law school ninja

you didn’t see me

This was supposed to be a secret. Gah.

Ninja Parade Slips Through Town Unnoticed Once Again

hat tip: thirddesign

2009: a lawschoolninja odyssey

First, crank up the speakers.
Now, press play.
Welcome to my epiphany.

I.
HAVE.
DISCOVERED.
COFFEE.

That is all.

mullet with headlights

So there’s this YouTube channel where this guy takes music videos and puts them to new words. I can’t really explain it very well; you just have to watch some of the videos to see what I’m talking about. Anyway, this video of “Total Eclipse of the Heart” has provided me tonight with the best belly laughter I’ve had in a long, long time. I absolutely had to share it with you because it has ninjas in it!! Thanks for the tip, FC!

the stuff of which nightmares are made

I have a confession: I don’t like midgets. I know, it’s an insensitive thing to say. But I’ve stayed cloaked behind my tolerance mask for too long now, and the pressure’s starting to get to me. And I know I’m not alone. There are others of you out there, some even in my own family. Legend has it that a particularly wealthy set of parents in my extended family disinherited their son at one point because he wanted to marry a girl who had a midget in her family. True story! So, if you’re offended by my distaste for the little people, please bear in mind that it’s probably genetic and therefore beyond my control.

Besides, they want to take over the world!!! (hat tip: @rightwingnews)

things I learned in las vegas

If you’ve been following me on Twitter (and if you’re not, why aren’t you?!?!), you already know that I was in Las Vegas with Ninja-mo and some other members of my family over the Memorial Day weekend. It was hot, and Ninja-mo and I walked so much that my feet swelled to approximately three times their normal size on the plane ride home. Getting old is the pits. Anyway, it was a fabulous trip and I actually learned a lot. Here are some of the things I learned and/or remembered while visiting Las Vegas:

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sexy twilight villain attacked!

This one is for both lovers and haters of Twilight everywhere.

enarbolan cielos amistosos

That’s Spanish for “flying the friendly skies,” at least according to the translator widget on my iGoogle homepage.

Curious?

Check out this piece of journalism gold put together by WFAA out of Dallas/Fort Worth (video here). It appears that on the list of qualifications necessary to be considered for hire as an airplane mechanic in Texas, basic knowledge of the English language is suspiciously missing.

Of course, I would have to find this three days before the entire Ninja Family heads to Las Vegas for Memorial Day weekend. Note to self: bring lots of $1 bills for adult beverages on the plane. Good grief.

only 64 days until HBP!!

This newest trailer for Harry Potter & the Half-Blood Prince was released about a month ago or so (I think), but I just saw it for the first time today. It’s so great I just had to post it here.

I seriously cannot wait to see this movie. Remember when it was supposed to have come out in November 2008, but then they moved it to July 2009? Well, as mad as that made me, it looks like it will have been worth the wait. Here’s the rub: July 15th is also the day Ninja-mo and I leave for California, so we won’t get to see the movie until we get back into town.

on relocation and redesign

With the relocation of Law School Ninja to my very own domain and shiny new Wordpress blog, I’ve been thinking about changing things up a little bit. Hence my paralyzing indecision about a blog template. Being a perfectionist sucks sometimes. In the meantime, thank you for your patience while Law School Ninja is undergoing blog perfection. Also, Mini-Me has caught the bug and has expressed dissatisfaction with her moniker. Henceforth she shall be called Ninja-mo. Trust me, this has its own back story, but it shall remain untold for now. So it has been spoken, so it shall be done.

“knowing” – a review

Last weekend, my good friend F.C., Mini-Me, and I went to see the movie Knowing with Nicholas Cage. I’m a fan of Nic Cage in general, with Leaving Las Vegas ranking in my top ten favorite movies of all time. We also enjoyed National Treasure and its sequel. With that said, however, Knowing was a big disappointment.

The basic story is this: Fifty years ago, an elementary school class draws pictures of what they think the future will look like and then they bury them in a time capsule to be opened fifty years later. There’s one spooky girl who doesn’t draw a picture but instead writes out a page full of seemingly random numbers. Flash forward to the present day, when John Koestler’s son is in the class that gets to open the time capsule, and every student is given an envelope containing a picture drawn by the original class. Everyone except this kid, that is, who is the unlucky recipient of the numbers sheet. Oh, also, this little boy is generally misunderstood and unhappy because his mom recently died and his dad is an emotionally unavailable alcoholic wallowing in his own misery. Anyway, in the throes of a drunken revelation, Koestler figures out that these numbers aren’t random at all but actually predictions of disasters. Hey, look at that! According to these numbers, the next disaster will be… tomorrow!?!? Yep, turns out Koestler’s hunch was correct. So, like any normal alcoholic/widower/single dad/MIT professor/atheist, he sets out to solve the mystery. Oh, did I mention he’s an atheist? He is, and it just so happens that his father is a minister of some sort. Needless to say, they are estranged, but thankfully Koestler has a sister whose sole mission is to look concerned while hugging her brother and trying to get him to reunite with their father. In the meantime, these weird Matrix-looking wannabes keep stalking Koestler’s son and whispering to him (through his hearing aid?). Along the way, he tracks down the original spooky girl’s daughter and granddaughter, who reluctantly join him on his quest to solve the mystery. And, of course, they do solve the mystery. And it’s sooooo lame. I won’t spoil the ending for you, but I will say that I previously thought M. Night Shyamalan was the master of the stupid ending. No longer.

Nic Cage does a decent job as Koestler in this movie, even though it seems like all he does anymore is these follow-the-clues movies. Rose Byrne, who plays the spooky girl’s daughter, Diana, does one of the crappiest acting jobs I’ve seen in a while. I liked her okay in Troy, but come on. She’s just not able to pretend to be scared very well. Koestler’s son, Caleb, is played by a cute little boy who really needs to work on his scared face, too. The spooky girl’s granddaughter is adorable, especially when she’s cuddling with white bunnies.

All in all, the movie was scarier than I thought it would be. I got worried at times that Mini-Me might want to start sleeping in my bed again, but luckily she considers herself to be way too old for that kind of behavior. The language isn’t too bad and there’s absolutely no sex, so it’s rated PG-13 solely for the scary factor and some violence. I’d say it’s worth renting if you’re a fan of Nicholas Cage, but otherwise save your money.

Oh, and one last little mini-rant. Why does every new movie preview have to have a quick flash of two girls about to kiss? I’m very particular about what sort of sexual content Mini-Me is exposed to (pardon the pun) and I allowed her to see this PG-13 movie specifically because there wasn’t supposed to be any sex involved. And there wasn’t any in the actual movie. But two of the movies previewed had some pretty racy scenes, including brief flashes of two girls obviously getting ready to kiss. In the previews. What up wit dat?