Wallets, propaganda and Pinot for everyone.
1. I bought a new wallet today because my old one was a cheap piece of imitation leather crap I got at Longs for $4.35. The clear plastic part was ripped up because I had to take out my ID so much. I either need to stop drinking or start looking a lot older; the constant need to buy alcohol is brutal on my wallets. Anyway, this new wallet is highly compartmentalized and has a whole lot more room for extra stuff. It has a total of twelve spaces for stuff: six for credit cards (which are all visible), two for ID's, two for my business cards (if I had any), and two non-visible slots for miscellaneous items. It's bi-fold, which is much cooler than the junior high-ish tri-fold wallets, and has three spaces for cards on BOTH--that's right, both--sides of the bi-fold. All my previous wallets have only had one side with three spaces, so this isn't an upgrade to be reckoned with. The detachable ID mini-wallet goes in horizontally instead of vertically; it slides in from the side instead of on top like all other wallets I've owned. I haven't had it long enough to determine if it's functionally superior to the vertical slide-in but I'll keep you guys updated. I'm sure you're all dying to know. And if it wasn't awesome enough; it has the split bill holder. My wallet prior to the cheap Longs one had the split and I liked it because I could organize things a little easier; e.g., first part for bills and the other for recent receipts, or any other convenient combination. Lastly, it's a lighter shade of brown. Black is cool but I needed a change. Please refer to the picture below to get a better understanding of the sweetness I call my new wallet.
2. I accidentally typed in rcjones41.blogpsot.com and it came up with the Mega site of Bible studies and information. I tried a couple other known blog sites with the same typo and it did the same thing. So it looks like a bunch of born-again Christians are buying the "blogpsot" domain, loading it up with fundamentalist propaganda, and preying on the poor typing habits of bloggers and their readers. Hmmm...imagine that...
3a. This week I bought more movies than I can afford. In order to compensate for my lack of money and excess of movies I've been knocking out a film or two every couple days to make myself believe I actually needed the movies now, and that my movie splurge was properly justified. Yesterday I watched Sideways and 25th Hour, and I liked Sideways quite a bit more than I expected; 25th Hour not so much, but that will be discussed in 3b. I thought Sideways was going to be a slow, plotless graze through a field of wine-snob humor and lame upper class jokes but I found myself laughing throughout the whole movie. Of course there was some elitism but it was in an blue-collar, middle-class kind of way with Paul Giamatti's character, Miles, as a wine connoisseur in the guise of an unsuccessful junior high English teacher. He was also a depressed writer and alcoholic--as if there is any other kind of writer. But Thomas Haden Church played "Jack" and provided the film with the perfect dose of unsophistication to balance out Miles' highfalutin snobbery for wine. He was the happy-go-lucky horndog who didn't know the first thing about wine, but smiled and nodded as Miles poopooed bad cabernets. Ryan's grade for Sideways: A-
3b. 25th Hour was disappointing, even with Edward Norton. It would've been a lot better if Spike Lee didn't throw in the issue of racism without needing to. But then again it is Spike Lee and that's what he's supposed to do. Here's the plot in a well-subordinated sentence: Edward Norton (Monty) gets busted for drug posession because someone rats on him and gets sentenced for seven years to prison, so the day before he goes in he reminisces on his life and hangs out with old buddies, his Dad, and his ladyfriend who he at one point thinks narced on him, but ultimately didn't. No racism whatsoever, but then out of nowhere Lee throws in a ten minute "fuck you" tirade on how everyone sucks, and I really mean everyone. After watching the scene I was thought to myself "what the eff was that shit?". So I put the movie on pause, got some Wheat Thins and beef jerky, and returned to my seat on the couch disappointed that racism ruined yet another good thing. Today I read some reviews on how all these artsy film hardasses thought the scene was "one of the most powerful scenes in cinematic history" and other pointless drivel. People think that something is powerful just because it's controversial, and I think those people are ignorant. Ryan's grade for 25th Hour: C
2. I accidentally typed in rcjones41.blogpsot.com and it came up with the Mega site of Bible studies and information. I tried a couple other known blog sites with the same typo and it did the same thing. So it looks like a bunch of born-again Christians are buying the "blogpsot" domain, loading it up with fundamentalist propaganda, and preying on the poor typing habits of bloggers and their readers. Hmmm...imagine that...
3a. This week I bought more movies than I can afford. In order to compensate for my lack of money and excess of movies I've been knocking out a film or two every couple days to make myself believe I actually needed the movies now, and that my movie splurge was properly justified. Yesterday I watched Sideways and 25th Hour, and I liked Sideways quite a bit more than I expected; 25th Hour not so much, but that will be discussed in 3b. I thought Sideways was going to be a slow, plotless graze through a field of wine-snob humor and lame upper class jokes but I found myself laughing throughout the whole movie. Of course there was some elitism but it was in an blue-collar, middle-class kind of way with Paul Giamatti's character, Miles, as a wine connoisseur in the guise of an unsuccessful junior high English teacher. He was also a depressed writer and alcoholic--as if there is any other kind of writer. But Thomas Haden Church played "Jack" and provided the film with the perfect dose of unsophistication to balance out Miles' highfalutin snobbery for wine. He was the happy-go-lucky horndog who didn't know the first thing about wine, but smiled and nodded as Miles poopooed bad cabernets. Ryan's grade for Sideways: A-
3b. 25th Hour was disappointing, even with Edward Norton. It would've been a lot better if Spike Lee didn't throw in the issue of racism without needing to. But then again it is Spike Lee and that's what he's supposed to do. Here's the plot in a well-subordinated sentence: Edward Norton (Monty) gets busted for drug posession because someone rats on him and gets sentenced for seven years to prison, so the day before he goes in he reminisces on his life and hangs out with old buddies, his Dad, and his ladyfriend who he at one point thinks narced on him, but ultimately didn't. No racism whatsoever, but then out of nowhere Lee throws in a ten minute "fuck you" tirade on how everyone sucks, and I really mean everyone. After watching the scene I was thought to myself "what the eff was that shit?". So I put the movie on pause, got some Wheat Thins and beef jerky, and returned to my seat on the couch disappointed that racism ruined yet another good thing. Today I read some reviews on how all these artsy film hardasses thought the scene was "one of the most powerful scenes in cinematic history" and other pointless drivel. People think that something is powerful just because it's controversial, and I think those people are ignorant. Ryan's grade for 25th Hour: C
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