Yes, so now that I've just finished my second week of work I too have recieved my first real paycheck of the summer (it's even "real-er" that Smiley's). On the same outing to Best Buy that he purchased his Coen goodness, I purchased some speedy cd goodness. I decided to finally upgrade from my 12x4x32 Teac burner to a 52x24x52 Sony. See I really wanted the Black Memorex, since I have a dark grey/black case, but the Memorex had no buffer under-run protection. My Teac had BurnProof, and so does Smiley's TDK, but of course not on the memorex. So I had it narrowed down to the TDK, and the Sony. I figured it would be much easier to find a black faceplate replacement for the Sony, which has a very plain front, than for the TDK with it's snazzy blue tray and beige body.
Paychecks = FUN!
After my first real paycheck for the summer I went out and bought myself a couple of DVD's. You see, watching movies is how I like to spend my time when I'm not play Rise of Nations or at work. These two DVD's I bought are the first two DVD's I managed to have cash for in a long, long time. I was hoping they'd be worth my cash, and after watching the first of the two I'd say it was money very well spent.
Enough of the suspense here's what I got.
Barton Fink - This is the one I watched earlier tonight. The skinny
on it is this writer, Barton Fink (as played by John Turturro, who gives
a superior performance), gets some real credit writing plays in New
York, so much so that some film producers in LA catch wind of this and
hire him on contract to write some pictures for their studio. Fink reluctantly
agrees to meet with these people and take the job. What ensues afterwords
can only be best described by watching the film yourself. This movies'
strong point is how it draws you into the story so well, with characters
like Goodman as Charlie Meadows it's so easy to get wrapped up in it
all. I recommend this movie to anyone. Go buy, now.
Miller's
Crossing - Another Coen film that I deemed a necessary buy to nearly
complete my Coen Brother's collection. Having not seen either of the
two films I bought both of them on merit alone. Here's how IMDB describes
it: "Tom Reagan, an advisor to a Prohibition-era crime boss, tries to
keep the peace between warring mobs but gets caught in divided loyalties."
With Gabriel Byrne leading this one I'm not sure how it could go wrong.
Oh, and also both movies contain Steve Buscemi, always a bonus.
"Guests
gasped as the 44-year old singer arrived at a Miami restaurant wearing a giant
Afro wig, rhinestone-studded jacket and leather trousers."
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finally the $20 bill: soon to be available in color! In stereo! (where available).
So
I'm sitting in the Pogo Lounge of the Beverly Hills Heights Hotel with a phone
some dwarf brought me ... that's not even close to the original quote by HST;
for that, I apologize. I left the library a little while ago where I was studing
for a political science 1 p.m.-today final exam. I went to White Castle for
some grub and picked up today's fresh 