Posted by Jeff Ignacio on May 16, 2008 under Hobbies, Pop Culture | 
Good film. Marvel Productions is really starting to hit their stride when it comes to the summer superhero category. Iron Man, their latest release, has done extremely well (posting over $100M in its opening weekend. I can’t say for certain that even Marvel would have thought Iron Man would reach this figure. Iron Man was one of the Marvel films I am sure to pick up in DVD. It was funny, action packed, and who can forgo seeing a brilliant and eccentric multi-billionaire in a suit bent on saving the world through targeted mass destruction?? Marvel has had its share of bad films (cough cough – the Fantastic Four series), but they do come through when I need them to (X2, Spiderman 2).
As an ode to Iron Man I’ve changed the wallpaper on my computer to the one below.
Can’t wait for the Incredible Hulk. I heard Marvel bought back the rights so they could make this one themselves independently. GOOD. At least now Marvel can only blame themselves if this film goes bust.
Posted by Jeff Ignacio on May 15, 2008 under Hobbies |
Ten minutes ago I purchased a Kindle for myself online. I’m not sure what you do during your breaks, while you’re waiting for a bus, or when you’re just standing in line but I usually pull out my Q9 phone and read news on my browser. While I normally surf for sports scores, I will pull up the Reuters site occasionally and read the latest news. Normally it’s some sort of natural disaster or some new political scandal pushing towards the front of the headlines. When my Kindle arrives I’m hoping to add a new habit of mine: reading books, magazines, or news headlines all from my Kindle.
What can I say? I’m a content addict. I can’t go without my daily fix of hearing the latest news in business, technology, or admittedly the entertainment section (don’t go spreading that around now). I love to read. Ever since I was young I just had to read something. I might not have always read the most educational things however (as evident by my ongoing affair with comic books). Sunday mornings were especially notorious for my ravaging of the Sunday comics. I’d read everything top down but I always seemed to exclude Family Circus. I always hated that cartoon. Even at age 7 I thought it was corny. In middle school I would read the Riverside Press Enterprise. I’d peruse the Front Page section and of course I’d finish my bowl of cereal reading the last few stats from last night’s basketball games in the Sports section. In high school I think I regressed back into comic books. Marvel Comics always had a sweet spot in my heart.
Today, post undergraduate, I read mostly the WSJ, management books, economics books, and magazines. I’m not exactly sure where I’m going with this post but I know I wanted to return this blog to its old self. It should have content. I’m a content addict after all. Sometimes it’s better to give than to receive, and I know that I’ve just been consuming for myself for a very long time. It’s good to be back on the blogosphere.
My current magazine subscriptions:
Good Magazine – Your subscription fee goes to a charity
Fast Company – Thank you Kiran (my best friend) for gifting this to me. Great gift.
Wired – Come on… they even featured this in the movie IRON MAN!!!!
Amazon’s Kindle
Motorola Q9
Family Circus (the comic I always skipped)
Press Enterprise
Marvel Comics
