The Strangers

Over the weekend I watched and did many things.  Of these I chose to blog on the movie called strangers.  I don’t know why but I just seem to not get scared.  I don’t get why the people characterized Strangers as a horror because I would call it a comedy.  In this film two people are at a house in the middle of nowhere, literally the house in surrounded by a forest.  This is because the guy was going to marry the girl but she didn’t respond to his proposal.  When the mood was just getting good someone knocked on their door.  She asked if Tamara was home.  Then later she came back again and asked the same question.  When the guy went out to get cigarettes three people came and started scaring the girl enormously.  She tried calling people but the phones didn’t work and her cell phone was dead.  When she turned to go in the kitchen this guy that looked like a baseball was in the back of the screen.  He threw her phone in the fire and then left. At this point the guy returned and then the three people started attacking them and tried to kill them, because they were home.  The guy was sitting in a room and his friend showed up but then he got shot because the guy thought it was one of the people and the story continues until they all die.

Edina and Southwest

On Tuesday October 21^st that Edina Hornets had a playoff game.  The game was located at Kuhlman field, Edina’s home field.  The game was the section 6AA playoff semifinals.  Our opponent was Southwest, I decent team but I was expecting a blowout.  The game started at seven p.m. and it was very cold. We got the first kickoff and we returned it for about 20 yards, up to around the 30 yard line.  On the first play Colin Moynihan rushed for a good hard 7 yards.  On the next play Anders Lee passed for 32 yards to Joe Herring.  With 11:24 left in the first quarter Anders Lee Rushed 31 yards for a Hornet touchdown. We were leading 7-0 after a John Eppel extra point.  Throughout the first half we had Southwest every way we wanted them.  We could pass or run, our line was blocking and defense and offense was executing exceptionally.  As time had run out in the half Edina was leading Southwest thirty five to six.  At the beginning of the second half, the Hornets kicked off because we got the ball to start the game.  As Eppel kicked the ball it went into the end zone for a touchback and Southwest started on their on twenty yard line. Three plays into the opening drive of the second half Southwest fumbled and the Hornets recovered.  From the seven yard line Steven Asp rushed on an end around for a seven yard score, it was now 42 to 6. I left the game because as I expected it was a blowout.

Quarantine

Over the weekend I viewed many articles of literature and did many things, but probably the most fun one was on Friday night.  A group of around 25 people and I went to a movie at southdale, on its premier night.  The movie was called Quarantine it was intended to be a horror movie but for me and two other people it was a comedy.  Those people were Ruben and Mike; we were laughing pretty much the whole movie.

The movie is about these people the get rabies from this sick dog and the fire department and police get called to this apartment building with this reporter and her camera guy. It was just supposed to be an inspection call and they people got locked down in the building and they weren’t getting let out alive. The rabies started with this old lady who was screaming and biting people. That’s how it started getting spread, that sweet little old lady got it and turned into a man eating beast.  During the course of the movie Mike Ruben and I were laughing and all the girls kept hitting us because they were screaming a getting scared like no other. It ended up not even being scary but more of a funny movie. If you like horror/ comedies I recommend Quarantine.

The unexpected playoff

On Sunday night the twins and the Chicago white sox and I extra game to decide the winner of the American league central division. It was an away game for the twins because the sox had won the coin flip. This was a bad thin because the twins were 8 and 1 against the sox at home and 1 and 8 away. So this game was definitely in the sox favor, at least the stats showed so. The pitchers for this “playoff” game were Nick Blackburn for the twins and Gavin Floyd for the Sox. We all had thought that this game was going to be one which was decided at the plate. It was projected to be around an 8 to 9 game or something around there. It all happened so that it was the exact opposite; it turned out to be a pitchers duel. As Nick Blackburn took a zero to zero tie deep into the game he was getting worn out. It was the eighth inning and the batter was Jim Thome, one of the most deadly sox hitters in the history. As Blackburn delivered the pitch I thought ohh no. Nick left a breaking ball up and oh did Thome’s eyes get huge. He swung at the pitch and boy was it a blast, almost all the way out of the stadium. That one mistake by Blackburn cost the twins the game, the season and a playoff birth. The final score of the game was 1 to 0 white sox, all thanks to Jim Thome

Monday Night Football

On Monday night the viks played my favorite player’s team, the saints. Throughout the course of this game it was a battle and an amazing one at the. Reggie Bush had 2 punt returns for a touchdown and should have had three but it was called back. He also had about 300 all-purpose yards. The game stayed close up until the end of the second when the saints started to pull away with the 2 Bush punt returns. At half time the saints were ahead, but out of the locker room the viks came firing. In the third quarter the Vikings came out passing and they succeeded at it. Gus Ferotte the Vikings starting quarterback threw one long bomb to Bernard Berrian for a touchdown, this pulling the viks within 6 points of the saints. On the next Vikings possession Ferotte lead the Viks down the field for a field goal and another on the next possession. So, with about a minute and a half left in the forth quarter the viks had a chance to win. With good field position Ferotte started the viks off good with a completion of about 20. On the next play he went for the bomb to Berrian and a flag was thrown. It was for defensive pass interference. The Vikings had the ball at the Saints 20 with about 30 seconds left. They brought out Ryan Longwell for a 47 yarder to try and win the game. He made it and the Viks won in a thrilling fashion.