





“These are…bushes. That, and the location of my party hat are the two things I know right now.”
“These are…bushes. That, and the location of my party hat are the two things I know right now.”
"The Day They Hanged an Elephant in East Tennessee"
Mary the Elephant killed her handler Red Eldridge in Kingsport, Tennessee on September 12, 1916The website explains that although no one denies Mary killed Eldridge, no one knows how or why for certain. It goes on to offer numerous theories as to how and why gathered from the oral-history tapes from the Archives of Appalachia at East Tennessee State University. On September 13, 1916 more than 2,500 people were present to watch Mary hanged from a Derrick Car 1400.
(according to www.blueridgecountry.com/archive/mary-the-elephant.html)
So I saw Tron: Legacy last week and actually really liked it. The special effects were beyond legit and the soundtrack was amazing. I'm always pleasantly surprised when Disney does a more adult movie like this, i.e. Pirates of the Caribbean, that turns out to be so fawesome. The soundtrack is Daft Punk and something to definitely pay attention to during the movie. I will say Tron: Legacy is a movie that you need to let yourself get wrapped up in. By that I mean commit to the fantasy of it; don't over think what you're watching or you might end up disliking it. I feel the same way about the Matrix Trilogy, you have to commit to what you're watching or you'll spend the rest of the movie thinking WTF. Some fantasy movies are easier to commit to than others (obvi like Harry Potter), but def give Tron a chance. Just food for thought. I've never seen the original Tron, but have recently added it to my Netflix Queue. PS: Be looking for Michael Sheen. He's fawesome as usual.
Movies I'm still dying to see:
-Black Swan (I'm a huge fan of both Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis and the preview makes the film look amazingly dark and twisted)
-The King's Speech (I freaking love Colin Firth. Also any Pride & Prejudice fan who hasn't seen the BBC miniseries with him as Darcy needs to do so stat)
-The Kids Are Alright (I've heard Annette Benning is amazing and who doesn't love some Mark Ruffalo?)
We have several of your typical motivational posters hanging up at my office. I keep wishing they would change them out for some of the following:
Watching Ellen scare people always makes me happy. On rough days like today I literally watch youtube videos of Ellen scaring people for as long as possible.