Anyone else see Ex Machina? No? Well, get out your life-rafts and de-boat this bish. ‘cause there’s a spoiler-berg straight ahead. The story follows Caleb, a young programmer who wins a trip to visit a programming genius Nathan (who owns “Bluebook” – a fictional equivalent of Google) at his massive state sized estate for a week. Why? We dunno till he gets there and is asked to sign away his.. Read More
Cinema Binge Pt. 3: “American Sniper” (I get a shame pass; I read the book)
In the midst of my shameful weekend movie binge, I finally watched “American Sniper”. Actually, this one warrants my one-shame-free pass. I mean, I had to watch it… I read the book and in my culture, it’s a sin not to compare to two things. It’s even worse of a sin to writer-kind if you do watch – to not write about it after – ya know, to bring the.. Read More
Cinema Binge Pt. 1: Nicolas Sparks pulls spark plugs from my brain.
For give me, Father…*sob*…for… *sob*… … I have cin’d. That’s right. Cinema binged. Every evening this weekend. And I deserve to be absolved with nothing less than hydrochloric acid. I’m not proud. And I’m not sure what caused this. But I’ve got a pretty good idea. My guess is that it’s the same as last time, really. I think too much playing catch-up with reading and writing and multiple workouts.. Read More
Ruined via review: The country music mashup revisited.
Any time I find anything I enjoy, I have to ruin it for myself. Some call this a “self sabotage” tendency.That might be right. But I prefer to see it as the radioactively glowing trophy you’re awarded for making your career a creative one. Part of having to do anything creative is being willing to pick shit apart. The unfortunate side effect is that – when you do this for.. Read More