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This is my second Seth Rogan film in about a few days (I saw the Pineapple Express earlier in the week) and I have concluded that too much Seth Rogan is NOT a bad thing.

The guy is hilarious, has the same kind of humor as I do and works with the top talents in Hollywood. I forget that ‘Zack and Miri’ is a Kevin Smith movie and I’m glad he didn’t show his fat face ala M. Night Shyamalan though his henchmen from his other movies such as Jason Mew (Jay) and Jeff Anderson (Randall) played supporting roles and did a good job convincing me that they can act as other characters.

What I liked: Elizabeth Banks. She’s attractive and funny and I hope to see her in more female lead parts. I hope success doesn’t get to her head and she does one of them Oscar movies. The movie was hilarious from the beginning to the end. I hope Smith make more movies like this than the disasters known as “Clerks 2″ and “Jersey Girl”.

What I hated: It was too damn short. I wish the story got more evolved and it felt like we got a cliff notes version of the script. The pacing was just too fast and when I wanted more, the movie was over.

Favorite Moments: Anything Jason Mewes. The guy is still hilarious and I would like to see him in more movies. Craig Robinson is growing on me, they really are leaching his fame from The Office. Sad.

Conclusion: It is what it is… two friends making a porno together and discovered they have more in common than living together as buddies. I give this movie 3-stars for good.

It started out slow but the game ended up not being so bad. This game ranks up there, top 10 maybe but not top 5. Congrats Steelers!

I finally got to see Wall-e on blu-ray.   The movie was Pixar at their finest with great visuals and charming storytelling.

What I liked:  The movie was short on dialouge but full of surprises.  I was hooked from the beginning sequence from meeting Wall-e compacting trash to his pet roach.   Everybody kept telling me the movie was cute but I think there is more to the story than just a miniature ”Johnny-Five” robot with a crush on an iPod… err robot named Eva.  The theme of the movie is don’t waste the planet you live on now and start appreciating it before we all get sent into space to become tech-zombies.

What I hated:  Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! Eva!  Wall•e! 

Favorite moments:  How every time something went wrong for a robot, it sounds like they mouthed off the “F-word”.  The Blu-ray extras, especially Burn-e’s side story.

Conclusion:  Another great movie by Pixar.  I am looking forward to their next project:  Up!

People that uses Twitter knows how effectively powerful and awesome it is as a social tool and a communications outlet.  Whether it is sharing opinions, photos, thoughts; it is all what makes people come back for more. The question is “What are you doing?”  not “How can can you annoy people right now?”.

There are some that does not get it and those that abuses the privilege of sharing.  It is what it is.  Micro-blogging your daily activities, communicating with friends,  trading links and pictures.  I just seeing a lot of problems lately on my timeline.   I’m not one of the first adopters of Twitter but I learn by observations.  In fact, I’m like a lot of people that first opened up a Twitter account and just left it dormant after a couple of updates.  What drew me back was realizing how powerful of a tool it is to meet people and be part of the conversation.

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I knew I should have made the drive to Washington D.C. to actually be at the Inauguration of Barack Obama but watching it on TV and actually doing the coverage at the newspaper got me ringside seats to the event.

At first I felt like this event and this change of administration is heavily overblown but at the same time you can feel the presence of change. You can see it on the face of the people as the cameras panned on their faces. I voted for the guy for his politics but I didn’t realize he is a symbol of HOPE as he is marketed.

Do I approve that Barack Obama should be president of the United States of America? You damm right I do, I voted for the guy!

So I am excited and cautiously optimistic that something good will come out of this. This is the day after events of yesterday and after seeing what he has done on the first day on the job today, I believe there will be a lot of positive change in the near future for the better in my current world.

What did my friends say today, the Year of Danh? I’m thinking they are on to something.

I’m not going to say 2008 was not a bad year. There were many milestones and moments that I would not trade it in for anything. I had a life alternating moment this past Summer. When dealing with relationships, you can learn alot about a person but you find out more about yourself as time goes by. I do not want to make one bad experience dictate an entire year but I will say that it was a catalyst for the things to come.

For the first time in a long time I’m getting refocused. I need to focus on the things in my life that matters to me. I need to get back to the swing of things and not just say it but do it. I have a lot planned out not just for 2009 but in the long haul.

I’m going to write down some personal goals and there are too many ideas to jot down and too many things I want to do. This blog post is my first step to a new direction in my life. I’m not going reinvent my world but I would like to make it where I can look back and be proud of what I have established. I would like to make the best life possible for myself and the people around me. With that said, I cannot wait to see what can happen in 2009.

I will be making some posts once I get everything back in order.

I would like to say hi to my new visitors and thank Ophelia for nudging me.

I thought this was funny. [Cele|bitchy]

This is the final map of the trip.

Portland and Seattle got nixed for various reasons.   Time and gas, you know the drill.  Below is the map of the quest that will be ending soon:

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After a slight hic-up with my computer, I finally am up and running.

I think the main concern for me through this trip was the driving and it has already taking a toll on me.  The drive out did not start as well as I liked to and 3 hours of sleep didn’t help the cause either.

The Denver Broncos gameon Monday Night Football did not end until 12:30am I only had 3 hours of sleep because I told my brother I would take him to the airport and he wanted to be there by 5:00.  After I got home at 6am, I got the truck ready and headed out for coffee.  I didn’t realize the check light engine was on till I started driving, so I made a quick stop at Kwik Kar and they changed my oil and replace my transmission fluid.   Then FINALLY I was heading out on the road but then it happened:  I started to have “little girl’s bladder” had to make 4 stops on the way to Albuquerque.  I usually hate stopping unless I had to but this was getting really annoying at a point where I was literally pissed about it. 

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