Post Grad

Really it should be called 'Post Actually Clever.'

*Before I begin understand that I was entertained and had nothing else to do so I did go with some friends to see this. Remember as well that this is MY personal opinion.

This movie was a disaster! I felt like I was watching a train wreck that will never be cleaned up fully! The basic plot is supposed to be about a girl who graduates college and can't find a job like she had planned. Now yes it does start out that way with the included cliche' love-sick-following-like a-helpless-puppy-guy-friend. But wait it gets worse. Next you have the antagonist relationship character who comes between these two (one of the dumbest story line additions), a trying to hard to be funny family (although there are some classic funny parts, like the rotating ring display turned medicine shelf.) As far as story line goes you have WAY WAY WAYYYYY too much going on and it seriously becomes a train wreck that never FULLY comes together. Even though they try and wrap up the sub-story lines I still felt like something was missing. It had potential of a great script but I would have to say that the writers got to carried away with adding things into it to make it better, or in this case maybe they wanted a dive of a movie script.

In the way of acting, Michael Keaton made an ok comeback to fill. However he is a long way from where he was when he was actually considered a respectable actor. Carol Burnete, seriously she is always funny in her work.

I would like to discuss our main character in her own paragraph. Alexis Bledel. You had a great start in Hollywood. From the two episodes I saw of the show 'Gilmore Girls' that she was on I would think she would have a great career ahead of her. Next she does the action/comic book movie 'Sin City' and again a very good piece of work, amazingly acted and such. I never saw the movies she did about the 'ones size fits all jeans' so I can't speak on it. But seriously she too must be suffering from the recession, cause this movie was not a great thing for her career. Bad choice in my book (remember my book is MY opinion). I always find it interesting to see how young Hollywood that begins big time on TV transitions to movies. Whelp she started out great but dived on the shallow end of the pool with this film.

Granted when you go to a movie with this plot you don't expect anything grand, but you wont even get a grand time by seeing this one. I would say that watching the reality show on Bravo, 'The Real Housewives of Atlanta' is more fulfilling than this, and that is not saying a whole lot.

In my book of 5 Stars this one get's a 2, maybe a 2.5

-Gawdun

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-Gawdun

Tifton!!!

'What's So Bad (About Feeling Good)?'
-Ben Lee

I was just commenting on a missionary friend's blog who served in the same town I did.

TIFTON...

When I was sent there I remember the hazy drive to that city, as the Waycross fire raged only 50 miles or so away. Brother Harvey Cooker drove me down and he was telling me the craziest story about how the sisters in Tifton (one in particular, Leslie, mmhmmm) got a huge kick out of corn bread in you milk and the comment he said to describe how great it was. Something like... "So good it'll make you slap your granny." I was excited to get there. My mood changed when I got there. I was glad to be serving with my little "whitie" friend from the MTC, but it was a rough transition for me from my last town to this new one where we had some AMAZING sister missionaries in the ward and I felt like us Elders had to really work for the respect of the members. (I was humbled several times at how the members loved us too and it was all in my head). We worked and it seemed like we tracted what the Good Lord knows as a large deal of the town. We managed to teach some real great people who were more into asking questions, except one family...

The Downs family. I remember that after that amazing first lesson we just "knew" we found our success to help the ward see how hard working we elders really were. The Lord humbled me when after the second lesson the wife banished (I just love that word) us from the house as she didn't agree with the Plan of Salvation. (How could you not love it???) I felt tired and worthless to a degree, that maybe in some way we failed. But I didn't.

I spent a total of what I call now some of the best 6 months of my mission there in Tifton. We did work with two great families who I know will come around one day, Downs and Vasquez, it just wasn't their time.

As a missionary we are stressed that we are here to teach people and help them enter the great waters of baptism. i struggled greatly with that as I only managed to see with my own two eyes two people get baptized. One of which is struggling with church now :-( But I realized even more this last weekend as I read great news from Tifton that I was a great help in the newly Tifton, Georgia Stake!!!!!!!!!!! In a sort of a way I helped get it there, even if it was helping the sisters teach people they couldn't or referring the sister to people that we couldn't teach. I loved my mission and there isn't a day where I don't miss it.

*Side note: I don't mope around that i am not there anymore, like some RM's do.

"Elder Gawdun you need to LOVE Tifton for me." I will never forget that simple request from Melissa Nickle. Thanks SOOOO MUCH.

And to all my Tifton friends, congrats on the new stake! Next is the Ty Ty, Georgia Temple!!! I'm already planning my next trip out there and plan on staying more than 3 days! (My mother also says 'hey' to all the Tifton-ites)



'A Diamond and a Tether'
-Death Cab For Cutie


-Gawdun

A Little Rat Hair for Your Viewing Pleasure

Music for life

'Rewind'
-Stereophonics


I'm not sure you (the reader) understand something about my current blogging. I have even had a few of you ask what it is.

If you go back to the beginning of the posts from this year you will notice a great deal of my posts have a phrase and then a name below that phrase at the end and beginning of the post. For a simple reminder that is the name of a song and the artist behind it. I early on decided that once I got my own computer and didn't have to go to the library to blog I would share my music that was playing during my blog posting. Consider it my gift to you the reader as other than humor I have nothing more to give you. Now at the end of the year I plan on going back through the year and creating a final post from this year that will include all the songs and artist from my 2009 year of blogging. So if you want to jump on the gun you can start looking the music up on your own or you can wait. Either way this was just a friendly reminder of the funk on my posts. (If you notice all the music is a wide assortment of moods from mellow to rap, I got you covered)

;-)

'Look To Me'
-Azure Ray

-Gawdun

Preparation and not the H kind

Yes it is true, I am sitting here watching episode 2 of season 1 of the classic show Angel. (you know the Buffy spin off. I managed to pick season 1 & 2 up for less than $30) Anyways tonight I managed to work on a current clients shoot and upload the sneak peek of it. Is it 'peak' or 'peek?' I would likely say that it it the second choice. Ok where was I? Oh yes the list of adventures for myself. Yes I still have a video post to post and the trip to Reno's photo's, which I am more than excited to post up here.

Just a couple more weeks and then I have probably one of the biggest photo shoots to shoot, well this far in my career. In fact I spoke with my model Emily last night about the shoot. All I can say without spoiling the shoot is there will be Black birds, water, dirt and Faux Diamonds. That is just the start. I managed to locate and pick-up the black birds today. Heck along with that I also came across a new schedule for community college type classes and will be of course signing up for a sidebar photography class to add more fun to my already growing photo tricks and tips.

My mother also told me to decided on a town I am moving to and do it. "Don't keep adding towns to my lists." Of course she told me the standard scripture answers to help along with that choice, so in the end all I am telling you guys, the reader, is to keep your eyes open as I will be revealing it the very near future.

On a side note I can tell you that in an average sized jacuzzi you can fit up to 8 people. A bunch of us learned that tonight.


Till next time

Happy Living

-Gawdun

Gypsy Blood

'I Feel It All'
-Feist

So far my trip to Reno has been a blast and the next, also last, two days are full of fun and adventures. Today I made it to my old college singles ward and let's not forget going to Tahoe yesterday. Dawn and Kyle's wedding reception was Friday, very nice set up they had, would have been an amazing photo shoot and I can't wait to see what their photographer does with it. However let us not forget that tonight I also did the photo shoot for the Cappini Family. It was alot of fun, can't wait to post the photo's.

A few moments ago my aunt asked me if I had 'gypsy blood' like my mom has. I had to think about this and try and figure out what she was talking about. She was referring to the way my family has moved all over the place growing up. I would have to say that yes there is gypsy blood in me and I love it. Now what does this mean for me and my current life? SImple. St. George to me is my families home and not mine. (Now Amy, Nicole and the rest from St. George that may read this please don't get too mad.) I do love the area and I have met some of the best people there. I love my group of peeps. However I know and have fully come to terms that I must move away from it. Maybe it is merely the fact that I need to move away from home again and not just down the street or across town, or possibly it has alot to do with my current career as a photographer. No true answer is available at this time. Coming back to Reno has and still is a currently a blast and I am thinking about seeing if I can stay an extra day, (probably wont though.) Let me be honestly sound, I would love to live here again, Reno is home for me and I love every part of it, but this economy is not making life here any easier than anywhere else. I have another trip planned at the end of October to L.A. to photograph the Day of the Dead Festival (which I have talked about in previous posts) all of these current trips are being used as a catalyst to move on to bigger and better life ventures. Heck I do eventually imagine that I will get married and have a family but I don't think it will happen where I am stationed in life.

I must travel where the Lord takes me...

Whelp I am gonna go teach my aunt how to do 'light photography' so I should probably get going for now.

-Gawdun

Guilty Joys

The other night after I took my little brother to see Star Trek (yes is is true I now have seen it a total of 3 times and pretty much helped along with others the guarantee that they will make two more films.) After we got out, around 11:45 pm we ran over to Wal-Mart, I HATE THAT PLACE SOOO MUCH. Anyways we got in the check out lane and as always there was a line to China but only one register was open. We made it up to the front with only one other set of girls in front of us. Now like most of us have done they were going through there cart and deciding they did not want certain items, however instead of telling the cashier they just started piling on the closed register. I for one used to do this but then felt guilty once and stopped doing it. I have since turned this guilt into fun times in result of the expense of others. Well these girls get to the cashier and tell him they no longer want this one item and hand it to them. So here I go, out loud I go say "what about this pair of pants? Did you want them too or not?" The one girl who you could tell was the older of the 3 looked at me horrified and shocked that I just did that. I won't lie to you, I was laughing inside. Thus my new life joy. Consider this a warning, if you are in front of me and leave things around the register I will call it out. I mean seriously what is the deal that you can't speak to the cashier? They don't mind, in fact they would rather you leave it with them. Oh well get in front of me and be embarrassed and then maybe you'll stop.

On another note, I'm heading to Reno tomorrow at 7:35am. I'll be there for a full week attending a friends wedding, Lake Tahoe partaking and chilling with a few good people. Not to forget a couple photo shoots. have a fun weekend to the readers!

-Gawdun

Ummm Dirty Dancing?

"You wont be a baby after this" BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAA

All I have to say is anyone who has seen Dirty Dancing MUST not should but MUST watch this. A friend showed me this and Im still laughing...

-Gawdun

Orphan

Tonight I went and saw the "Orphan." I actually enjoyed it. Now I am a weak soul when it comes to a nice thriller, all I can say is sign me up.

There is lots I can say at how brilliant the movie was. For one the twisted ending was superb. However I will warn you that if you see it, you may think you have it figured out but chances are you wont. Now I wont lie I did bust out laughing on many occasions, cause let's be honest there is always cheesy when it comes to a thriller or horror movie.

Acting was real good too. The young James T. Kirk from the new Star Trek (which I have seen twice and will be seeing a 3rd time with the bro this week) happens to be in this movie as well. There was absolute brilliance when it came to several scenes with the deaf daughter in the film. Which brings me to one of the few issues I had...

Film Technique.

Now right off from the start there was some awesome camera shots, just with the angles and positioning of the camera. They even played well with the cliche thriller scenarios that a clean camera position usually uses. But towards the end they lost the imagination that came with the camera angles and positions and it became a regular angle.

I was very interested with the way they were able to film with a child in such a grown-up roll. I would love to hear other thoughts on this from you that watch it.

I wont talk to much on this film although this movie is now in the top 15 list for me on the thriller list. I recommend it, and if you do see it, it will be ok to laugh at some of the cheese. I did!

I enjoyed this movie A WHOLE LOT MORE than X-Men Goes Really Bad CGI or should I say X-Men Wolverine.

-Gawdun