The Useless Critic 2.0

I love "That Thing You Do!" A lot of people do. I don't know this because I have asked many people but because Rotten Tomatoes tells me so. Now I remember when this was being filmed, it was a HUGE deal because it was set in Erie and I'm not sure there has been another major film set in Erie. It was really random to me, because why would you set a movie in Erie if it wasn't a true story? ....... While Tom Hanks chose to make Erie part of the nexus of his love letter to the glory days of rock and roll (yeah yeah yeah!), he did not really film it there. They stopped up by Mercyhurst briefly (near my parents' home FYI) to take some exterior shots and, well, that was that. Now I understand the impetus behind this decision, as well as Hanks' concept to shoot it in Orange County California . I remember this because the Erie Times News discussed this and I read the article, nearly 20 years ago now (ahhhh I was like eight okay so I'm still ...

Reasons (in no particular order) to see Cloud Atlas :

It's getting very favorable reviews thus far! And that's good! Really good! It better damn well favorable reviews! So are you excited to see this? the plot summary, let's face it, cops from the Brave Little Toaster. Andy grows old; he goes to college. The toys get donated. THE DACHSHUND HAS GRAY FUR WTF ARE THEY TRYING TO DO TO ME! I applaud the creators of the film for actually doing something...err, semi-realistic. you know. because that's life. things get old. people change and move on. It's a sort of nice way to introduce that concept to kids. not like, "Brittany, you can die at anytime. THE HOUSE CAN FALL ON YOU IN YOUR SLEEP." I'm very excited to see this. very excited! I can't wait to feel eight again, you know. I remember all the mean kids loved Buzz Lightyear. I didn't like him, Woody annoyed me. I liked Slinky Dog. RIP JIM VARNEY

I'll be frank with you- I haven't been very active this weekend because I alternated between being depressed and then so drunk I blacked out for the first time in my life and today I've just been lazy and hungover and feeling gross and I should RLY go downstairs and work out and etc but I'm stuck uploading songs right now for a crazy reason. oh dear. I worry about myself. I say "oh dear" a lot. I blame the zoo. I cleaned up my language for the kids. well, sorta. so I'm not going to get off the couch for another hour. "The Reader" can wait. right now I'm in the process of liking everything I can like on my facebook newsfeed. UM, here is something coherent: - Pelle Carlberg is great - but Jens will always have my heart, see here: http://www.jenslekman.com/records/smalltalk.htm DOWNLOAD THAT MIX SO GOOD and that photo! JENS, I love you. you will never return that kind of love, but whatever. he takes the best photos, you know. when I discovered ...