Patrick Says

So, the discussion came up about favorite movies. I though I might profile one of my favorite all-time films. But which one to pick becomes very hard. I enjoy a lot of varied movies. I suppose part of the selection criteria is whether I can find a clip of it on YouTube.

So I’m picking ‘Muriel’s Wedding’. It’s a guilty pleasure film for me. As a guy, I’m not supposed to like chick flicks that much. But this one is great. It’s the story of Muriel, an unattractive girl from a dysfunctional home who longs to escape and hides away in Abba songs. Dissed by her so-called friends, she takes a trip (where her no-longer-friends are also vacationing) and makes a new friend, Ronda, who helps her break out of her shell. In this scene, they meet and solidify their friendship.

(WARNING: Not Safe For Kids)

The rest of the movie chronicles Muriel and Ronda’s lives as they grow together and apart and ultimately figure out what they want from life. It’s a good one.

I love living where I live. It’s just rural enough to be quiet and peaceful, but close enough to Saint Louis to be able to get plenty of city stuff in. (I grew up a city boy, so I can’t be too far from it.) But there is one thing I hate about Jefferson County.

Yes, the fireworks. It’s a double-edged sword. I enjoy going out on July 4th and blowing stuff up. But on the other hand, MY KIDS ARE TRYING TO SLEEP, so can you knock it off at about 8:30pm? It’s nearly 10pm and still, BAM BAM BOOM BOOOOM-FRIGGIN’-BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!

Really!?!

I was rather surprised to hear Marvel Comics had killed off Captain America. While I was never a big fan of the Captain, he occasionally appeared in some of my favorite comics.

For the full story, check out Marvel Comics Buries Captain America.

A couple weeks ago, I thought a neat blog experiment might be to post for 12 hours straight, once per hour. Seemed like a neat way to generate a lot of content. Turns out I was beat to the idea. There is an annual blogathon where people raise money by blogging for 24 hours straight, with a new post EVERY 30 minutes.

So, I’ll be signing up to participate on July 28, 2007. I’ve cleared the day with the wife and I’ve started jotting down topic ideas. I mean, if you succeed, that’s 48 posts. And I plan to succeed. If I’ve ever known you or your email address is in my address book, I will be hitting you up for a donation. Just so you know…

(BTW, I’ll be blogging for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.)

If you’re a blogger, consider joining me. I’d love to trade IM names with you so we can help each other stay up through the whole 24 hours.

Wordless Wednesday