So i love to have mocha and i love Coca-Cola so i thought i’d give it a try. i didn’t like it. It’s got some weird fruity taste and then the bitter aftertaste is a little too strong. Very strange, and as it is expensive, i will never purchase again.

This is great! 100% juice in carbonated water that is so yummy and with great fruit combinations. i wish i had the money to buy this more often!

Coca-Cola is, by far, my favorite soft drink. i’m not addicted to it, but i do like to drink it because it tastes good and makes me feel better. i was addicted to it in high school but i still go through periods of time where i don’t drink a Coke for weeks or cut back to one can a day. But even when i gave it up for a year (limiting myself to one can a week tops) i didn’t lose any weight even though i was on a diet and exercising six days a week. So i definitely recommend Coke, but if it’s not your thing then don’t drink it: leave more for me. (;

i saw this at a bargain theater and had never heard of it before (we just went to the theater to see what was on and this is what we picked). i know that this film isn’t critically acclaimed but it’s one of my favorites. It’s funny and reminds me of home (i grew up in Arizona). i would definitely recommend this film to anyone.

i heard so many people go on and on about how great this movie was, how great the animation was, etc. i was really disappointed when i saw it because they had build it up so much. The story wasn’t that great. The musical number about hot chocolate was lame. The technology was the same stuff used in LotR for Gollum only upgraded. i wasn’t impressed.

So i said to my sister as she introduced me to this film for the first time. Most American action films have funny moments but aren’t made to be comedies. I guess that’s why this movie seemed so different to me. It had good plot, fighting, and humor. I definitely recommend this film to anyone! Well made and well enjoyed and full of several quotable lines that i have no idea if they are true translations.

“If you think you can blackmail me well you can just forget it!”

My sister and i loved Kung Fu Hustle so much that we had to go out and get this (which we had been told was a sequel). Well, it’s not a sequel, and it is corny, but it is a reasonably good film. It was predictable but funny for the most part. I love how the special effects are blended into the jokes. And now i really want to learn how to play the game. Fun movie to check out.

Wow, this was a good book. I haven’t been able to sleep well for the past week but this book got me through it. It was scary without being too scary and (i don’t want to ruin it for those of you who haven’t read it) has a good ending. I like how he blended faith into the life of the characters and the entire premise of the book. This would make a good movie, too. Will definitely be reading more Koontz in the future. (:

i put off watching this movie because when i saw the preview originally i wasn’t an Austen fan and the movie looked dumb (they were playing up the sexual innuendo aspect). Since then i’ve watched and read Pride and Prejudice and found a new appreciation for Austen (whom i had tried to read in junior high and failed). i finally gave in and rented this and can understand why this would be Austen’s favorite book that she authored. i understand her methods more now, how she uses sharp wit to prove a point and keeps the two people (who the reader know are meant to be together) apart as long as possible (amping up the tension). i have a feeling that as soon as i finish reading Emma that Mansfield Park will be next on my reading list.

I have trouble finding time to read fiction right now (i’m a college student) so i’ve taken to listening to books on tape/cd while i’m trying to fall asleep. I’ve been meaning to read Sahara since i saw the movie at the drive-in and finally got the book on tape. First off, i hate it when they abridge books, and this book was abridged, which i had guessed because there were only two tapes but didn’t know for certain until the book was over (it wasn’t on the package, it wasn’t in the spiel at the beginning, only the one at the end). Secondly, the action is the book is fine (though typically unrealistic like most action movies today, i like this genre) but the dialog stinks. Cussler knows how to write a good adventure story i guess but the exposition is not handled well. Several things are just corny.

Overall, i like the movie a lot better. This is one time where i think that the changes from the book made sense and made the story better. Zahn is a better Giordino than the one in the book who just doesn’t have the same depth. Cruz’ character is not really that much like the female lead in the book (her name escapes me at the moment) but she made a good performance and, once again, i can understand the changes. I like the casting of Matthew McConaughey and William H. Macy but they also aren’t exactly like their characters. Anyways, it was an interesting contrast but i think i’ll stick to the dvd.

Incidentally, i found it odd that the Lincoln subplot was totally left out of the film.