Review of Liberty Heights (1999) by Alex M — 23 Nov 2003

I just saw the new "I Keed" video by Triumph The Insult Comic Dog on TV. They said it was an exclusive... but in any case, it was pretty funny. There were some good cracks (Eminem, Puff Daddy, Nelly) some rather lame and easy (American Idol) and some totally inappropriate stuffed-sheep kissing.

So, as editor-in-chief of the sports section of the school newspaper (don't even ask me how I got into that) I had to give up my holidays to go to school. I spent four hours in a hot computer lab, eidting, typing and formatting articles while 50 Cent's record played on an endless loop courtesy of my friend Bryan (see Halloween picture entry... or my pictures, for that matter). I came out of there with a massive headache... but at least it might look good on a resume... maybe.

What else? Yesterday was pretty boring; I spent the entire day doing practically nothing except sleep until P-Dogg picked me up and we drived around aimlessly visiting people we know. I got home a 2 AM again (I don't understand how we can waste this much time doing nothing, it's incredible... if I could find a way to somehow apply this to Math class, I'd be set for life).

Oh, yeah, I watched Liberty Heights (as well as a couple of others, but we can't rate more than one so they'll have to wait). A very underrated film, methinks. I'm a sucker for a good coming-of-age movie like this one, and although it went a little overboard (it seems like every third word in the script was the word Jewish or Jew and it flogged the racism horse till it was ready for the glue factory), it was an effective, entertaining film with a nice ensemble cast.

I still haven't gotten around to writing the Annoying People I Know entry. Maybe this week.