My Walkabout

Ok. So it’s Friday and i’m still going out of my freakin mind with boredom here at work, so i’d thought I’d dig a little deeper into the phenom that ‘Facebook’ is becoming. After playing around on it most of this afternoon, I sent invites to the vast network of friends i currently have :
Jackie( CJ’s wife as i couldn’t find him on there…i like his wife better anyway)
Janae (Darin’s wife….i like his wife better as well)
Mom
Mark Maines
Most likely some of Aaron’s friends who have no idea who i am (Hee!!!)

I’m letting ya’ll know this because it will most likely come across as ‘Willy Thomas’, as i just changed my Facebook name to my real name about 14 minutes ago.

P.S. i think that most of the facebook games, quizzes, etc…are retarded so don’t get offended if i don’t participate, but i love to see pic’s of what people are doing, or plan on doing, or wish they were doing….

So i’m just sitting here at work being bored out of my mind. The weather is too nice to be indoors, and I am not motivated at all to do anything productive, so i thought i would share my thoughts about what is currently playing on my IPOD. I just finished listening to Goat heads soup, my second favourite (the British version seemed appropiate) Rolling Stones album (The 1st being Exile on Main Street, which is one of my top five quintessential albums of all time!)

This album is good on many levels, but most notably for it’s more mellow, low key sound. It’s not as blusey as Exile, and no where near as Rock n Roll as some of their more infamous tunes. it is a great way to kill an hour while trying to look busy at my computer as people walk by….

This is Paul Thomas Anderson’s new movie. He is the director of such movies as Magnolia and Boogie Nights (two great movies). This movie also stars Daniel Day Lewis ( My Left Foot, Last of the Mochicans, Gangs of New York) and is based upon the novel ‘Oil!’ by Upton Sinclair.

Ok, suffice it to say I found this movie to be a fascinating characterization study of greed and faith. Daniel Day Lewis’s character, Daniel plainview, is a early 20th century self proclaimed ‘oilman’. He is driven by greed and wealth, and the way he uses his personality to get what he wants draws you into the movie and doesn’t let go. His character tackles the God-fearing people of the small town whose land he needs to own so that he can drill for the oil he wants.

This movie is really about the characters. The cinematography is awesome, but little action (no car chases, aliens, or monsters, except for Plainview). It’s rated R for violence, which i thought was pretty minimal until the very end. ( and still it’s not that bad, but i am desensitized to that kind of stuff)

So if you like Paul Thomas Anderson’s work or Daniel Day Lewis, definitely see this movie. If not, or you aren’t familiar with their previous works, you might not enjoy this movie (i.e. Don’t blame me if you don’t like it)

P.S. Two punk kids walked out of the movie, thinking it was a boring western by the comments they made when they left. But everyone as i was leaving said it was one of the best movies they had seen in quite awhile. I concur with the latter….