I have to admit that Ric and I went to this movie with pretty much having intentions of mocking Al Gore. The man was the most boring candidate for President, and was the biggest sore loser of a loser I have ever seen. Ric has textbooks in which Gore predicted Florida would be underwater by now (or the next few years) due to global warming, so we thought it would be funny to see how he has adapted his predictions since then.

What was surprising was that Al Gore was actually likeable. While still being a sore loser and critical of anyone's political ideals besides his own, he was amiable, funny, and a lot more entertaining than he ever was during the presidential race. He also has some new hair plugs, which makes the back of his head a lot easier on the eyes.

The movie itself should not be completely ignored, but it definitely had potential for improvement. Categorized as a documentary, I think it fell a bit short of its potential. 90% of the movie was footage of ONE presentation Gore gives on the human race's contributions to global warming. The other 10% were close-up profile shots of Al Gore doing some deep thinking, along with a couple of pictures of his past. Yes, the presentation is an effective one, but as a documentary, I felt like there could have been a bit more real footage of locations, experts talking, etc. Another thing the movie lacked, which has been brought up by several critics, is any focus on non-human causes of global warming. How much impact will our efforts make if nature is acting against them?

In the end, I was convicted a bit because I know I can be wasteful with a lot of things. I use more electricity than necessary, I just bought a new car that gets 20mpg because it's supercharged and fun, and since I live in an unincorporated area I don't even recycle. I can do more than I currently do. And that's what I got out of this movie.

I liked it, but saw room for improvement, but at least it made me think more seriously about the subject matter than I had previously done.

The Disney Blog: Captain Jack and the Cabin Boy Rumors

Depp says he was intrigued by a scholarly work titled "Sodomy and the Pirate Tradition." "I liked the idea of [Jack] being ambiguous," he tells Mark Binelli in the new summer double issue of Rolling Stone. "Because women were thought to be bad luck on ships. And these pirates would go out for years at a time. So, you know, there is a possibility that one thing might lead to another. You're lonely. You have an extra ration of rum. 'Cabin boy!'"

Makes sense to me. But does this mean Keith Richards might be bi as well? :D

Our housewarming party on Saturday was fun, even though Grace and Jon got some things stolen. I'm still very puzzled about that and who would do that. Here's a pic of me taking a pic wearing my new t-shirt Jeri and Ric got me:

Other than that I've just been working, sleeping, and hanging out. We're hopefully getting a fridge and a washer and dryer this weekend. Things at work are very busy and we are horribly understaffed, but I'm enjoying it. It's been really hot and muggy this week. I feel like I'm back in Misery. Oh well....