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Ben

I am here for Dating, Serious Relationships, Friends and Networking

About Me

I got a fever... and the only prescription... is more cowbell! I will also beat your ass at Scrabble.AIM - Piett22

My Interests

Movies, baseball (Let's Go Mets!), Scrabble, DVDs, music, pop culture, old school Nintendo, Mario Kart, watching tennis, taking pictures, being in pictures, dinosaurs, Disney, ice cream, sour candy, my HDTV, my digital camera, my iPod, buying expensive things I can't afford (like my HDTV, digital camera and iPod), procrastination, walking around the city, casinos, rollercoasters, cheesiness, nostalgia, good food, drink & conversation, New York City, Las Vegas, Paris, Montreal, and other stuff too...
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JACKIE & DOUG'S WEDDING
An Epic Photo Journey

I'd like to meet:

Scarlett Johansson. I figure that it's only a matter of time before she and I meet, and she realizes that we are meant to be together. But in the meantime... if you like watching and talking about movies, playing Scrabble, and/or anything else I've listed, chances are I want to meet YOU...

Music:

The Beatles, Weezer, R.E.M., Barenaked Ladies, Ben Folds, that dog, Candy Butchers, Anything involving Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova (The Frames, The Swell Season, and the Once soundtrack), Smoking Popes, Huey Lewis and the News, Nine Inch Nails, Frank Sinatra, The Cars, Eminem, Lisa Loeb, System of a Down, The Rutles, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers, Plain White T's, 80's stuff, various movie scores, etc.

Movies:


I LOVE MOVIES. Some of my favorites include....

Plus all Disney films, Pixar, Spielberg, anything written by Charlie Kaufman, horror films, and the list goes on....

Television:

The Simpsons, That 70's Show, The State, South Park, Family Ties, Full House, Saturday Night Live, Beavis & Butt-head, Ren & Stimpy, Seinfeld, The Office, Strangers with Candy, Chappelle's Show, Insomniac w/ Dave Attell, Fraggle Rock, VH1's I Love the 70's/80's/90's, Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Carnivale (RIP), Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, Baseball

Books:

Anything by Stephen King (especially The Stand and The Dark Tower series), Nick Hornby, Bret Easton Ellis, John Irving, Chuck Palahniuk, and David Sedaris, Harry Potter, Love in the Time of Cholera, Portnoy's Complaint, Seabiscuit, In Cold Blood, Flowers for Algernon, Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary, Word Freak, The Lord of the Rings, The Beatles biography by Bob Spitz, Jurassic Park, The Godfather, Life of Pi, Star Wars novels, Caps For Sale

My Blog

FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL is easier said than done!

I've been getting pretty lucky with the free advance movie screenings lately -- I think I've seen eight or nine of them already this year, which is almost one-third of all the movies I've seen.  ...
Posted by Ben on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:04:00 PST

An Early Advance Movie Review + How I Met Phillip Seymour Hoffman!

When you see as many movies as I do, you need to cut costs in any way possible -- and naturally, the best way to do that is to not spend any money at all.  I have managed to see many free movies ...
Posted by Ben on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:27:00 PST

Charlton Heston, R.I.P.

Holy shit... I just read about the death of Charlton Heston, and I am sort of reeling from it.  This is sad as hell. Say what you want about the man’s politics, his gun obsession, or whatev...
Posted by Ben on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:53:00 PST

This pretty much sums up the past 5+ years of my love life...

...for better or worse.
Posted by Ben on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:59:00 PST

Some overdue thoughts on those wacky Boleyn Girls, and other stuff, too!

Okay, well, I had planned to write a more in-depth review of this movie, but the moment has passed.  Oops.  Still, I want to say something because I thought it was quite good and highly ente...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 06:06:00 PST

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day... thanks to Amy Adams!

Tonight I was treated to a free advance screening of MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY, and it gives me great pleasure to report that it is an absolute delight!  It's the story of a down-on-her-luck...
Posted by Ben on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:33:00 PST

Early-Year Movie Doldrums...

The Oscars are a week old and I am still jumping for joy over Daniel Day-Lewis and "Falling Slowly" earning their much-deserved gold!  If any of you readers have still not seen THERE WILL BE BLOO...
Posted by Ben on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:18:00 PST

Bens Running OSCAR NIGHT Commentary!

At last, this much-anticipated Oscar Night is upon us!  This promises to be one of the best Oscar-casts in recent years because aside from Daniel Day-Lewis and Javier Bardem, there are very few s...
Posted by Ben on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 02:46:00 PST

Finally, some movie reviews in 2008!

Yeah, so, I've already shattered my New Years resolution to do more blogging in 2008, whether it's movie reviews, top five lists, random musings, etc.  What can I tell ya... I'm a lazy arse... pl...
Posted by Ben on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 12:14:00 PST

Oscar Picks and Predictions!

First of all... Heath Ledger... holy shit.  What a huge bummer this is.  For years, he was one of those actors who always seemed to toil away in shitty films like The Four Feathers and The O...
Posted by Ben on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 07:16:00 PST