so we got lots of wonderful pictures of the water.

Then, I started to play with the macro lens on my Nikon d50...



Kitty, meanwhile, shoots with a Canon.


My Grandma was excited to be there...



The canal was really moving, as well. The city had had a lot of rain before we came into town.



From the canal, we headed for the South Carolina state museum. I was instantly enchanted by the giant fiberglass replica of the Megladon shark, hanging in the main hall of the museum-



Kitty and I named him Theodore (Teddy for short) and I tried to figure out a way I could nonchalante-ly steal him. I figured he was a little big for me to stick him under my shirt, but we could probably put him in Kitty's purse. His tail would stick out a little though...

The state museum was really neat. They had some cool dioramas of South Carolina wildlife, a section on dinosaurs, a really neat section on storms and such, and finally- a big hands-on area, where they explained various phenomena. This is where I bashed the bejezus out of my left index finger. I caught it in a lever of one of the models, and successfully borked it for the rest of the trip. It was all purpley and swollen well into the week and even though it isn't swollen now, I'm still having alot of problems with residual pain and continually bashing it on things.

That night, we headed back to the house, had some home-smoked bbq pork shoulder, compliments of my grandfather, and watched Wall-E. Also another crashing night.

Ps- I forgot to mention. Before we left, Kitty and I met Christopher Moore!

We went in for a book signing, and both bought his new (And totally AWESOME) book, Fool.

In case you were wondering- the man is totally awesome.

After the slight detour, On to day 2!

Post roadtrip

Goooood evening, all! I went on a roadtrip down south with my best friend for spring break this past week and just got home late last night. I've been running errands today AND I bought a new phone. Now, if only Verizon could pull their head out...

ANYWAYS. I'll have a big group of updates in the next few days with a rundown (with pictures) of the trip, some art updates, and some new movie reviews (Watchmen, History Boys, Role Models, to name a few!) !

Thanks for your patience, all.

Talk to you soon!

T