Nu Things I Like.

Well, Target (tar-zhay) is becoming a pretty kewl spot. Their prices on dvd's is fantastic. I found Sin City and the Collector's Edition of Pulp Fiction for $10 a piece during a 4th of July sale at the Colma store location. An old classic I really liked, Sneakers, that I hadn't seen in about 5 whiles (many more than a while) is still really good and was $7.50 in-store. In fact, it's a lot less dated than almost any other tech movie I've seen (like War Games).

Still on movies, they have the Ghostbusters I & II combo pack for like 14 bucks (first was great, 2nd was forgettable). And somebody puh-leez explain how the first-ever full length animated French film Kaena is $21.99 as a standalone, but is $12.99 as a combo-pack with Final Fantasy The Spirits Within. Both are exceptional anime films that never got their due respect IMHO. I just recently watched FF: Advent Children from Netflix, and thought it lacked the story narrative for a standalone film (if you know the background it might be much better), anyways I felt disappointed since FF: Spirits Within is a top film of mine for its elaborate work.

What else to tell? I tried a few flavors of their new Bibita Italian Sodas, the Blood Orange and Lemon flavors are really delish. I'm not crazy about the Wild Berry, it tastes kinda like uhhhh... cranberry soda that's gotten a little ripe... like sat in a hot car for a few days or something... Not that I drink that kind of thing, I'm just, um, speaking figuratively here. Anyways, sodas don't seem to be rep'ed on their site, so visit your local Tar-zhay. huh.

Still on the topic of dee-vee-dee's and Tarzhay... I recently watched the entire season of Firefly. Too bad this show was cancelled so quickly, it was really entertaining. Something like a western-futuristic-Shakespearean tv-series just grabs hold of me I guess. Sorry, I dunno how to explain it, but it is really something different. Which is prolly part of what I liked 'bout it, and what the studio suits prolly dint. Well Target's got it for $35 bones for the 4 disc set (13 episodes). I'm waiting for Triplets of Belleville on my Nflix queue, seems interesting, stylistically maybe something new I'll dig.

What else is new? Well, in the two weeks since my last post (sorry folks, not that I'm guessing anybody even noticed), I've been a bit busy. I just got my spanking new Canon S3 IS camera. I didn't even realize a few of the new features it has. And it has many. But it's mostly still a smallish upgrade to the S2. But enough to definitely make it worth my while. I just posted some very unglamorous ISO test shots on my flickr gallery to show the differences in 80-800 ISO's. Anyways, I got it from Dell for like (here's the math stuff) $499.20-25% off promotion ($99.80)- $100 concession coupon (got on eBay for $68, blogged this whiles back), and a $35 off coupon from eBay for $4. Tax was AFTER discounts, so figure my total was $358.66 for a $500 camera, not bad I say. Sorry, promo was only for 450 redemptions and ended quick.

I was just checking the SF Giants website for the "Take Your Dog to the Game" night... Alas, it is still coming up on Saturday August 5th! Tix are here. But there are some interesting upcoming events at the whatcha-ma-callit Park. How about poker nite Monday, July 31st. Or singles nite Friday Sept. 8th. Or, um... (now don't be confusing your Friday and your Tuesday peeps), Tuesday Sept 12th is LGBT nite.

Lastly, my first Woot! purchase seems to be not-perfect. I've nearly cracked the Logitech Bluetooth headphones all the way through perfectly down the center (between the two headphones on the stabilizer bar/headband thingy). Doh! More customer service issues, geez...

My flickr gallery just reached 1003 visits! Cheers peeps.
(photo credits: Kaena image from Target's site, S3 image from Canon's site, Bonds image from SF Giants photo gallery)