"Paranormal Activity 2" Review

I finally had a chance to see this movie last night and all I can say is "Ugh." I thought it was horrible. I admit I liked the first if for nothing else than the effects; the spontaneous burning Ouija board, the footprints in the baby powder, and the many shadow figures that truly made it feel creepy and as if a demonic presence was really there.
But this movie was hardly inspirational except in name only. Compared to the first I just didn't like it at all. For one the premise was exactly the same, as well as the character "development" right down to a "T," except this time instead of BF/GF the two characters were married. Wife tries to convince her dick husbad that there is something going on in the house. Dick husband calls woman crazy and denies anything is going on; same exact premise as the first. At least in the first movie the actors came across more sincere. Here it just felt like the actors were going through the motions and were just playing the part and they knew it. The effects were so-so and relied more on big bang moments to scare you rather than the more subtle moments from the first.

The only slightly redeeming quality of this movie was how they linked it to the first by having the main characters be sisters, and how it took place roughly two months before the events in the first film happened. Other than that if you don't see this movie you're not missing much.

I rate this movie 1 out of 5.

Back in the Swing of Things

Welcome to the (second) grand opening of this blog that I created years ago but just kinda let it die mainly because I didn't have any readers. So why continue writing when there is no one there to read it? Then it just boils down to me essentially talking to myself and that's crazy!

So I'm back and will start blogging more frequently. Think of this as a sort of online public journal. Here I will talk about various topics and even myself so you can get to know me better for those who already don't. So let's start off small.

I'm 29-years-old. I'm a student going for my B.A. in "Hospitality, Tourism & Event Planning" which is a mouthful, I know. Basically it's a degree in the hotel/restaurant industry. As some may know I graduated from culinary school back in 2004, and after working in the industry for 18 months decided it was something I did not want to continue doing.

"Then why are you back in school majoring in it?" Good question. I had no choice because the college I'm attending would only accept my transfer credits if I majored in something similar to what I already got my degree in at the Art Institute. The closest program they offered was the HTE program so I got stuck back in to a field I have very little to no interest at all. But in this day and age I could have majored in underwater basket weaving and it doesn't matter; as long as you have that piece of paper that's all that matters.

Let's see, I'm very interested in Japan and I hope to travel and live there one day once I graduate. I'm learning to speak Japanese but as of right now I can read it better than speak it, and even at that half the times I don't know what I'm reading because I don't know a lot of vocabulary...but I can read it!! =D I love sushi and I just find their entire culture fascinating.

I love to write and I'm excellent at English. I hate math but only because it makes me feel so stupid because I don't understand it. So don't ask me to help you on math, but if you need a document proofread or spell checked I'm your man! Now it's funny because even though I love to write I haven't actually written anything of worth. I've written about a dozen or so video game reviews but that's about it. I did write a short story once but I can't find it and it's really pissing me off because it was good! The hard drive I thought it was on turned out it wasn't, and I know I printed out a hard copy a loooooong time ago but God only knows where the hell that is if I even still have it. Yeah, so I'm a little bit pissed at myself and my irresponsibility about that.

Hoo boy! All right, I'll stop there since I have a tendency to ramble. Welcome again to my blog and I hope you find me worthy enough to spend some of your time reading what I have to say about this crazy world we live in and my even crazier life!

Ciao!