movie reviews + news.

First off I think I need a new layout because I got tired of looking at this after I posted it. I just haven’t had the time to do anything about it. I vow to change it! Second off, happy new year to everyone. I hope 2012 brings good fortune to everyone, especially me.

I have recently watched some movies so here’s all my two cents:

Sherlock Homes: A Game of Shadows (I think that’s the  title) – I really love Robert Downey Jr. so naturally my opinion is a little bias. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie and it helped tie into the first movie very well. I also really like Jude Law so I don’t have anything bad to say. It’s entertaining, a great adventure, and I recommend it to anyone. 9.5/10.

The Adjustment Bureau - This movie was categorized as a Sci-Fi and while it very well has elements of it, it is basically a giant pile of sap. I went in thinking it wasn’t a chick flick but apparently they decided to leave that out of the information. I heard it was based on a book by this science fiction author and the story was not much like the movie, so if you’re interested in that kind of thing then go for the book. It was silly – Matt Damon is not a romance star, but a kick ass spy so I couldn’t take him seriously. While the concept was good – having an organization planning out your life – the movie just didn’t cut it. 3.5/10.

Lethal Weapon 1, 2, & 3 – Believe it or not, I haven’t seen any of these movies until recently. They’re typical 80’s cop movies where they honestly kill too many people. Instead of arresting or trying to stop bad guys, they really just kill everyone. I also can’t take Mel Gibson very seriously after his meltdown, but his character is a bit too dramatic and overblown and he’s always looking for trouble and acting like a bad as, but its just so cheesy. But I can argue that that’s the appeal of these movies and as cheesy 80’s cop flicks, they’re not bad. I like the stories in each of the movies, even though they’re really dramatic, but they’re way more original than some of the cop movies now a days.

I also don’t mind some of  the action scenes, no matter how sometimes they can seem completely unnecessary. If you like action films and you like 80’s movies, then I would recommend them if you’ve never seen them. I’m not a very big Mel Gibson fan – in fact I don’t like him at all, but the movies as is are very entertaining. For the three in total I’ll rate them, in all their cheesy glory: 8/10 (but we’re rating this knowing full-well that its cheesy and sometimes exaggerated a bit – the cheese scale).

I don’t think I’ve seen any other movies as of late, but I’m trying to get more and trying to get back in touch with CT. I’ll try to make a new layout, some new graphics – but I need to find my inspiration and time. Thanks for hanging in there and here’s to another year of Crooked Teeth.

-taylorr

I haven’t done anything this holiday season but buy gifts, work, and try my best to see my friends and family. It has been busy, believe me. I’ll try to get in some time on the weekend or something but my job is very draining. And my baking. I’ll try my best to keep going, keep in touch.

Happy holidays to all!

-taylorr

all good.

I am having some issues, here.

I wanted to change my layout and got everything ready, loaded all of my files and CSS file, and when I go to see it in action its still the SAME layout! And no matter how many times I re-load the CSS file, it still shows up as the old one. Does anyone know how this is possible?

I tried deleting the file from my uploaded folder (so it should look all messed because there’s no style sheet) but it was still the same! Why isn’t it registering the change?

That’s why some of it is all over the place. I don’t have time to figure it out right now, bear with me, so I’ll try and do something later. Ugh. If anyone can offer some help, that would be greatly appreciated.

-taylorr

icons update!

I also just noticed that almost all of my male icons are of Supernatural… aka Jensen Ackles. There’s also some random ones. I’ll hopefully have a new update soon.

-taylorr

new layout + new signatures + movie reviews.

I decided it was time for a new look…that, and I have been binging a bit on Supernatural (if you couldn’t already tell). I’m not very happy with the layout part, but I like the image. It’s more to satisfy my Halloween cravings, if anything. As well, I added two new signatures, one which is basically this layout and then another featuring the lovely Jensen Ackles.

Quick movie reviews:

Transformers 3: I’m a little late getting onto it, but overall it wasn’t horrible, but it wasn’t great. If you can sit through the three hours of it and the terrible Megan Fox replacement, then you may enjoy it. The graphics are amazing to say the least, but my problem is more of the fact that it was just not as exciting as the other two. And even though I love action, towards the end I just wasn’t even paying attention to it. I may have been tired or bored, I couldn’t tell. But I think they probably should have stopped after the second one. 5/10.

Homeland (T.V. Show): I just started watching this show on Showcase and even though I’ve only gotten through one episode, it is really shaping up. If you like war and betrayals (so if you watched 24, haha), you’ll like this. The main character isn’t very typical and the bad guy is a turned U.S. soldier who was a prisoner for 8 years in Iraq. Everyone thinks this guy is a hero except for this one CIA agent, and so she has to try and prove that he’s guilty. It’s really intense. Although because it is a showcase show, there are those sex scenes that just don’t seem tasteful at all — but then again, I am a huge prude. I recommend it to anyone: 8/10.

The Frighteners: This is an old movie that you may or may not have seen. It has Michael J. Fox in it and he can see ghosts ever since his wife died. He eventually starts to see this reaper who is killing people randomly and everyone in the town seems to think it was him, but he sets out to try and stop it — its great. It has some dark humor in it, but I think it’s really well done. It’s like a horror/dark comedy. You should watch it if you haven’t seen it. It’s a great Halloween flick. 8/10.

That’s all I have left in me to slack off — now I must get down to writing my two papers and studying for my midterm. See you on the other side.

-taylorr

1 blend + 1 signature + icons on the way!

I got Photoshop back — figured out the problem and now it’s pretty much functional. I lost practically all my fonts, patterns, brushes, etc, but I have some saved randomly across the Internet so I’ll try to get them back as best as I can. I have updates, as you can tell, a signature and then I decided to make a blend out of it too. I was going to make this the next version, but decided against it. But a new version is in the works!

Thanks for hanging in. I’ll be in touch.

-taylorr

quick news.

I’m still having problems trying to download PSCS2 – my computer must have been damaged from the virus because PS keeps telling me it won’t let me activate it because I’m not an admin. I’m trying to figure if I can get around it, so bear with me. My updates were never particularly fast, but now I have an excuse as to why they’re not coming.

-taylorr

news + icons.

I had a virus so my computer had to be wiped, sadly, so I’ve been trying to replace all my programs and files back onto it while still having to deal with a slow computer. And all I have to say is it isn’t my fault (as always). I’m going to make this quick and painless, I’m very busy with school and work because I think I took on too much but we’ll see, and I also will post the icons after I post this, so if you don’t see them then I forgot.

Thanks and I’ll reply to comments when I have time.

-taylorr

news.

After about two weeks or so I am finally back home (with Internet). I have been squeezing in last minute escapades to wherever I can go, as well as working hard, so I have finally found a day to myself and a day at home. Sleeping in my own bed has never felt so good, let me tell you.

School starts up next week and I have signed away my weekends to my job to make money, so apart from having no weekend time, you probably will not notice a difference in updating because I am already so MIA. I know I suck at even posting blogs up and I apologize, as always, but I’m sure you all know what a life is.

Hopefully I can concoct something soon.

-taylorr