The Dark...

...Knight. No matter how much I try, I can't say that I liked the new Batman. I don't want to get into a long, drawn out explanation, but gawd, I just didn't like it.

Confusing and hard to follow. Call me a dumb ass, but I found the movie quickly became a jumbled mess of action and the concepts were just lost.

Tried way too hard. Seriously, I know we have great technology and everyone making a movie wants to incorporate every new possible effect into it, but it was too much.

It lost the lovely dark feel that was found so prevalent in the first few Batman movies. This felt boring and modern day. It lost that mysterious shroud that really added to the ambiance of all the previous flicks.

The Joker. Yeah, I'll go to hell for this. I liked Heath. He was a fine actor. He played this role well. But I just don't find it hard to imagine several other male actors doing just as well if not better of a job with this role. Let's be real - this was a great opportunity to dig your teeth into a gritty, insane character. Did he do it better than others could have ? I don't think so. I still like Nicholson better - so there.

Since I'm on a roll, I'll add to my list of things to be critical about: Weeds. I love Weeds and I'm totally enjoying this show. The problem is that we are now "caught up" and only being able to watch 30 minutes once a week is insanely irritating ! O M G. This show not only deserves, but needs to be an hour long. It's not a fluffy sitcom where 30 minutes is enough - this is a show with some great story lines going on and to try to squeeze it all into 30 minutes is just ludicrous. I'm such an "out of touch" tv watcher. :)

Lost. We started Season 1 Disk 1 last night. Intense. I hadn't realized it was so.....wow. I think we finished the first three episodes and it was really tough to pull myself away, yet, I knew I could only handle so much in one sitting. I felt my tummy turn to knots as we watched, yet, I couldn't turn away...the perfect train wreck (or should I say plane wreck) type of situation.

The other item I am searching for is the perfect messenger bag. I will find one, someday. One with enough funk to fit me, but enough class to not scream adolescence. They seem to be too big, too small or too punkrawk. I like Dickies, but why is it so damn hard to find an online retailer that carries a selection or prints/colours ? They all seem a bit hokey and meager in their selections.

And one last item - the perfect fonts at House Industries. That font to the right is called "Swing" and I l o v e i t !! There are several others that are just about to die for too. Run, don't walk, and check out the fontolicious love they have to offer.