I'm lying here in bed feeling like death, I've caught the flu, or the Flying Death as my friend Scott likes to call it, and it is unrelenting, and I've decided to plug in a movie I haven't seen in years: Labyrinth. This got me thinking what my favourite movies are. So here it is a list of my top 10, at the moment, and they are subject to change at any time, favourite movies, in no particular order until the top Five, with links to Wiki articles about them:
10) Gunless
9) Donnie Darko
8) Black Swan
7) Labyrinth
6) The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Yeah I know that's cheating but I don't care)
5) Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back
4) Tron: Legacy
3) Inception
2) Tron
1) Serenity
As I said this list is subject to change at any time, except the top 5 that is, those are pretty solidified as my favourite movies, but at the moment this is how I feel.
And with that:
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And here's a few music links for you:
Luke Bryan I Fight Dragons Deric Ruttan Radiohead
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Monday, November 21, 2011
Drowning Guinea Pigs
Alrighty ladies and gentlemen, a new week, a new blog, me being pretty tired and wanting to get this out on the interwebs. I have a fair bit to talk about so lets get going!
This weekend was great, little sleep but a great time and awesome new friends were made. Of course I'm talking about the great experience I had this last weekend in Banff at the Progressive Conservative Youth of Alberta Summit. It was a really great time had by everyone that was there, guaranteed, we got together and talked about so much stuff, ways to get more Youth involvement in the PC party and how we will have to go about the coming election in 2012. That evening we had a fantastic chance to have dinner with Premier Alison Redford and got a chance to talk to her about what we had all discussed that day and got to hear what she thought about it. Then we all, in only a way that the PC's can, partied in our Hospitality Suite, BIG shout out to Matthew McGowan who put a ton of hard work into his awesome Suite and then proceeded to get elected as the new VP Membership at the Annual General Meeting on Sunday. Then after the hotel told us to shut it down for the night we took the party to Hoodo and kept it going till way too late.
The next morning we all got up very early, at a classy time of 11am, and ate some breakfast and then it was time for the PCYA AGM in which a new Executive was elected with my good friend Evan Legate as the President, congrats once again! Then it was a long ride home for my brother and me as others went out to experience Banff.
All in all it was a great weekend, especially because afterwards my mom and I got to go and watch WWE Survivor Series' 25th anniversary in which CM Punk won his 2nd WWE Championship and "Finally The Rock has come back to New York City" to pair with John Cena to fight The Miz and R-Truth. If you want to read more click right HERE to read up on it on The John Report.
Today was a very relaxing day and nothing really interesting or blog worthy happened so, here we are at the end of my blog post today. Sorry for kind of throwing up links all over the place today for what its worth.
But before I go I'm going to drop this little tidbit for anyone who is interested, starting December 1st my good friend Justin Cauti and I are starting a new project that I'm not going to tell to much about right now, but stay tuned, its going to be awesome! SO:
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And tonight I'm not gonna post much for music, just one song but the second thing I'm posting is a story from my favourite author, Patrick Rothfuss (click HERE to read his blog, he's a very funny man and incredibly talented), that he presented at w00tstock 3.0. If you haven't read his books, The Kingkiller Chronicles, I'd strongly advise you to do so, they are the greatest pieces of fantasy I've read in my life.
Coldplay Patrick Rothfuss
This weekend was great, little sleep but a great time and awesome new friends were made. Of course I'm talking about the great experience I had this last weekend in Banff at the Progressive Conservative Youth of Alberta Summit. It was a really great time had by everyone that was there, guaranteed, we got together and talked about so much stuff, ways to get more Youth involvement in the PC party and how we will have to go about the coming election in 2012. That evening we had a fantastic chance to have dinner with Premier Alison Redford and got a chance to talk to her about what we had all discussed that day and got to hear what she thought about it. Then we all, in only a way that the PC's can, partied in our Hospitality Suite, BIG shout out to Matthew McGowan who put a ton of hard work into his awesome Suite and then proceeded to get elected as the new VP Membership at the Annual General Meeting on Sunday. Then after the hotel told us to shut it down for the night we took the party to Hoodo and kept it going till way too late.
The next morning we all got up very early, at a classy time of 11am, and ate some breakfast and then it was time for the PCYA AGM in which a new Executive was elected with my good friend Evan Legate as the President, congrats once again! Then it was a long ride home for my brother and me as others went out to experience Banff.
All in all it was a great weekend, especially because afterwards my mom and I got to go and watch WWE Survivor Series' 25th anniversary in which CM Punk won his 2nd WWE Championship and "Finally The Rock has come back to New York City" to pair with John Cena to fight The Miz and R-Truth. If you want to read more click right HERE to read up on it on The John Report.
Today was a very relaxing day and nothing really interesting or blog worthy happened so, here we are at the end of my blog post today. Sorry for kind of throwing up links all over the place today for what its worth.
But before I go I'm going to drop this little tidbit for anyone who is interested, starting December 1st my good friend Justin Cauti and I are starting a new project that I'm not going to tell to much about right now, but stay tuned, its going to be awesome! SO:
Follow me on twitter @Nait93
And tonight I'm not gonna post much for music, just one song but the second thing I'm posting is a story from my favourite author, Patrick Rothfuss (click HERE to read his blog, he's a very funny man and incredibly talented), that he presented at w00tstock 3.0. If you haven't read his books, The Kingkiller Chronicles, I'd strongly advise you to do so, they are the greatest pieces of fantasy I've read in my life.
Coldplay Patrick Rothfuss
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Once Upon A Time
Figured I should post this sooner rather then later because, knowing me, I will probably forget again. Two pretty quick things to run down here tonight/this morning: 1) I forgot to mention the current book I'm working on, although if you know me at all its pretty obvious and 2) The awesome TV Series on CTV called Once Upon a Time, thus the name of my blog post.
So the book I'm currently reading is the final book in the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini. This book has been 4 years in the making in a series that was supposed to end with book 3, but so far its been worth every year I've waited for it, its fantastic! Here is the inside flap summery:
"Not so very long ago, Eragon—Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider—was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders.
"Long months of training and battle have brought victories and hope, but they have also brought heartbreaking loss. And still, the real battle lies ahead: they must confront Galbatorix. When they do, they will have to be strong enough to defeat him. And if they cannot, no one can. There will be no second chances.
"The Rider and his dragon have come further than anyone dared to hope. But can they topple the evil king and restore justice to Alagaësia? And if so, at what cost?"
Can't wait to finish it up and see how it ends, hopefully a very satisfying ending, that would be the best. If you haven't read any of these books the first in the series is called Eragon, yes there was a TERRIBLE movie based off of it made a while back but don't let that prevent you from reading it. This is the series that not only got me into reading and more specifically got me reading Fantasy novels but also the novel that inspired me to start writing myself. So, basically, I can't recommend it enough! Read it, let your kids read it, do whatever you have to do to get it out there, I love this book series with all my heart, dwarven politics included.
Follow Christopher Paolini on twitter @InheritaceCP #CheepCheep
And finally the name of my blog post tonight, Once Upon a Time. Its a great new series from CTV, channel 2 if you have shaw cable and live in Northern Alberta, that should satisfy every fantasy enthusiasts desires for a fantasy television series. Basically there is a town filled with people who don't realize that they are characters that every child knows from fairy tales, Cinderella, Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, etc. The Wicked Witch cast a spell on the entire faery tale world that would put them into a world that is a terrible curse for them, being our world, and none of them would remember it. One little boy somehow figures this out via an old book filled with these faery tales and is trying to convince his biological mother, who he searched out, that all of this is true and she is Snow White's daughter and the only one who can save this town from the Wicked Witch, his foster parent who also happens to be mayor of this small town.
Its only about 4 or 5 episodes into the first season and is definitely worth your time to check out.
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Music:
Zac Brown Band Robbi Rob City & Colour Frank Erickson
So the book I'm currently reading is the final book in the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini. This book has been 4 years in the making in a series that was supposed to end with book 3, but so far its been worth every year I've waited for it, its fantastic! Here is the inside flap summery:
"Not so very long ago, Eragon—Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider—was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders.
"Long months of training and battle have brought victories and hope, but they have also brought heartbreaking loss. And still, the real battle lies ahead: they must confront Galbatorix. When they do, they will have to be strong enough to defeat him. And if they cannot, no one can. There will be no second chances.
"The Rider and his dragon have come further than anyone dared to hope. But can they topple the evil king and restore justice to Alagaësia? And if so, at what cost?"
Can't wait to finish it up and see how it ends, hopefully a very satisfying ending, that would be the best. If you haven't read any of these books the first in the series is called Eragon, yes there was a TERRIBLE movie based off of it made a while back but don't let that prevent you from reading it. This is the series that not only got me into reading and more specifically got me reading Fantasy novels but also the novel that inspired me to start writing myself. So, basically, I can't recommend it enough! Read it, let your kids read it, do whatever you have to do to get it out there, I love this book series with all my heart, dwarven politics included.
Follow Christopher Paolini on twitter @InheritaceCP #CheepCheep
And finally the name of my blog post tonight, Once Upon a Time. Its a great new series from CTV, channel 2 if you have shaw cable and live in Northern Alberta, that should satisfy every fantasy enthusiasts desires for a fantasy television series. Basically there is a town filled with people who don't realize that they are characters that every child knows from fairy tales, Cinderella, Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, etc. The Wicked Witch cast a spell on the entire faery tale world that would put them into a world that is a terrible curse for them, being our world, and none of them would remember it. One little boy somehow figures this out via an old book filled with these faery tales and is trying to convince his biological mother, who he searched out, that all of this is true and she is Snow White's daughter and the only one who can save this town from the Wicked Witch, his foster parent who also happens to be mayor of this small town.
Its only about 4 or 5 episodes into the first season and is definitely worth your time to check out.
Follow me on twitter @Nait93
Music:
Zac Brown Band Robbi Rob City & Colour Frank Erickson
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Real Steel Movie Review
Who's up for a movie review? Harold and Kumar? Nope, decided not to review it. Why? Cause I'm a jerk. Real Steel? Yup! So here we go!!!
Real Steel comes off initially as being your stereotypical sports/boxing movie. And for the most part it really is. But there are many parts in it that are very unique to this specific movie, and even though it is a stereotypical sports movie it does everything very well and in a pretty original way. Yes, as you'd expect, a Robot boxer is going at it and you don't think he can win it all but then it gets the big shot at getting the World Robot Boxing title, will he win? Did you watch Rocky? You pretty much know that story then.
Within this story you also have a story about a man named Charlie, and ex-boxer, who just can't get a break with any of his Robots that he uses in this boxing. He happens to have an eleven year old son, who he has never known, he finds out his ex-girlfriend has died and he is going to be stuck with the kid, unless he signs the child over to his ex's gold digging sister and her 60+ year old rich as you can imagine husband. He does it, and makes 50 K out of the deal but asks to spend the summer with his son. He doesn't want his son but his son wants nothing more by the end to be with his dad. What happens with that? Well its pretty obvious if you have seen any movies like that.
My problem with the movie stands here: The CGI was great, so no that's not an issue, the acting was awesome, I can't wait to see the kid in more movies, so that is not it either. What's my problem? Well calm down and I'll get to it, geez! My problem is, it doesn't end, after the last fight the kid is supposed to go back with his mom's sister and after the fight is done and there is a ton of cheering Hugh Jackman lifts the kid up on his shoulders and they throw their arms up in the air and the credits roll. Well whats gonna happen with those two? Normally I don't mind when movies leave stuff to the imagination but that wasn't one of those times. I happen to enjoy them telling me everything that happens when it comes to a father/son relationship. It was not set up for a sequel, thankfully, but it just didn't come to a satisfying ending in that regard.
So given all of that...8.5/10. Loved the movie, gonna grab it on DVD, hopefully I'll have a BluRay player by then so maybe get it on BluRay, but it was SUPER predictable in both main points of story line and the ending wasn't very satisfying. There you go, movie review!
What have I been up to lately? Why thank you for asking kind but nameless individual. Nothing in particular sadly, been super busy with work but I have this and next weekend off, I plan on catching up on reading and get some writing done. I have been writing a novel now for quite some time but I haven't been doing much of anything with it since last year, so I have once again begun to write and my story is going through some MAJOR changes, namely in size and rhythm and the plot will be modified ever so slightly so that it works better then it currently does.
I will be posting it on a website called Wattpad but not until the New Year, hopefully I'll have made progress by then, and possibly bits and pieces on my blog.
Random shout out to Briana Cable cause she has been pestering me all night to mention her. She's awesome, just a little odd at times.
Follow me on twitter @Nait93
MUSIC!!!
Thompson Square Barenaked Ladies Captain Tractor AND Hugh Laurie
Real Steel comes off initially as being your stereotypical sports/boxing movie. And for the most part it really is. But there are many parts in it that are very unique to this specific movie, and even though it is a stereotypical sports movie it does everything very well and in a pretty original way. Yes, as you'd expect, a Robot boxer is going at it and you don't think he can win it all but then it gets the big shot at getting the World Robot Boxing title, will he win? Did you watch Rocky? You pretty much know that story then.
Within this story you also have a story about a man named Charlie, and ex-boxer, who just can't get a break with any of his Robots that he uses in this boxing. He happens to have an eleven year old son, who he has never known, he finds out his ex-girlfriend has died and he is going to be stuck with the kid, unless he signs the child over to his ex's gold digging sister and her 60+ year old rich as you can imagine husband. He does it, and makes 50 K out of the deal but asks to spend the summer with his son. He doesn't want his son but his son wants nothing more by the end to be with his dad. What happens with that? Well its pretty obvious if you have seen any movies like that.
My problem with the movie stands here: The CGI was great, so no that's not an issue, the acting was awesome, I can't wait to see the kid in more movies, so that is not it either. What's my problem? Well calm down and I'll get to it, geez! My problem is, it doesn't end, after the last fight the kid is supposed to go back with his mom's sister and after the fight is done and there is a ton of cheering Hugh Jackman lifts the kid up on his shoulders and they throw their arms up in the air and the credits roll. Well whats gonna happen with those two? Normally I don't mind when movies leave stuff to the imagination but that wasn't one of those times. I happen to enjoy them telling me everything that happens when it comes to a father/son relationship. It was not set up for a sequel, thankfully, but it just didn't come to a satisfying ending in that regard.
So given all of that...8.5/10. Loved the movie, gonna grab it on DVD, hopefully I'll have a BluRay player by then so maybe get it on BluRay, but it was SUPER predictable in both main points of story line and the ending wasn't very satisfying. There you go, movie review!
What have I been up to lately? Why thank you for asking kind but nameless individual. Nothing in particular sadly, been super busy with work but I have this and next weekend off, I plan on catching up on reading and get some writing done. I have been writing a novel now for quite some time but I haven't been doing much of anything with it since last year, so I have once again begun to write and my story is going through some MAJOR changes, namely in size and rhythm and the plot will be modified ever so slightly so that it works better then it currently does.
I will be posting it on a website called Wattpad but not until the New Year, hopefully I'll have made progress by then, and possibly bits and pieces on my blog.
Random shout out to Briana Cable cause she has been pestering me all night to mention her. She's awesome, just a little odd at times.
Follow me on twitter @Nait93
MUSIC!!!
Thompson Square Barenaked Ladies Captain Tractor AND Hugh Laurie
Thursday, November 3, 2011
The Night Circus
It's been a while hasn't it? Nothing overly thrilling has been happening in the last little while so I didn't really feel the need to type up anything. I've seen a few movies, nothing spectacular, and life has been relatively average. There haven't been any books that have overly caught my attention as of late sadly and I've been going back and forth between books I've read before now, I had, for a brief while, settled upon rereading The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss but then I managed to get a little extra cash this week and finally bought a copy of Erin Morgenstern's debut novel The Night Circus.
This book came out a few months back and it has taken me quite some time to finally pick up a copy but, with today being the first day I've started reading it, I am VERY glad that I did. Everyone that has read it at work has been raving about it and so I am now going to start raving even though I am only about 50 pages in. I'll save a proper review for when I am done it but here is the synopsis from the inside flap of the novel:
"The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices plastered on lampposts and billboards. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.
"Within these nocturnal black-and-white-striped tents awaits an utterly unique experience, a feast for the senses, where one can get lost in a maze of clouds, meander through a lush garden made of ice, stare in wonderment as the tattooed contortionist folds herself into a small glass box, and become deliciously tipsy from the scents of caramel and cinnamon that waft through the air.
"Welcome to Le Cirque des Reves
"Beyond the smoke and mirrors, however, a fierce competition is under way - a contest between two young illusionists, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood to compete in a 'game' to which they have been irrevocably bound by their mercurial masters. Unbeknownst to the players, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will.
"As the circus travels around the world, the feats of magic gain fantastical new heights with every stop. The game is well under way and the lives of all those involved -- the eccentric circus owner, the elusive contortionist, the mystical fortune-teller, and a pair of red-headed twins born backstage among them -- are swpt up in a wake of spells and charms.
"But when Celia discovers that Marco is her adversary they begin to think of the game not as a competition but as a wonderful collaboration. With no knowledge of how the game must end, they innocently tumble headfirst into love. A deep, passionate, and magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.
"Their masters still pull the strings, however, and this unforeseen occurrence forces them to intervene -- with dangerous consequences, leaving the lives of everyone from the performers to the patrons hanging in the balance.
"Both playful and seductive, The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern's Spell-casting debut, is a mesmerizing love story for all ages."
Little long winded but a fantastic description of a book that I cannont wait to dive even deeper into.
As I said earlier no movies that I have gone to have been super memorable so I will leave it at that and definitely give a review of which ever movie I happen to see next.
Follow me on Twitter @Nait93
SO music time:
Floyd Dashboard Confessional Shearwater AND Michael Buble
This book came out a few months back and it has taken me quite some time to finally pick up a copy but, with today being the first day I've started reading it, I am VERY glad that I did. Everyone that has read it at work has been raving about it and so I am now going to start raving even though I am only about 50 pages in. I'll save a proper review for when I am done it but here is the synopsis from the inside flap of the novel:
"The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it, no paper notices plastered on lampposts and billboards. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.
"Within these nocturnal black-and-white-striped tents awaits an utterly unique experience, a feast for the senses, where one can get lost in a maze of clouds, meander through a lush garden made of ice, stare in wonderment as the tattooed contortionist folds herself into a small glass box, and become deliciously tipsy from the scents of caramel and cinnamon that waft through the air.
"Welcome to Le Cirque des Reves
"Beyond the smoke and mirrors, however, a fierce competition is under way - a contest between two young illusionists, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood to compete in a 'game' to which they have been irrevocably bound by their mercurial masters. Unbeknownst to the players, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will.
"As the circus travels around the world, the feats of magic gain fantastical new heights with every stop. The game is well under way and the lives of all those involved -- the eccentric circus owner, the elusive contortionist, the mystical fortune-teller, and a pair of red-headed twins born backstage among them -- are swpt up in a wake of spells and charms.
"But when Celia discovers that Marco is her adversary they begin to think of the game not as a competition but as a wonderful collaboration. With no knowledge of how the game must end, they innocently tumble headfirst into love. A deep, passionate, and magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.
"Their masters still pull the strings, however, and this unforeseen occurrence forces them to intervene -- with dangerous consequences, leaving the lives of everyone from the performers to the patrons hanging in the balance.
"Both playful and seductive, The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern's Spell-casting debut, is a mesmerizing love story for all ages."
Little long winded but a fantastic description of a book that I cannont wait to dive even deeper into.
As I said earlier no movies that I have gone to have been super memorable so I will leave it at that and definitely give a review of which ever movie I happen to see next.
Follow me on Twitter @Nait93
SO music time:
Floyd Dashboard Confessional Shearwater AND Michael Buble
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