cant pick just one

the other day, someone asked me what my ALL TIME ultimate favorite movie was.... I could not come up with an answer because i have 5 that are tied for the number one spot.


Oceans 11:
this one is just a REALLY well put together movie with an awesome plot and incredible cast. lots of action and humor and a really good soundtrack too. plus it takes place in vegas which I want to go to very badly!

Die Hard:
THE action movie by which all others are judged. Bruce Willis fighting hostages in a skyscraper... waht else do you need?

Falling Down:
a lot of people haven't heard of this one but its about a character played by Michael Douglas who is on his way to see his daughter but things keep getting in the way and he goes psycho and does things that most of us think about but would never actually do (like holding a fast food joint hostage with a machine gun because he missed the breakfast menu by ten minutes and they wont let him order it)

Fight Club:
The first rule of fight club... umm, yeah, just go see this if you already havent. then watch it again because there will be LOTS that you missed the first time!

Finding Nemo:
yeah a LOT different then my other favorites but Pixar are GODS of the animation world and this movie proves it. Excellent storyline, vibrant colors so your eyes are always getting a lot to take in and overall a VERY good movie that everyone, not just kids, should see.

movies

ok this really pisses me off... the prices of food and drinks at movies...

i mean for fucks sake people, you pay close to $2.00 for an extra thing of cheese the size of a quarter and they still make you open it yourself?!?!?!?!?!!? Anyone remember the good ol days with the nacho trays with teh little cheese container on the side that you could keep going back to the cheese pump thing in the middle of the movie and refilling? all for like $75 cents? *sigh*BOYCOTT MOVIE FOOD! BRING YOUR OWN STUFF IN! when you leave, throw the garbage at the theater managers face.

fireworks!!!!

saw two different fireworks shows this year. the first was on the 3rd at normandale lake in bloomington and they were pretty good. I go every year and watch from the top of a parking ramp....




and then on the 4th, went to the taste of minnesota and watched from across the river by the science museum. it was a short show but one of the best ive seen in a long time! the finale was so insane that my pictures all turned out like you see below with just a huge ball of insanity in the center:

fire!!!

finally experimented with my camera enough to figure out how to take good night time pics of fire!!!!

hotel

a while back i posted about a new building being built over by southdale... well it is now really under construction and the pictures i showed you before were just the parking ramp... this is the actual westin hotel / luxury living condos at the end of the galleria mall on york ave. ill keep you guys posted as it develops!

zoo!!!

took a trip to the minnesota zoo last weekend and finally got around to getting the pictures uploaded! the minnesota trail was closed due to a remodeling so there are no pics of beavers, otters or wolverines in here... sorry... And unlike my previous zoo entries, these are just some of my favorites. I did not try to get pictures of every single last animal there...
moose:

prairie dogs:

tiger:

meerkats:

geese and swans:

dolphin show:

shark:

hedgehog:

lemurs:

sun bear:

coolest bird EVER!!! (hawk owl?)

flamingos:

gibbon:

otters:

tree kangaroo:

tapir:

sharks:

wild boar:

slow loris:

? deer:

golden tamarin:

also, they are constructing a new exhibit to be opened in 2008 that will have grizzly bears, sea otters, leopards and other things from russia. its right by where the monorail docks: