ANDREA

I've got one week until summer.
TIME TIME TIME TIME TIME FLIEZ.
I went to a lot of films last week. I decided to rate them because blogs need substance...
I'll go with the star rating out of five...

"Get Him to the Greek" **** 1/2
"Cop Out" **
"Kick Ass" **** 1/2
"MacGruber" *** and 1/2 of Hot Rod's star review.

I'm sitting at ISU's library's third floor window. It's looking out into campus. I can see my reflection in the window and everyone behind me. I wonder if anyone can see me making sure my hair looks fantastic. Probably. Yup. There's verification. Some redhaired girl locked eyes with me through my reflection. Hmmm.... is she really looking at me then? Or is she looking at my evil reflection twin Andrea? I DONT KNOW, it makes me paranoid. Every time I look at the window, Andrea stares at me. I wish my evil reflection twin would stop this. I wonder if it knows I'm typing about him.

Wait.... WHAT'S IT DOING?! NOOOOOOOO! I'LL NEVER LET YOU TAKE MY KEYBOARD AWAY ANDREA. I'LL NEVER STOP TYPING ABOUT YOU. HOW DID YOU GET OUT OF YOUR REFLECTION JAIL?! NOOOO! LET ME FINISH THIS SENT




















finals are making me crazy,
Andrew

Not doing what I need to do.

I'm watching the film "Peacock" right now. I should be typing a paper.

I got a callback for Peacock two years ago, this time, after I auditioned out of the blue. I was trying out for a character named Kenny who sells baseball cards to Cillian Murphy's character.

I got to meet the producers and directors and had a pretty rad conversation with them about films and how they got started. I think they liked me. I didn't end up getting the part but it was pretty cool, as that was my first audition/callback ever.

Cillian Murphy is fantastic. Everyone go see his films: Batman Begins, Sunshine, Breakfast on Pluto, etc. It would have been a dream come true to work with him.

Ellen Page and some other famous people were in it. Here's the trailer...


The film's cast is incredible. The script has potential. It's pretty hit or miss.


More later,
Andrew


P.S. I saw Set Your Goals, Comeback Kid, and The Wonder Years tonight. Life is amazing. Stay Posi.

Dear Everyone.

Thank you so much for all the birthday wishes. I wish I could hang out with you all. You've been way too much for me and I love all of you and miss all of you. Someday, I'll throw a pizza party for you guys and we'll catch up. Get a hold of me this summer.


Love,
Andrew

Birthday

It's my birthday in five minutes. I'm 20. Life is fast.


I have a lot of things to post in the coming week. I hope you're all enjoying weather and your life. Never take anything for granted.

I Won a Stand-Up Comedy Competition Once...

I won Veishea's Stand-Up Competition last Tuesday. It's weird walking around campus and having people yell at me or retell my jokes, like I've never heard them before. It's annoying, but I kind of like it. Check out my video.

I'll have a full update about my Veishea exp. soon! It was one of the greatest (if not the best) weeks of my life. Cool Beans.






Watch out aziz,
Andrew

JUSTIN BIEBER IS A THEIF

lol,
andrewf

What happened?

When did golf get nerdy? Golf used to look like this... WTF!

Future Earth

BBC and Discovery Channels' mini-series Planet Earth changed my life. Watching it in HD was like watching a real life Pixar movie in 4-D.


Then they stepped it up a notch with the current running mini-series Life, a landmark show observing the specific world of life on Earth. It's superior to Planet Earth except for Oprah's narrating. Don't get me wrong, she's probably decently cool... I just can't take her seriously. Oh, and I'm a sucker for British accents, her narrating is lackluster and awkward compared to the beauty of a British accents. Oh, well... whatever.


I've spent over fifteen hours watching these shows on my couch. Meaning, I've spent fifteen hours being freaking awesome.

Discovery just announced they are working with Steven Spielberg on a new series called Future Earth. Here's the synopsis.

"Future Earth aims to be an epic mini-series examining what life on Earth will be like in 25, 50 and 100 years. The mini-series will draw from a vast number of sources, including the leading futurists, scholars and great minds of today, to dramatize and explore how various facets of our daily lives - health and medicine, technology, the environment, the military, the economy and media - will evolve over the next century."

Basically, I'm going to spend 30 more hours being awesome when this comes out. Spielberg's ideas will be legendary. His vision of the future is brilliant and innovative. For example... Minority Report and the recent Ipad. Cool beans.

Thanks slashfilm,
Andrew

THE VICIOUS KIND

I posted a blog about this film on December 10, 2009 (http://ablopez.blogspot.com/2009/12/lots-of-movies-to-see-this-week.html). I finally saw The Vicious Kind and it changed my life. One of the best films I've seen in awhile. Too bad it didn't get picked up for major distribution.

The film is hilarious, depressing, beautiful, and real. I promise you'll love it.

The cast is full of people you know.

Watch the trailer and you'll be hooked.

You can rent it now on Blu-Ray/DVD or stream it on your instant play on Netflix.

Trust me on this one,
Andrew

Stand up competition

Veishea (I'm a sophomore at Iowa State and I still don't know how to spell Vieshea..) just announced the line-up for its stand up comedy competition called VSIF. It will be streamed live on the interwebs through Ustream. I go 10th (out of 18). I'll remind you to watch when the date gets closer (April 13) and send you the link as well.

Expect me to either get first or get zeroth. It's up to you on what you want to expect. I mean, it's your life and all.




I need to write jokes because I have none,
ANDREW

Land of Talk

This band is great.

Artist: Land of Talk
Song: May You Never




I went to Kansas City this past weekend. Second time this school year. That place is a twilight zone for beautiful women. One girl walked past me and it tickled my love reflex causing me to groan just by the sight of her. I dont believe in love at first sight but if she made me groan, there's a connection right? I was too scared to talk to her but I imagine she groaned after seeing me too. If not, love isn't real.


LOVE ISN'T REAL UNLESS IT CAN MAKE YOU GROAN,
andrew

Dear Sky.

You strip men of their pride with your roar. Who named you the lion? We are all machines. Eat, sleep, work, repeat. Where did you go? What happened to your confession? Build. Build. Regenerate. Shut down. 40 days and 40 nights for something that we forget in 40 minutes and 40 seconds. Help. Build. Build. Build.