good times, bad times

(The title refers both to this weekend, and a Godsmack album Cap'n gave me a few weeks ago that I finally got around to)

So, here we are again. Me, my blog, and .... well, I would imagine that's it as no one knows I am back to posting again. Can't blame them for leaving - I think I haven't updated since April '07, so 8 months absence is a good reason to not follow a blog. I've always been kinda sketchy about blogging, as things came up and I had a short attention span. Things are a little different now (I'm older, wiser, and.... ok, at least I'm older) so I have a renewed faith that I might be able to sit down and dump out the contents of my brain on a semi-regular basis.

This past Saturday was the mass for my grandfather - I was accompanied by Carrie and her parents, so that wasn't terrible. There were a good amount of cousins. etc. that I hadn't met before, but I was on PR detail so it was ok. For those of you who haven't seen it, PR detail for me is when I walk around introducing myself, making small talk, and taking care of people. It's usually in a work environment, but every once in a while my mom needs me at an event and I put on a suit and go into PR mode. [side note - I think it's easier for me to do it if I'm wearing a suit, weird.] It is something to behold, I recommend checking it out if you have a chance.

After everything on Saturday, I came home in some pain from my back... which unfortunately steadily got worse. I ended up getting a tension migraine from the spasming back muscles and took a nap, but couldn't shake it. I can feel it even now on the edges of my consciousness, which means theres a good chance I will have had this migraine for 2 days. It definitely laid me up most of Sunday - a headache that makes you throw up is never a pleasant thing. The only real benefit is that I had some netflix movies at home, so i was able to catch up on some cinema. I watched 'Eastern Promises', which was a decent, fairly predictable storyline about Russian mobsters. It starred Viggo Mortenson, Naomi Watts, and Viggo's penis. Seriously, it should have been mentioned in the credits - you see it for a good 10 minutes or so. It had a few over-the-top violent scenes, but if you aren't that squeamish you can get through it. I'd give it a solid C+, and say if you like the genre its not a bad watch.
Since I'm reviewing movies, I should also mention that I watched 'Rush Hour 3' - if you liked the first 2 you'll like this, because it's basically the same movie. Let's be honest - if you watch this you won't do it for the plot or story or character development, you'll do it because Chris Tucker is crazy (even after he found Je-sus and decided to stop cursing) and Jackie Chan is a funny monkey (even though he is slowing down too, but you cant blame him - I think he's 74 or something). I'd go with a C - its standard Hollywood junk, but entertaining.

Well, that's it for now - I'm sure at some point we will meet again.
Dys