Today was sunny but very cold and windy.

I went to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button tonight at the Arclight. I really like David Fincher’s other movies, and Brad Pitt always gives an excellent performance. Doesn’t hurt that he’s easy on the eyes either.

It’s been a long time since I’ve gone to the movies on a Friday evening, and as expected, the show was sold out. Good thing I bought tickets in advance.

I liked the movie. It had some slow parts and some unnecessary parts, but overall, I liked it. Tim wasn’t a big fan. I guess it’s more like a chick flick than anything else. I haven’t seen The Notebook, but for some reason I think it’s probably like that.

We then had a late dinner at Kabuki on Vine. It was really good, as always. I got the seaweed salad, seared eel sushi, and curry shrimp entree. We split a large sake.

Afterwards, we got lazy (it was cold!) and hopped the Metro back home, stopping at the corner to pick up some food for the dogs. We’re quite lucky to live just an 8-minute walk away from a 24/7 supermarket.

The apartment is still a mess with wrapping paper, and now dog toy bits, everywhere. But hey, it’s the weekend, there’ll be plenty of time for cleaning.

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I saw two movies recently: Step Brothers and The Dark Knight. As for the former, I’m a big fan of Will Ferrell and John C. Reily, but god lord, this was one of the worst movies I’ve seen in a while.  It’s probably the first movie ever that I wanted to walk out on simply because it was just boring and going nowhere.  The entire movie was just a series of on-the-fly sketches that didn’t really work to begin with and was made worse cuz they dragged it out for way too long.

The Dark Knight was really good although I prefer Batman Begins.  The first time is always something special, isn’t it? Christian Bale and Aaron Eckhart are both very sexy, but it’s Cillian Murphy that does it for me… roooowr! 

Anyway, I’ve been sick all last week with really bad seasonal allergies.  Had the works: runny yet stuffy nose; sneezing; itchy, watery eyes; sore throat; inner ear pain; and, worst of all, fatigue.  I’m still a bit phlegmy, but overall, I’m much better.  I actually should be in bed now getting some (more) much needed rest.

Saw an advanced screening of the movie Role Models last night (opening in November).  It stars Paul Rudd and Sean William Scott, plus that kid who plays McLovin’ in Superbad.  After learning of the premise (two men are ordered to 150 hours of mentoring kids to avoid jail time), I thought it was gonna be a sappy, feel-good, movie with some message about how helping others is good.  Also, it’s gone through several rewrites and title changes (Mentors, Little Big Men, Big Brothers), which is usually a bad sign.  Then I saw it was an R-rated comedy, so I thought “hmm… how can a movie about the perks of helping kids be R-rated?”

Here’s how: tons of swears, drugs and boobies!  I loved it, and from the comments I overheard while exiting the theater, so did everyone else.  It was fun and funny, raunchy, smart and entertaining.  It didn’t try to preach a message, and I didn’t really walk away with one.  I just enjoyed it.

So come November, go see Role Models.  Plus, Mr. Paul Rudd is super hot.  Yum.