you probably should mess with the Zohan

You Don't Mess With The Zohan was actually better than I thought it would be. I couldn't stop laughing. Adam Sandler really knows how to keep people going with his kind of humor. If you liked other Happy Madison films, such as Happy Gilmor, Billy Madison, and Grandma's Boy, you would probably like this one. I would have to rank it along side Nacho Libre, very similar comedy points. 

Overall: better than I thought it would be and probably worth seeing if you're a fan of Adam Sandler. 

Wall•E is a Must•C

Well I must say, Pixar has done it again. 

Wall•E now ranks among the top of my Pixar list, next to Toy Story 1 and The Incredibles. I thought that this movie was better than Incredibles for many reasons but not quite as AWESOME. Awesome in the sense that I'm a huge super hero fan. Pixar has a trend going where they usually make a movie that is better than their previous one, and to me, this was FAR better than Ratatouille, but that could be the sci-fi fan in me. I wasn't surprised when I found myself waiting through the credits for just a few seconds more of the little robot. 

Wall•E is actually almost completely a love story. It was very strong in the sense that the main characters said very little, if anything at all, in English. One hundred percent of the emotion shown was with various robot noises and actions alone. It was very different, an almost upsetting, that Pixar decided to use actual video clips of old movies and human acting, but in the end you understand why they chose to do that. 

I don't usually agree with the paper's rating of movies but I must agree with this one. 

4 out of 4 stars. 

Back from Chicago

The Mega Bus

Showed up at 10:30 pm, left around 11:00 pm.

Wow, that was interesting. Very packed, and almost uncomfortable. But the different people you meet and just see on those buses make the trip totally worth it. 

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Picked up and to the condo

Dan picked me up at 7:00 am

Dan (my cousin's husband) picked me up and as soon as I jumped in the car I found these in the back...

... awesome. 

When we got back to the condo at around 8:15am, we decided that we all needed naps. So we hit those up for a couple hours. Just until a few stores started opening.

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The Shops

The first shop we went to was dan's local comic shop. Very cool place, like most comic shops. Dan picked up a couple comics, I bought some vinyl figures, and we were on our way. 

Next we stopped at this little "hole in the wall" japanese toy store. Very cool/shady place with a very cool/shady guy who owns it. I walked up and asked if they were open and he hesitated and basically told me no, but yes if i knew I would buy something... saw some dunnys on the counter so i figured... might as well pick up a couple. We got to talking and he was closing up shop for the Chicago Comic Convention (Con). He had a booth there. We were thinking about it earlier but decided against it because the tickets were $50 a piece. He said that if we came by at 3, outside of the building the convention was held in, he would give us a couple of his passes for the day for $15 a piece. So we did and omg...

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Chicago Comic Con

I haven't geeked out this much in a long while. Everywhere you looked there were stands with comics, books, toys, art, weapons, and just about anything NERD. We walked around picking up comics, freebies, and some random items that we thought would be fun to have. 

We each walked out of there with a bag full of things we got for free and things we purchased. 

There was a huge statue of the Hulk set up at the DC booth. 

There were also all sorts of exclusive things sold at different booths. There must have been well over a hundred booths set up  in this place. Along with tables just lined with small time artists trying to sell their own ideas, art, books, and comics. 

I actually gave up my long awaited trip to rotofugi in order to go the the Chicago Comic Con. Which turned out good because rotofugi had a booth set up at the convention. Very cool people there, and I ended up pulling a few chase items. 

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Later that Night

We ended up leaving the convention at 6:45 pm, and going back to the condo for chinese food and Sushi take out (from two different places). My cousins sure know how to entertain a guest. We ended that night by playing a game on the Wii that was pretty much like Jenga... on crack... WAY COOL.

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This morning

We woke up, got ready, and left around 9.15 am.

Dan started off on the bike (Honda Shadow) and rode for about 1.5 hours while I rode with Chevis and Daniel in the Saturn. I took over for about 2 hours, and then dan finished off the trip in the middle of a storm. I guess we never really got it as bad as some parts of Minnesota, which Dan, I know, is very thankful for. Although at this point in the trip little Daniel was very awake and very much SCREAMING... but we made it. We got back around 6:00 pm.

Man, that was a blast!

off to chicago

Well I'll be off to chicago in about an hour now. My AWESOME aunt and uncle, Janice and Tom, are going to drive me to the bus station. I'll be riding back on friday with my cousin Chevis, her husband Dan and their son Daniel. Chevis will be driving the car with Daniel and Dan and I will be switching off riding with her in the car and riding his motorcycle (Polaris Victory) all the way back to MinneSNOWta.

Will be going to a few stores while we're in Chicago so if anything cool happens, I'll post it here.

Final Wii Fit analysis

My final thoughts on the Wii Fit...

Wii Fit is most likely not going to replace jogging or getting to the gym or anything major like that. But for those of you who would like to get a few quick workouts in and still break a sweat, it can happen with Wii Fit. Once you have unlocked all of the Yoga poses, strength exercises and number of reps you can do, you can definitely get down to business. Do a few more difficult exercises along with a higher number of reps and you'll bee a "calorie incinerator" as the game says. And believe me, when the Wii Fit tells you that it's time for a break, you'll be thanking it. 

gretchen thought...

Gretchen told me the other day, that she saw a statue that that looked like a storm trooper on the way home from a bank one day. Being the Star Wars nerd that I am, I had to see it. So we went for a ride on the bike.

Once we got there, I took a look at it and just started laughing...

gretchen... THESE are stormtroopers

THIS...

is not a storm trooper...

o_O

good try tho.   

That's why I love you

lol

Wii Fit for the Win

Well, after continuing my Wii Fit workout for the second time, and actually doing every exercise that I have unlocked. I would have to say that Wii Fit is not a replacement for going out for a jog. You won't break a sweat as easy as you would doing a real athletic activity. That said, however, you will break a sweat and get a decent feeling workout when you are on there for more than an hour playing all the aerobic games and strength training activities. 

There are 4 kinds of activities in Wii Fit; Yoga, Strength Training, Aerobic games, and balance games. There are plenty of things to unlock for each section. The game keeps track of how many minutes each event takes and records it on your daily time bank. 

I enjoy the mini games and find that some really do give you a decent workout. Such games as the Hula Hoop game and the jogging in place game, really get your muscles feeling worked and your heart racing. 

The balance games are very fun since the Wii Mat is very sensitive and pretty accurate. Although if you want an accurate weight measurement, you should probably put it on a hard floor rather than carpet. It MAY be a little off on carpet. 

All in all, this is definitely a very fun way of getting some exercise in every day. But if you are really trying to lose weight, nothing will help more than eating the right foods and getting outside for a jog or long bike ride. 

You can choose between a boy or girl trainer, and whether you want to view them doing the exercise from the back or the front... I thought that was funny...