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Are you seeing ‘The Dark Knight’?July 17 2008

I can’t seem to remember everyone wanting to see a movie like this one. I was talking to my family and friends last night about how many people plan to see ‘The Dark Knight‘.

People have had tickets to the midnight showing of this movie for over a week here in Maryland. I just bought tickets for a 12:30 am show on Fandango for it last night.

A lot of theatres have planned to show this movie in most if not all of their screens. That is what the theatre I’m going to is doing. Another theatre is playing this movie all night, with showings at 3 and 6 am!

I saw Batman Begins and thought it was decent, a lot of people thought it was way more amazing than I thought it was. It reminded me a lot of the mystique that 300 received, I feel like they’re both good flicks but had a lot of hype.

The Dark Knight also has a lot of people going just to see Heath Ledger as the Joker. I have to be honest his character does look intriguing. I know a lot of people are claiming it to be his best performance. Many blame the darkness of his character for his death, which I personally think is a stretch. Either way it will be worth watching to see the new Joker.

Mid-Summer GoalsJuly 16 2008

I know it is already July 16, but there are still a few things I want to before its all over.

• READ! - I started reading a great book about Jim Palmer and Earl Weaver over my vacation in North Carolina. It is an awesome read, but I’m just a bad book reader. I want to finish it soon and I have a few other books I would like to read before I go back to school.
• Modify my car - So far I have tinted the windows and added an antenna and a German plate to my 04 Passat. I’ve got lots of ideas of what is next, I just need to financially be able to do make them all happen. There is a VW Show in York, PA on August 2nd that I plan to attend and a huge show on September 28 in Ocean City that I would like to go to.
• Save some cash - This might conflict with my second goal, but I would like to put away some money for the school year. So far I have been pretty good about saving, I just need to continue it.
• Learn to cook - When I first moved into my apartment I ate horribly, because I had never cooked a decent meal in my life. It was frozen burritos and canned foods for quite some time. It drove me crazy. So I have been learning to cook a few little things as I go and I hope to keep that going. I make pretty good chicken quesadillas, chicken tacos, and have even baked cookies. I don’t expect to be an expert, I just want to have a good foundation of meals for the next school year.

A late Tuesday night…July 16 2008

I’ve been all over the place the past couple days. And haven’t slept a bit.

I just can’t turn away from the All Star Game though. Now its tied in the bottom of the 14th 3-3 and the Orioles George Sherrill has pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings, which is crazy for a closer. (MVP ?)

I’d love to see the A.L. win, but my 10 hours of sleep in the past 2 days is really starting to catch up to me.

By the way my ast day of break is tomorrow, I think I’m going to take it easy…but I’ll get back to you for sure for confirmation.

Update: The AL just won 4-3.

All Star Break part 2July 15 2008

I talked this morning about my 3 day break from work and taking full advantage of my time off. Today I went to New York City, where I was surrounded by Yankees fans who were all there for the homerun derby.

Major League Basebal had stuff all over the city, two story buses full of screaming fans were pretty common. Naturally, I hit Time Square and a few of the shops on Fifth Avenue.

My view of Time Square - July 14, 2008

All Star BreakJuly 14 2008

As I’m sure many of you know the next 3 days in Major League Baseball include the Homerun Derby and All Star Game.

That means that I have 3 (yes 3) days off of work. I plan on taking full advantage of these days. I have had vacation earlier this year, but besides that trip this will be my longest break from work until September 30. In fact I have only 7 days off after the All Star Break.

I was in Hershey Park the other day, but tomorrow I begin with New York City, where I plan on hitting the typical tourist spots. I definitely want to do an NBC tour this time around at the big apple.

I’ll be texting updates to twitter all day, so stay tuned for day one of the All Star Break.