Pretty Low Key Weekend
Had a good weekend, nothing too exciting. Saw Little Miss Sunshine as well as Taladega Nights and loved both of them. Ironic that both have, in my opinion, two of the best comedic actors working today. Steve Carell is brilliant in Sunshine and really underplays his role. Will Ferrell on the other hand, can play his character totally over the top. Both are funny and feel hooked in. I think these two, along with Bill Murray, are in that special category where they are just funny. They don't try to be. They just are.
Also watched my recently purchased DVD American Splendor which ranks up in my top 10 of favorite movies. Paul Giamatti is such a great actor and the mix of documentary and narrative, with the actors weaving in and out and sometimes intermingling with the actual people is so innovative it makes me pissed I didn't think of something like that first.
Last night I played in a charity poker tournament for AIDS PROJECT LA, which was a lot of fun. It was a $50 buy-in with $40 going to the charity and the rest to the pot. I think 30 people played and I came in eigth (snagging some free Jamba Juice cards which were given to everyone making the final table). I found out during this tournament that apparently I don't play poker for the money. I'm just really competitive. I had every intention of giving any winnings I got back to the charity and was taken aback that I was just as pissed at losing as I would have been if I was going to keep the money. I just hate losing and love winning. Plus, I really love to just play poker. The entire ritual of it. I got to bullshit with friends, make the dealers laugh with some of my odd comments (When my friend John was just about to be knocked out and then went on a killer run: "Why do you keep winning?! Just take your free juice and go home!!") and just had fun helping out a good cause.
<< Home