YOU'RE NOT FROM TEXAS? TEXAS WANTS YOU ANYWAY

Greetings from the Lone Star State. Hope everyone had a great Christmas and that Santa brought you everything you wanted. My days have been filled with a little bit of shopping (Did I mention I hate the mall?), lots of eating out with friends and family (including meeting my cousins' three-year old neice Jordan) and movies. Lots of movies.

I think in the last two weeks, I've seen more movies at the theatre than I have all year. My mom won't go to films that my dad likes to watch, so I've gone to see a couple of films with him in the last few days. Quick movie review time.

Die Another Day: It's a Bond film. Nuff said. Typical plot of every Bond movie you see. Bad guy has plan to rule world. Pesky British super spy with cool toy ruins plan with aid of hot female companion, who may or may not be super spy as well. Though Halle Berry is the aforementioned hot female companion, this one is not worth the six bucks you'd have to spend to see this when it is dark. Wait for cable.

Star Trek: Nemisis: It's a Star Trek film. Nuff said. Typical plot of every Trek movie you see. Not really, but I was falling into a trend there. This is actually an enjoyable movie. I like the Next Generation cast, so it was pretty enjoyable to see their latest exploits. I'd have to say it's probably the best movie the Next Generation cast has done. If you like Trek, you've probably already seen this one. But it's worth seeing, provided the people behind arguing about parsecs and phaser blasts can keep their conversation to a minimum. Word of advice.. if you need to talk to your buddy, set voice to whisper or stay in the parents' basement and wait for the bootleg copy on the internet so you can burn it to DVD.

Well that's all for now.