Tests, The Amazing Race, and Brad Pitt

So this is my second post...crazy I know. So I mentioned a test in my last post. I took that test yesterday. I also probably failed that test yesterday. It happens every year around this time. It's close to Thanksgiving break and then the long Christmas break and I just become apathetic about class and tests and basically I just quit caring about everything school related. So my "A" will probably suffer because of it. Oh well, don't care. Actually this post is going to be more geared to my dislike of some aspects of the Florida team on The Amazing Race: Family Edition. So Team Florida (even though I've watched the show every week I don't remember their names) is slowly driving me crazy and here's the reason: they're rude and awful people. The whole time they talk about how they're trying to live a Christian life and that the other teams hate them for being who they are. I think only one of those statements are true and it ain't the first one. They got upset when the Paolo team yielded them. They got upset when the other teams wouldn't talk to them. Basically they get upset whenever anybody sneezes (or doesn't sneeze) in their direction. Yet after all that, instead of being the bigger people, they talk trash about the other teams. They talk about how rude the other teams are. They've made a few nasty comments about the Paolo team's dad and how he drives a garbage truck. All the while claiming to live Christian lives. It's hypocritical and it's ridiculous. I wish that they would just come in last and leave the show. It also makes me want to scream when they make such a big deal about having to go to race tracks to do detours or road blocks. I know that they're dad died at a race track and I think that is truly awful and I feel bad that that happened to them but crying about going to a race track to do a stunt or whatever is just stupid. They just seem to get worked up and I'll bet it's not all about going to the track but more about them being tired and just wanting to whine. It's not like they even have to drive a real race car or that they're in any danger AT ALL. The first time they had to ride a bike and the second time was a go-kart. How terrible! For a million dollars I think I wouldn't object to dodging cars at Indy if they asked. This post is way longer than I wanted it to be so I'm going to stop now while I'm ahead. I just wish the Florida team would do the same.

Movie Review: Snatch
So does everyone basically know the premise of Snatch? Well it's very complicated and it spins a web of stories but basically it's all about a diamond. And not just any diamond. A diamond the size of your fist. Everyone in the movie has this diamond in their possession at least once even if only for a few minutes. However, It's also not all about the diamond at the beginning. Confused yet? Yeah I was too. Until I watched it about 3 times. I also had to watch it that many times to understand what the hell Brad Pitt was saying because he plays a Pikey. A Pikey is a gypsy with a heavy accent and weird slang. He does an excellent job of playing a character that is crude and yet still likeable. He's also pretty funny which is good because it lightens the mood from the rest of the film. My favorite character is Turkish thought. He's trying to earn an honest living by putting together underground (illegal) boxing matches and he gets involved with an unsavory character named Bricktop. Things continue to go downhill for Turkish when Brad Pitt's character (Mickey) one-punches Turkish's boxer and puts him in the hospital. Then Turkish has to use Mickey in a fight or become pig food. The diamond is also in there somewhere.
It's one of my all-time favorite movies because I like movies that introduce characters seperately and then weave them together with a story and this is probably the best one I've seen do that. All the acting is superb and Guy Ritchie (Madonna's husband) is a genius. (I'll have to forgive the fact that he directed the aforementioned Madonna in Swept Away which was by far one of my all-time LEAST favorite movies...I don't want to talk about it.) But in Snatch, Guy had awesome screen shots and the music fit the feel of the film perfectly. It has humor and drama and action and twists that totally caught me off-guard. It's just a dark comedy that becomes funnier each time you watch it.

Time to study...or start your own blog.

Well, this is my first post so I guess that I should start off with a little something about myself. I was thisclose to studying for my Immunology test tomorrow and then decided that maybe starting my own blog would be better. I'm a grad student at Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, AL and I'm currently also a teaching assistant (glorified babysitter...although, ironically, I don't get paid as much as I did when I WAS a babysitter...save that for later) which means that I teach 4 Intro to Bio labs each week. Not too bad because taking 6 hours sure beats the hell out of taking 18. Anyway, I just graduated from undergraduate college in July and decided that since I couldn't find a high-paying job in biology that I would just go to graduate school before I transfer to pharmacy school next year. So that's where I'm at right now in my life. Interesting, huh? Yeah, I don't think so either. The thing about it is that I really really wish that I was a film director. I could have gone to film school but decided that being a doctor or pharmacist was more lucrative because a trillion people want to either be in the movies or make them and it's really a lot harder to break into that business than it is to get through med school or pharmacy school. That's why I dedicate most of my life to watching movies rather than studying to make them. I also quote movies all the time...but then again, I think that most people do. So each time I post on my blog I will give a rundown of the latest movie I've seen (doesn't have to be new in theaters but it can be) and what I think about it and then YOU can post your comments or whatever.

This post's movie: JARHEAD
So, I just saw this movie on Saturday and was surprised at how tame it really was. I thought that from the way the previews were that it was going to be closer to Full Metal Jacket than Three Kings. And it wasn't even that close to Three Kings. I thought there was going to be more gore, more violence, and just plain more. It seemed like the characters were semi-well developed even though there was almost no background given on any of them. I also thought I was going to cry at some point because, once again, from the previews it looked like there was a lot of drama that was going to happen but it just didn't seem to get around to it. It seems like some things would escalate and then *poof* nothing else was said about it and it was over. It kind of left me wanting to know more, which maybe was what Sam Mendes was going for all along. But I'm not a Marine so maybe I just didn't understand because I've never done or seen anything like they have firsthand. Either way, I still liked this movie. I thought that Jake Gyllenhaal (I love you Jake wherever you are!) gave a convincing performance because I'm almost positive that had I been in a war I would probably lose it sometimes like he did if not more so (I'm a girl, but you know what I mean). And I really liked Peter Sarsgaard in his role. But I've liked him since I saw Garden State. There's just something about his expressions that you seem to see all of him when he's talking. It's almost like he seems completely vulnerable yet withdrawn at all times. I just hope that people don't try to look at this movie from a political standpoint. There were a few things in the movie that were political but they were cut short with a sort of "screw it, we're here" attitude. I don't believe this is a political movie. This movie in the basic sense is just about human emotion in the time of war.

Now that I have gotten the intended message across (hopefully) it's time to further my education and read a little Immunology. I promise that in the next post I will try to add a little more humor because I'm very funny. Seriously. No but really, I am.