movie lovers, trade?

Calling all movie lovers, how would you like to trade for a brand new, unopened dvd?

I've got three different ones that I'd like to trade separately.

1. Friday Night Lights (movie)

2. The Pursuit of Happyness

3. Memoirs of a Geisha (I may be trading this one already)


Get it while it's hot. My assignment ends this Tuesday!!

extreme love.

I think I've mentioned this before on this blog or to others, but one of my biggest pet peeves is when people talk during movies. It's just one of those things. If you know what's going to happen, why do you have to ruin it for me? If you don't know what's going to happen, why don't you just find out with the rest of us?

I get peeved at very few things, but this one definitely irritates me a little. I think it's just because I love watching movies. Reminds me of an encounter I once had at the theaters in Philly. It was the beginning of the movie, and a large group of people were talking through the entire thing. Me and my friends were getting a little frustrated so I asked one of the guys in the group to keep it down. I heard him say, "They want us to keep it down." Then I heard the response, "Do they know we're BLACK?!"

Just heard about this incident in Philadelphia where a man was so upset that a family was talking through a movie that he got up and shot the father in the arm. Amazingly, after everyone ran out of the theater, the shooter sat back down and continued to watch the movie until the policemen came and arrested him. (News Story)

Talk about a love for movies.

hairspray.

This is a feel-good movie that'll have you dancing and singing out of the theater. I couldn't help but smile like a fool throughout the entire film. I thought it was great and would highly recommend it. 4.5/5

do you believe in magic?

About 7 years ago I could have legitimately called myself a Harry Potter fan, but my impatience got the best of me, I couldn't bear the idea of waiting a year for each new book release. Last night, I went to go see Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix to relive some of my childhood magic. I thought it was quite entertaining, but not much more than that. 3/5

perks: equal opportunity?

Last night after watching Knocked Up (which was both hysterically funny and slightly disturbing) my friends and I went to go get some ice cream and something very interesting took place.

I stood at the counter for a minute considering each of the flavors and contemplating which to get. After a minute of internal struggle debating the merits of strawberry v. cookie dough, I still had not come to a conclusion. So I kindly asked the girl behind the counter which flavor she recommended. She looked at me for a second, then asked me whether or not I like coffee ice cream. I told her I did. Then she reached down into the freezer and gave me a large cup of coffee ice cream with a cone sticking out of it; she said, "you can have this." At first I wasn't quite sure what she was saying but then I realized she was giving it to me for free. Apparently someone had ordered it earlier and couldn't pay for it. I thanked her and wished her a good night.

As we walked back to the dorms, I told my friends what had happened and how nice the girl had been. But then they told me that she wasn't just "being nice," rather that she had given me the ice cream as token of interest/attraction, if you will. I was puzzled. Perhaps I'm just naive but I always thought that girls seemed to benefit from these type of perks, not guys. I'm still not convinced, but please feel free to weigh in with your thoughts.

One thing I am convinced about is related to my previous post: kindness is contagious.