Sherlock Holmes

So today, I took my mum to the matinee showing of Sherlock Holmes. My mum doesn’t go to many movies, but I wanted to treat her to a show that she would appreciate, and as a Brit…Sherlock Holmes would do the trick.

I have read lots of Sherlock Holmes novels and so has my mum. We are both big fans and love the stories. So the idea of going and seeing Sherlock Holmes live…not just in our mind…would be great!

So the movie starts with Sherlock Holmes (played by Robert Downey Jr) and his companion Dr. Watson (played by Jude Law) successful catch the notorious serial killer and occult sorcerer Lord Blackwood right before he murders his 6th victim. However the case is not closed and after Lord Blackwoods is hung for his crimes and pronounced dead by Dr. Watson himself, he rises from the grave thus Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are back on the case.

On a side note: For anyone who has read the stories of Sherlock Holmes, this movie actually starts at the end of Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson’s partnership. Dr. Watson is engaged to Mary and Sherlock Holmes is in his opium & drug phase.

Holmes and Dr. Watson take up the hunt to track down Lord Blackwood as he takes both of the sloths on a twisted adventure of murder and black magic. Sherlock Holmes’ lover and master criminal Irene Adler (played by Rachel McAdams) joins in the adventure, but for reasons of her own. She is in fact working for Professor Moriarty.

An additional side note: Professor Moriarty showed up way before Sherlock Holmes drug ridden stage, and has always been Holmes archenemy.

This is one movie that will keep you on the edge of your seats if you are into this type of movie. If you loved Holmes…then you would love this movie.

However, my boyfriend…he may not have found this movie as good as my mother and me. He may have actually fallen asleep.

The movie has slow points, but both Robert Downey Jr & Jude Law do a great job and really draw you in!

The writers set the movie up for a sequel. You do not get to really MEET Professor Moriarty, but you know that the next story will be Sherlock Holmes v/s Professor Moriarty, back to the original!

A Few Demons More

I just finished reading a Few Demons More by Kim Harrison. It was the 5th book in The Hallow serious starring Rachel Morgan, a kick ass layline witch and bounty hunter. I picked up this series because I had finally gotten sick of the Laurell K Hamilton Anita Blake set. I needed something that was not so old. Seriously after what was it 18 books that I read of her’s the original character that I fell in love with was no longer there, she had become something else, and something so powerful that she was never not going to win. And the books were way to full of sex sex sex and not enough taking names and kicking ass…like it was in the beginning. I honestly, the last book I read of Laurell Hamilton’s was all sex and no plot. SO NOT WORTH IT ANYMORE!!

So Kim Harrison become my latest set (besides Saga of the Seven Sun…which were awesome!).

A Few Demons more starts right off with action and but kicking. Rachel wakes up to find Newt, an insane and very powerful demon destroying her church and ranting about wanting something of hers back. Rachel of course is freaking out because…well churches are sanctified…and a demon can’t come into a church without being called. Rachel has to take on Newt and get her back into the everafter!

After getting Newt out of her church by calling another demon for assitance, things don’t get any easier for Rachel, werewolves are showing up dead and the police want to know who is behind it. Unfortunately none of the werewolves are showing up in the database, and Rachel realizes that it is because they were actually human (in this world you can’t be turned into a werewolf you just are one) and the Focus (an ancient demon artifact) that was being hidden by her were friend David was turning them. Every woman that David slept with was doomed to turn into a werewolf. Every were clan want to get their hands on the Focus because it would make them stronger and give them the ability to grow the clan, but it would shift the power from the vampires to the were’s and create an all out battle. Rachel has to find a way to destroy the Focus and keep it from falling into the wrong hands.

And thanks to an unexpected visit from Newt, their church is now unsanctified and thus unsafe.

In an attempt to earn the money to re-sanctify it Rachel and Janx’s (a pixie sidekick, who lived in the churches garden with his family) accept a deal to work security at her enemy Trent’s wedding. Only to find out that the Demon Al, has possessed a human body and is able to walk around in the sun light. Al is only out of the everafter so that he can get Rachel to come back with him. The city turns into a mad house when they realize that Al is free and no one is controlling him, so the city lets out the master vampire Piscary (who was jailed for murdering layline witches by Rachel). Piscary receives a full pardon but he had in fact made a deal with Al, and made no attempt to send Al back to the everafter to avoid trial. With Piscary freed from jail, not only is Rachel in trouble, but so is Ivy her roommate (a vampire with a soul, and also Piscary’s sion) and Kistin (her boyfriend)

So now Piscary is losing, and everyone knows that Rachel has the Focus and is living in an un-sanctified church. She has to find a way to destroy the Focus, send Al back to the ever after, keep Piscary from killing her and Ivy, and get her church re-sanctified before things get really tuff….and all of this has to go down the week of her birthday.

me v/s the gnat

I have the oddest fears, or at last my friends say they are. I am scared of spiders…well any creepy crawly for that matter, I am scared of elevators and enclosed spaces, I don’t too much like heights, I am scared of germs and dirt, and I am horrified of clowns….just to name a few.

This blog focuses on my fear of the creepy crawlies.

I live by a lake, pond, body of water…whatever, and because of this, we get a lot of gnats. You all know what gnats are. Those gross little flying creatures that attack your face. I usually spray Raid around my door because it helps keep the vicious creatures at bay, but because of the weather lately there have not been as many as usually, until about 2 days ago when they started coming back with a vengeance. This was absolutely horrible for me, as I came to the realization that the battle was going to have to start again. Me v/s the gnats. I think to myself, I am going to have to go to the store this weekend and pick up my most valuable weapon against these filthy creatures…RAID! Dunnndunndunnn. But until then, I would just have to make quick dives into my house and run like a small scared school girl on the way out. Sounds like a well thought out and reliable plan right….HA WRONG! Not a good plan at all. And you would think a college graduate who is working on their masters would have thought of a more in-depth plan, but let’s not go there.

I am coming home from a busy Wednesday night. I went to the gym after my 9 hr day of busy work, I had a dinner to go to, to celebrate the 6th day of Hanukkah at a friend’s house (although I am not Jewish, I still went, I figured it is good to know, understand and respect other’s beliefs.) and it was also another friends birthday, so I had to go over and make an appearance. Finally dragging myself home at 10 pm-ish, I am on the phone with my friend Dave, and I am wrestling with the keys to unlock my door to let Jake (my puppy)and myself in. Suddenly the enemy attacks! The bastard dive bombed my ear, causing me to fall into my house as I beat myself around the side of my head like a mad-woman for 10 min. The creature, feeling that I would destroy him if he came out took refuge deep within my ear canal. The phone no longer in my hand lay on the ground as I hear my friend asking me what was going on. My dog following me around the house still attached to his leash as I run screaming in circles. Finally realizing that the person on the other end of the phone is a medic, and my medical training stops at rubbing alcohol and band aids I picked up the phone and in a calm panic tried to explain that the enemy had attacked and was now building a fort inside my ear canal and most likely laying its young behind my eardrum. My friend, after laughing, asking me if I was imagining it and then laughing some more told me to go flush my ear out with water. So there I am, dog watching me like he no longer was responsible for my crazy actions as I stuck my head under the sink and turned the water on.

“It's not working! It’s not working” was all I could say as the water flowed into my ears. The buzzing of the enemies’ radio (wings to be exact) made it impossible to concentrate. Having a complete nervous breakdown, I tell my friend that I am going downstairs. Thankfully I live around a lot of nurses. I go and knock on my neighbor’s door and again in a calm panic, explained what had happened. She jumps up, realizing how gross it is to have a gnat in your ear, begins to flush my ear out with hot water, oil and peroxide. Once assuring the enemy was dead and unable to continue on his mission of eating into my brain in an attempt to control my actions, I relax….slightly, because a dead body was still in my ear. I go home, proceed to drink until I am calm and think that an early morning doctor’s visit is in order for the extract team to come in and remove the remains.

So that is my story….

I have not overcome my fear of insects….and I think a new one has thus been added to the list.

So after crying this story to my best friend she send me a picture. it's good to know that she cares so much about my well being and the accomplishment that I just achieved as I took on the evil enemy. Good thing I love her so

2012

I have always been fascinated by 2012 and the concept of the end of the world occurring on that date December 21, 2012 (12/21/12). I even wrote a blog about it a few years back on my MySpace page, before I decided to make my blog….how do you say…more public. A lot of people are actually concerned about this date being the “end of days”. There is even an official website where you can see all of the historical references made to this date and how this date (and not the other ones mentioned before are really the end of days).

Anyhow, this is not my latest blog on how we are all going to die on this date. Although my boyfriend did say that we could get married on this date (I guess he assumed that we would be dead and he wouldn’t have to go through with it). This blog is about the movie that was released a few weeks back. (on a side note, I must say I am behind on movies lately).

2012 follows 2 major stories –
Dr. Adrian Helmsley (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor) – an American geologist who traveled to India, where his friend (Satnam) shows him the solar flares and they realize that the earth was coming to an end.

Jackson Curtis (played by John Cusack) – a divorced, father of two, published autor, who ended up stumbling into Dr. Helmsley and then found out some information, from a crazy radio reporter known as Charley, that he shouldn’t have leading him to understand that the human race was doomed!!!

The story starts off with Dr. Helmsley visiting his friend in India in 2009 where they see the earth’s core heating up. Dr. Helmsley takes the information back to the President of the U.S (played marvelously by Danny Glover!!) The President works with leaders from 42 other courtiers (including UK, Canada, France, Switzerland, China, etc) in finding a way to insure the survival of the human race. The world powers decide to build “arks” where they will place 400,000 people from around the world and the world leaders. In these “arks” they do what Noah did, and put 2 of every animal, and they also include the great works of art from around the world (the Mona Lisa, the statue of David, etc). To fund this expansive operation, the government proceeds to sell tickets to the riches people around the world for 1 billion euros a seat!! But the government does not tell the populous what is happening; instead they try to escape without the majority of the world even understanding what is going on around them.

Jackson Curtis, takes his kids up to Yellowstone park for a camping weekend where he meets Charley and Dr. Helmsley. Jackson sees that the huge Lake that was once there was gone and the area was being monitored by the government. While he is gone, earthquakes start to erupt in Los Angeles. Charley tells Jackson about the Space Ships that the government is building and about the end of the world. Jackson thinks that Charley is a little crazy, but once he sees what has happened and is happening in Los Angeles he starts to believe him. In an effort to keep his kids and ex-wife (and her new hubbie) alive, he risks his life to get them from Yellowstone park to China where the “arks” are being built. Around him volcanoes are erupting, earthquakes are destroying the ground and tsunamis are wiping out land mass everywhere.

This movie keeps you sitting on the edge of your seat a good 90% of the time and is one of those movies that you need to see in theaters because of all the action!

I don’t want to give away anymore of the movie, but I did enjoy it. My boyfriend did not make a bad movie selection, actually a pretty good one. But I get to pick the next one…The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus!! Tons of Hot Guys ALL in ONE MOVIE it just can't go wrong!!

Diary's of a Dog & Cat

EXCERPT FROM A DOG'S DAILY DIARY:
8:00 a.m. Dog food! My favorite thing!
9:30 a.m. A car ride! My favorite thing!
9:40 a.m. Walk in the park! My favorite thing!
10:30 a.m. Got rubbed and petted! My favorite thing!
12:00 p.m. Lunch! My favorite thing!
1:00 p.m. Played in the yard! My favorite thing!
3:00 p.m. Wagged my tail! My favorite thing!
5:00 p.m. Milk bones! My favorite thing!
7:00 p.m. Got to play ball! My favorite thing!
8:00 p.m. Wow! Watched TV with my master! My favorite thing!
11:00 p.m. Sleeping on the bed! My favorite thing!

EXCERPT FROM A CAT'S DAILY DIARY:
Day 683 of my captivity:
My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength. The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape.

In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the floor. Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of; however, they merely made condescending comments about what a "good little hunter" I am. The audacity!

There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of allergies." I must learn what this means and how to use it to my advantage. Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow -- but at the top of the stairs.

I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released ? and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded! The bird has got to be an informant. I observe him communicating with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. The captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe.......for now.





My mum had forwarded this to me and I figured it was to funny to pass up, whoever wrote this got it totally right and I only wish I could take credit for the genius of this, but I cannot

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

As I am sure anyone who knows me or reads my blogs has figured out by now that I am fascinated by zombies. They freak me out a bit, some people fear the dark, spiders, monsters, but me….zombies. If something freaks me out…I run head long into it, so I read zombie books, go to zombie movies, plan for the zombie apocalypse (don’t laugh, you will just wish you knew where I live when it happens)

So when I was browsing on-line one day, I can across a sample of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Being a zombie fan, I got excited, emailed a few friends. And I download the first chapter and read it in a PDF format. I do this with a lot of books, cuz let’s face it, if you are not sucked in to a story within the first chapter or so, you are going to have to force yourself to read it.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is based on the Jane Austen 1813 classic Pride and Prejudice….not to much surprise there right :-). If follows basically the same plot with just the odd zombie, or should I say, unmentionables through into the mix. The book is redone by Seth Grahame-Smith, but you really can’t give him too much credit, because as I said, he just through in a zombie here or there and changed a couple of thing around.

He placed to book in a reality where England has been stricken with these unmentionables and the Bennet daughters (Elizabeth and her 4 sisters) protect the country side from the zombies because they were trained in the “deadly arts”. Mrs. Bennet is determined to find her daughter’s husbands and get them married, and once they are married they are relieved of their duty of protecting their home. As in the original, Jane falls for Mr. Bingley and Elizabeth, who only focuses on destroying all zombies, hates and then falls deeply in love with Mr. Bingleys long time friend Mr. Darcy. Elizabeth first meets Mr. Darcy at a ball held by Mr. Bingelys were they are attacked by the undead and the Bennet girls have to fight them off.

Elizabeth actually despises Mr. Darcy because he originally plotted to keep her sister and Mr. Bingley apart even though it was clear that they were in love. He then believes ruthless lies about Mr. Darcy from a soldier she befriended Mr. Wickham.

Elizabeth’s best friend, Charlotte, marries Elizabeth’s Uncle and moves away shortly after being bitten by an unmentionable. Elizabeth become of the love for her friend, decides not to kill her on the spot. Elizabeth goes to visit her dear friend and on the way back while stay a while with her aunt and uncle. While there she learns that her younger sister Lydia had been kidnapped or eloped with Mr. Wickham and that he had no plans to marry her. This would bring great shame to her family name. While at her aunts and uncles, she again meets Mr. Darcy and explains to him the honest truth of her loathing him, while he confesses to loving her.

To fall back into the good graces of Elizabeth after learning why she disliked him, he tracked down and forced Mr. Wickham to marry Lydia, reunited Mr. Bingley and Jane and reviled the truth behind why Mr. Wickham told such evil lies about him. Elizabeth is embarrassed when she learns the truth of who Mr. Darcy is and she falls in love with him and they live happily ever after.

I love zombie books, but this one is a waste of time, I saw such hype about it coming out and in the end I just felt like I re-read Pride and Prejudice. If a friend has the book or something, sure read it, but don’t go waste your money on it. It took me forever to finish it, and I read books quick, and my best friend just got bored, put it down and never picked it back up. I had to force myself to continue reading it….and I read a good 4-5 books in between. It was not the best pick of the bunch and there are much better zombie books out there!