It's a position raise...I call it

This post is really just cause Alex is too stupid to figure out how to format these pictures for his facebook. But I aim to please, and a blog is a blog.

Here are some poker tournement pictures.


Here is the winning hand - - Yes, Quad 6s for Alex

Here is a candid shot --

Alex posing...

Alex posing again...

Mr. Triner won 300 dollars in this tournement. Mazel tov to Aryeah, Neil, Jessie and Shiff for placing, and mazel tov to all who participated in the largest tournement at the Novek residence. Till next time. Happy hunting.

In the Shadow of the Gunman II

Ok, trying to update this with my new pictures from my new digital camera. Also using HTML again, so again, patience.

Some intro pictures --

This is Alex's tushy...


what a hairy tushy indeed

This is Ilan and a pink hat.

And another cool picture of the hat.

Here is George, Ilan's rat. That rhymed with hat.

These are my pants.

And now here is a fun little sequence. Ilan and his 10 year old brother Uri. There is grabbing. There is biting. There is poking, hitting, punching, and all around good times.







NOW I MUST INTRODUCE TO YOU, ONE OF THE BEST CONVERSATIONS IVE EVER HAD. THANK YOU TAMIR --

trules942 (12:24:45 AM): I CALLED EVAN
trules942 (12:24:46 AM): HE DIDNT PICK UP
Movieman2G (12:24:51 AM): OK
Movieman2G (12:24:54 AM): WHY ARE YOU IN CAPS LOCK
trules942 (12:24:54 AM): HELP ME ASHER YOU'RE MY ONLY HOPE
Movieman2G (12:24:58 AM): ARE YOU UPSET
trules942 (12:25:04 AM): I THINK ITS MORE INTERESTING LIKE THIS
Movieman2G (12:25:13 AM): TOUCHE
trules942 (12:25:33 AM): AND FOR SOME REASON ALTHOUGH I AM SILENT AT THE MOMENT, I APPEARS AS IF I AM UPSET
trules942 (12:25:36 AM): ALTHOUGH I AM NOT
trules942 (12:25:51 AM): I BLAME AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR BRAINWASHING ITS PUBLIC
trules942 (12:26:02 AM): and bush for just being an idiot
Movieman2G (12:26:06 AM): DAMN YOU SOCIETY
trules942 (12:26:11 AM): yeah shove it
Movieman2G (12:26:13 AM): I FIND IT IRONIC THAT THATS WHAT YOU DIDNT CAPITALIZE
trules942 (12:26:22 AM): im making a statement
trules942 (12:26:24 AM): take that america
Movieman2G (12:26:28 AM): eat it
Movieman2G (12:27:01 AM): that was the most amazing conversation in the history of the world
trules942 (12:27:06 AM): i agree
trules942 (12:27:45 AM): even more amazing than when moses talked to god or something like that
Movieman2G (12:28:07 AM): probably
Movieman2G (12:28:11 AM): i bet god didnt use caps lock
trules942 (12:28:23 AM): i bet he did we just didnt realize hit
trules942 (12:28:26 AM): *it
trules942 (12:28:30 AM): he was probably making a statement too
trules942 (12:28:32 AM): he's like that
Movieman2G (12:28:33 AM): probably
trules942 (12:28:34 AM): he can do that
Movieman2G (12:28:39 AM): he has the technology
trules942 (12:28:47 AM): we can rebuild him
trules942 (12:28:52 AM): but i dont want to use alot of money
Movieman2G (12:29:07 AM): clank clank

....Then for 2 minutes we talked about the movie we're making, THEN --

trules942 (12:31:45 AM): I CALLED EVEN TODAY AND HE DIDNT PICK UP
Movieman2G (12:31:54 AM): WHY ARE YOU IN CAPS LOCK
trules942 (12:31:58 AM): that was desparation and used caps lock the way god meant it to be used
Movieman2G (12:32:08 AM): OH MY GOD
Movieman2G (12:32:18 AM): TROUBLE BAD THINGS I MUST TYPE LOUDLY
Movieman2G (12:32:28 AM): LOUD NOISES
trules942 (12:32:30 AM): BOOM
Movieman2G (12:32:34 AM): AAAAAH
trules942 (12:32:34 AM): POOP
Movieman2G (12:32:38 AM): TITTY
trules942 (12:32:45 AM): VEGGIE
Movieman2G (12:32:59 AM): BARBRA STREISAND
trules942 (12:33:07 AM): LOVE SCHOOL
Movieman2G (12:33:24 AM): BLUE TUESDAY
trules942 (12:33:27 AM): MICROSOFT
Movieman2G (12:33:37 AM): oh now you've gone and done it
Movieman2G (12:33:41 AM): you crossed the line
trules942 (12:33:54 AM): SPAGHETTII
Movieman2G (12:34:05 AM): now youre just being cruel
trules942 (12:34:10 AM): i cant spell
Movieman2G (12:34:17 AM): damn you america
trules942 (12:34:23 AM): amen.
trules942 (12:34:40 AM): i blame bush

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, WE'LL BE HERE ALL WEEK.

And for the record, the short lived show on FOX "Wonderfalls" is absolutely amazing. Everyone please go buy it so a movie might be made. Also, go see Firefly because it will encourage a production company to option a movie based on a cult hit TV series. Do I see a Freaks and Geeks movie...probably not. But there are talks of a Wonderfalls movie, so please.

Update from work...just cause

I have some pictures here from our shoot a couple weeks ago, thanks to Tamir. Good times. I'm also trying to put them in here through HTML, so if it messes up, deal with it.

So here --
should be a picture of Gil. we love Gil. Cause he's like that old dirty grandpa. He's awesome, and he's so cute.

Here should be a picture of me and the boom.
Boom shakalaka.

Here should be a still picture of me dancing. No comments on my Jew Dance.

Ok, on to real matters. I just got the Ghostbuster's special edition DVD pack. And normally I would not put such trivial matters on a blog, but it only cost 13 dollars. 13 DOLLARS. For 2 DVDs and a little picture book. THIRTEEN DOLLARS. Amazing.

That being said, Ghostbusters really is quite the amazing accomplishment. This seguay's perfectly into my next piece, entitled "I hated Broken Flowers". I worship the ground Bill Murray walks on, and I love Jarmusch, but wow. I was stunned by Broken Flowers. It really insulted me how Jim and especially Bill would expect me to like this movie. It was so dissapointing on so many different levels. Granted, I have not discussed this with anyone yet, because no one I know has seen it yet, so I am waiting to talk to someone who likes it. However, this movie has caused me to think on a higher level about the entire movie making industry, especially all these quirky indie movies that are coming out such as Junebug. Now, I did love, absolutely love, Me and You and Everyone We Know. But there's something cooking here. Cooking indeed.

Anyway.

Check me out on facebook. Try to at least. I was bored. And inspired by Aaron Sorkin and Brad Whitford

Also, I belive everyone has to check out the following links -- http://channels.netscape.com/ns/men/package.jsp?name=fte/greatestinsult/greatestinsult

http://channels.netscape.com/ns/men/package.jsp?name=fte/idealman/idealman

I would like to thank Netscape for their amazing "news" on their homepage for providing such entertainment.

That is all for now. I think. Countdown to NY (I hate when people do this but I really can't wait to get back) : 16 days.

Tamir rocks my socks

trules942: OH DUDE
trules942: i had the funniest dream yesterday
trules942: and it was mostly about you
trules942: but i only remember one part
trules942: and you came over to my house and you were like hey look at these pictures of me in europe
trules942: and i looked at them and it was like you in italy
trules942: but your beard was like a huge triangle but you didnt have sideburns or anything and it was just sprauting from your chin and it was like like in a perfect triangle and if you were to use the matamatical equasion to figure out the area of your rather large beard i would say it was about 12'' x 16'' which gives you an area of about 8 square feet
trules942: i dont think i did the math right

So fresh and so clean clean

First, some fun quotes of the day --

thecoIorbIue: i was really rocked last night
thecoIorbIue: and i started to sing
thecoIorbIue: and i was like singing and dancing like fidler on the roof
thecoIorbIue: but i couldnt remember all the words
thecoIorbIue: and i scream, epically, ASHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHER!

seabonfire: dude, i think i should take up being asher's official stalker. thatd be hott... with two 't's

Now, on to business...

I belive it is official, our favorite movie as a family has to be Independance Day. For anyone to say this is not amazing cinema, I have only this to show you. This is what is in the script --

EXT. TOP OF CANYON - CONTINUOUS

Rolling end over end, the Attacker is banged up BADLY as it
finally comes to a stop.

Not far away, Steve has a quick, hard, landing.  Rolling over,
Steve quickly pops the buckles on the chute and frees himself.

He stands and looks around.  Spotting the beat up and
incapacitated alien Attacker, Steve gets an angry resolved
look.  He marches over to the fallen alien Attacker.  He scans
it quickly, spots a type of door that has been knocked ajar.

With all his might, Steve YANKS the door OPEN.

AN ALIEN

For the first time we get a quick glance at these aliens, an
odd hybrid creature with fluctuating skeletal structure.

The reason we only get a quick glance is because the moment it
turns woozily towards us, Steve rears back and SLUGS HIM IN
THE FACE, knocking the alien totally unconscious.

His anger finally subsiding, exhaustion taking over, Steve
stands over the craft, slowly withdrawing the prized Victory
Dance cigar.  He lights it and takes a long angry puff.

 STEVE

Now that's a close encounter.

Now, if anyone knows the movie, they know that Will Smith ad libs an entire monolouge in this scene. But I think "SLUGS HIM IN THE FACE" pretty much takes the cake.







This also brings me to another question I have recently asked myself. Who really is the best entertainment president? The best president from TV or a movie? I would have to rank them in the following order

1.  President Palmer (24) -- It was close between #1 and #2 but I gotta give it to Palmer.
David Palmer has just faced more difficult situations than Bartlett. If I want someone
to comfort me in times of a terrorist attack, it's gonna be the man who has
Jack Bauer at his side.

2. President Bartlett (West Wing) -- I mean, he's a God. I love just watching him operate and hearing his random facts about the world and history that no one really cares about but in actuality are amazing 3rd level dialoug. There are 3 words in the English language that start with the letters "dw"...

3. President Whitmore (Independance Day) As my friend Matt said in a discussion of why Independance Day is so awesome, "It's possibly the most ridiculously Pro-American movie ever made. And every time Bill Pullman gets up to give that speech to the fighter pilots, I know exactly what he's gonna say but by the end, every time I watch it I just yell "GO AMERICA". Yes Matt, go America indeed.

4. Stanley Anderson (The Rock, Armageddon) Really, he's not that great, but the fact that he was President in 2 action movies, one great one crap, is pretty cool.

I can't think of a 5th other than Michael Douglass in The American President which I have not yet seen. So there you go.

On to other things.

I've decided something. Well, 2 things. 1) Me and You and Everyone We Know is my new favorite movie of the summer, possibly year. ))><((.

2) No matter what's going on in the world, no matter if there is war or pestilence or famine or Fox has taken over all broadcast network television, I know one thing. Listening to Outkast will put you in a good mood. Any song. Any time. It's just a fact of life. I dare anyone to listen to Hey Ya and not clap or wiggle your fingers or at least bop your head. I dare you to listen to Roses and not tap your finger. Or listen to Ms Jackson and not go "Fo-eva? Fo-eva? Fo-eva eva? Fo-eva eva?" I officially can never date any girl named Caroline, just because whenever I say her name it has to be accompanied by a louder screech of her name. Seriously, just good music.

And just as a farewell, I should let everyone know that I said my "rabbit rabbit" this morning to start off my month. The good luck has to roll in now. So far, tonight in poker there was an extra 30 dollars in the pot at the end of the night. So instead of losing 7 dollars I won 3. Let the good times roll.