barely fatal

I bought a watch. I’ve not had a watch for years, because frankly, who doesn’t have a cell phone or iPod or computer or public watch at their disposal  almost all the time nowadays. Why I got one now? I’m not even sure. It looked cool, it was on sale, and I guess it’d go nicely with a suit. It doesn’t have your standard face, it’s “binary” – only that it’s not. You push a button, and LEDs show the time and day. There’re 12 LEDs for each hour and month, 12 for every five minutes and 4 for minutes. It’s perfectly easy to read, but it’s marketed as being “binary”. You should read the ridiculous slogans on the box, too, oh boy. “Connect with your intuitive ambitions. You are imminent.” Yes, feeling very imminent indeed. Anyways, it’s a nice looking watch, now let’s see how often I’ll actually wear it…

Oscars are up tomorrow. I wonder if Portman will get hers … or Nolan for that matter. Probably not.

I’ve watched Toy Story 3 (really great, better than part 2) and The Expendables. Oh my, the Expendables. I don’t think it’s as bad as everybody keep saying, but there’s some crappy scenes for sure. Especially when Arnold, Bruce and Sly meet in the church? The dialog, the horror. The rest is so ridiculous it’s fun again, or for most parts. Some parts just don’t work, and for every great action scene (shotgun) there are two “Meh” ones. Eventually seeing guys get stomped on their necks gets pretty old. The documentary on the disc is well done, and you can tell how many things Sly thought up on the spot while filming, some of them became the best parts of the movie (gunship). Too bad they couldn’t find more to do for Mickey Rourke than wise cracking and knife throwing contests… I’m surprised how well mumbling Sly is still doing. Hell, Arnold is right though, he IS too old for that kinda film by now.