Saturday, September 22, 2007

Toys for Tots Toy Drive



As a reformed toy collector, I feel that all kids should get to experience the joy of that new toy smell!

From November 6th to the 11th, Walden Media is sponsoring this great toy drive for Toys for Tots. They plan to break the Guinness World Record by collecting over 12,000 pounds of toys from 10 US metro areas. If you are affiliated with a school, library, or community center, see what you can do to get them to participate. Even if you don't live in one of the areas, they will still help you collect and donate the toys, they just won't be weighed for the record. Or, gather some toys and find out who is participating. This is a great cause to support!

To host a drive, sign up at the website below by September 28, 2007.

http://www.walden.com/walden/properties/magorium/toysfortots/toysfortots.php#

I am going to see if my school will host a drive and I might donate some unopened LOTR figures. :)

Saturday, September 15, 2007

My Lazy Ass...

As you can see, by the fact that it's been nearly a month since I bothered to make a post...I've been a 30-year old lazy ass. :)

I am, however, in recovery. I joined a gym. Wha??? Yeah, after handing over a major chunk of paycheck (no more collectibles for a while :( ), I am a card-carrying 3-year member of . No, I'm not telling you which one so you can come to point and laugh. I've been going to personal training sessions and I do pilates and yoga every week. I must admit, I do feel somewhat less like a lazy ass, though many, many of my body parts are unhappy about this turn of events. The best part was when my brother's friend (he used to work there, so we decided to hook his friend up with a commission) was entering my info in the computer, looked at the DOB on my CADL and said, "Oh, you've just had a birthday." Waits a few beats and then goes, "Wow, a big one!" Yeah, thanks dude. No need to remind me. At least I still get carded at bars. Though no longer young, I can still look the part...

My brothers and I had some time on our hands today, so we went to see "Shoot 'Em Up," the new Clive Owen movie. I am not typically a Clive Owen fan, but we were thoroughly entertained. I'd been wanting to see it since the panel at Comic Con, where they previewed at least 2 of the major action sequences. It's an over-the-top wink-wink clever action flick, that has very little downtime and a very little running time (1 hr 20 min). Owen's character, Mr. Smith, is Bugs Bunny to Paul Giamatti's Elmer Fudd. Hilarious. Ooh, and a bit cringe-worthy. I'm a pretty jaded movie-goer and even I had to burrow a few times. I really didn't care too much about the characters' backstories, which were blatantly obvious. They really didn't need to explain any of that! :P I'm surprised that it didn't do better than 4th place in its opening weekend against 3:10 to Yuma (I like Russell Crowe far less than Clive Owen, so good luck catching me watching any of his movies!). I don't think it was marketed very well to the target audience, which I'm assuming is males 17-35. Then again, the R rating and post-summer release isn't helpful either.

Oh whatever. I'm going to bed. My lazy ass won't be up again until this afternoon, in case you want to join me for drinks (don't tell my trainer!) tonight! :D