Small Snippets

Just some small snippets today. I had an idea I wanted to write about last week, then I got sidetracked by a small little murder case on the TV and have had writer's block ever since. Not only did I get hit with writer's block, but I also forgot the idea I originally had. Writer's block apparently predates itself.

Here are some quick bits:

My family dog of several years, whose name was Fluffy and brain was small, was laid to rest last week. She died peacefully in my mother's arms which was where she liked the most to be.

I celebrated the 4th of July yesterday in a variety of ways. I went to a band shell. I went to a bar. I drank. I grilled delicious food. I watched fireworks. Everything post "I drank" is a wee bit blurrier than pre, but America only turns 200 something once right?

I met someone this past week whose now dead brother had been married three times. He left his second wife when he was forty three and she twenty one. He left her for her mother, who was really a much more appropriate age for him.

I met someone two months ago who married his current girlfriend of six weeks to spite his ex girlfriend of five years. In retaliation, his ex girlfriend of five years burned his uninsured house to the ground. He told me this casually while eating a Lean Pocket.

And now, some movie reviews:

Live Free or Die Hard-The most realistic portrayal we'll ever see of America in crisis.

Ratatouille-The most realistic portrayal we'll ever see of French restaurants.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer-All I remember is during a wedding scene, a toothless old woman looks on smiling. I kept wondering if she even knew if she was being filmed.

Evan Almighty-My head hurts. I must have been hit with the "I Get It Already" Hammer.

Transformers-If you would have came to me ten years ago and said, "By the year 2008, Michael Bay will film two movies. One will be about one of America's worst war tragedies and the heroes that it bore. The second will be about the robot toys you played with as a child. Which do you think will be more profound and inspiring?" I would have said, "Michael Bay? Clearly the robot movie." And I would have been right!

Donnie Brasco-Further proof Johnny Depp should be elected Jesus Number Two, behind Jesus Christ and tied with The Rock.

That's all I got. If anyone knows a guy who knows a guy that can dig memories out of brains, please have the guy or maybe the guy he knows call me, I want my damn idea back.