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BrandonSears
09 July 2009 @ 07:50 am
As you may have noticed - I removed the interview with Co-operators there as I no longer have anything set up.  Every Co-op office in the Sydney area is fully staffed, so no opportunities there.  I did submit a resume to MacLeod Lorway Insurance, not sure if they have anything at all for me either.  Either way, I should be able to clear unemployment so I'll still get some kind of income anyway, for the time being.

Not a whole lot else going on since my last post other than that the site is now up and running.  I have moved much over from TRX - mostly because I don't think I'm going to bother.  The pictures will eventually have to be moved somewhere but for the time being - they're okay where they are.

Dentist appointment today.  I had a cavity filled in January, I went back yesterday for a cleaning..another cavity!  I hope that when this procedure is done, the healing goes by a lot faster than last time.  The January filling took at least 2 months to fully heal.

As some of you may know, I am a bit of a Maple Leafs fan - I'm extremely pleased with Brian Burke's recent signing frenzy of a ton of good to great players.  Especially the acquisition of a supposedly amazing goaltender.  I hope this pans out, I really want another playoff run - it's been far too long.

Just a little over a week left here and then I'll be back in CB for some fun times.  I'll be home to actually enjoy action week/buskers this year as well as some top notch plays.
 
 
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BrandonSears
28 June 2009 @ 12:58 pm
Yep, I've taken TRX to a paid site.  I've purchased a domain name and renamed the website, run by myself, Mark, Matty & Al, Modern Distraction.  We felt this was the best name as it doesn't really limit us to any specific type of review as we review movies, music, books, products and a little bit of professional wrestling thrown in there.

In the past, it's been more of a personal website - with pictures and what not.  I think we'll moreso move away from that.  Not really sure what the concrete plan is - but either way, it'll be interesting.

Random Stuff:

Went to see The Proposal last night with Ash, it was enjoyable.  I seem to be a fan of Ryan Reynolds, he's consistantly entertaining in most films he's in - its all in his delivery.

About halfway through The Raw Shark Texts - great book.  Apparently the guy who wrote the screen play for Slumdog Millionaire has completed a screenplay which is being shopped around to be made into a film.  I have this idea of Ryan Gosling and Zooey Deschanel playing the leads but who knows.

Downloaded the iTunes exclusive live recording by The Weakerthans - greatness.  I'm always looking for more Weakerthans stuff - I'm hoping they play Halifax/Sydney later this year, I'd like to see them again.

Moving home in 3 weeks - July 19th.  I have an interview in North Sydney with Co-operators Insurance - I'm excited.  I can't wait to leave this province behind.
 
 
Current Location: Fort McMurray
Current Mood: content
Current Music: Reunion Tour - Weakerthans.
 
 
BrandonSears
14 June 2009 @ 06:25 pm
I can't even believe how much I enjoyed Gran Torino.  Eastwood gave an awesome performance, granted - he didn't have a lot of competition in that movie.  I enjoyed every minute of it, makes me want to see more Clint movies (considering, I've only seen 2).  Eastwood might be 79 years old but I'm terrified of him - at least in that movie.

I was downtown yesterday, waiting for the bus, and a group of about 8 people dressed like zombies stormed the bus stop area.  They sort of hobbled in and then stopped what they were doing and started texting on their cell phones while trying to figure out where to go get the best sandwich.  They also had a sign that said, "We Want Your Brains".  I don't know about you but I'm almost certain zombies do not have to advertise that fact AND I'm pretty sure that once you're a zombie, you loose the ability to write and read.  Some of them did a pretty good job with makeup and what not, so I'll give them that.  I've heard of bigger towns and cities holding zombie walks but this wasn't really anything to be proud of.

Saw UP last weekend, Pixar apparently can do no wrong.  I haven't seen Cars or A Bug's Life but everything else they've put out, I've watched and have been extremely satisfied with.  More than likely they're the most consistant movie producing company in the world for great movies.  I've got high hopes for Toy Story 3.  Has anyone seen The Hangover yet?  Ash and I are going to check it out next week.  Looks insanely funny and apparently is getting great reviews, I'm pretty excited to see it. 

Home in four weeks!  Yay!

 
 
Current Location: Fort McMurray
Current Music: Aside - The Weakerthans.
 
 
BrandonSears
13 June 2009 @ 12:57 am
..why I keep moving blogs around and then posting a few things..and then returning to LiveJournal.

But..I'm just going to stay here. I like it - I try something different and get frustrated by the way it operates. I'm not going to leave here again.

Work is almost over, I think I have like 4-5 weeks left. It's nice. It's always hard winding up a job because you almost end up on cruise control at the end. They bring in your replacement or someone new in general - they give this person more things to do and slowly phase you out. Good thing is that you have less work to do and a hell of a lot less responsibility. Bad thing is is that you have a lot less work to do and your day drags on and on. Ah well. It's over soon enough and hopefully I get the transfer I want. I like The Co-operators. I think it's on the top 50 employers in Canada..which is always a good thing.

I don't know why I'm still awake at 1:00am on Friday - I'm literally exhausted. I think that when the weekend rolls around and I don't have to get up tomorrow morning for work, I feel like I waste a night by going to bed early. So I rented a movie tonight to watch. Fanboys. I was not impressed - I was actually really letdown. I had high hopes for a movie celebrating the greatness that is the Star Wars Saga but it left me with a bad taste in my mouth. It was just..awful. Has anyone else seen it and liked it? Maybe it's just me. I also rented Gran Torino. I have high hopes for that movie based on the fact that Eastwood is playing a generally pissed off old man with a bone to pick with society. Should be fun!

Hitting the gym tomorrow and Sunday. I was looking at some of the old pictures of the middle of last year - I put on all the weight I lost. Blarg. I'm not some weight obsessed person or someone obsessed with health in general..but I'd like to be somewhat fit.

Also, I've become completely addicted to The Office. I'm not sure how I went so long without watching the show (I picked up the 2nd season around my birthday - January). I'm just getting through the 3rd season and I think it's easily the funniest thing I've seen in years.

That is all.
 
 
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BrandonSears
22 February 2009 @ 06:37 pm
If anyone is interested..

http://bsears.blogspot.com
 
 
BrandonSears
01 February 2009 @ 12:12 am
First blog entry in a while, decided that I'm going to use this more often.

Went to see "Taken" tonight. Great, great movie. I read a review somewhere that explained if Jason Bourne had a father, it would be Liam Neeson's character in this movie. I couldn't agree more! It was Schinder going 80mph and not giving up. It's about time Neeson had a movie full of one liner's and kick ass action sequences.

Bought our plane tickets to come home in April, I'll be returning to good ol' Cape Breton for approx. 7 days on April the 7th. Hope to accomplish a few things while I'm home. An Improv U show would be excellent.

Been playing a lot of Left 4 Dead lately. Fun game. I think I'm spoiled playing it online, I can't seem to get into it playing on single player. Time differences make it difficult.

Watched SNL tonight with Steve Martin, have to say I'm pretty disappointed. I'm shocked that it was as bad as it was. I'm a fan of Mr. Martin, I'm actually reading his memoirs of his time spent in stand up comedy right now, maybe I hyped myself up to much over this appearance. Ah well.

I finished the first season of Dexter about a week or so ago and finished the 2nd book in the series last week. Ash and I started watching the second season a few days ago and its been pretty awesome. I've noticed a lot of differences between the two (book and TV), I can't say I would pick one over the other. I like that they're maintaining two completley different story lines so aside from the first book and season, there's little overlap at all. I've got the third book on deck while the author has plans to release a 4th in the fall of this year plus the 3rd season hits DVD in August, so there certainly won't be a shortage of Dexter for a while yet.

Also, they raised the number of one of my childhood icons tonight in Toronto. If you're any bit interested in hockey, you'll watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6z4IeAGZzE

Yeah, that's about it for now.
 
 
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BrandonSears
26 November 2008 @ 07:49 am
So, I finished the first Dexter book. Loved it, makes me want to watch the TV show that much more. I'll have to get on that. I started reading "10 Bad Dates with DeNiro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists". The book has its moments, but about 70% of the time, I'm reading about movies that I've never ever heard of before. Foreign ones. So, needless to say, it's not holding my interest very well.

What else..Oh, I finished my Christmas shopping in record time. I have a few more things to pick up but for the majority, I'm finished. It's great as I'm not a HUGE fan of this town when it's busy as it gets TOO busy. The things I have to buy just haven't been released yet..or I can't find.

Work has been okay, moving pretty soon. Should be an adventure.

Anyone seen Quantum of Solace? Is it as good as everyone says it is? Might have to rent that when it comes out.

Dark Knight is out on DVD two weeks from yesterday. :D
 
 
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Current Music: Crawl - Kings of Leon
 
 

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BrandonSears
08 November 2008 @ 10:39 am
What an insane week at work. I'm glad that's over. Back to normal on Monday.

I guess I shouldn't complain, out of the next 9 days, I'm only working 2. Monday is a scheduled work day, Tuesday is a holiday, Wednesday is work and Thursday, Friday and Saturday we'll be in Edmonton. Thursday is the Toronto Maple Leafs vs. The Edmonton Oilers! I feel like I've waited forever for this but at the same time, seems to have snuck up on me too.

I've already begun Christmas shopping, picked up Ash's gift. I think she'll like it but its hard to say. I don't want to say exactly what it is because I think she reads this. I have no idea tho. Next weekend everyone here has decided that because of everyone's insane work schedules..we're going to decorate for Christmas. I think this will be the earliest I've ever decorated but I do not care as I love Christmas.

Speaking of Christmas, I vowed this year to get a great DVD collection of Christmas movies as I was really lacking in that department. So far we've bought: Scrooged, It's a Wonderful Life, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (original cartoon), Charlie Brown's Christmas, The Original Christmas Classics Collection (something like 7 cartoons in one box set including the original Rudolph and Santa Claus is Coming to Town), Eight Crazy Nights and Mickie's Once Upon a Christmas. We're adding this to our already owned copies of Elf, National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, A Christmas Story and Home Alone.

Saw Zack and Miri Make A Porno last weekend, not going to lie, totally didn't expect it to be as vulgar and raunchy. Which is weired considering its A) a Kevin Smith movie and B) has the word "Porno" in the title plus Smith had to appeal to even get an R Rating. All that aside, it was still a ridiculously funny movie. However, I could be biased as I'm a ridiculously large fan of Kevin Smith.

Started reading "Darkly Dreaming Dexter", the book that inspired the TV series. I've yet to watch the TV show but I've found it really hard to put the book down which gives me high hopes for when I actually get around to watching the show.
 
 
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BrandonSears
30 October 2008 @ 08:49 pm
 
 
BrandonSears
17 October 2008 @ 07:54 am
I was bored so I created a list of my favorite 10 books..I also posted it at the website. Yep!


Hitman: My Real Life in the Cartoon World of Pro Wrestling (Bret Hart) – Who would have thought that Bret Hart’s book would top my list? (/sarcasm) For starters, he’s my childhood hero, when I was but a wee lad, he’s the one guy I looked up to. Granted some of my childhood innocence was shattered when I learned he was a sex-crazed fiend who took a dose of speed before one of my favorite matches that I had ever seen. Besides that, this was the first time I really learned anything about the craziness of his family. Its true that the book obviously favors Bret’s point of view, things that I’ve read about his family afterwards seem to coincide with a lot of what Bret was speaking about so it does not seem all that biased. Also, I enjoy reading about pranks and backstage stories about trips and mishaps and this book is filled with them. I wish more autobiographies were as entertaining as this one, otherwise there certainly would be more on this list.

At Last There Is Nothing Left To Say (Matthew Good) – Matthew Good is a lot of things, one of which is a total asshole. Granted, the man does tremendous work with Amnesty International and is very politically active but at times, comes across with a very negative view of all things pop music. A constant outspoken critic of Chad Kroeger, Good is always thinking that his music deserves more. He’s true too. Good deserves praise for the kind of music he writes and he’s proven that he can write just about anything as well from emotionally charged ballads, to politically inspired protest songs to downright catchy rock anthems. One thing that you can say about the man is that his lyric writing transfers so well into short stories, blog entries and poems. All of which are contained in this book. I’m not even sure if it’s still available, if it is, do yourself a favor and get this one.

A Lion’s Tale: Around The World In Spandex (Chris Jericho) – The only other wrestling biography that will make its way onto this list. Without a doubt, the funniest biography I’ve ever read of any professional wrestler. Jericho speaks about his early days growing up in Manitoba to his days breaking into the business in Japan and Mexico all the way to his debut in WWE. It kind of excited me as that was almost ten years ago; he left a lot of room (approx. 9 years) for a second book (which is currently in development). It also happened shortly before the Benoit tragedy which meant that it wouldn’t be censored or harmed by the events that occurred last summer.

The Road (Cormac McCarthy) – The Road is a story that takes place in a post apocalyptic world that involves the survival of a father and his son. That’s pretty much the entire plot line. Don’t let it fool you; The Road is a classic novel. I can safely say that it was the first novel that I became emotionally involved in. I don’t think I’ve ever cared as much for any characters in any book, movie or television show as I did reading this tale. I was a bit upset at first due to the fact they never did explain how the world “ended”, but I think it’s better if you piece it together yourself, the way that McCarthy describes the barren landscape lends itself to a nuclear holocaust but you’re never really quite sure. There are many different theories on what caused the conditions displayed within the book; I prefer it that way in the end anyway.

House Of Leaves (Mark Z. Danielewski) – Dubbed “the experimental novel”, House of Leaves is at times a difficult read. The layout of the book is very different then most likely anything you’ve ever read. What Danielewski did was take a main character and have him find a book that was left behind by a man in his apartment after he had passed away. The main character starts to read this book and attempts to dissect it by adding footnotes here and there around the main pages of the story. The character also fills you in on his personal life which you watch slowly fall apart as the book continues as he becomes increasingly consumed by the events in the story. There are pages with only a few words on it, pages with crossed out text, upside down text and so on. If anything, it’s incredibly interesting and certainly worth a shot. I didn’t find it to be as scary as it was promoted but it certainly was a great story and told quite well.

Live From New York! An Uncensored History of Saturday Night Live (James A. Miller & Tom Shales) – I am a huge SNL junkie. Despite the fact that the last few years have been pretty bad, SNL somehow manages to always be entertaining. One of the reasons I bought this book was because I basically knew next to nothing about the show between the years of 1975-1990. Granted, the years in the 1980’s were largely considered to be a massive failure (other than the quick success of one, Eddie Murphy); I wanted to know more about the original cast. This is one of the most in-depth books I’ve ever read; and it should be, coming in at 656 pages. I also never really knew how much everyone seems to hate Chevy Chase; he really comes off as a pretentious asshole throughout most of this book.

Choke (Chuck Palahniuk) – This was the second book I had read released by acclaimed author Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club, Survivor, Invisible Monsters), the first being Fight Club. Granted, the man had a lot to live up to, at least in my mind. Choke (now a major motion picture) is about Victor Mancini, a con artist. Victor pretends to choke on food in restaurants hoping that someone will come over and save him, feel responsible for saving his life and from time to time check up on him and sends him money to make sure he’s doing okay. In between his job at a colonial theme park and visiting his mother, an Alzheimer’s patient who he has a lot of unresolved issues with, Victor attends sexual addiction meetings to pick up women. The whole novel comes together with a thrilling conclusion that you could never see coming (at least I didn’t).

My Boring Ass Life: The Uncomfortably Candid Diary of Kevin Smith (Kevin Smith) – I don’t know what it is about this man but I could literally listen to him talk about anything. This book basically covers his day to day experiences while filming the movie, "Catch and Release" as well as "Clerks II" and just day to day life. Also, it has the complete story of Jason Mewes crippling addiction to drugs and the story behind how he kicked it. I’ve already purchased and watched two “evening’s with” (a third one to be released next week), read his other book of essays, and watched his movies several times and I still look forward to more stuff. Ever since the release of his last book, he’s sparsely updated his blog so the hope for a second volume for that book is pretty much slim to nil.

Batman: The Long Halloween (Jeff Loeb & Tim Sales) – This was by far the best graphic novel I’ve ever read. Granted, I don’t have a lot of experience concerning graphic novels, mostly Batman ones alone. This book was also a heavy influence on “The Dark Knight” motion picture. I love the storyline that tells the origin of Two Face, one of the best villains in Batman’s rouge gallery of enemies. I did pick up the sequel, “Dark Victory”. While I didn’t find it as good, it certainly was not terrible by any means.
 
 
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Current Music: Stay or Leave - Dave Matthews
 
 
BrandonSears
02 October 2008 @ 08:11 am
It looks like the year is coming to an end..and fast! 2008 totally flew by so far..more than likely due to the fact that it has been the busiest year of my life..but its not over yet..still have three more full months to go.

So, I just finished reading "The Zombie Survival Guide" and "Batman: Dark Victory". Both were enjoyable, "Batman" more so than "Zombie". The Survival Guide was great at first..then felt repetitive after a while, then upon reaching the "recorded attacks" section it felt fresh and a whole lot more interesting. Which is probably why I'm going to enjoy reading the sequel book, "World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War" a whole lot more (which I'm starting this evening). "Dark Victory" was the sequel to "The Long Halloween" which was the fourth complete Batman graphic novel I've ever read (first three being "Year One", "The Dark Knight Returns" and "The Long Halloween"). 'Tis a good book. I'm heading to Edmonton in three weeks and am looking to get some more. I know for a fact that I'm going to pick up "The Watchman" (man, this entry has a lot of quotations). Anyone else have any suggestions of graphic novels..or just books in general?

I picked up "Ironman" on Blu-Ray the other day and started making my way through the special features. It has one of the better behind the scenes documentaries with a 7-part making of feature that pretty much goes through most of the important processes involved in making Ironman and succeeded in being informative, interesting and funny as well. It was kind of funny the way they went on about it becoming a franchise by constantly saying "well, if you've read the source material then you'd know that this happens and this happens and this happens". I'm not familiar with the Ironman story so they pretty much mapped out the next two movies and where they're going and basically avoided any surprises at all. Doesn't bother me really, just seemed really odd.

I watched the season premiere of "Chuck" on Tuesday. It was a pretty enjoyable show, I needed to start watching some more regular TV shows as there are a ton on right now that I haven't seen that are apparently gold (Chuck, Heroes, The Office, My Name Is Earl, Fringe). Its quite sad really.

That's it!
 
 
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Current Music: "Cath" - Death Cab For Cutie
 
 
BrandonSears
25 September 2008 @ 07:49 am
I'm about halfway through the first season of The Wire.  Such a good show.  Gary and Matty were right, it is quite addictive. 

I'm going to be going to Edmonton next month with Ash and her mother.  They're going to go see Celine Dion and I'm going to come along for the trip and stay in the mall while they're off having fun at the concert.   Which means I'll pick up a book or two and perhaps some Christmas shopping as well.

LEGO Batman is addictive.  It's really fun.  I enjoy how the game is broken up into 3 acts (like the LEGO Star Wars games; Episode I, II, III) and when you complete each act, you unlock the "opposite side" of the act where you get to play as the villians and beat up the police leading to your ultimate showdown with Batman & Robin.  Yep, quite fun indeed.  Makes me wonder what the next LEGO game will be?  I'm assuming they'll do another superhero, Spider-Man maybe?  Superman?  Or maybe they'll do another series of films?  I'd love to see Lego Rambo..but I bet that they couldn't market that towards kids..

Ironman is out on Tuesday on DVD as is Forgetting Sarah Marshall.  I'm getting Ironman for sure, I haven't seen Forgetting Sarah Marshall yet but I've heard so many good things, I almost want to buy it off the shelves but I've restricted myself to ever doing that again for movies, its too much of a gamble.  Nothing good is opening this weekend in theatres, unless you are interested in "Eagle Eye"... which looks okay at best.  I have trouble buying that Shia Lebouf is a leading man (I don't consider Transformers a Shia Lebouf movie...it was clearly focused on the giant robots).  Its all just biding time until Quantum of Solace is released anyway, then you will see a great movie.

iTunes has this "new" thingy called "Genius" where it takes a song that you have in your library and creates a playlist of 25 songs that are similar to that song.  It's really cool, I've already made three playlists and they're better than anything I could have made myself.

Work has been getting better, less stress.  Good.

That's all.
 
 
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Current Music: "Oh My God, Whatever, Etc." - Ryan Adams
 
 
BrandonSears
24 September 2008 @ 07:37 am



 
I am pleased, if there is anything that I like, its certainly listening to Kevin Smith yammer on for hours about nothing.

Also, I bought LEGO: Batman yesterday and it will monopolize a lot of my upcoming "non-working" hours.

Batman!
 
 
 
BrandonSears
18 September 2008 @ 07:49 am
Man, I cannot wait until the weekend.  I am so beyond sick of work right now.  I don't know what it is about this week but its been particularly draining.  I really hate that place right now.  Hopefully things get better soon because I really actually do enjoy my job but the environment has been awful lately.  It's no one in particular..its just, I have a bad attitude about going in there.

I forgot to mention in my last post that I had watched the 5th season opener for House.  I must say, that show never disappoints me.  Maybe its the fact that I have "blind devotion" to the show and that I could literally watch every episode one hundred times.  I'm wondering how this season is going to proceed without Wilson?!  Wilson is one of the best parts of the show and it saddens me to see him go.  However, if the past is any indication, no one ever seems to leave the show totally.  They always return in some capacity.

Also, the new Metallica album, "Death Magnetic" was a HUGE surprise for me.  I used to be a rather large Metallica fan and sort of fell out of them over the years yet still keeping the appreciation for their music.  Well, Death Magnetic totally surprised me.  I love the album, they did a fantastic job and created the perfect mixture of late 90's and early 90's/late 80's Metallica.  By that I mean, they brought back their speed metal roots with solo's, James' voice is better than ever and the music doesn't feel dated.

I guess that's all for now.  I enjoy updating this.
 
 
Current Location: Fort McMurray
Current Music: The Day That Never Comes - Metallica
 
 

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BrandonSears
17 September 2008 @ 07:32 am
Random Updates:


- I've decided that I like Vampire Weekend.  The first time I had heard them was on SNL this past season and they were not very good live.  However, lately Sirus has been playing them like mad and I've become addicted to "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa" and "Oxford Comma".  They're an extremely catchy band.

- Speaking of SNL, the 34th season opener was awful.  Aside from the opening sketch (with Tina Fey doing a ridiculously accurate impression of Sarah Palin), the show was just shameful.  Never get someone like Michael Phelps to host your season premiere.  Lil' Wayne was the musical guest and he was embarassingly bad.  Does anyone like him?  I'd be shocked if I met a fan.  I hope next week redeems itself with James Franco hosting along with the awesome Kings of Leon.

- NHL 09 is crazy good.  They've added so many new things this year and tweaked some really small things.  I haven't had a chance to check this out yet but apparently if you've scored a "highlight worthy" goal, or made a ridiculously good save, you can save your instant replay and upload it to the EA Online servers in your game and post it for other people to watch.  It's a cool feature but I haven't learned how to use it as of it.  Mostly because the EA servers always seem to be down whenever I go to look.

- Ash and I are excited to go see Ghost Town this weekend.  This is assuming our crappy theatre gets it.  However, it opened "Burn After Reading" last weekend and we did not get a chance to go see it so on the off-chance we do not get Ghost Town..we'll go see that.  I've heard many great things.

- Saturday, Tickets for the Toronto Maple Leafs vs The Edmonton Oilers on November 13th officially go on sale.  So, Ash and I have to get up early and both get on our laptops in an effort to get tickets.  I've been a Leafs fan since I was roughly 6 or 7 years old and I have yet to see a game in person.  This may not be the most exciting version of the Toronto Maple Leafs but it doesn't matter I guess.

I guess that's pretty much it.  I can't think of anything else to write about.

Yay!
 
 
Current Location: Fort McMurray
Current Music: A-Punk - Vampire Weekend
 
 
BrandonSears
14 September 2008 @ 11:06 am

I saw this at Wal-Mart yesterday and just had to comment.

The Hulk does not drive an off-road vehicle, when Bruce Banner becomes the Hulk, he becomes enraged to the point where he destroys everything in his sight.  Hulk does not jump on an off-road vehicle and speed off into the distance.  Its the Hulk!  He can run really fast and apparently jump at a distance of several miles!

I thought it was ridiculous that they were giving Spider-Man various vehicles in an effort to sell more toys.  This is just insane.

 
 
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BrandonSears
04 September 2008 @ 07:31 am
I may or may not be going to see Metallica.  I'm really not sure where I stand on that issue.  Apparently I may have reached the maximum amount of days that I can book off from work in a run of a year.  I'm really not sure.  One thing is for certain, that if I can get tickets, I will be going to see the Toronto Maple Leafs vs Edmonton Oilers on November 13th, 2008.  I need to see that game.  Although, I'm sure my beloved Leafs will fall to the Oilers, I've yet to see a Toronto Maple Leafs game and I really think I need to see one.

I started watching the first season of The Wire and I'm shocked that I've managed to avoid this show for as long as I did.  Gary has been telling me to watch it for sometime now but I didn't want to "blind-buy" a season of something that is upwards of $50.  So, I was in Futureshop when I was home and the first season was on sale for $27 and by that point, I had not bought a single thing while on vacation, so I treated myself.  What a great show!   I'm only two episodes in but I'm finding it hard to only watch one a night as I immediatly want to watch the next episode..but where its HBO and each episode is about an hour in length, I don't want to risk falling asleep during the second episode.  Watch it!

More Random Stuff:

Next week will be a good week as I will get my paws on NHL 09 for the PS3.  I'm quite excited.

The movie scene looks pretty lackluster until November when 007: Quantum of Solace is released.  This frustrates me.

However, there are a lot of DVDs out within the next little while.  I hate having to wait until December 9th for The Dark Knight on DVD.  That is much too long.  On the plus, Ironman is out at the end of the month.  Go Ironman!

I've heard about 4 or 5 songs from the new Metallica album.  Unforgiven III is a fantastic song.  I'd like to say its better than the previous two versions but its really its own thing and not really comparable.

I think that's it.
 
 
Current Location: Fort McMurray
Current Music: If I Had A Son - Bad Astronaut
 
 
BrandonSears
30 August 2008 @ 12:05 am
I haven't posted it on here in a while..I've got a few updates.

 - I'm married.  Yep, Ash and I were married on July 26th, 2008 in a small ceremony inside a very, very old church here in Fort McMurray.  This is by far the best thing I've done in my entire life, one of the better decisions I've made in the past 24 years.  We went home on August 8th and had a wedding reception in Sydney Mines on August 16th which was so much better than I thought it would be.  I can't remember having that much fun, it was a great time and I enjoyed myself.

- I saw me some ImprovU for the first time in well over a year which pleased me.  I really missed live comedy.  I didn't really realize it until I saw the show just how much I really missed it.  Everyone did a fantastic job.  There were times that I thought I was going to pass out from laughing.  This was the most solid live variety show since the first one.

- I'm so proud of my little brother its insane.  With working two jobs, having a great apartment and becoming the funniest person that I know, I've never been more proud to be related to the guy (aww).  It really sucks being this far away from family but I'll be home within the next 5 years, so I'm not too worried.

- Mark and Lisa are now residents of Fort McMurray.  Its great.  Ash and I actually went out, socially, with two other people!  All four of us enjoyed a meal at Montana's, an hour or so of Rockband and an episode of Kenny vs Spenny.  Life in Fort McMurray has become that much better.

- Work has been insane.  I've only been back for one week and already I'm loaded with stuff to do.  I'm very thankful its the long weekend.  I need some rest.

Some random things:

- The NHL season starts in 40 some odd days.  I'm excited.  I miss hockey terribly and I want it back on TV.  Go Leafs go?

- The Dark Knight was perfect.  It should win every Academy Award and become required viewing for all.

- Tropic Thunder was okay at best.

- Step Brothers was the funniest thing Will Ferrall has done since Anchorman.

- Too many video games are being released in the next few months.  Too many.

- Metallica is coming to Edmonton.  Mark and I are going.  Metallica!!!

- House starts in about two weeks.  SNL starts the following Saturday after House.  Where's Jack Bauer?!

That's it!
 
 
Current Location: Fort McMurray
Current Music: TV? ECW is on in the background..
 
 
BrandonSears

GAH!

I'm so pleased this is being made, its ridiculous.




E3 is going on (which for those that do not know, its the biggest video game and electronics expo of the year) and they've posted new screens of the new Ghostbusters Video Game..which is the sequal apparently to Ghostbusters 2 (or so I've heard).  You know what makes it even better?  They're getting all the original cast to return and do the voices for the characters!  Woo!!



Anywho, that is all.  I just had to share this with someone.


I'm also home in like... 3 weeks!

 
 
Current Location: Home
Current Music: Who did you think I was? - John Mayer
 
 
BrandonSears
12 July 2008 @ 03:24 pm
Man, I hate when I get into these moods.  Bored.  I feel like there's nothing to do when I clearly have lots of things I can be doing.

Last night I watched Batman Begins on Blu-Ray.  Man, that movie deserves to be seen in HD..by everyone!  I looked fantastic.  Not only that, but it came with the first six minutes of The Dark Knight!  What a tease.  If I wasn't excited before, I certainly am now.  I also watched Batman: Gotham Knight..which..was only okay.  It was something different, a whole new vision of Batman.  However, I'm not an anime fan to begin with, so might have hindered my enjoyment of the film slightly.  Four of the Six short stories were pretty decent, quite re-watchable.  The other two were really slow and sort of bothersome.  That being said, the second disc is fantastic which includes two great documentaries.  One is putting the Batman character up against his villians and how each villian mirrors a quality that is seen within Batman himself.  The second documentary tells the history of Batman creator, Bob Kane.  ALSO, on the second disc, are four episodes of the Batman animated series.

Awesome stuff.  I'm on Batman overload.

Waiting on Ash to get back now from her hair appointment.  Blah.  I can't wait to get out of the house for a few hours.

I've got a headache.

I'm home in like..4 weeks!
 
 
Current Location: Basement.
Current Music: Your New Twin Sized Bed - Death Cab for Cutie