Random Factoid #239

24 03 2010

Sandra Bullock follows me into the shower.

If you read that and thought dirty thoughts, shame on you.  But I’m glad that drew you in.  What I actually meant is about 1/3 of the time I get in the shower, I am reminded of a Sandra Bullock monologue.

Here’s her speech; it’s from “Two Weeks Notice,” her 2002 comedy with Hugh Grant.  To put it in context, she is telling her boss (Hugh Grant) why she can’t keep working for him.

I think about you in the shower .. .not in a good way, but in an I’m-so-distracted-I-can’t-remember-if-I-washed-my-hair kinda way – so I’ll wash my hair twice! So I have a hole in my stomach, I’m running out of shampoo and today is the first day in my life that I did not give a thousand percent on the job. And I hate that feeling.

Often times, thinking of neurotic Sandra helps me remember how many times I have washed my own hair.  I guess I should thank her for that – hope this will suffice.


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Random Factoid #238

23 03 2010

This is seriously not a joke.

I was texting someone yesterday tehehehe to imply a more mischievous giggle than the normal hahahaha.  But when I tried to type it, my iPhone auto-corrected tehehehe to thehurtlocker.

Could it be from all the texting I was doing during the Oscars?  Either way, it’s pretty amazing that even my phone knows how obsessed I am.


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Random Factoid #237

22 03 2010

After seeing “Avatar” yesterday for the second time in 3-D, I have come to this conclusion: it is the only 3-D movie that has not given me a headache or made my eyes hurt.

I don’t know if I have just been broken into the technology that much more or if James Cameron’s movie has really raised the standard that much.

Does anyone know?  Seriously, let me know in the comments!


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Random Factoid #236

21 03 2010

Once again, I come before you to alert you to an error that I have made in a previous factoid.  It brings me no pleasure to announce that I have made a mistake, but it somehow makes me feel better knowing that I have acknowledged it.

The culprit: Random Factoid #216.

In 2007, I bought a book in New York City called “Oscar Season” by Mary McNamara.  It was at a random little shop in the city, and I was struck by seeing the golden statue concealing a gun.

Ever since that fateful day, I have told myself that I will read the book during awards season one year.

2007 came and went, “The Departed” won Best Picture, and I hadn’t read it.

2008 flew by, “No Country for Old Men” won Best Picture, and I still hadn’t read it.

2009 was fine, “Slumdog Millionaire” won Best Picture, and it continues to garner dust on my bookshelf.

Now, in 2010, barring some freak occurrence, yet another year will pass where “Oscar Season” has gone unread.  There’s always next year…

The other day, I decided to look at the copyright page of “Oscar Season.”  I discovered that it had not been published in 2007 like I had thought, but rather in 2008.  So that makes the factoid factually incorrect.  I doubt anyone caught it, but it doesn’t weigh on my conscience anymore.


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Random Factoid #235

20 03 2010

This factoid isn’t so much about the I, it’s about the you.  There is something that I would like you to do.

The movie blogging conglomerate that I belong to, the Large Association of Movie Blogs (or LAMB for short), has kindly featured me in their “Brutally Blunt Blog Blustering” post of the week.  They invite anyone to leave an anonymous comment with honest suggestions for how I can improve the site.

So, what I would like you to do is venture on over to the site and leave your two cents.  Do you hate that my factoids are so utterly random?  Do you have an issue with my layout?  Is my writing style for reviews absolutely unbearable?  Do I need to use a more lively font?  Anything and everything is welcome, I only ask that you be completely honest. This is your big chance to make a big difference on the way this site is run (and avoid any direct reaction from the author), so make the most of it.

CLICK on the picture below to see the “Brutally Blunt Blog Blustering.”


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Random Factoid #234

19 03 2010

I came to a realization the other day that I found rather shocking.  To my knowledge (and my memory could potentially fail me here), I have never seen a foreign language film in theaters.  I see plenty on video, but I don’t think I’ve ever slapped down the cash at the box office.

Perhaps I’ll break the streak with “A Prophet” – I intended to break it with “The White Ribbon,” but they yanked it too soon!


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Random Factoid #233

18 03 2010

For the first time in a few months, I checked my Rotten Tomatoes profile.  The last review I entered was “Nine” – and that was back in the last decade.

I decided that I wasn’t satisfied with the shady sillhouette they had so courteously provided as my profile picture, so I decided to change it.  And no, I didn’t actually use a picture of myself.

If you were to find me on Rotten Tomatoes now, my profile icon would look like this:

Why?  Because Pixar is the best, and I just want to go give this cloud a hug.


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Random Factoid #232

17 03 2010

In first grade, I was required to write in my journal for school purposes.  Usually, we could write about things that we wanted, such as our weekend.

I wrote in this journal a great many times, but the only entry that I distinctly remember is an entire section devoted to my adoration of a cup for “The Road to El Dorado” that I got at the movies.

I meant to say that it was a really cool cup, but I accidentally forgot to write the word cool.  It came back with the comment: “That sounds great, but what is a really cup?”


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Random Factoid #231

16 03 2010

The first time I had ever seen the Best Picture-winning movie on the day of the ceremony was in 2004. I had seen “Million Dollar Baby” a week or so before the show. A trend didn’t catch on until 2007; since that year, I have seen the winning movie by the Oscars ceremony.


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Random Factoid #230

15 03 2010

I have a Post It note on the dashboard of my laptop reserved just for factoid ideas. This comes in handy on the days when my brain is running pretty low on juice.

Obviously, since the Post It note itself has become a factoid, you can tell that I could use a few more brainstorming sessions. Thankfully, it’s spring break, so I have time for that.


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Random Factoid #229

14 03 2010

Back in the ’90s (strange to think that it was TWO decades ago), the Disney Store would give posters away if you brought a ticket stub for a Disney movie into the store. Naturally, I took advantage of this offer many times – although the only poster I distinctly remember receiving is one for “Toy Story 2.”


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Random Factoid #228

13 03 2010

Live update from the road! I’m somewhere in Mississippi, hoping that this momentary 3G service will stay with me long enough to post this factoid!

I’m taking a Spring Break college trip, and in my family’s typical fashion, we are driving the whole thing.

Rather, my parents are driving. I, on the other hand, am curled in the backseat of the Suburban with my Snuggie and my laptop. This is hour 8 and I’m already on my fourth movie – “Inglourious Basterds.” I won’t reveal the others because one will most likely be next week’s “F.I.L.M.”


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Random Factoid #227

12 03 2010

Because I run this blog and I get to define what on earth a “random factoid” actually is, I’ve decided to do something a little different today. It’s my artistic license, and I’m exercising it.

I am not without fault. While dunking Oreos before studying for my AP US History test yesterday, I caught a few brief moments of the 2002 movie “Mr. Deeds” on TBS (taking a study break is NOT the fault to which I referred). Suddenly, I remembered whenever I saw it in theaters.

Then I remembered one of my very first factoids: Random Factoid #5, in fact. Pay attention to the bolded section below.

My parents were very protective of the movies I saw, and I will always remember the first PG-13 and R movies that I ever saw.

The first PG-13 movie I saw was “Ever After: A Cinderella Story.” It was shown to me by a babysitter who now runs her own stationery line.

The first PG-13 movie I saw in theaters was “Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde.” I got to see it as a reward for my days spent fighting off a viral pneumonia in the Monterrey County Hospital (that’s right, I got pneumonia while vacationing in Pebble Beach).

The first R movie I saw was “Crimson Tide.” My dad started watching it on Encore when I was in the room, and he let me watch it with him.

The first R movie I saw in theaters was “Flags of our Fathers.” The only reason that I was allowed to see it was because I had read the book for a school assignment.

I misspoke. “Legally Blonde 2” was released in 2003, a full year after I saw “Mr. Deeds.”

I admitted my faults. My confessional is complete.


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Random Factoid #225

10 03 2010

Beautiful coincidence: the day that we talked about cinema in my US History class, “The Jazz Singer,” the first motion picture with sound, happened to be on TCM that very same night.

Not so beautiful reality: too much homework leads me to forget to record it.  Blahhhh.


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Random Factoid #224

9 03 2010

I have been playing an Oscars “game,” if you will, on the iPhone app The Envelope for several weeks now.

And now that the Oscars have come to an end, the results have come out.

Be proud of your friendly neighborhood blogger, who managed to come in eighth out of over two thousand players – and better than all of the professional pundits!


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