Proof that Poor People Can Still Decorate for Christmas

This is our Christmas tree. The tree was given to us by my sister, the decorations are made completely out of construction paper, crayons, and staples. Eat your heart out, Martha.

Justin On The Road

So after many many months of debating i finally broke down and decided to read The Road. I don't like reading books that they make movies of because for some reason it makes me enjoy both versions less. But i had to because i couldn't wait for the movie any more. I finished it today and i must say, i was very underwhelmed. I don't get it, and that makes me sad. I want to be in the loop, i want to think it's a brilliant piece of literature....but i don't. I thought it was boring, uneventful, and i seriously wanted to punch the little boy right in the face. I don't care if he is only a small lad, i would like to have thrown him into a tree and then held him under water until bubbles stopped surfacing. Ok, not really, but the punch in the face part was very accurate. I couldn't even believe his character. No little boy is going to sit there and question his dad over and over when he continues to save his life over and over again. And the kid was such a freaking whiner. I know he was little, but i would like for somebody else to go through that book and count the times that he says he is scared. I bet it is close to a hundred. Whine whine whine whine whine whine whine. I was just waiting for his dad to punch him, or to kill him and eat him. That would have been fine too. I really really hope the movie is better. But also i am not a novel enthusiast just like anybody that knows me knows. Maybe that's why i don't appreciate it. I can imagine the performance Viggo Mortensen is going to give though, and that is going to be something to see. Maybe the expectations killed it for me, or maybe it was the boring parts. Either way the book really is ok but if anybody is going to read it i would say start on page ninety.

ESPN

There is a fantastic article on espn.com about jerry sloan. You, yes you, should read it. Here is the link yo! http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/story?columnist=adande_ja&page=Sloan-081209&lpos=spotlight&lid=tab2pos1

For Jake

So i came home from work the other night and showed me a little clip of the show we love. It was a testament to the brilliance and hilarity of the show. Some people call this fantastic show the Gilmore Girls. Now i know what some people probably think, that i just like this show because Jesse does. So very not true. If i were a single dude and i had been introduced to this show i would have watched it and loved it then to. So this little clip goes like this. Sookie and Lorelai are standing outside of this very large house that Luke had bought for Lorelai. Then the conversation goes like this; Lorelai: "It's big" Sookie: "That's what she said" blah blah blah blah then Sookie: "I think it just got bigger" Lorelai: "That's what she said." This is a testament because this episode was written and had already aired (a little over a year) before this joke ever appeared on the office. So take that Jake. The show is hilarious, and awesome, and is still one of the wittiest shows to ever appear on television. I heart those gilmore girls. Their quick witted humor, and cynicism, and sarcasm makes me feel all warm inside. Justin and the gilmore girls-12, jake-0.

Football Talk

I have not posted a football blog for quite awhile so i don't want to hear any complaints. Yes, that means you nic. Not really, but as the joker would say, "here we go."

Hmm....all the bcs games are pretty much crap. I don't care about the money or the rules or any other crap. I want to watch good football. Is Texas and ohio state going to be good football?! Heck butt no. Would Boise st. give them a better game than ohio st? Not by much but heck butt yes. Let's glance at them real quick....ok that was all the time i needed to come up with this conclusion. Florida/Oklahoma is going to be the only close game and that one may not even be close. I think they will both score a hundred bajillion points but i think oklahoma wins because i think they are the best team. Utah should beat alabama. Alabama has a huge offensive line i know blah blah blah. But so does BYU and look what their defensive line did to Byu's offensive line.....and Alabama's defense???? What?? How are they the third ranked defense in the country? That was a testament to me that they didn't play anybody that could throw a football. Those db's couldn't guard anybody. They let tebow throw three touchdown passes. Yes, three! And i can throw a football better with my butt than he can with his arm. Then Texas is going to destroy ohio st. and usc is going to pee all over penn st. Is anybody else getting tired of the las vegas bowl? I mean it is better than the poinsettia bowl but do we really have to play arizona and tuitama again? Like bryan said he is a very average qb which means he will destroy our secondary, but he can also run so that means we are pretty much screwed. Jake Locker anyone? Sadly before the season started everybody thought we would be a bcs buster and here we are, maybe going to barely squeek by in the las vegas bowl. It's so disappointing. Although college football really needs a playoff i have come to terms with the fact that it may never happen. Stupid college football people. Oh and bryan also pointed out that pitta is not a finalist for best te?!?!?!? Pitta is the best te in the nation by a country mile (and i hear that's far.) Get real. Why do i love college football so much when it is just high school politics? I don't know. At least in basketball they give every school a fair chance at the national championship. In what other sport are teams automatically disqualified just because of their location? Not just some teams either, about half of them. It drives me nuts. I swear if the games weren't so dang good, and the atmosphere so dang cool, and the rivalries so dang intense, i swear i wouldn't watch it.

Jesse's Pet Peeve

Right now, I'm watching "Lucky You," a Romantic Comedy starring Eric Bana and Drew Barrymore. I wouldn't really recommend it, by the way. But the real reason I'm writing this post is because of a pet peeve that I've recently noticed. It has to do with the genre "Romantic Comedy." This genre is very deceiving about half the time. There should be a genre simply titled "Romance" although I know that turns people off. Any movie that is about a girl and a guy getting together, with a happy ending, is considered a "Romantic Comedy." This just bugs. "Lucky You," for example, was found in the Comedy section at Hollywood Video. It is wholly considered a Romantic Comedy. This movie is not funny in any way. There is no comedy. There are no jokes. Not even any sexual humor, or physical comedy.

There are a lot of movies like this. They are considered Romantic Comedies even though they aren't funny, and aren't even meant to be funny. I think a new genre needs to created for such movies, so I know what I'm renting.

Jesse's Top 5 Scariest Evilist Villains

(in no specific order)

1. Harry Powell--Night of the Hunter (1955)
2. Iago--Othello
3. Raymond Lemorne--Spoorloos (1988)
4. Anton Chigurh--No Country For Old Men (2007)
5. The Joker--The Dark Knight (2008)