My top '05 movies

Now that the year is just about through it's time to recap the top movie releases that have come out. Before everyone bitches and complains that hey this movie is this and that one sucks and this one is much better or how can you forget this one, these are 2005 release movies that I have seen. I haven't gotten out much but I have seen a fair amount and there are a bunch that I haven't seen yet (I'll make a list of those as well).

1. Sin City - a heck of a lot of fun, one of those movies that I wish would keep going.

2. Star Wars Episode III - I don't care what everyone says, this one was the bomb and the final duel at the end was friggin' wicked.

3. Batman Begins - Christian Bale rocked my socks off and now I'm looking forward to a Batman sequel and to joining the League of Shadows.

4. The 40 Year Old Virgin - A better than expected, a whole lot better. Laughed my ass off the entire movie.

5. Melinda and Melinda - A little seen Woody Allen movie, interesting premise; one story told with two different point of views, one of a tragedy and of a comedy. Will Ferrell adds a notch.

6. Saw II - a good sequel to popular original just not as good but I still had my blood & guts and still had my diabolical games to twisty ending.

7. Serenity - Another one that no one liked. A space/sci fi/western, this movie was fun and makes me want to watch the series (now on DVD) Firefly. I want to be a space cowboy.

8. Jarhead - A movie about a Marine Scout-Sniper....c'mon now.

9. Chronic-what!-cles of Narnia - Live action adaption of one of the popular books. Good to see Aslan stomping the Ice Queen into the dirt.

10. George Romero's Land of the Dead - Zombies as the good guys. *cheer* Zombies *yay*

That's it, I guess some honorable mentions are: The Devil's Rejects, Hitch and The Jacket. Big disappointments: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Syriana, Exorcism of Emily Rose, Constantine and Layer Cake. Boogeyman was the worst of the year and one of the worst ever. *shutters*
Movies that I haven't seen but want to: Crash, Gunner Palace, Kung Fu Hustle, Cinderella Man, March of the Penguins, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, War of the Worlds, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Brokeback Mountain (I know that seeing any of these might make me change my list, so if I see any of them I might make a future change...but unlikely.

Ammo.......check, Entertainment......check.

Santa was good to me this year. I guess he knew I was getting deployed and he gave me a lot of PC games to keep me busy. I've got movies and games to fill my down time for Lord knows that without it I would lose my mind. I even bought a laptop to control my media; games, movies, music and photos. I bought a digital camcorder/camera to help me chronicle and put a visual with my words. I don't want to leave "the most important person in my life" in the dark about what I'm doing. Now don't go thinking that I'm rich, the laptop is on credit with zero interest until '08 (if I can pay it off by then) and the digital camcorder was $100 bucks and records to SD memory cards so I have to save before I reuse.
I just heard last night that while I'm down in NC training for 3 months, that I will be "staying in the middle of a field in a tent with no floors and port-a-shitters and showers every few days so tell your guys bring a lot of baby wipes. Oh and the commander said that we will do PT twice a day" (what my squad leader told me last night). Now about 6 years ago I wouldn't care but the fact is now I'm a full time civilian and getting used to something like that again will take awhile and not without bitching. It's not good for an NCO to bitch in front of his guys so I guess I will have to cry on the inside.

WTF

Now I hate to complain and blame a Giants loss on the refs but they played a big part in the game. In a game fueled by momentum they played a pretty good in taking away anything the Giants had. They were calling no calls all game long including one that called back a Giants touchdown. And they were not calling easy calls one that comes to mind is the interception where a linebacker was all over Shockey and ended up with the ball.
The Giants didn't play as well to begin with especially Will Allen he was responsible for four Redskins touchdowns 1. whiffing a tackle on a wide receiver screen, 2. Poor coverage in a 59yd play, 3. getting beat on 72yd play, 3. failure to remain on contain on misdirection 19 yd run. Special teams allowed a blocked field goal
In the beginning of the season I figured that the G-Men would finish no better than 8-8 and they are 10-5 right now. Eli Manning looks impressive at times and clueless in others. His passes aren't pretty and he's very inaccurate. Yet he does manage the game well for a young qb and when it starts to click for him, watch out NFL.

They speak English in What?

It's day four into my short vacation. I promised myself that I wouldn't think or have priorities. The previous days have consisted of watching movies, surfing the internet for things that make me laugh and getting further acquainted with my cats. All in all, I'm doing nothing which is the way I like it.

To answer a few questions I've been asked a lot:
"How do you feel about being deployed?"
I feel upset, yet I'm not going to pout about it. I feel sad, but I'm not going to cry about it. I'm going to miss my wife, I'm going to miss my family and I'm going to miss my pets.
"What are you going to be doing?"
Well I really don't know nor would I tell. I can tell you that I'm in the infantry and the infantryman's mission is "to locate, close with and destroy the enemy by fire and manuever" or "to defeat the enemy through close combat".
"Are you worried?"
I am worried, I'm going into a foreign hostile area.I hear that I will be stationed in the middle of nowhere, I'm going to a mountainous place that is around 10,000 ft above sea level. I hear that food and water have to be shipped in every few days...which to me spells more misery. I can tell you that I'm worried but I'm not scared. I'm worried that my wife will be alone and not seek support when it is offered through family or support groups.

Hopefully I will be able to chronicle my journey and adventures here in this blog.