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20 Dec 2010

Top Movies of 2010

I didn't see quite as many movies in 2010 as I normally would have liked, but I saw a bunch of good ones. Here, in rough order, are my top movies of 2010.

(I should note that there are a bunch of new movies that have come out recently -- Black Swan, 127 Hours, The Fighter -- that I haven't seen yet.)

Toy Story 3 -- Surprisingly, my favorite movie of the year. If you're a sap like me, and remotely like the the Toy Story series, you'll enjoy the movie. It pretty much hits every note it needed to, and addresses the topic of growing up/moving on/leaving things behind with more grace and depth than I think you'd expect from an animated movie. If there was justice in the world, Toy Story 3 would get a Best Picture nomination.

Scott Pilgrim vs. The World -- Comics, indie rock, video games, nerds. If you were trying to put together a movie that would pretty much hit my sweet spot, you would put together Scott Pilgrim.

The Social Network -- Given its subject matter, a surprisingly tense, well-paced movie. Unsurprisingly, given its writer and director, a well-written, well-shot movie. If you know much about the Facebook story, you need to come into this looking at it as historical fiction. It's a story -- a really good one -- based on some truth.

Inception -- Visually stunning, incredibly inventive idea, that gets bogged down by one sub-plot too many, and one locale that is just a huge let down after 90 minutes of mind blowing special effects. Chop 15 minutes off of this movie and it would probably move up the list.

Those are the only ones I would call out as being outstanding. I'm guessing over the next few months I'll add a few more movies to this list. If British mini-series qualify in your mind, add Luther and Sherlock (which you should go out of your way to see) to the list.

20 Dec 2010

My Office Is Now A Playground

Thanks to a good number and Jason's phenomenal choice of a Yankee Swap gift, this is what my office now looks like:

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I don't know that I'll ever actually do work again.

(Not pictured: Rock 'em, Sock 'em Robots, Rubik's Cube)

18 Dec 2010

Twitter Updates for 2010-12-18

  • Water main near the Garden burst, disaster leaving the game as roads are closed to cars and pedestrians. Now icing over and people falling. #
  • Falling people include me. 9 winter layers mean I bounce back up. #
17 Dec 2010

Twitter Updates for 2010-12-17

  • Weezer night 2 is awesome. Rivers just sang "Suzanne" about 6 feet from me. #
  • @wintermatt this one is for you. http://twitpic.com/3gb0ly #
  • Celtics/Knicks tied with 12 seconds left? Argh. Come on Orpheum, throw it on the big screen. #
  • Thank you @weezer. An awesome two nights. #
  • Sox get Bobby Jenks. As a setup man before Papelbon/Bard, I'm ok with that. #
16 Dec 2010

Twitter Updates for 2010-12-16

  • Rivers Cuomo climbed into the balcony. Unreal. #
  • @radiofletcher Agreed. in reply to radiofletcher #
  • Best show of 2010 already. #
  • Holy. Shit. Seriously. This is like heaven with Rivers Cuomo as god. Everyone knows the words to *everything* #
  • http://twitpic.com/3g0uct #
  • Basically, if you aren't here in The Orpheum for Weezer, you are dumb. It really is that simple. #
  • I'm not kidding. This has been just fantastically crazy. http://twitvid.com/LPSHM #
  • I've got one ticket to tonight's Weezer show. If you saw my tweets last night, you know that tonight will be nutty, nutty. #
  • @fraggle22 You need to be able to name a song on Pinkerton, and be willing to never tell anyone how dorky I act. in reply to fraggle22 #
  • @fraggle22 You'll probably have to ask the audience. in reply to fraggle22 #
15 Dec 2010

Twitter Updates for 2010-12-15

  • Tonight, Weezer playing The Blue Album. I'm actually more excited than I expected. #
  • I definitely think getting Russell Martin outweighs Carl Crawford and Cliff Lee. Seems like a big step up for the Yanks. #
  • @fraggle22 You need to get on the Roswell bandwagon. in reply to fraggle22 #
  • At the Orpheum to see Weezer play The Blue Album. There is a huge picture of Hurley. Awesome. #
  • Opening band Free Energy is pretty good. They have the best wikipedia description as well. #
  • "Free Energy is an American rock band of hippies from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"

    How do you really feel, wikipedia? #

  • It's pretty apt, though. Also, I think it is 12 degrees inside the Orpheum #
  • Free Energy. http://twitpic.com/3g0c5p #
  • Dear Orpheum Theater, Please turn on the heat. I think I just saw my breath. #