Work's been crazy busy, but I wanted to get a few things down.

First off, my review of Bareback, er, Brokeback Mountain. Feel free to skip ahead to the next paragraph if you don't give a hoot. Ok, here's the necessary disclaimer that I'm all about teh ghays (several of my closest friends in the past have been gay) - but I didn't like this movie. The scenery was spectacular, there were certain performances that I loved and could relate to on certain levels (Michelle Williams - don't ask), and I loved seeing the horses, and my secret desire in life is to become a sheep herder, so I loved that part, but I didn't really like the storyline and main characters (although Heath did a pretty good job). I just couldn't see the appeal in Jake Gyllenhaal's character. He wasn't likeable, and actually kind of aggressive and slimey in a way. His wife, Anne Hathaway who was in the Princess Diaries, was totally miscast and just looked out of place and bizarre in this movie. Maybe the XX chromosome in me just wanted a little more tenderness and romance in the guys/gays. Maybe I just don't get the intricacies of a male-male loving relationship. In any case, I don't see what the hoopla is about this movie. Boo.

This past weekend my truck got stuck in the mud YET AGAIN. I was driving up the long dirt road up to see Isabella and a horse trailer was travelling along the same crappy road in the opposite direction. They have the right of way so I move over to the shoulder to stop and let them pass. When I start back up again, my wheels start spinning in the soft shoulder and my truck slides down the muddy hill (which is totally covered in plants and weeds). Anyways, I tried to get myself out but just managed to maneuver my truck sideways down the hill some more so I called Julie, the ranch manager, in a panic. Our conversation sounded somewhat like this:

Me: OHMYGODJULIE, I'M STUCK DOWN THE HILL ON THE DRIVEWAY I NEED A TRACTOR QUICK, PLEASE HELP AS SOON AS YOU CAN I'M GOING TO SLIDE DOWN INTO THE CREEK, AIIIEEEEEEEEE!!!
Julie: Sure, I can get the tractor out to you.
Me: THANK YOU SO MUCH I'M TOTALLY FREAKED OUT!!!!!!!
Julie: No problem. Umm.. who is this?

Haha, I thought that was pretty funny. Julie's very mellow and doesn't freak out about anything - thank the Lord she was there to help. The driveway is used to access two ranches tucked in the outskirts of Moss Beach so there was plenty of traffic on a Saturday morning to gawk at me and ask if I needed help. Very embarrassing, indeed.

Anyways, Julie was able to get my truck unstuck in about 5 minutes and I enjoyed a nice peaceful ride on Isabella afterwards. :)

Oh oh, the Toys R Us in Daly City is going out of business so Matt and I stocked up on our PS2 games. We bought a giant fabric frisbee (30% off), Gauntlet Seven Sorrows, Sims Bustin Out, and Taito Legends - which has Bubble Bobble on it eeee!!!! Games were 10% off. Not too bad.

Anyways, we tried Taito Legends that evening and were pretty disappointed in the games. All those compilation arcade games seemed to suck. I turned around and put it on Amazon.

Might I say that it's very annoying that Amazon's Gold Box includes your gift list purchases. All my gold box offers are either random graphic design books or wierd penguin accessories. What the heck, I want stuff for me!! Knives and porn is what it's all about people.