Quick hits from this weekend

- Already had a bunch of thoughts that got lost because I didn't write them down when I had them. Oh well.

- Having seen Changeling (again) and Doubt this past weekend, I realized I really enjoy watching Angelina Jolie and Amy Adams. Jolie's easy to hate on, with her adopting half of the kids from the continent of Africa and all, but still I think she sinks into her characters well. I was reading some critic that said her star power hurt the film, but I really felt like I was watching the real Christine Collins on screen, not Jolie as Collins.

As for Adams, what can I say. She makes a hot nun. Kidding (mostly), but the first thing I saw her in was Catch Me if You Can but I didn't really know it was her, so the first thing I really saw her in was Enchanted and I was really impressed with her acting and singing in that film. Then Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day and now this, she's definitely one of my favs now.

- Flying back to Tempe tomorrow night. Kind of ready, kind of not. School's nice and all, but there's definitely something to be said for chilling at home without homework.

- Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl. Obviously underdogs, but I would warn against sleeping on them.

- I joined our school paper and my first article is due on Tuesday. I'm pretty nervous, especially since I haven't written for a while and I have never written an album review (which is what I'm doing) before, but still, it should be interesting to see the final result.

Notes from UFC 93:
- Impressed with: John Hathaway, Dennis Siver, Martin Kampmann
- Disappointed in: Shogun Rua, Rousimar Palhares, Denis Kang, the judges
- Hopeful: that Dana White finds a way to sign Alistair Overeem and Semmy Schilt

- Please please please bring back Pushing Daisies. I really think it was one of the funniest shows on television during its run, and I'll never get tired of the antics of its cast. Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Kristin Chenoweth, Chi McBride, and not to mention Swoosie Kurtz and Ellen Greene as well as the great guest stars they bring.

- Freaking stoked for Watchmen. Just reread it this past week and the commercials shown during the NFL playoffs got me pumped. It should be a sick movie just from what we've seen so far. Dr. Manhattan looks like spot-on, the Comedian looks like a killer, and Malin Akerman looks hot as Silk Spectre II. 03-06-09 can't come soon enough.

- I seem to be a much better prognosticator on MMAPlayground compared to ESPN's Streak for the Cash. 246-139 compared to 7-9-0 with a long streak of 2. That just won't do.

In the words of "Big" John McCarthy...

I do like blogging. I didn't care much when my Xanga died, I mean really died, crushed by months upon months of inactivity. But now that I think of it, it is nice to have a place to write down whatever random thoughts or questions I may have.

Enter this uniquely generic blogspot. I feel the name is in and of itself already uniquely generic. I've always been amused by those who think they're pioneers or at the least being clever with various things from jokes to ideas to (yes, even) blog names. Of course I've been guilty of this in the past so why not just tackle it head on and admit that yes, this will be a generic blog, yet maybe in a way you haven't seen before, kind of like the title. What that means I have no idea, but I have every intention of trying to find out.

What can you expect from this? Interesting question, seeing as I have no idea what the audience for this blog will be like, or if there will even be an audience. Updates from my life come to mind as a probable topic. Not that my life is so very interesting, but now that I'm living away from home, it might be a nice way to keep in touch with California friends or a way for my Arizona friends to get to know me a little more. I'm sure my thoughts regarding various interests will pop up here and there too. What kind of interests do those include? Anything from music to mixed martial arts to movies is fair game. I don't discriminate. Except in the case of race and ethnicity.

But I kid. I'm sure my random thoughts will find a way to surface from the mostly empty cavern that is my brain and find life on this blog. These can pretty much be anything. After all, they wouldn't be very random if they were confined to a particular subject.

Well look at the start we're off to, "we" being of course me, the writer, and you, the (imaginary?) reader(s, if I'm lucky).

And so with all due respect to the famed former UFC referee, let's get it on.