An Easter Wish to All

So...here we go. Now, granted, it's technically not really Easter anymore as I write this, but the thought is still there. Now, maybe it's the bottle of wine I just drank, but I'd like to think that I'm actually doing this out of the "goodness" of my heart. I actually want to wish everybody a happy Easter. Now, anybody that knows me knows that I am by no means a religious person, but I can wish everybody out there a happy Easter holidy, even if it is just a day off for you. I really hope that last comment doesn't draw some hate mail. But I'm rambling. As I was saying, just wanted to wish everybody a happy Easter, and don't forget, the next issue of subter.com hits newstands (sorta) in about 4 days. (a shameless plug, but since I about the only person not to have plugged subter on their blog yet, I figured I do it now)

You Can't Make This Stuff Up

So, this is how my day started. Honest. At around 8 AM, that's 2 hours before I had planned on getting up, I felt a tugging at my covers. Thinking it was my mother, I simply rolled over and went back to sleep. Thirty minutes later the sound of snoring brought me back to consciousness. Rolling back over, I realized that there was a person in my bed. A person that wasn't supposed to be there. It turns out that my brother and his "girlfriend" had spent the evening drinking. At some point during the evening she had gone to the bathroom and as there is a door between my bedroom and the bathroom and she was drunk, it seems she chose the wrong door and came into my room, and then decided it was a good idea to crawl into bed with me.
Finally awake, I went to the other side of the basement and found my brother to be awake. I gently asked him if he knew where his girlfriend was, then told him that he'd find her in my bed. Long story short, he woke her up and managed to get her back into his room, but by then I was good and awake. So, how did your day start?

A Little Bit Sideways

Ok, I know that this is long over-due, but I've been trying to think of what to say. Ok...here goes. Go see Sideways! Yes, the movie that nobody had heard of but got nominated for all of those Oscars (the Oscars that nobody watched), is quite amazing. Now, I haven't had a chance to read the book yet, but it is on my list, and if it's half as good as the movie, then it will be well worth the money. But enough of that.
Sideways is in some ways a buddy movie, and in other ways, a movie of self-discovery by the main character Miles (played by Paul Giamatti). Miles and his best friend Jack (Thomas Haden Church of Wings fame/noteriety) are in wine-country California celebrating Jack's last week as a bachelor before getting married. The movie follows the adventures, mis-adventures, and general trouble that they find while consuming an obscene amount of wine.
While I don't want to ruin the movie for you, and really anything beyond what I've said here will do just that for you, I do want to give two warnings. First of all, after this movie you will more than likely want to drink a bottle or two of wine. That's ok. Secondly, there will be full-frontal male nudity, and not by anything that could even be construed as an attractive man.
Sideways does seem to lag at points, but the dialog is great, the acting is superb, and the writer's have obviously done their homework on wine, and Paul Giamatti does an excellent job of coming across as a wine expert. I highly recommend this movie to any and all.