got a new bike

this was a leap of faith (as i'm broke and gina actually paid for the bike) but it was too cheap to pass up.

i think.

Review 2009

I ended up seeing a ton of movies in 2009 - I think at some point I just decided it was the best way to waste time.

I think the only way to review something is based on enjoyment. And so, in order, here's my lists. The following are all movies released this year.

In the theater:

The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The trailer looked annoying and overly quirky. I'd pretty much given up on Wes Anderson, but a few enthusiastic online reviews convinced me to give it a shot. As it turns out it was my favorite movie of the year, and one I wanted to see more than once. Unfortunately it didn't last long in the theater. Too bad, really, as I think it was a movie suitable for pretty much anyone, and by far the most entertaining thing I saw all year.

Watchmen
I didn't know anything about this going in other than the fact that it was based on a comic book. I just thought it was really well done, and I was tempted to go see it twice.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
I thought the dialog was clever (and sort of accurate as I remember conversations when I was that age). I've like all the Harry Potter movies, despite never reading any of the books. I thought the last 3 were particularly well done.

Up In The Air
Moon
Whip It
District 9
Where The Wild Things Are
Inglorius Basterds
Up
Zombieland
Star Trek
Objectified
The Hangover
Extract
Public Enemies
Ponyo
Beer Wars
Avatar

And on DVD:

Antichrist
Comically Disturbing. As fun as watching someone mutilate their genitals can be. CHAOS REIGNS

Tyson
Tokyo!
Food, Inc.
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Taken
Observe and Report

GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra
This was like watching someone else play a really bad video game.

Bruno
Holy cow was Bruno bad.

wait for it....

cuz we're hardcore (we got more flavor than skittles)

today it snowed and my car went sideways only a little bit once so far. i consider that a small victory.

i'd like to buy another (second) car for this sort of weather but how stupid is buying a car just for weather? i am not professor moneyshorts.

i didn't write about gina getting a new job, but she did, and now she is astronaut moneyblouse. well, not really, but she's closer than i am.