Posted by Patrick on June 12th, 2007
Two or three sentences on the last three movies that came in the mail to us.
A Scanner Darkly
Rotoscoping is used in this film. The whole movie is traced over, giving it an animated effect, and for the subject matter (sci-fi-conspiracy and drug-use) it seemed appropriate. I liked the story, and the visuals certainly kept it interesting. Keanu Reeves appears to play the same character in every movie, and keeps it up in this one.
Casino Royale
Seeing the prior James Bond movie (Die Another Day, with Pierce Brosnan) right afterwards made this Bond movie (with Daniel Craig) seem much, much better. Lots of spy-stuff and running and chasing and shooting (and product-placement) here, and a pretty good Bond story, too.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Kate summed it up well, saying that it didn’t really advance the plot at all in the story, it just set up another sequel (currently in theatres). It wasn’t a bad movie, but the pirates didn’t seem very piratey in their endeavors, and I thought a few of the special effects felt a little 1980’s.
Anyone out there see any good movies lately?
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Posted by Patrick on January 14th, 2007
They’re getting pretty-darn close to completion on the house next door to us. This could be your chance to live next door to us! For just over $140k, you can move into what (we think) is a 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom house. The lot isn’t gigantic, but it’s a nice neighborhood.
This could be your chance to be our neighbor in the new Rockland Ave. We promise to let you borrow a cup of sugar and/or eggs as needed. There are also a couple of other houses, 2 houses in the other direction, for sale. I think they might have garages, if you’re interested in that kind of thing.
We’re really happy with the neighborhood we’re in. It’s active, but not crazy. You can walk down the street and not get run down, and the neighbors are friendly. It’s certainly made moving far away easier.
In Other News
This is the 400th post we’ve made on Rockland-Ave.com! So go us! We’d like to thank the academy, and our loyal readers and lurkers. Without you, we would have been bored of this long ago. Sometimes it’s hard to think of stuff to write about, but being able to see what we’ve done with ourselves over the past few years has been pretty darn cool.
Social? Yes we are
Yesterday we met up with NC locals Kat and her husband Matt. We went to see the movie Children of Men which was very dark and gloomy, and not the feel-good-movie-of-they-year by any stretch of the imagination. I thought it was great movie and a great story, and a scary vision of the future. It made V for Vendetta seem like a comedy. We all agreed to see something a bit more light hearted the next time we go out together. It was quality sci-fi though, that’s for sure.
We also ate at Five Guys Famous Burgers and Fries. Maxium taste and maximum unhealthyness! I had a double-cheeseburger, which in retrosepct was a bit too much, but it was really good. Kate mentioned the fries were very good, reminding her of salt and vineger chips a little. Kat and Matt are fun to hang out with, and know where the good burger joints are.
Tonight
Me planted firmly in front of the tube watching the season premier of this.
MosesandZoe.com
Kate’s been a machine at the sewing machine! Be sure to visit (and re-visit) her Etsy page at MosesandZoe.com to see what she’s been up to!
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Posted by Katherine on December 28th, 2006
Lately Pat has written a bunch of relevant topical posts and I thought it was time to get back to a rambling random post. So here it goes:
Zoe has started fetching again. She used to be all into fetching water bottle caps, but then she got bored with that and refused to bring them back. Now she has claimed a little pink pom pom. She carries it over to me in her mouth while making a pitiful moaning sort of meow. Then she drops it and gives a series of chirps, which is of course my cue to throw it for her. She is really not a “trained” cat at all, I am the trained one. So I throw it and she races after it and sits on it and grabs it in her paws, gives it a death shake with her teeth, brings it back and we start all over.
Before Christmas Pat and I rented “Little Miss Sunshine.” I really liked it, especially the end. I found the last ten minutes or so of the movie very amusing and watched the ending about four times before we had to return it because it was only a one day rental. We also rented “Akeela and the Bee,” a movie about a girl from a bad neighborhood who enters a spelling bee. Another feel-good movie. We were going to rent “An Inconvenient Truth” but their three copies were all rented out already.
My Mom and Bill stopped by on the 26th at about 11:00 at night and then left the next morning after a breakfast and a walk around the neighborhood. Bill also helped Pat remove a stubborn license plate screw. Pat was practically doing an Irish jig when Bill pulled out his tools and removed the errant screw. Pat had spent days WD-40ing the screw, but couldn’t get it out without the right tools.
They are coming back on the 30th after visiting Bill’s daughter’s family in Suwanee, GA. We are going to put them right back to work! Bill is going to help us install our Christmas presents of a new shower head and programmable thermostat. And my Mom is going to help me hang all our pictures. They are only going to be around for one night again and then headed back to RI. Way too short of a visit!
I am working on making more stuff for MosesandZoe.com. Yesterday I put in a Black Cat Pin and a new White Cat Pin to replace the one I sold to Chris. I am also in the process of making another set of pillows. This set is black, white, and red.
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