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As this football season comes to close, I find myself reflecting on things past. A big thanks goes out to Brett Favre and the Packers. While I'm disappointed that I will not be seeing you on February 3rd, your season has been one to remember. It seems that finally you have gotten the respect you deserve. Bart Star was a tough man to replace but you've done him justice. You have been privileged enough to play in Lambeau field, the most historic and epic stadiums of all time. You have not only made a mark in football but in the little town of Green Bay Wisconsin with a population (100,353)half the size of Salt Lake county alone. We have watched your family struggle through countless odds and the recovery of your wife's battle with breast cancer. If I could give you one piece of advice it would be... Please, come back next year.

Labels: Sports

Here are three movies I’ve seen lately that are worth the time. Some of them are a little graphic so beware.

Ikiru: I loved this movie! It was made in 1952 so the quality isn’t so hot and it’s subtitled. But it was so inspiring to me. It may be hard to sit through but if you can make it through you won’t be disappointed.

Netflix Summary: When a stoic government official in post-war Japan learns he has terminal cancer, he realizes he has squandered his life on meaningless red tape and has no close family or friendships to lean on. He resolves to use his remaining time to usher an insignificant but popular civic project, a children's playground, through the bureaucracy he knows so well.

Cidade de Deus (City of God): This is a contender for “The Best Movie I’ve Ever Seen” contest. It was filmed in Brazil, which I find myself strangely drawn to lately and is again subtitled. I learn of this movie from a Netflix favorites list of Golden State Warriors guard Baron Davis. It is graphic and violent. Frankly it can be very hard to watch at time.

Netflix Summary: Busca-Pe lives in Cidade de Deus (City of God), a housing project reputed to be one of the most dangerous parts of otherwise magical Rio de Janeiro. He's frightened he'll end up like the countless others around him -- troubled, violent or dead. But his saving grace is his photographer's eye, through which the stories of several people who live in this forsaken "city" unfold. …

Bus 174: Again, a film about Brazil. Again, this movie is graphic and violent. Please use caution. This movie stuck with me for days, and really started my interest in Brazil. It’s a documentary with partial subtitles.

Netlix Summary: This moving documentary depicts a fateful day in June 2000 when a Rio de Janeiro bus carrying 12 passengers was hijacked by a man named Samdro Do Nascimento. Cameras rolled as he touted his plans to kill all aboard as the police try to persuade him to give himself up. Details of Nascimento's very troubled childhood are also featured.

Hope you like them!

Labels: Movies

Punch/kick him in the junk for me. What a jerk this guy is. Brev is the king of meanness/hate crimes. He, and his fancy new yahoo.com job, thinks he can walk all over us non-west coasterners. I’m not sure if I was the only one tortured by his Christmas gift but if you were subject to his pure unkindness then please let me know. Brev had the audacity to send me an In-N-Out gift card for this supposed merry time of year. He knows of my love for their delicious hamburgers they serve, yet he also knows that in the great state of Colo”rad”o we lack that tasty establishment. So what now? If I take a trip to California I’m sure it would be to visit him, maybe I could use it then. NO WAY. I will not enter that state with such a blasphemous human. I wish to send Brev a message in hopes that he will read this blog. If you are the vial Brev then please read below.


Dear Brev,


I am not at all amused by your apparent lack of respect. I am heavily suprised at this hate crime you have committed. In return I will be sending you a Thurl Bailey music CD. I’m hoping that his beautiful voice will change your black heart/soul into at least a shade of dark gray, as I fear that is the only hope left for you. Please do not attempt to contact me in the future, as our friendship/brotherhood is over. Also, I’m sure that your new Silicon Valley constitutes will be of little comfort to you in these trying times. I hope you have been granted little satisfaction in this action, and may god have mercy on your soul.


Jacob

Labels: Family, Hate Crimes