We need to talk

What does that mean? eh? I hate it when a girl says that to me, my heart sinks. Like the Titanic..."Jack! Come back Jack!!" It always feels like it means something terrible. Girls are such a pain in the ass.

OK so I get told "we need to talk" pretty often, and each time it feels like I just swallowed my own heart whole. It's really not a good feeling. Girls know this too. And you really never know what to expect. But I can tell you a couple things to expect.

When she says "we need to talk" it can mean several things.

1) I'm really mad at you for something you did, it can either be pretty insignificant or it can be massive, but I won't let you know until mid-fight.

2) I don't want to talk to you about this in front of these other people.

3) I'm not mad at you, in fact something really fun and exciting happened to me and I want to tell you, I just want you to eat your heart out first.

The reason why I'm writing this really is because in a few hours, meaning about 9 pm, I'm going to go talk with a girl who told me that we need to talk....great.

So this black guy...

So as we know D and I went to Toronto to do our little "pilgrimage" to go see all the locations for Scott Pilgrim. We were outside the place where Knives Chau sits on the roof, when this black guy (clearly hammered) comes up to us and starts mumbling and asking us to take pictures of him. So D and Will (dreamview) took some pictures of him. But it wasn't the good ol' classic smile and pose pictures, this guy was bending over crossing his arms in front of his face, giving gang signs and peace signs. Thanks D for the pics ;)

Wtf eh?

Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

So I'm going to post my own review along with D's, it's probably going to be a lot shorter but that's OK. Anyway, D and I went on what we like to call the Scott Pilgrimage, meaning we looked for locations in the comic books and in the movie on a map in Toronto, and we went to most of those locations...which...was...awesome. We decided to do that before going to see the movie itself (first time for me, second time for D).

So the movie starts out with Universal's logo and song, but slightly with a twist, it was pixelated and the song sounded like it was a midi file...awesome.

I was recently told that the movie was filmed after only the 4th book has been made, because during the movie I was like "Wait! That's not how it happened!!" So it makes sense that about halfway through the movie everything kind of changes. But that's not a bad thing, in truth the movie can stand on it's own without you having to read the comics before hand, and that's extremely hard to do considering it's based on comics.

The comics story is more about maturity and growing up, while as the movie touched on more the relationship part of things, and making new relationships and mending old ones.

The movie's pace was awesome. By that I mean there isn't one part of the movie where I was bored, it definitely was the first A.D.D movie ever. Like the director stated, when a musical has too much emotion going around, everyone breaks out into song...in this movie, when there is too much emotion, people break out into fights. Which is so cool. Michael Cera (almost forgot about this) was actually perfect for Scott. At first I didn't think so, because like many of you (and I know you thought this) I said things like "oh he's too awkward", or "he's such a one trick pony actor"....but I was WRONG! For all of those who thing they know Michael Cera, go watch this movie.

I could go on for like a Long time but I'm not going to.

I give Scott Pilgrim vs. The World a 9/10

Very well done, editing was amazing, acting was great, plot (of course) was great, but wasn't perfect because it could have had more of a relationship between Scott and Ramona.

Time...fly now...ok? ok.

I'm writing this at work. Because I really don't have anything better to do. Like D posted in the "about us" section, I work in an office building, making good money by sitting in a comfy office chair in front of a computer answering calls all day. I figure if I write to you (fellow blog readers) (like you're actually reading this) time would fly a lot quicker.

I guess I might as well further a description of myself now that I'm here. Stuff you'll never find the in "about us" section of this blog. I was born June 24th of 91, so I'm a cancer, and apparently cancer's are supposed to be very in touch with their emotions and cry a lot and stuff. I'm not saying I'm not...and I'm not saying I don't, but I can also be a cold hard bitch (good song). I'm the kinda guy that'll do the nice thing not to offend anybody, and it's been my bane since the age of 0. I'll speak my mind, but in an extremely passive way and if anyone disagrees I just make like a leaf and blow away. It's a weakness I guess, but people like me more because I'm nice I guess. I'm getting kind of tired of it actually. I normally care so much about how or what people think of me that I completely change the way I act in front of them. Guess that's why I'm a decent actor, I've put on so many faces already, what's a few more right?

But then this makes me seem like either a bad person or a pussy, and I assure you, I'm neither.

Hold on a sec...on a call.

K that was an interesting call.

I guess what I'm trying to say is I nee more guts...balls...whatever. I shouldn't really care what other people think of me (at least not as much as I do right now). I should feel the way I want to feel and let it show, if I don't approve of something I think it's about damn time I should say it...is this a blog or like a motivational speech before a football game? It's the championship R!! Step it up! C'mon!!

Review: The Other Guys

Possible spoiler alert!!

So I went to go see this movie without any expectations really. Well that's not true. I'm not the biggest fan of most Will Ferrell movies, and Mark Wahlberg has been letting me down lately. But when I walked into the theatre and took my seat, I was blown away.

The movie starts out showing these two cops P.K. Highsmith (samuel L. Jackson) and Christopher Danson (Dwayne Johnson) who are the most badass cops in the world. There's an epic chase scene which involves them crashing their car into a double decker bus, and then driving that double decker bus, turning it sharply sending the car stuck in the bus flying out towards the people they were chasing. All for a 1/4 gram of Marijuana.

Then it introduces you to "The other guys" Allen Gamble (Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz (Wahlberg). Allen Gamble seems to be probably the biggest loser ever who likes to do work in accounting instead of having exciting gun fights like Jackson and Johnson. Terry Hoitz (who for some reason is convinced that peacocks can fly) was a cop who worked on the streets, however he accidently shot a famous baseball player in the leg and he wound up being partners with Gamble who never wants to leave the office building. This forces them both to fill out all the paper work that the popular cops leave behind, because they don't want to fill it out. Hoitz isn't as much of a loser but he is angry all the time.

Danson and Highsmith are chasing people who robbed a jewelery store, but turns out the small time robbers were professionals and they got away from Danson and Highsmith. Because they're too damn proud to live with the fact that people got away from them, let's say Danson and Highsmith "retired". Thus forcing Hoitz and Gumble to replace them. The movies plot unwinds from there and it turns out that these "other guys" are pretty damn good cops. Even though they sometimes get distracted by Jersey boys tickets, or they mistake "good cop bad cop" for "bad cop bad cop".

The other guys is an action packed joyride filled with tonnes of laughs. - R

Cool I have my own quote :D

The acting was also really good. I didn't expect that performance from both Wahlberg or Ferrell, and I really am not the biggest fan of Ferrell. But the two of them together I think made the perfect team both as characters and actors.

I think that'd I have to give this movie a 8.5/10 - it was really good, but not the best movie out there **cough inception cough**

He's STILL here!

That's right, you heard him. Joaquin Phoenix is still around ladies and gentlemen. He didn't disappear from the world of acting. Nope, he's rapping instead. Apparently he's pretty good (rofl). But of course we all knew that and I know that he's old news....but wait! He's back in he movies....oh...wait..hold on. Nope...it's a documentary about his rapping career. Goddamn it Joaquin, I liked you in gladiator..but now? Wtf man.

So this documentary is about Mr. Joaquin Phoenix taking his retirement from his successful movie career in 2008, and deciding to pursue another career in hip-hop singing(rapping, whatever). Courtesy of http://www.imdb.com/

Then again I can respect his choice (kinda) in going from actor to musician (if that's what a rapper is). The life of an actor can be pretty tough, and I guess he's had his fun being an Oscar nominee and all. He did pretty good for himself. He's probably getting a lot of hate at the moment from people saying that he has no business being a rapper and all that. But I say "hey, give the man a chance." I'm actually kind of curious, I just might go see this movie...well rent it...maybe. We'll see.

Holy crap. Actually I just realized...what if like...what if he planned all of this in like an incredibly strategic manner? What if Phoenix knew that if he switched from actor to rapper to get all this negative attention, and then maybe switch back to actor because now more people are going to go to a movie of his because they'll all be like "Hey that actor that's a rapper went back to acting, we should go see his first movie back."

nah.....

I'm Yours

This is R singing "I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz.
I recorded it.
Throughout the song he offers commentary on his own singing, and attempts (badly) to do backup vocals.
There's also a cameo from my cat, Billy.



Enjoy!

I spend too much money...

Welcome to the world of debt! That's what I told myself when I got a credit card. And now that's what I'm telling myself because I decided to finance a guitar. A lesson to all of you people who are probably not reading this and doing something else with your life...don't spend money you don't have. But then again....when you're standing in a Long and Mcquade and you see this beautiful Gibson Explorer...ugh.

Anyway so I go to Long and Mcquade and decide to buy a nice Gibson Explorer for $1,350.00 (pretty good deal)
BUT
Then I look over and see this really nice looking amp, so I'm like...hm, maybe if I plug this guitar in here it'll make a good sound. And it DID! So I ended up buying that amp to...great. A Marshall Haze 40($699.99). preeeetty good amp.

So I eventually kept getting up sold (this means that they'll keep throwing shit at you that you think you need until your wallet bursts) to the point that i said "OK that's enough for me".

Now, when you're financing anything, be sure to read the small print, because they can really fuck you up if you don't read every little detail. Oh and I also bought a Line 6 ($399) multi effects pedal...good stuff. I also picked up extra little things too like strings, cleaner, a strap etc. My point is...in the end, is when you're surrounded by things you want to buy (for me it's guitars)...walk away...especially if you don't have the money.

Nipples...who needs them?

Well women do of course, because they need to breast feed. But men? No need.


The reason why I'm bringing this up is because a certain someone (D I'm totally talking about you) decided to post a decently good looking picture of me (I have no self esteem) and remove my nipples and post it on facebook. So instead of getting a "Hey R nice pic" I got "Ha ha no nipples!"




Not bad right? See, guys don't need nipples. I guess that was the point I was originally trying to make.

....I'm Nippless...