Sorry, I suck

Something about having all the time in the world and nothing to do has caused me to play a lot of Battlefield 1942, and cease to exist on the interwebs. Don't worry, it's not you, it's me. I haven't even dugg anything lately. Here is a little of what I have done.

I saw Charlie Wilson's War a few weeks ago. Yes, this has been an unprecedented movie-going binge for me. I can FINALLY say that I have found a movie that I like that doesn't necessarily end happily. I went to go see it with Stinky (my version of "the girl" because she is white like casper and well, the name fits) so she was able to help me out on who was playing what part. I knew Tom Hanks was Charlie but other than that I was oblivious. Let me just say that Philip Seymour Hoffman is in my opinion a vastly under-rated actor. He has an astonishing range of characters, from Truman Capote to his (very well played) role as the straight-shooting CIA agent Gust Avrakotos here. Overall this was a very enjoyable movie. Tom Hanks, as always, impresses.
Oh, and apparently Julia Roberts was in it too. I didn't notice. Stinky helped me out on that one. Woops.

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I also bought a CD that I already had acquired through other means. Three of them actually. With Ruckus there is very little motivation for me to buy a CD for the next three or so years. And, admittedly, through other perfectly innocent means that will not be talked about on the interwebz I haven't really bought a CD in years. I want to change that. This is half-guilt and half-having-extra-fundage probably (thanks Santa) but something can be said for having a permanent hard copy of my favorite artists, and (in a more cynical manner) speaking with the dollar. I figure, the more Jay-Z (American Gangster) and Nas (Greatest Hits) CDs I buy (I got both of these), the greater the sale of quality rap, hopefully keeping Soulja Boi away from my local house party. Hurl. I may be a minnow in the Atlantic, but if this minnow hears one more get rich quick single he will go postal. OK, not really, but it's annoying.
If you're curious, the other CD I got was Brand New's latest "The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me." I've loved this one since the leaks before release (im SOOO undergroundz lollz!!!) and was finally funded enough to buy a copy, open it once to rip it to the comp, then put it in a safe place for if I ever need it again. If nothing else, Brand New is a band that has repeatedly reinvented themselves. Every time (in my opinion), they have gotten better and better. Very excited for the future there.

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I've also delved even deeper into my sick, sad obession of college football. Recruiting year is heavily upon us, with the major high school all american games being played this coming Sunday (on NBC and ABC). Overall there are 14 Notre Dame verbal commits playing in either the Army All American Bowl (on NBC, and the older of the two) or Under-Armor Bowl (ABC, sponsored by ESPN). It's amazing that with as shitty of a year 2007 was for the Irish, they can still have arguably the #1 recruiting class in college football. If this holds to February, with top-10 classes the past two years, maybe not next year but at the very least 2009 is something to look forward to. Recruiting rankings are far from a sure-fire promise for success, but having depth of talent sure does help. Ask Southern Cal.

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Oh, and how bout them Flyers? Big win vs. Pitt the other night and it looks like they could be a legit team for the tourny. All that is left is a run of the A-10 with possibly a loss to Xavier and one other team and it would be impossible to keep them out. Very cool.

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Sorry for the long delay. This is like that awkward call to the parents for money after three weeks of silence or something. Hopefully it won't happen again.