False Grit...

Have you heard about this new movie, "True Grit"?  Guess what..not new.  It was originally done in 1969 and starred THE John Wayne as Marshal Reuben "Rooster" J. Cogburn.  It is an epic movie about a man's transformation through the eyes of a young girl as he helps her hunt down the evil men who killed her father and terrorized her family.  It is a movie I grew up watching at least three or four times a year.  I've seen almost all of John Wayne's movies over the years and "True Grit" has always been my favorite.

This incident has gotten me thinking...where is the line drawn to decide what is going to be remade and what is not.  While some films are remade from foreign films to American movies (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Ring, Scent of A Woman) and the usually come out well; quite a lot of films get remade into weak shells of their former selves (The Nutty Professor, Planet of the Apes, Rear Window).  So what's the dealio...when does it go from creative interpretation to making money off the backs of our Director/Producer forefathers?

Saving the Planet

I Lick My Cheese

"I Lick My Cheese" , if you have roommates and have not read this book go and get it now.  Don't order it or even bother clicking the link that I just linked to for a review of it.  Just go get the book from the book store, library, someone's house...just read it.  Anyone who has had a bad experience with a roommate, which is pretty much anyone who has ever had a roommate, needs this book to stay sane.

Hi, this is my first experience with roommates and I have chosen, or been chosen, to live with three women.  I have been here for about 6 months so far and it is NOT as awesome as some of you guys out there would think. It has been half a year of insanity, feminine hygiene and relationships.  I am going to use this blog to hopefully bring some of these adventures to a larger audience and get the crazy out of my brain...at least some of it. 

First a little story about cheese...

So my girlfriend and I were making dinner at my house the other day and I decided to eat some of the cheese that I had leftover from the other day.  I took it out of the fridge and we cut it up and ate it...as one would do with cheese.  A couple days later I received a text from my roommate asking, "Did you guys eat the end of my cheese?"   

I of course ignored this thinking that it must be directed at someone else.  Then I got home and saw a note on the fridge...

This is not an exaggeration...

So I took it on my self to correct what was apparently my fault and had obviously been an enormous faux pas. 

I went to the local grocer and purchased the second biggest block of cheddar they had...