Jasper Jones

Looks like Wednesday will be movie night for us. I found a showing of Batman that starts at 8:10 and that gives us plenty of time to get home from work (me) and school (her) and change clothes, grab a quick bite to eat and get to the theatre in time for a long ticket line.

Really looking forward to this - I’ve heard so much from all the advance publicity and my friends that have already gone to see it. I was thinking about taking my 5 year nephew to the show but my friends all say that it is way to violent for him. I’m not sure about that - he’s pretty matter of fact about violence on the TV and movies - he scoffed at me once when I asked about a different movie that he’s seen and he said, “It’s JUST a movie! It’s NOT real!” I was pretty impressed that he said that, but I still have doubts about exposing a kid to really violent scenes. Even if it doesn’t scare him, I wonder what kind of impression it is making on him? It can’t be good on some level - will he grow up so de-sensitized to gory things and cruelty that he has no compassion for people? That is what makes serial killers for goodness sake.

Went over to a friends house and she had a bowl of pistachio nuts on the coffee table. Whoa! Do you know how addicting those little green nuts can be? I mean, I’m sitting there watching the movie and talking with her and I grab a few pistachios and eat them, and then immediately reach back into the bowl for more. I couldn’t stop myself! They are much better than popcorn for sharing during a movie!

I’ll be on the lookout for a bag of pistachios next time I’m out shopping. That’s not often while I’m home on break, but you know when I get back to school next month I’ll be fending for myself again.

Oh yeah, the movie was pretty good, too. It was 3:10 to Yuma and I don’t know why I missed it in the theaters but I’m glad I had the chance to watch it. Even better, I watched with my girl and she was totally into the movie, too. Not even close to a chick flick, but we both liked it a lot.

  The Lakers looked great in the first two games of their series vs. the Spurs. These first two games where in Los Angeles  at the Lakers home court. The next game was in San Antonio, where the Spurs would take the home court to their advantage. In game three the Spurs looked like a different team, mostly because of  Ginobali. He had thirty points in game three, more than in both games one and two combined. With the series at 2-1 in favor of the Lakers, the Spurs needed a win in game four win to tie things back up and sent the series back to Lakers town. However, things did not go as planned for them. Game four was a close game all the way through. With just a few seconds left on the clock, the Lakers were up 93-91. On the last attempt of the game, Brandon Barry tried a shot and missed which ended the game, giving the Lakers a 3-1 series lead and the next game at their home court.

I recently found a show that is very interesting.  It’s called “The Deadliest Catch.”  The show is pre-filmed in the Berring Sea on crab fishing boats.  The show does not sound very interesting when it is put this way, but do not judge a book by its cover.  The show has everything that a viewer could want.  There is drama, comedy, action, and the best part is that it is an actual real reality show.  The three big boats are the Northwestern, the Cornelia Marie, and the Time Bandit.  It’s a lot of fun to watch these ships race across the Berring Sea to catch the crab and meet their quota.  There are several seasons of crab fishing in the show. The main two are the Alaskan crab season and the Opellio crab season.  I would suggest that everyone check this show out.

  Over the last two years the Florida gators have boomed from a good SEC school as far as sports go, to an outstanding and astonishing school.  Over the last two years the University of Florida has won three national championships (two basketball, one football).  In basketball last year the gators sent four starters to the NBA and the other went overseas to play. In football, three players went to the NFL.  Also, this past season Florida quarterback Tim Tebow became the first underclassman to win a Heisman Trophy.  Billy Donovan has been a genius for the basketball program.  As of late, the gator had won four SEC titles in a row before this year.  But where has this outstanding progress come from the football team?  The answer comes in the name of Urban Meyer. In the three seasons he has been there, the gators have only lost seven games.  They have won an SEC championship and a national title.  Meyer recruits speed and agility that is not matched by any other school. This recruiting skill is matched only by Donovan.  These recruiting and coaching geniuses are the sole reason for the Florida Gators success.