Thanksgiving in California

Lake Arrowhead

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1-3: scenic photographs taken by myself
4. Tara wore her grandmother's Russian hat as we hiked around
5. Tara is here enjoying some Crown Royal, which is the #1 selling Canadian Whiskey in North America
6. Our rooms had views of the lake
7. Tara drooled on me

Yachting to Long Beach

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1-2: scenic photos around Long Beach
3. Home of the Long Beach Crips
4. the parking spot next to the restaurant
5. An old lighthouse
6. Boats in the harbor
7. The other side of the restaurant
8. The yacht compared to the Queen Mary
9. approaching Long Beach
10. The controls to the yacht
11. The Queen Mary and the Hanger where they used to store the Spruce Goose
12. Mike's wispy hair blowing in the ocean wind
13. TylerONE smoking pot in the back of the yacht
14. Tara

Thanksgiving is coming

Thanksgiving is almost here. Today I fly out later today on one of the busiest travel days of the year. Tara maintains that we need to be at the airport 8 hours early. It should be a good trip. We'll take pictures and post them when we get back. Happy Thanksgiving.

Dan in Real Life (2007)
Steve Carell is the star, and he's pretty good. I would have to warn you that Dane Cook is in the movie. There are some funny parts, but not enough to make it worth 7 bucks. Wait until it comes out in the dollar theater.
3.0/5 Stars
This book by Chinua Achebe is a very short read. It's about an African man who struggles with the changes in his culture during the colonization of Africa. The author is African, but from an entirely different society and time than what he's writing about. His book seems reactionary to other books about Africans around that time. Pundits call it a classic, but my skepticism is too great to overlook it's flaws. Only pick it up if you are very interested in the subject.
2/5 Stars

The Renaissance Brother

So Lindsay and Emily don't think I'm intelligent or cultured enough so I am going to implement a new system. Occasionally I will put up book reviews, movie reviews, and even YouTube reviews. I think I've already displayed my sports knowledge prowess and this will be an effort to prove to them I am more well-rounded. Besides, if one of us reads a good book a or sees a good movie we should let the others know about it right?

DISCLAIMER: Mom & Dad you can't watch movies so you shouldn't even be looking at this.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

This movie has a young Johnny Depp and Leonardo Dicaprio. Depp plays a young man who has to take care of his family in a small town. He has a retarded younger brother (Dicaprio), a hugely fat mom, and a bratty sister . I thought it was interesting and had good acting. Dicaprio is a good retard. It's not a must-see, but good nonetheless.
4/5 Stars

We Are Crazy

Hey everybody,
Have you all seen Lindsay's blog? She's a real up-n-comer. I'm in the back of the library trying to study for a test, but I got distracted. There is a grown man (probably 40s or 50s) back here with me, he has a book propped open with a picture of Stalin in it. He has different brightly colored pens with which his he scribbling franticly on pieces of paper while he mumbles under his breath. Every once and a while he looks up to his Stalin picture for inspiration. He is EXTREMELY frantic. I am surprised he has that much energy, it would cause severe cramping to a normal human. I walked by him so see if it was possible to write words that fast--it's not. He is just writing lots of loops. I don't know who he is, or how he got here. I wonder if anyone else is aware of my friend. With all the schoolwork I got to do I don't think there is much of a difference between the two of us.