My Life Is Average

Quite possibly the most entertaining website in the world. Mostly because a lot of the stories are about people who are as big of dorks as I am! Here are a few of my favorites from tonight's perusal of mylifeisaverage.com:

Today, I found out Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 comes out on my birthday. I am now going to spend my 21st birthday with Harry instead of getting drunk. I still think this will be the best day ever. MLIA

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Personally, I think this is a better way to spend your 21st birthday than getting wasted.

Today, I mentally replaced each room in my house with the name of a location in Hogwarts. When my younger brother asked me where the remote was, I told him to check the Gryffindor commonroom. He knew exactly where to go. I've raised him well. MLIA

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I must admit, I considered the idea for a while after reading this.

Today I found out that Command+Ctrl+Option+8 on a Mac switches the display to negative colors. The librarians at school have yet to figure out how to change them back. MLIA

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This is just straight up an awesome/fun thing to do for yourself. Although, I do want to try to trick someone else...

Today my mom called Dell to check on the status of her order. They could not help her because their computers were down. I laughed. MLIA.

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Proving once again that Macs are better!

Today, after reading several MLIA's about people configuring speech recognition on their MacBooks, I decided to try it for myself. My laptop now responds to the name Megatron. My life is complete. MLIA

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Hilarious. Now I need to think of an awesome name for my computer and do this.

Today, my roommate and I were leaving a restaurant when she saw a friend of hers walking in with a guy and stopped to talk to him. The friend's companion and I didn't know each other so I decided to throw my arms out and yell "Oh my God, I haven't seen you in so long!". Instead of being confused, the guy immediately responded with an "I know, right?!" and a hug. We started making up false stories about how I once broke his mother's hip with a trampoline. I have met my soulmate. MLIA.

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You've gotta love someone who can go along with a joke!

Today was my first year of the new semester of college. I'd read reviews about one of my professor being on the mean side, and was terrified. When I came into the room, not only was he dressed as Snape, but every time somebody answered a question he'd yell, "TEN POINTS FROM GRIFFINDOR." MLIA.

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I would be ecstatic if this happened to me. haha.

Today I was reading "100 Reasons Twilight is better than Harry Potter" (which isn't true in the slightest), and one person said that Twilight was better because it was real. I think somebody needs to have a reality check. MLIA.

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haha.

Well, I think I should stop now, because this could go on forever. If you have a free moment, or need to lift your spirits, I highly suggest MLIA. I literally laugh out loud.
Check it out!!!

A couple more vlogs

I've been a little slow on the blogging front, but here are my two newest video blogs.
Hopefully when school starts I can get more into the swing of things.

My First Vlog

Enjoy!

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium Review

I originally was interested in Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium because I am a fan of Natalie Portman. When I picked it out for a family movie night, I was expecting a kid movie, but upon watching it, I was pleasantly surprised. Not only is Mr. Magorium's one of the most kid-friendly movies I have seen in the past few years, it has an original story and is just all-around well produced.

Being that this movie is about a toy store, I wasn't expecting much out of it. When I saw it had a G rating (very hard to find these days!), I must admit, I expected even less. In the end, however, this rating only testifies to the quality of this movie. Magorium's leaves out the (sometimes not so) subtle mature jokes that are so often included in "children's" movies these days in an attempt to keep parents and older audience members entertained (and which contribute to their PG ratings). The absence of these jokes does not detract from the film's entertainment value, but rather reminds us that it is possible to keep people's attention without crude "humor."

Another thing that sets this movie apart from the rest is its unique look. Unlike the all-too-similar comedies coming off the Disney assembly line, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is full of bright colors, and doesn't appear over-produced. Watching it is like stepping into a story book, and one actually begins to believe that a toy store can have a life of its own.

But don't think that Magorium's is simply a story about a toy store. Underneath the magic and wonder are themes of life, death, and growing (or never growing) up. Overall, Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium is a wonderful story that I would not be afraid to recommend to anyone with children of any age. Beautifully shot, poetically told, it makes us all want to believe in the magic.

789

Happy 789 everyone!
As I was reminded via the Science Channel:
Today is a once in a lifetime moment when numerology reigns! At precisely 12:34:56 on July 8, 2009, it will be 123456789
I can't say I will be waiting in front of a clock (that shows seconds, no less, I don't think I even have one!) for that moment to occur. Just knowing that it's gonna happen is enough for me.
I know there is some YouTube hosted gathering in NYC, but other than that, I haven't heard of any special events going on for this occasion.
Personally, I will be watching So You Think You Can Dance tonight, and this blog post is about as much recognition as I will be giving to this momentous time in history.

Velcro and the Swiss

Who knew that a Swiss man invented Velcro?
Not I!
Rhett and Link provide us with a little history of the strangely sticky stuff:

Green Houses

Check out this list of the 40 Innovative Green Homes of 2008. They're pretty cool if you like the more modern style.

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Review

Last night (I guess technically this morning) I went to the midnight premiere of the new Transformers movie. I thought I would write a little review of sorts.

The thing we need to keep in mind is that Transformers is an action movie. The first film was popular because of the awesome CGI job on the robots and because of Megan Fox. Naturally, the second film would build upon the success of these two things. What does that get us? A lot more robot battles and a lot more Megan Fox. If you are going to see Transformers in hopes of a compelling plot line, then you have clearly missed the point entirely.

So maybe the story line is not as strong as in the first movie, but what it lacks in substance in the script it makes up for in battle sequences. This is an action movie, and in that department, Michael Bay does not disappoint. We also get to see a lot more of the Transformers outside of the battle, which provides (a bit) more character development on the part of the robots. The script is drenched with one-liners, coming from the Witwicky parents to the Autobots. If you like that kind of thing, you will definitely have some good laughs throughout the movie. If not, you may find yourself getting annoyed. A lot of these lines involve profanity (there is a lot more of it in this film than in the first), which is something to consider if you are planning on bringing younger fans.

And of course, there is Megan Fox, and of course, she is everywhere.
That's really all there is to say about that.

Overall, I think people are either going to really like this movie, or really hate it. If you go hoping for a great plot line, you are likely to be disappointed. If you go hoping for some great robot action sequences, some (very teen-aged/college-aged) humor, and Megan Fox, then you will probably be very pleased.

When I Grow Up

I don't know what I want to be. I keep thinking, well, more like hoping, that one day it will just hit me in the face and be unbelievably clear. So far this theory hasn't worked.
The other day on Regis and Kelly, this guy was on who is an actor in some show on TNT or something like that. He was 44 or something and he was saying he still wasn't sure that he wanted to be an actor. Well, that just threw off my whole plan! How can someone who is 44 not know what they want to be when they grow up? They are grown up!
I guess that's the case for a lot of people though, isn't it? Plenty of people who have well-established careers and even make lots of money aren't necessarily happy with what they are doing.
I don't want that to happen to me. Ten or twenty or thirty years from now, I don't want to be sitting around wondering whether I chose the right thing. Is that possible? People say "no regrets" and "don't look back," but do those people really go through their lives without questioning a single decision they made? I just don't think that's possible. But maybe it is. It's definitely not for me.
So what do I want to be when I grow up? There are so many things I like, so many things I find interesting, fascinating, even, but how do I know which one I want to do forever? Technically I guess I don't have to do anything forever, but which of my many interests do I want to put time into? Which ones do I want to put my money into as far as getting an education? I have no idea.
So I guess I'm back at square one.
What I wouldn't give to be eleven forever.

I'm A Blogging Failure.

I never update my blog. It has been almost a month.
I need to find something interesting to say.

Right now I am watching the presentation of Google Wave:



It looks pretty cool, but I am kind of a nerd for this kind of stuff.