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Friday, March 25, 2011

The Ninth Gate

Posted on 7:35 AM by Unknown
I believe the Badgers went through The Ninth Gate last night! But actually I'm talking about the Johnny Depp movie The Ninth Gate. What a tremendously horrible movie. Not the plot (which was 100% predicable) but the production! It was directed by Roman Polanski and I swear he was in a "that's good enough" mode. One take, good enough, next scene! The worst choreographed fake fight scenes you have ever seen, the kind where it just turns you off to the movie!

Acting? hard to tell. Was it BAD acting? Yes but again, "one take, good enough" move on. The ending just sorts of fades away like he ran out of ideas. The sets were weird as you could tell they used the same exact road multiple times, just put different signs up! And don't get me started with the Styrofoam castles! Frank Langella who I really like was buffoonish wearing clown glasses that looked like a last minute "let's give him clown glasses".

And (spoiler aleart but who cares) Emmanuelle Seigner who plays the devil I hope to never see her "act" again!

There is no redeeming value in this movie! Now Ias I'm looking for reviews I see this one.

New York Times - "about as scary as a sock-puppet re-enactment of The Blair Witch Project, and not nearly as funny".
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The Badgers! Not surprised. They were a good home court shooting team but when they are away from their comfy surroundings they tended to really suck at shooting. And when you have a shooting team and have nothing else in their bag of tricks . . . you are screwed.

Remember - this years Badgers were not meant to be that good. They played about like what people, BEFORE the season, said they would play! So while some are disappointed at the ending of the season I feel they played over their heads in league, which is not cutting them down at all.
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Yesterday I spent a good few hours getting a muffler and tail pipe put on the Civic. Only $518 - SHIT!! Then the guy comes out and says "your right brake light is out". I say I'll fix it and this old guy next to me says "you probably just saved $100".
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I see it's whining season for people that live next to rivers! "OH WE ARE SO WORRIED ABOUT FLOODING"    WELL YEA - YOU LIVE NEXT TO A FREAKING RIVER!

It's like every year they are surprised that there will be flooding AGAIN!  "Last year was the worst flood since 2008. When will we get a break".  Wow - all the way back to 2008?   It's like we will be hit by the "four year flood" two years in a row.  What bad luck!  Maybe next year we will have a drought and they can complain that their piers no longer reach the water.
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We had home brew club last night and we're starting to outgrow our store where we meet!  The Sun Prairie Worthogs are starting to get people from further and further away.  The interesting thing is that we're getting a little cocky.  You see the Madison Home Brew Club no longer has anything to do with brewing, they are now an organization that spends all year planning festivals!  The WortHogs are all about brewing and are winning awards.  We're the tiny death star orbiting the Madison Home Brew Club kicking sand in their faces in contests.

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Too funny - this is for Dog lovers 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVwlMVYqMu4



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I'm working on a project for some posters and this is the 1st - the clients have not seen this yet so you are the first! I have to make a few more so they can pick and choose.

This is weird - did we go back to the OLD blogger for posting photos? 


The tricky thing is they sent me photos to work with all in 72pix and all very tiny and they want 12x18 size posters!
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Going to pick up my uHaul today from Beaver Dam. I ordered it at NAPA in Columbus and I have to pick it up in Beaver Dam.  I asked why Beaver Dam and they said it's whereever the closest place is. . . . . . . Glad I don't have to go to Green Bay!!!     I should have ordered it in Sun Prairie!  I wanted to give Columbus the business!     

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On a golf forum there was a guy asking about good golf courses in Wausau as he is coming north on a business trip!  We explained that perhaps courses in Wausau would not be open yet.  Well here is a report from T-dog.

"I've been here a week almost and its been freezing(9 degrees at night)and windy and snowing I don't know how a human could live here. It must be super nice in the summer or maybe the state pays people to live here. I can't wait to get home and play golf instead of looking at frozen lakes and ice. Sorry if this offends anyone I'm just buzzed on Pabst and cheese curl."
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I as at my work place yesterday and saw another group was leaving State Service along with a good amount of upper management. In fact the architect for Medicaid in Wisconsin quite. He was the guy that kept the process running smoothly! I think the only people left in DHS are Walker appointees now!

Also from people I've been talking to there is another large group retiring June 17th. This is crazy!  They are asking me if I would be available to come back and work (for money) as a consultant. 
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GET OUT AND VOTE - it is so freaking important!! I have heard that record numbers are early voting and 95% of people being asked say it's all about the Supreme court and getting Prosser who called the females in his court a bunch of "bitchs". Do we want this guy as a judge??

VOTE!!

Have a great weekend remember - Alliant Energy Center Art Fair 10:00 to 4:00 Saturday.
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