So here's a bunch of random insanity that's just bouncing around in my skull from after the weekend. My head may literally explode if I don't put it out there in the ether for someone to read.

1) The new Die Hard is REALLY freaking good. I mean it. There's no reason it should be good, but it is. I mean, I walked into that theater super cautiously, thinking I knew what I was getting into: John McClane is old, bald, and he quit smoking and drinking... he's a detective now, and he and Holly are FINALLY divorced (putting to bed a crappy sideplot from the previous two)... but on the downside, Justin Long is now his sidekick (as opposed to Reginald VelJohnson or Samuel L. Jackson... what were they thinking?) and the director has even gone on record as saying he intends the movie to be "Die Hard for a new generation!"...

I hate when they pull this kind of crap... it's like trying to make the X-Men movie for "non-comic" fans. It ain't going to happen... but then again, even I was a little annoyed when some idiot shouted corrections during X-2... such as the lovely "WHERE'S COLOSUS'S RUSSIAN ACCENT????". Moving on... I don't really care if he IS bedding Kate Beckinsale or not (and he is, which automatically makes him the frickin' man in my book), you don't screw with a formula that works! Luckily, it turns out this outrageous claim was just that: a claim. McClane hasn't lost a beat in his years since Die Hard With A Vengeance... he just drops a lot less F-Bombs. Heck, they even make fun of his dysfunctional family while barely mentioning Holly Genaro (who if I'm not mistaken, hasn't made an appearance since Die Harder): McClane's daughter Lucy (now played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead... *drools*) is a key-plot point in the movie, and is a total chip off the ol' McClane block. So what does the movie have in store for those willing to see it? Tons of explosions, over the top gun-fights, McClane demolishing a chopper with a police car (which you have to see to believe...), and a ballsy mocking of the 9/11 tragedy. They even talk about the previous movies, which is something you don't see too often with this kind of move.

Hell, McClane even broke out the "Yippee-Kai-Ee Mother****er"! That, I certainly did not expect from a PG-13 movie.

I was super happy, and I walked away not missing that $5. Go See It.

2) Likewise, Transformers was also awesome... but I didn't need to tell you that.

3) Poker is stupid. I go to work every week day at 8:30, so when you're brother's friends roll over at 11 o'clock at night for a few hours of Texas Hold 'Em, nothing good can result. The sound of chips clattering on the table will haunt me for weeks.

4) I smoke way too much. Thank God I quit drinking or I'd be in serious trouble.

5) Final Fantasy XII is taking over my life.

6) Don't ever move if you can help it. Ever. I mean it. Two weeks later and I'm still having to go back to my old place to pick up stuff... my apartment is completely cluttered with my stuff I just can't find places to put, and Ryan refuses to unpack his things, so there's clutter everywhere.

7) Don't ever move in with your brother. Ever.

I guess that's about it.