It was super hot this weekend; we did our best to stay cool. The beaches were too crowded, due to the holiday weekend, so we didn’t want to go. Finally, yesterday we decided to hit a movie in the afternoon to stay cool. We went to see Napoleon Dynamite. I really liked it for what it was, definitely better than most of the crap out these days. Funny in a lot of places, but it’s a movie that anyone could really make, if not better. But actually, I’ll not criticize further and be happy that I feel I got my money’s worth. I thought we were getting matinee price, but they charged full price since it was a “holiday”, bull crap. After the movie we spent the rest of the night cleaning up the place, sweating and eating. (side note, dude I work with is wearing his sunglasses on top of his head, inside. Must calm down, not punch him). I watched some of the BoSox/As and Padres games on tv, and we started to watch the Last Samurai on dvd. Tomorrow Jay and Jeb arrive for another week of visitors. Among proposed highlights is a weekend jaunt to LA for Amoeba Records and possibly Kevin Smiths new comic book shop he opened in Hollywood, and a vegas run on Saturday night. It’s safe to assume I’ll be quite tired come next Monday. As an added bonus for today’s blog, I’ve put together (what is a revolving list no doubt) my top ten movies and albums (in no particular order). A few problems though, I actually have 11 movies and 20 albums, I just couldn’t whittle it down. Sorry.

Movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Goonies
Hoosiers
The Big Lebowski
Empire Strikes Back
American Psycho
Office Space
Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
Tommy Boy
The Way of the Gun
Se7en

Music:
The Lassie Foundation-California
Weezer-Blue
Weezer-Pinkerton
Starflyer 59-Silver
Unashamed-Silence
Beach Boys-Pet Sounds
Bettie Severrt-Palomine
The Get Up Kids-STWHA
The Throes-Fall on Your World
Guns N Roses-Appetite for Destruction
Flaming Lips-Soft Bulletin
Nirvana-Nevermind
They Might Be Giant-Apollo 18
Pedro the Lion-It’s Hard to Find a Friend
Poole-Alaska Days
Smashing Pumpkins-Siamese Dream
Prayer Chain-Mercury
The Posies-Frosting on the Beater
U2-Auctung Baby
Sensational Silvertones-All releases