quarantine and other stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with the movies

good afternoon. i'm not going to apologize anymore as i've already explained that i'm so freaking busy i can't see straight so we'll just get started with the review and move on from there.

quarantine - 8/10 snaps - i was thoroughly impressed with the film, i expected a lot less than what i ended up with. i hate the jumpy camera films [blair witch, cloverfield, etc] but this one didn't make me so motion sick so yay! i think i may like this just a tad bit more than others due to my veterinary science background. when you see the movie you'll understand. i just like being able to figure things out and i especially enjoy turning to sean and going oh but this won't work because in real life you can only do it this way THEN having the character on screen say the same thing verbatim. huzzah for knowledge! anywho. also the film has marin hinkle in it who plays judith in two and a half men which is one of my favorite tv shows. all the actors did really well for a horror. like any other suspense/horror film they make lots of dumb mistakes where you sit there going uh maybe we should barricade ourselves in one room and wait this out or maybe we shouldn't go near that person who bit five other people...for this one, go see it if you like horror/suspense. you can wait for the dvd but i think it'll be much more fun on the big screen. i jumped an awful lot.

other stuff that has absolutely nothing to do with the movies...warning: rant to follow...

/rant_on

i saw a billboard this week that was completely in spanish on jarvis klapman boulevard in west columbia, south carolina. first off, i have absolutely no problem with people immigrating to this country. i just expect them to learn the damn language. it really pisses me off that you can move here and speak spanish and never have to learn english. i don't want to have to learn spanish in an english speaking country so that i can understand a billboard. if i moved to mexico, i would expect that i would have to learn spanish. if i moved to france, i would expect that i would have to learn french. i know lots of people from india and china that live here and THEY have to learn the language. why should it be different for mexicans? proximity? what a load of crap...

it also annoys me that our government wastes tax dollars on putting something in another language for people who moved here who should in my opinion have to learn the language. oh wait you say. the government didn't put up the billboard did they? au contraire [my tiny bit of french in my rant heehee]. the billboard is for a type of medicaid [first choice] which is a government funded insurance policy for people that are well below the poverty line [i only know this because i'm in the health insurance field]. so not only was the billboard put up by our government but it's also offering people who immigrated here health care out of tax payer money. i have an issue with this as well. i work hard and have not had insurance for 4 years because i worked. if i had stayed at home and not made money and not paid taxes i would have qualified for medicaid but my measly paycheck was too much for me to qualify for medicaid yet not enough for me to be able to pay the approximately $150/200 per month for private health insurance. my job just didn't offer any plans [they still don't] and i couldn't find another one that paid as well that did offer benefits. i am finally working two jobs and paying for the mandated student health insurance at usc so that i can teach there yet they won't even file it from their health center [which is also a load of crap as the health insurance requires you to use the health center first before they will even pay for any outside appts so the least they could do is file the claims]. so as i'm sure you can see i'm a bit irked. so here's my outlet in my blog as there really isn't much else i can do except try to evade taxes and end up in prison. sounds like fun [heavy sarcasm]...

anywho. /rant_off

back to work.

enjoy the silence.