| The movies I have seen in the theatre so far this year: - My Bloody Valentine 3-D
- The Unborn
- The Dark Knight (it was released, saw it on IMAX again)
- Inkheart
- Gran Torino
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This is book #3 for 2009. I loved this book. I think for a big reason that I loved Watchmen. The superheroes and villains in this book are unique in the fact that the author made them up and gave them life. It isn't like reading a Superman story, where the characters have been around in one form or another for 70 years. You don't have this pre-set opinion about the chracters, which made this great. It is a very fun book to read, and learn about the characters histories. It is written from the points of views of two characters, a hero and a villain. You really get insite to their strengths and flaws. It is a well rounded story. Anyone that likes superheroes will probably like this book. |
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I picked this book up first because of the cover, and bought it when reading that it will cover the "Jesus incident" and Death being mistreated by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
I liked this book. It was a really easy read and pretty entertaining. There is a lot of tongue-in-cheek humor. Super right-wing religious fanatics would hate this book because of the way God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost characters are written. Whatever, I thought it was funny and they can stuff it.
The book is written as Death's memoirs. From his birth in Hell, the 250 pages cover everything from pre-time to creation to World War II. Good fun. |
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| So my buddy Ed keeps track of his yearly book reading on his blog, so I thought I'd follow suit this year. I set a goal of 18 books this year (I am a slow reader). So here is where I am at this year:
My roommate got this for me for Christmas. I read the whole 12 volume manga series of Death Note last year and loved it. This is a prequel novel that ties together something mentioned early in the series (volume 2 I think). It was a very fast read, and good if you are familiar with the whole manga series. It references characters that you don't meet until later in the series, so one that hasn't read the series could become confused. There appears to be a couple other story offshoots that could come from this novel (a 2nd and 3rd prequel to the series). I hope they go through with it, because I love the Death Note world. |
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| This is what I saw on day 2 of Bumbershoot. It was my least busy day...
Stone Temple Pilots
 These gusy were just as bad ass as the last time I saw them. I was stoked for the show, and once they finally come on it was awesome! They came on 30 minutes late, and I was telling myself that if they got to 45 minutes late that I was leaving, because Weiland was back stage over dosing or something. Luckily they came on and kicked ass! The Human Giant & Friends
 Apparently these guys have a show on MTV. I haven't had cable in 8 years, so I didn't know that. But I caught their show anyways. They were funny, not as good as Blood Squad the night before in my opinion. But still a good way to pass some time. They did make a joke about people in wheelchairs, saying they are the laziest people on Earth. Which was made even funnier because I am sure they didn't know there was a lady in a wheelchair in the audience. Wonder if they would have cut that joke out if they knew. The Weakerthans
 I had only heard a song or two from these guys. Ronni really likes them so I heard a couple on her Zune. They were good. I liked them live. Ummm...I think they are Canadian? yeah. ok. That is about all I know.
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