A is for awesome.

I’m a little behind on this one.  Actually, I’m just behind on writing, I saw the movie opening week.  The A-Team was a fun ride.  It didn’t take itself too serious and it made it that much better.  They included all the absurdity of the TV show and it worked.  The team is best at what they do.  There is always a plan and the plan always comes together.  Well, usually.  It was nice to finally see the origin of the team and find out why B.A. is scared to fly.  I’ll you a hint, it’s Murdock’s fault.  It was also good finally see some people get killed.  Maybe it was just an 80s television thing but how can you fire that many round and no one ever gets hit? 

Overall, this was easily one of my favorite movies in a long time.  The ending CGI was not up to par with recent films but I can over look that when combined with the total awesomeness of the over all movie.

Iron Man 2

I decided this movie would be worth it to watch at midnight.  It would be the first midnight showing I attended in a few years.  I was totally right.  While Iron Man 1 was nearly perfect in it’s execution, Iron Man 2 was almost as good.  I’d easily give a 90% compared to the first.  There were a few scenes that should have been cut down a little, Sam Rockewell was a little over the top, and the end battle was a little anti-clamactic.  Don Cheadle was good as Rhodey and it was nice to see John Favreau’s role expanded a little.  And as with most Marvel movies, be sure you stay and watch for the scene after the credits.

Stupid housing market

We were going to refinance a while back but we couldn’t do that.  So we decided we would sell the house.  Now it looks like we cannot do that either.  With the value of the house having dropped would either have to do a short sale or have about 13K cash to bring to closing to cover closing costs and Realtor fees.  We don’t have it.  So, now we just have to hope that maybe we can get approved for one of these special programs that the government is making mortgage companies provide.  The problem with that is we are not in danger of loosing the house.  We are current on all of our bills.  We just want a lower interest rate so we can lower our payments.  And it’s not a small amount either, we could potentially save $400 a month.  But with our luck we will just be one of the families that falls though the cracks because we don’t qualify under the idiot programs.

Death in the family

Just thought I would take a moment and mention that Jenna’s aunt passed away Thanksgiving morning.  She had been fighting cancer in various forms for a long time.  This last round left her very sick and undernurished for a while and while in the hospital she was receiving IV nutrients.  They also decided to install a feeding tube which cause her to reflux and aspirate into her lungs.  Unfortunately she was not strong enough to undergo sugery to clean out her lungs and passed the following morning.  She will be missed.

I am now an SDM

I finally got around to getting my Single Decision Maker certification at work.  It doesn’t get me a raise but it does make things a little easier for me.  Basically I can now sign off on most cases without a doctor reviewing it.  The exceptions are children’s cases (which I rarely get anyway), cancer cases and mental cases that are a denial.  I can sign off on pretty much any physical case (except cancer) and mental allowances.  By not having to get things reviewed it will save me a little time on each case so hopefully I will be able to lighten the load a little.

Poor sick wifey

Jenna is sick.  Pretty sure it’s the flu.  It may even be the swine flu according to flu.gov since she does have some vomiting after trying to eat something.  Of course when she went to the doctor today at the hospital during work they just gave her a Z-pack antibiotic and told her to go home.  Isn’t it great when doctors just automatically throw an antibiotic at a sick person instead of trying to actually diagnose something?

Stretcher

I’ve decided that when I win the lottery I’m going to hire a personal stretcher.  The most helpful thing PT has had me doing is stretching muscles that I didn’t realize were tight and it has helped a lot.  Maybe I can find a personal masseuse/stretcher/trainer combo person.  That would be cool.

Physical Therapy

Nothing like some PT to make you realize how out of shape you are.  Apparently my back issues are because of my back.  They said my left hip was out of alignment and was causing the muscles to pull incorrectly.  Supposedly the adjustment they did combined with some stretching should fix the problem.  We’ll see how well it actually works.  All I know is that to be a physical therapist you must also be a sadist. 

Jeopardy!

One of my college suitemates is on Jeopardy this week.  I haven’t had a chance to watch but I hear he is doing very well.  I found because I actually work with his uncle.  I worked in the same unit as his uncle for two years before switching departments and never knew they were related.  Small World Syndrome in effect.  Everyone be sure to root for Andy the Alphabet Man!

Bioshock

Easily one of the most interesting games I’ve played in a long time.  I know I’m way behind the curve on this one but it’s not easy to shell out $60 for a game.  I just can’t do it.  Call me cheap if you want to but paying for things like movies and music and games has always been difficult for me.  But as I was saying, Bioshock is an awesome game.  It does get a little repetitive with the hacking of machines and the killing of enemies but it is fun.  I will admit though I was a little disappointed in the end battle though.  As difficult as some of the other parts of the game were, the end battle just seemed to easy.  Aside from that the game play can be pretty intense.  Choosing weapons and powers on the fly was very easy except for the fact that the powers would sometimes change positions on the selector menu when new ones were added.  This made it difficult at times because I got used to just selecting the position of the power instead of the power itself.  The graphics were a little lacking in detail compared to something like Halo but overall it was good.  The darkness of the game and the music definitely added to the spookiness and there were times where it made me hesitate before moving forward into a room or down a corridor.

When all is said and done is was a good game that definitely didn’t suffer from the “short game syndome”.  Granted I’m not an intense gamer who has to play every day.  I played a few times a week and it lasted several weeks.  Hopefully someone I know will be getting Bioshock 2 when it comes out so I can borrow it so I don’t have to wait until the price drops.