#11 Caddyshack

I know that Caddyshack is great but I couldn't seem to express with words how great it is so I had Alex write about it.

Why is caddyshack so fantastic? Well where do we begin? First off it has Rodney Dangerfield (his best movie next to Back to School and Easy Money), Chevy Chase (best movie next to Vacation and 3 Amigos) Ted Knight ( best movie next to, oh wait a minute), bill murray, and that gopher! the scene w/ the baby ruth in the pool, the scene with bill murray pretending he's at the masters, the part at the marina! I have had full conversations with people only using lines from this movie (hence the SNL sketch). All and all, if you need a reason to understand why this movie is so good then you have obviously never seen the movie, therfore not living your life to the fullest!

special geust writer Alex Cormack

ps is what the alphabet would look like with out Q and R

pps gunga alunga, gung gung gunga alunga
wise words from the Dali Lama








In other news...

www.AlexCormack.com is now up and running!

Alex has all his cartoons and some videos and what not on there, you should all go and check it out.

#12 Animal House

Number one on most people's lists, Animal House is a classic. If you haven't seen it, watch it.



In other news...

I just got back from vacation. It was pretty boring I pretty much just sat around. I saw Ryan on Thursday, we went to see Reno 911. It was actually pretty funny.

Parker got back from his road trip. Monday we saw the 300, which didn't have much dialogue but what to you expect from a movie about Spartans? The best way to watch it is to try and ignore the violence and concentrate on the have naked men in fantastic shape.

I saw The Last King of Scotland, which was also violent but fantasic too. Forest Whitaker earned his Oscar. I rented Borat it was even funnier than I thought it was going to be. Sunday night I rented (Nexflixed) Stranger than Fiction. I think it was one of Will Ferrell's best movies yet. It was a comedy with a really good plot.

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#13 Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine is about a family going to California for a child beauty pageant. Of course the family is made up of a drug addict grandfather (Alan Arkin), a son who took a vow of silence (Paul Dano), a loser father (Greg Kinnear), a worn out mother (Toni Collette), the uncle (Steve Carell) a homosexual scholar who recently tried to kill himself and a daughter who wants more than anything to win the Little Miss Sunshine competition (Abigail Breslin)

#14 Dumb and Dumber

Yes it can be cheesy and childish but that's also what makes it great. I don't know how many time I've declared that there's no need for a radio and start singing "mocking bird". And who hasn't thought about converting a van into an animal?

#15 Best in Show

Number 15 on my list of Greatest Comidies of all time Best in Show.

From the makers of This Is Spinal Tap (1984) A Mighty Wind (2003), and For Your Consideration (2006). Best in Show is a mockumentary on a national dog show staring Parker Posey, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, and Christopher Guest.





"And to think that in some countries these dogs are eaten." Buck Laughlin, Best in Show


And on a differnt topic I hope you all had a wonderful President's Day

# 16. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

Number 16 on my list of Greatest Comedies of All Time: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure



Bill and Ted (Alex Winter and Keanu Reeves) are two excellent dudes about to fail their history class and be separated, bogus! Luckily they are given a time machine from Rufus, a righteous dude from the future (George Carlin), and are able to go back in time and collect people from history to help them with their history presentation. Can they make it through history in time to give their report? Will they pass their class and go on to create the greatest band ever? Will they ever get Socrates' name right? Watch and find out.

I think I just peed myself!!!!

Sorry for the title but it's true, I'm so excited and I just can't hide it. Mark you're calendars May 22nd, 2008 (the day after my 21th Birthday) is the offical release date of Indiana Jones 4! Filming is starting in June of this year. Yes, I know Harrison Ford isn't very young but I guess they are working that into the script. Here's the link to the article I found on bbc news http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6339983.stm or you can check out http://www.indianajones.com/community/news/news20070102.html

and here's a little somthing to get you ready.



" I don't know if the pants still fit but I know the hat will. " - Harrison Ford

Oh February

When I think about February I think about two things, Valentine's Day and Mario Lopez (or is he AC Slater).

Ashley the Librarian

Yes it's true, you're friend Ashley is now a librarian at AIB. I practiced my "Sssshhhh!" all week and today I was ready! Of course sshhing isn't the only responsibility of being a librarian, so I also watched some insprationaly, and informative clips on libraries and what it means to work in one.

This first clip is from UHF, if you haven't seen it yet you should, it's fantastic



And this clip provided by the US government



The cookie monster almost made me change my mind about becoming a librarian but then I decided that I could life a couple hours without a cookie

Michel Gondry's feet vs. Rubik's Cube

From the director of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and The Science of Sleep comes an amazing feet of cubic proportions (all puns intended)



Now here's how he did it

the 80's

So far in my 80's class we've watched Micheal Jackson videos and a few others. We learned about some good and some horrible art made in the 80's and we went to the ICA.



I only have a few questions about this video
1. Where did he get that giant bow tie?
2. Is he dancing in front of jello?
3. Where did he get marbles that big?





A little Thriller triva, did you know that Micheal Jackson orginally wanted his pastic surgery to look something like this video but a survey showed that the face scared childern too much.

How did Micheal Jackson get John Landis to direct his music video? He directed Animal House, Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf in London, Trading Places, ¡Three Amigos!, and Coming to America!



Take on Me
I hope this teaches you all a very important lesson, always pay your bill before climbing into a comic book.



A very unpolictically correct Whip It

What Better Than Clips of British Men Fighting

Bridget Jones 2


Bridget Jones 1


English Man Teaches Self Defence

Happy Christmas Eve

How the Grinch Stole Christmas







Linus tells us what Christmas is all about

The Muppets Christmas Carol

Simpson's Christmas

Have all three parts of the episodes load at once so you can watch without having to wait between sections.

Movies to watch during study breaks

Seizure Christmas

So I've been working on casting my 24 inch nude seated female piece and it's been tough. When we casts the heads it wasn't that bad, there were only 2 mold pieces, nice and simple. with this one i have 6 mold pieces, two are window plugs that hold together the spaces between the bent legs. We went to take them apart on tuesday so we can cast them on thursday. My teacher was the one who decided how big each mold piece should be and where they should be. One was too big and had to be split in half, my teacher said she would take out the windows because they were hard to get out and ended up breaking the pieces next to the windows. At the end of each day we have to put the mold back together and tie it with a rubber band. so all my pieces where balance together and i was nervous about tying it but i was told that the pieces will hold eachother together not to worry, next thing i know the pieces fell, one fell on the floor and broke it two. I told my teacher that my pieces didn't hold eachother together. My piece isn't even close to being ruined, it will just take a lot of repair work. but still very annoying

anyway just thought I'd get that off my chest before i go upstairs to the clayroom to fix my mold for tomorrow.

and watch this, this house is kind of like what i feel like.

To Help Get You In the Christmas Sprit

1. It's a Wonderful Life
I love this because it shows you to appeciate what you have and even little good deeds that you do have a big impact on a lot of people. And who doesn't love Jimmy Stewart?

2. Scrooged
A modern day Christmas Carol (well modern as in the 80's). It's funny and scary, Santa gets attacked by terroists and is saved by the Million Dollar Man! Bill Murray is fantastic! Karen Allen is also fantastic! And Morgan Freeman, acutally isn't in this but if he was he would be great because everybody loves Morgan Freeman!


3. A Christmas Story
It's played for 24 hours on Christmas for a reason.

4. Charlie Brown's Christmas
Because Linus gets me everytime






5. How the Grinch Stole Chritmas
Dr. Suess and Christmas! How can you go wrong?
6. Mickey's Christmas Carol
Too short but I guess you could call it short and sweet. I like how almost all of the classic Disney characters are included in some way or another.
7. The Muppet's Christmas Carol
One of the better versions of the Chirstmas Carol, the muppets make it a little jollier.
8. Home Alone
Yes there are some wholes in the plot, and yes all the jokes about the scream got old. But the music is great and it's a movie that makes you laugh and feel all warm and fuzzy in the end. And old Pete from Pete and Pete is in it.

Due to the Recent Weather

Since it's been so warm latly I've been thinking about you know global warming and saving the world. I found a site stopglobalwarming.org. I signed up for the Stop Global Warming Virtual March and thought I'd post a few of their world saving tips.

-Replace 3 frequently used light bulbs with compact fluorescent bulbs. Save 300 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $60 per year.
-Make sure your printer paper is 100% post consumer recycled paper. Save 5 lbs. of carbon dioxide per ream of paper.
-Take shorter showers. Showers account for 2/3 of all water heating costs. Save 350 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $99 per year.
-Unplug un-used electronics. Even when electronic devices are turned off, they use energy. Save over 1,000 lbs of carbon dioxide and $256 per year.
-Air Dry Your Clothes. Line-dry your clothes in the spring and summer instead of using the dryer. Save 700 lbs. of carbon dioxide and $75 per year.
-Bring Cloth Bags to the Market. Using your own cloth bag instead of plastic or paper bags reduces waste and requires no additional energy.


Anyway I hope you check it out, siging up wasnt a big deal you just put your name, e-mail, zip code and country