George Clooney & Kevin Spacey.

The Men Who Stare At Goats:
I mean, with those two actors, what more can I say? I definitely enjoyed this movie. I heard mixed reviews before seeing it, but I was quite happy with it. The dark humor appealed to me (as usual), and I was lolz-ing all over the place. Completely unrealistic (yet apparently based on truth?), but as most of you know from my other movie reviews, that doesn't usually matter to me if it's funny. Kevin Spacey was a genius as always, and George Clooney was great too (and sexy I might add). I also enjoyed Ewan McGregor and Jeff Bridges' roles too. Good actors, funny stuff, go see this movie if you want to laugh. That is, if you enjoy dark humor.

I give it four out of five.

Oh and as for my travels in DC today, I need to go to sleep, so details will come later. Suffice it to say, that the photography of Fotoweek 2009 almost brought on tears, my knees hurt from walking, and I am even more saddened at the prospect of returning to Alabama tomorrow (after spending another full day doing fun shit).

So, look forward to that recap!

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So far, DC hasn't failed, as always.

Wednesday night will suck. It will suck hard. HARD. I do not want to go back to Alabama. Alabama with all of it's nothingness. Ew. Ew, ew, ew.

Real quick like, before we go into more of me loving DC, watch this and be merry. Thanks to Cat of Young Old Crone for bringing this to my attention via Twitter.



So far we really haven't done all that much in the city. The majority of our time has been comprised of sitting around talking, smelling the fall smells (something Alabama lacks also), and people watching. It's been nice to just be, for once. We have however briefly visited the mall, just because it's good to glimpse that when you haven't seen it in months (or years in my mother's case). We've also done some healthy walking in Chinatown, Dupont Circle, Adams Morgan, Woodley Park, and Takoma (hotel location). We've eaten some excellent food as well. If you follow me on Twitter (which, by "god", you better be doing by now) you will know all about these great eats, but alas, recap time:

7-Eleven: I'm sorry, but I won't ever stop eating their hotdogs. It may not be anything more than cheap gas station food, but it's damn good cheap gas station food, and it's something I hate not having access to in Alabama, because I would eat the fuck out of it all the time, as I do here.
Asian Spice: We tried the Thai food here (Basil chicken) and it was delicious. Not only that, but we also sat outside, watched some fine ass people walk by, and enjoyed the perfect weather. The restaurant was incredibly nice on the inside too. I'll be visiting this place again for sure.
The Diner: 24 hour diner in Adams Morgan. I have decided that when I move here, this will be one of the first places I apply for a job at. The staff was awesome, and omfg, the food. Ridiculously good. Cheap too. The toast with the spinach and artichoke dip was what we started with (wonderful). Mom got a sandwich, but I got the grilled stuffed Portobellos, and it was soooooo good. I'm in love with this place.

Tono Sushi will be on the menu tomorrow. We tried tonight but got there right before they closed (we often lose track of time). I am glad though that we missed Tono because then we would not have eaten at the Diner.

Tomorrow we have a long day. Realizing that we have wasted two days doing nothing but walking and eating has made us decide to get up super early and get shit done tomorrow. One thing includes enjoying some of the activities of Fotoweek 2009! We are lucky to have randomly visited the city at this time, there is stuff going on for Fotoweek everywhere. I am taking pictures as well, but they are not so amazing thanks to my crappy half broken camera and I am tired and need to sleep soon so those will come later.

Speaking of sleep, I'm off to try and get some of that. Long day tomorrow, looking forward to some of this:



Also, I am too lazy to look up what this is, but we discovered it in the middle of a very residential neighborhood in front of a normal looking house with no other signs:



I'm assuming a family business and something to do with martial arts or calligraphy, but I'm lazy and want to present a challenge, so the first person to explain in depth wins a cookie! Okay, not really, but you will win an e-cookie (it's so much better, trust me).

Peace out.

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Bad mood guys, bad mood.

Seriously.

This is the only productive thing to come out of the last couple of days (well and the fourth sit of my sleeve, which I'll talk about later).



That and my other new photography can be found (and appreciated maybe?) on my Deviantart.

Everything else that has happened over the last couple of days has only solidified my opinion that I really do not enjoy living here. I need the city like I need oxygen.

I really don't have anything else to say right now. Sorry guys. Maybe I'll be in a better mood tomorrow. Everyone has their shitty moods.

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I hate when this happens.

I'm blank! Completely blank! All day I've been thinking of all the things I wanted to write about tonight. I had some good shit (seriously, I'm not joking), but now it's all gone. I can't remember any of it. I just reheated Chinese food and ate that to see if the Asian magic would refresh my memory, but that didn't work either.

So I guess I'm just going to recap what's been going on lately, and hope something comical comes out of it. Pre-warning, this is probably going to be a shitty post.



Last night we celebrated my friend's 18th birthday. Yes, so young. Though I can't really say anything, since I'm only a year and a half older. Anyways, we had some good times, it was a great evening. The picture above is of Dustin (Asian birthday boy with the big ears) and Cameron (read him at CzarSheehan) drinking the night away. Mikee and Mat were also in attendance. So was Cameron's brother, but he plays video games so consistently it never quite feels like he's actually there if you get what I mean.

Anywho, Mikee, Cameron, and Dustin, fit together like bread, peanut butter, and jelly. They all have the same humor (which I find hilarious and others would not understand at all) and when they get together they constantly bounce jokes off one another, for ever. It's like a comedy triangle. It is perfect, and a highlight of my life. I haven't laughed as much as I did last night in a while.

So yeah, that party was the reason for my shit day today. I had to take Dustin & Mikee all the way back to Mobile (hour drive there, hour drive back), and then go to work, and let me tell you! Caitlin was not feeling so hot. I slept curled in a ball on Cameron's couch and the resulting neck cramp was of great annoyance, plus I was slightly hungover. I bitched out at work, and got someone to cover for me. So now I'm home early and everyone, EVERYONE, decided to invite me out on the one night I just want to sleep. Of course. That's always what happens. The night that I'm so hyper I resemble a crack head, have tons of cash, and no work the next day, everyone will either be sleeping, out of town, or dead or something. As my mother says, Murphy's Law.

On to more boring stuff, yesterday Jessica (my very best friend ever) got her first tattoo, courtesy of my tattoo artist also, CW of Royal Street Tattoo. It is very pretty and I was an idiot and forgot to take a picture of the finished product but I do have this.



It was nice watching someone else go through so much pain. I'm usually the one under the needle, never have I been in the other chair, watching the madness. It was a nice break. Next week the break's over and I'm back to pain. I can't wait for my sleeve to be finished!

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! I BEAT WAL-MART'S FUCKING ASS.
Yeah, next week I get an upgrade to nicer tires for free (brand new Goodyears), a set of locking lug-nuts, and a little cash back for my troubles. I don't feel bad since Wal-Mart could easily pay for my entire life. I'm glad I got them back. Maybe next time they won't be such idiots.

Alright, randomness, since I don't know what else to do:

- Was driving on the interstate today and caught the travel bug that easily. I want to go go go! Something about just being on those highways with trees on both sides going 80 mph gets me so antsy. I absolutely love traveling via car. Pulling off the interstate to go home today was a shitty moment. I wanted to just keep going.

- I have been coughing horribly for the last few days and I want to rip my throat out. How come everyone else gets to stay home when they don't feel so hot but I soldier through as if nothing is different? Maybe because I'm broke and they can afford to stay home. We'll go with that.

- I live with too many people (just so you know), and one of them has a little Boston Terrier named Boo (why!?). Well I have a one year old 10lb Lion King cat named Kokoro. Kokoro was raised by my German Shepherd and myself, so he grew up loving dogs. He plays and sleeps with my big dog constantly, has never had any problems with new dogs (plays with most of them too), and he's pretty much the greatest cat ever. Even so, for some unknown reason, Kokoro hates the shit out of Boo. Either he hates him or has decided Boo is actually a mini impala meant to die for his pleasure. Kokoro doesn't hiss at him or growl at him, he stalks him, charges him, slaps him, terrorizes him, and the other day he tackled Boo, pinned him on the ground, and just started whacking the shit out of him. He was in such a frenzy he bit my Mom when she picked him up and he never does stuff like that. So yeah, they have to stay separated now. I feel sorry for Boo, he's fucking terrified and he did nothing to deserve this. At least my cat can beat the shit out of a dog. I hope you don't get the impression that he is crazy, because he isn't. He's sweet and kind, and very non cat like.

- I just wrote a full paragraph about my cat. Number one sign this post is going to shit!

- I took some pictures the other day. I'm trying to get back into photography but I don't ever want to explore this little town and that is 75% of my problem. The other 25% being I have a camera that doesn't even have a setting to set the shutter speed. It's so crappy. I got these two the other night though:



- A random mob of hyperactive teenage girls attacked me in April, when I was in Chinatown in DC, because I had a camera and they wanted their fucking pictures, like now. So I took pictures of them (well, was rather forced into it) and the girl snatched my phone and typed in her email (you have no idea how forceful she was) and asked me to send them to her. I just got around to it, two days ago. This should give you an idea of my procrastination problem. April!? Here is one of them:



- I just can't think of anything I actually wanted to write about so I'm ending this. Maybe after I get some sleep I'll actually remember something. Before you go, an acting lesson from Keanu Reeves, courtesy of Comixed.