Work is a Zoo

That's my excuse for not posting recently. If you don't know I work in K-12 public education in a semi-urban environment. The last two weeks has been absolutely crazy.

So some recent random things.

Tonight the movie "In The Company of Men" is on the HD Movie channel. Which reminded me of when I watched that movie probably about 8 years ago. Great movie in a sick, twisted, kick me in the head kind of way. Which got me thinking of other movies I would describe in the same way (if you have any to add, please comment)

My list (in no particular order except #1 is #1 and will always be #1 don't even try and convince me otherwise)

1. Requiem for a Dream (when I was contemplating renting this movie back in 2000 my friend said to me "dude it's like a kick in the head)

2. Kids (Casper is the dopest ghost)

3. Trainspotting (although the Born Slippy by Underworld is a great song)

4. Basketball Diaries

5. Seven

On to other movie news/reviews I saw a couple recently I can (sort) of recommend. First, if you liked Roadhouse, the early 90's Patrick Swayze movie. This was a staple on video tape (remember that) (do you like all my parans this post?), my freshman year of college, check out Shooter, starring ........ Marky Mark. He might in fact be the next Patrick Swayze. Shooter was entertaining and cheesy in exactly the same way. So what do you think was better Roadhouse or Point Break... which leads me to

Hot Fuzz, which has the all time great Point Break references ever. Hot Fuzz is worth the entire 2 hours simply for the last 20 minutes. I'll put the shootout in Hot Fuzz right up there with Heat and Hard Boiled.

Finally, if you want an inspiring documentrary check out Born Into Brothels. A story of kids in India that are children of prostitutes. It's not exactly up lifting but is truly a great documentary.