The Life of Reidy

A couple of months ago, as most of your know, I was in the show "Tommy" as the part of Captain Walker. Therefore, my character was a married man for the entire show. So in order to properly get into character, I felt it was necessary to go and get an actual wedding ring that I could use as a prop on stage, and even take a few moments for my performance to refer to it, as if it was one of my greatest motivations to keep going. Since the play pretty much skipped the proposal stage, the ring would have to first appear at the actual wedding itself. And here's a lovely photo for a trip down memory lane:



Anyway, the amusing part was actually when I went to go get the prop ring itself. Now remember folks, I have no idea about how much any sort of wedding jewelry costs, let alone jewelry itself. So I didn't know what to expect when I went into a couple of jewelry stores in downtown Salem. I didn't really bother to explain that it was for a show and I just needed something that would look like a mens wedding ring and could easily be cheaper material then what it actually was. But it was too late to mention that after I already got a 300 dollar ring that was too small for me stuck around my finger. The jewelery people gave me such a snotty attitude after they found out I had no intention of paying that much for a prop wedding ring, and my mission pretty much failed. But what did they expect? I obviously look way to young to be getting married anytime soon. But then again, I know a couple of people my age who are already hitched, so I guess you never know.

I found this on YouTube, it's a pretty amusing little parody on those ridiculous Mac commercials. Oh, the possibilities:

One of the best things about having your own place is the freedom to have your own pets around. There's nothing more satisfying than pet care, especially when you're living on your own for the first time. My two cats are very independent creatures, and yet they both just add such a great sense of life to this lonely place sometimes. All you have to do is feed them, occasionally play with them and they take care of the rest themselves, unless of course some sort of special needs pet care is in order. For example, my cats were fine until one day Zelda walked in with fleas and gave them to Zorro as well. Unfortunately, the flea medications weren't so in expensive, but then again the small expenses you pay for having pets around is invaluable to all the fun and unwanted love you have for them, haha. It's like having roommates that are always around, cause you still have to clean up their junk. But I'm not bitter, or anything.

Looks like the fourth installment in the "Saw" movie series has officially been announced, moving this from no longer just a simple trilogy to that of a horror saga much in the spirit of "Nightmare On Elm Street" and the "Friday the 13th" movies.

And much like those sagas, it's probably all downhill from the first one, with sporatic things to like inbetween the beginning and the end. And in those movies we had a loveable leading villian to slash his way into our hearts, how long can they really hold up with a dying, crippled old fart with a fucked up hobby? Well, I have yet to see the third one anyway but I haven't really heard too many good things. So I guess only time will be able to tell.

I've posted before about how much I enjoy area rugs over carpeting, but I would have to say that over anything you just can't beat gorgeous laminate flooring over anything else. You just can't deny how classy a clean, hardwood floor looks in any home and makes it an overall nicer place to be in.



The problem is that laminate flooring is difficult to maintain. Not only is it easy to catch any scratches in the surface that may happen, but you also shouldn't run those hefty vacumms over the floor to clean it. I find that with laminate flooring you seem to be sweeping and mopping a lot more than you would with some simple carpeting or tiling. But then again, if you are someone like me who doesn't mind cleaning, it wouldn't be a problem keeping your hardwood floor looking it's best at all time. I guess it's really just a matter of preference, but for more practical online tips about flooring and other things, check this out.

I got to see "The Illusionist" the other night, making it officially the second magician movie I have seen in the past week. While I had some troubles with "The Prestige," "The Illusionist" was much lass impressive. One of the cool things about "The Prestige" was that there was an answer for everything, all the magic was laid out for you and you knew just as much as everyone else on the screen. With "The Illusionist" it was more like a love story or a political overthrow that happened to have a magician in it, so you never really got a straight answer as to how the title character got his power or how he does his tricks. The movie kept itself feeling a bit more clever than it's audience, and that can be a bit annoying.

And I wasn't too impressed with actors that I usually love to watch. Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti always deliver great performances, but I feel this script kind of hindered them from being less-than impressive. Oh well, I guess not every movie can be a winner.