At the Juno's!

So...I went to the 2008 Juno Awards in Calgary, AB and they were amazing! I was very surprised because last year, I personally thought they were s0-s0. This year, however, it was very well done.

For those of you who don't know, the Juno's are the Canadian Music Awards, so basically like the Grammy's, but way more chill.

I saw the following people live: Feist, Finger Eleven, Avril Lavigne, Hedley, Anne Murray, Jann Arden, Sarah Brightman, Michael Bublé, Jully Black, Measha Brueggergosman, Shane Yellowbird, Johnny Reid, Paul Brandt, Aaron Lines, and the hilarious Russell Peters as host. There were many other celebs there including Lanny MacDonald (formally a Calgary Flame in the '88 Stanley Cup Win), Belly, Serena Ryder, illScarlett, Deborah Cox, Nelly Furtado, Wintersleep, Alex Cuba, Blue Rodeo, Corb Lund, etc. It was really a spectacular night!

As for the wins, it was a 'Feisty' night as Leslie Feist was nominated for 5 Junos's...and won all 5!

A great night, fantastic entertainment, always a great venue, the 2008 Juno Awards!

No Country For Silly Video Store Girls...Pfft...

I finally watched No Country For Old Men last night. One word to describe it? STUNNING. It was just an amazing movie. The Coen Brothers are obviously really great directors, but they really did it in this one.

So my first thought was at the video store last night with my boyfriend, "What movie should we pick up?" There were a few that I had seen that my boyfriend hadn't, but then as we went down the New Release Aisle, there it was. I thought, "I'm not going to watch this alone, because I've heard it's about a crazy guy randomly shooting people." So...I said, "How about this one?" I'd heard great things about it and it only won like 5 Academy Awards (lol) so we both decided to go for it.

We get up to the cash register and the blonde high schooler says, "I don't want to impose...but this movie is really bad." I pretty much was like, WTF? "Yeeeeah...almost everyone who has rented it has told me it's really bad." So my boyfriend and I looked at eachother and he says, "Well, we've been warned, let's go for it." All I could think was, what a retard, seriously, maybe I won't like it, but I work at a record store, well, our sales are mostly in DVD now, but besides the fact, No Country For Old Men did wonderfully in sales. Why would people BUY it if it was a bad movie? Why would all of my friends tell me it was really good then? Pfft...

So we put the disc in the DVD player and watch away and like 20 minutes into it, I was hooked. All I could think was, "Has that girl even seen the movie? It's awesome!" I couldn't look away the whole time. It was just so good. The suspense with Javier Bardem was just intense!!! Man, what an insane character. It was very Fargo-esque, but not quite as funny, even though we were laughing because you were scared and confused. Fargo was a little funnier in the sense that you probably shouldn't have been laughing, but you just were. No Country For Old Men was definetly a thriller but not in a strange and funny way. I don't know, just see the movie, that's all I can really say. Another great effect to this movie is that there wasn't any music, just in the end credits. I loved that! I am the movie score freak, and this movie did not need any music, infact, music would have botched it. Just watching and waiting was perfect.

Finally!

Alright, so I finally got my Ducktales movie!!! Yayy! I am very happy about this, and I totally watched it the other day! Sorry for my lack of updating!

I've been...well, not really busy, but just preoccupied I guess with looking after my dog and working. That is really all. Just wanted to say hello! ^____^

Where Art Thou Lost Lamp?

This is more of a vent...I'm just patiently waiting for my Ducktales Movie DVD you see. I ordered it from Ebay a week and a half ago and I am dying, I want it so bad!!! So yeah, if you share the love of Ducktales, you'll understand. It's just pure awesome. So cross your fingers that it arrives soon! =)

Super Smash Bros Brawl Review

When I found out that a new Smash Brothers was being released, I was immediately excited. The day it came out was the day I bought it. The last time I had played a Smash Brothers game was on the N64 and it was amazing then. When it was released for the Gamecube, I had gone the Sony route and bought a PS2, so I kinda missed out on that one, oh well. So now, having a Wii and all, I decided, for $49.99 CDN, why not?

The opening sequence was very enjoyable to watch with the standard epic Nintendo orchestrations; it certainly pumped me up! I selected single player and away I went! I also love how you can play online, that's always a bonus!

The level selection is very well done, I really love the interaction with the DS one, and how it draws out the background for you to give you an unpredictable environment! As for the character selection, I am impressed and also with knowing that there are plenty of characters to unlock as I progress with gameplay.

The choice to do the standard game until you reach the Master Hand is always fun, but have been really enjoying the Adventure Mode! With all of the characters tied in to one evil plot...well, it's geeky and awesome.

The only thing I am not as in love with about this game is that it is really fast paced. Things are popping out of nowhere every millisecond. It's good and bad. Maybe I'm just getting too old... Other than that, if you want to be Pikachu and kick Mario's ass, it's totally worth it. I love it!

Kevin Federline Gets 'Booed' at His Own Birthday

Wow, can you say loser?

Upcoming Weekly Events

Okay, so there are a few weekly things I would like to start doing, but I won't start them until next week, so we can just start fresh. Here's what you're going to start seeing:

Don't Judge a CD by it's Cover Art
That's right, I am going to be listening to CD's based on the Cover Art and then see what the end result is. There are so many crazy album covers out there that I figure, is the music as interesting as the cover art?

Paige's Favourite CD & DVD New Release
Since I work at a record store, I get to see all the new releases and so I am going to select my favourite.

Random CD & DVD New Release Reviews
I listen to alot of new CD's, so if I think it should be blogged about, it will.

Oh yeah, and because I own a PS3 and Wii, I will most likely be ranting about those.