Giving Thanks

Had a pretty good Thanksgiving break with the family. I know I ate way more than was healthy for me and feel like I should attempt a diet for this trip alone. I saw some high school companions which was nice to catch up briefly. Played some Rock Band and Singstar, which after getting familiar with both again, I actually didn't do half bad. Singstar just took a frustratingly long time. Caught up on some reading. Saw Oregon State lose pretty badly to rival Oregon. I suppose this is great news since now we don't have a rematch in the Rose Bowl. But now we are staring down the barrel of a shotgun since we now have to face an extremely tough USC. We went from extreme favorites to extreme underdogs. I feel that it's a better situation overall since we can prove ourselves. As long as we score more than 3 points, like OSU, we'll be good. I know it now won't happen, but I kinda hope the BCS will not pick Ohio State for a bowl. Having them stay in the Capital One Bowl allows for us to have more even matchups. The Big Ten matchups are already ridiculous so this will at least help. Also over the break, for lack of better things to do, I watched What Happens in Vegas with my mom. The movie wasn't very funny, but it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. Pretty average and that is saying pretty much since I don't like Ashton Kutcher at all. Lastly, I also was able to listen to a lot of new CDs with all of the travel time. One CD that I thought was extremely good was SR-71's import CD of "Here We Go Again". Several songs were excellent and very fitting for me after listening to some of the lyrics.

Tonight I saw the movie Hancock. I thought it was pretty good. Will Smith seems to always get a pretty good movie for every summer release. I think this one sticks with the trend. He seemed believable as the misfit superhero and the rest of the cast seemed good as well. The main complaint every one has with the movie seems to be the major plot twist towards the end. Although I found it shocking and did slightly change the movie's tone, it by no means ruined the movie or take me out of it. I was still interested, but would have liked more continuity between the two halves. The whole movie also seemed very rushed. At only 94 minutes, I feel they could have slowed down and taken their time with some places. I feel that would have helped the movie pace a little better and maybe make the second half seem less jarring or allow it to explain itself better. Overall, a pretty enjoyable film.