Tam’s Think Tank

My movie picking skills are lacking. For a while there I was doing pretty OK. We saw some decent movies arrive in the ol’ Netflix envelope. Lately though it’s been rough. So rough in fact that we have now resorted to watching the first season of Seinfeld to cleanse ourselves from the bad vibes of terrible movies. As an example I offer up portraits of 10 not so excellent films we’ve watched in the last month. Oh, and so you don’t start throwing potatoes at me or anything… the last couple are movies we watched that we actually liked, a lot. There have been a few (at this juncture I feel compelled to thank Liz for suggesting The Fall, you rock Liz… thanks for saving me from a complete descent into movie picker hell) worth watching. Some I’m not mentioning here, but that were fairly alright. It’s not been all bad, just mostly bad.

Without further ado… some bad ones… avoid them. They suck.

And now, the two we really liked… tah dah…

If you haven’t seen The Fall, check it out. It won’t be for everyone, but put simply, it’s stunning. The way it was filmed is worth a viewing, even if you don’t like the story. And the little girl, whoever she is, was fantastic. So cute. It’s strange, and gorgeous.

Not to sound like Meatloaf or anything, but I was just opening up my wordpress dashboard… kind of the control room for all things blog… and noticed the stats graph.  To be pun-ish and intend it, it’s a very graphic description of how many viewers I haven’t had today.  bah ha ha ha!  Makes me laugh really.  I go in, to tweak or post, or fiddle with my blog and every time I hit the dashboard I see it, right there in front of me.  It’s either the thrill of victory or the agony of da feet.  Today… da feet.  But hey, I don’t do this for the groupies anyway (that was a bit of an inside joke stolen from my buddy Ted, who I used to work with, who always said… I’m in this for the groupies).  If you knew, you’d laugh.  I think I’m feelin’ a little punchy today.  Must be the damn snow!

Amani Shot, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.

Well folks, this is the winner. This is the shot, taken by me, and picked by a local child abuse assessment center for the cover of their mock ball invitation. A great concept if you ask me… the whole mock ball thing. Send invites, don’t have a ball, all monies go toward the center. No dressing up, no having to rent a tux, or buy a dress. Just donate to a great cause.  If you’d like more info or to know how to volunteer for this great center or donate CLICK HERE .

Inside Al’s, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.

Actually, this photo makes it look pretty light in there, but it was darkish, lights along the lanes, pins that were lit as well. Almost like cosmic bowling. The huge screens played music videos the whole time, kinda cool. I liked the place.

Balls, originally uploaded by Tokenhippygirl.

We went bowling on Saturday with Karen’s Portland work crew. Great group of people. Plus, I have to say… I rocked out the bowling. First game, 132. Second game, which was stopped after the 7th frame, was awesome. I had 157 going and was working on three strikes. Ah, what might have been…. bwah ha ha ha! For me, that score was fantastic. Too bad I couldn’t see where it would take me, but alas, it was not meant to be. We were at Big Al’s, in Vancouver actually. Al’s is pretty cool. Part bowling alley, part game place, part sports bar, part restaurant. It’s huge. We had dinner in the restaurant/sports bar (I say part sports bar because there were enormous screens in there showing sports). The food was decent, the screens amazing, and, as you already heard, the bowling was loads of fun. Thanks gang for letting me tag along. It was a blast and you are some terrific people.