tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58823622011-04-21T12:14:31.057-07:00Mad Musings of a MillerYou're in the head of Ryan Millerrsjmnoreply@blogger.comBlogger371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1089352586553916612004-07-08T22:55:00.000-07:002004-07-08T22:57:45.626-07:00This blog shall be no longer. It's time for a fresh start. A new one lives at 75. See you there, if you care. rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1089328157787876272004-07-08T16:06:00.000-07:002004-07-08T16:09:17.786-07:00If anyone still reads this, I apologize for not writing.
I've recently moved into a different house and it's kep me busy. I'm also working on a screenplay that is nearing completion and that too has kept me busy. I've had tons of 9/11 commentary but writing massive email debates back and forth with my brother has burned me out on the whole topic and I have nothing left to say about Michael rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1083282544095018272004-04-29T16:49:00.000-07:002004-04-29T16:57:25.340-07:00And who said money couldn't buy love? Actually, I'm not sure anyone ever said that , but still.
I'm sorry but that girl is way too hot for him. It's just not right. Did you know people on Letterman couldn't tell the difference between the top of Donald Trump's head and the top of a monkey's head? rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1083024468927630182004-04-26T17:06:00.000-07:002004-04-26T17:12:02.543-07:00I'm selling my house and that means I've been working my butt off trying to get it ready. Not fun.
I finally got MVP Baseball and have been playing it online with some buds. Fun. rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1082754463974869542004-04-23T13:55:00.000-07:002004-04-23T14:15:33.280-07:00Two things today each of a very different nature - or maybe not:
Pat Tillman: You've probably heard the story: this guy plays in the NFL for a couple of years and decides (after 9-11) to turn down a multi-million dollar contract offer to join the Army. He was killed yesterday fighting Taliban in Afghanistan. It's humbling. Not only did this man completely change his life for his convictions, inrsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1081364029615571692004-04-07T11:53:00.000-07:002004-04-07T11:58:12.310-07:00Huh?rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1080868053497895112004-04-01T17:07:00.000-08:002004-04-02T10:18:24.716-08:00I'm glad to see that we figured this out. We now know how fish grew their hands.
Isn't the whole creation/evolution thing a blast? Not really. I'm not a person who enjoys this debate. In fact it drives me crazy. There are people much smarter than me on both sides of the issue who have studied, read, and researched much more me than me and I find it funny that whenever I aruge with someone on rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1080577757031355042004-03-29T08:29:00.000-08:002004-03-29T08:34:40.310-08:00Ah, video games. Let's be honest, the industry is a pain right now.rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1080322385130121452004-03-26T09:32:00.000-08:002004-03-26T09:50:23.233-08:00I'm shocked. How could such a thing ever happen? He left Nicole for her...it was true love.
On a slightly more serious note, this is shocking. What would my mother say?
rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1080062375732340122004-03-23T09:11:00.000-08:002004-03-23T14:02:02.576-08:00Okay, I'm not a big end-of-the-world, Armagedon, war-to-end-all-wars guy, but...it doesn't take a prophet to look at what's happening in this world and say "Hmm, it sure seems like this Israeli/Palestinian,Arab/Jew,Middle East/West thing is going to explode at some point into a massive conflict that involves the so-called Christian nations against the so-called Muslim nations. Call me crazy, but rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1079996111353530802004-03-22T14:54:00.000-08:002004-03-22T14:59:29.420-08:00So I'm on this Orkut thing but I don't really get it. What am I supposed to do now? rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1079542463278447362004-03-17T08:45:00.000-08:002004-03-17T09:04:17.686-08:00Political message time: Spain is driving me crazy. I don't care that they don't support the war in Iraq. I completely understand. But don't get ready to vote in the government that supports the war and then vote in the government that doesn't support the war solely because of a terrorist attack by people who don't want you to support the war. You just allowed these guys to determine your rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1079390962496899242004-03-15T14:46:00.000-08:002004-03-15T15:02:23.420-08:00It's time for another thrilling movie review from the mind of Miller. Starsky and Hutch. Expectation meter was way low, especially after my brother told me it was bad, hours before I went to see it. Especially since I really wanted to see Big Fish but no theatres were showing it anymore. So, we settled for Starsky and Hutch and laughed hard. I'd say it's on par with Zoolander. After 10 minutes rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1078874766903631412004-03-09T15:20:00.000-08:002004-03-09T15:29:14.280-08:00The sequel to Inkarri has begun in earnest. I'm excited and anxious to write a better book than I did last time, based on the feedback and experience I've gotten. I'm even more excited to see if anyone else thinks I've actually improved after I get this thing done. Fun stuff. rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1078425910403807342004-03-04T10:44:00.000-08:002004-03-22T15:18:37.576-08:00
Welcome to Election 2004. Aren't we going to have fun America? rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1078169336198848302004-03-01T11:18:00.000-08:002004-03-01T11:40:11.733-08:00Way to go Oscar...it was nice to see The Rings awarded the way it should be and I was happy to see Mystic River pull in the awards for Sean Penn and Robbins. They were incredible. I really do like Sean Penn - I'm not sure we agree (actually I'm pretty sure we don't agree) on many things but I like the guy. He seems like the kind of guy I'd like to sit down with and have a reasonable discussion ofrsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1077908013094216272004-02-27T10:53:00.000-08:002004-02-27T12:02:29.560-08:00What more can be said? If you want the short version of my opinion of the Passion, read below. If you want the long, and much better stated, version read here. And if you want to get into a whole other arena. Rosie meet Orson.rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1077809740379628012004-02-26T07:35:00.000-08:002004-02-26T07:43:23.483-08:00After reading, watching, and listening to interviews, opinion pieces, and reviews about The Passion of the Christ, I had truly come to the point (more than any movie I can remember) of sick of the media and simply wanting to see the movie and judge it for myself. (Ironically now I sit writing another opinion – I guess it’s just one of those movies.)
So, I did see the movie last night and rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1077737694332616332004-02-25T11:30:00.000-08:002004-02-25T16:39:26.280-08:00Lost in Translation - Call me stupid, but I don't get it. Not only do I not get this movie in particular, I don't get all of the similar movies that are supposedly beautiful and wonderful because they don't make any sense or follow normal movie "convention". You can still have a bad movie that doesn't follow convention. The movie was a)boring. Not that a good movie can't be boring but try not to rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1074821177923118802004-01-22T17:24:00.000-08:002004-03-22T15:17:14.856-08:00Okay, sometimes I take a long time to post to a blog and sometimes I take a while to catch on to things.
Just got a PS2 (I've had a Cube for a while) and am playing SOCOMII online. The thing is a blast and the online stuff works amazingly well. Amazingly well. rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1071242587375171532003-12-12T07:18:00.000-08:002003-12-12T07:23:20.103-08:00I'm writing a book again and having fun. I'm taking this one very slow and trying to view it more as an exercise in writing then anything else. I've written the first chapter four times, based on feedback from my brother primarily, and finally have it to a place where I think it's good. I'm going to do that the whole way through based on that experience. I've already learned so much and I want rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1070169959784674252003-11-29T21:18:00.000-08:002003-11-29T21:27:22.190-08:00 Saw a little Elf yesterday. First, I have to ask why does anyone go shopping the day after Thanksgiving? The downtown theatre was impossible to get to. Parking Garages were closed because they were so full and, of course, meters were taken. Next drove around the massive mall parking lot until some guy told me where he was parked and we followed him to his car. First showing was, of course, sold rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1068963909514691022003-11-15T22:22:00.000-08:002003-11-15T22:25:15.350-08:00URU is out and it feels good to have a game out there again. It's too bad that the box is ugly and that an ad with a dorky kid looking out of an elevator has been circulating in numerous magazines supposedly encouraging people to buy our game. How I don't know, but still...it feels good to have the thing out there. Even if...well never mind. I don't know who reads this and I don't want to start rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1068356326409019162003-11-08T21:35:00.000-08:002003-11-08T21:40:27.670-08:00Well I saw Matrix Revolutions yesterday and surprise, surprise, I liked it. I'd read the reviews that ripped it to shreds and I went expecting to think it was absolute garbage. But I liked it. I'm still trying to figure out why I liked it, as though I need to have some kind of explanation because I'm not supposed to like it, but...what can I say? To begin, the effects were amazing. I saw it at rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1067385844540712642003-10-28T16:03:00.000-08:002003-10-28T16:04:06.000-08:00Good article. Where has technology gotten us? rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1067276202248075312003-10-27T09:25:00.000-08:002003-10-27T09:38:58.356-08:00I am so sick of these celebrities who feel like they are going to save the world. I'm actually sick of hearing their opinion on anything related to politics, world peace, or anything else. Just because you acted in a movie is really no reason that I want to hear your opinion on the state of the world. It's ridiculous. I mean no one else in our culture can go on television and spout their opinion rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1067096857074996102003-10-25T08:42:00.000-07:002003-10-25T08:48:08.760-07:00Saw Mystic River last night. Very good. However, since movies are all about expectations to me, I have to preface my comments by saying that I didn't have a lot of expectations. I thought the movie would be a "pretty good". That means I had heard some little things here and there about it but had no idea the story, the type of movie, or really anything beyond who was in it.
My expectations werersjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1066939137892455182003-10-23T12:58:00.000-07:002003-10-23T12:59:41.873-07:00Okay, how cool would one of these be to own? Yes, you have to be very rich. So rich that you have the kind of money that a) you've already done so much to help the world that you just feel like you deserve a little treat or b) you don't care about anyone else in the world and just want to be cool underwater.
rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1066833891192323642003-10-22T07:22:00.000-07:002003-10-22T09:12:02.193-07:00 I don't claim to be a medical expert or a political activist but I do believe in right and wrong. Regarding partial birth abortion, I'm thoroughly confused as to how any sane person can argue that delivering a child half way out of a mother - with either the head sticking out or the entire lower half - and then killing the baby is ever a good thing.
I understand the justifications: it saves a rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1066660046093255682003-10-20T07:21:00.000-07:002003-10-23T09:31:31.226-07:00Just got back from Seattle yesterday and I always forgot how great it is to go there. Just when I think Spokane is "coming along" and turning into a pretty cool town, I go to Seattle. It's easy to live in Spokane and think that it's starting to compare with Seattle. What one forgets is that while Spokane has improved immensely over the years, it's not as though Seattle has stayed where it was at rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1066147619604258832003-10-14T09:06:00.000-07:002003-10-14T09:06:59.720-07:00I'm getting rid of DirecTV. It's going to be a sad day for me. I've hated cable for so long but alas, it's now cheaper with Comcast's "Ditch your Dish" promotion for me to get cable. A lot cheaper. They got me. The endless phone calls and mail promos have finally defeated me...my dish will be leaving.
So, I'll get to destroy my mind with crappy shows like The Bachelor and Extreme Makeover in rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1065713578044526062003-10-09T08:30:00.000-07:002003-10-09T21:48:18.106-07:00I'm not sure if I'm impressed or if I find the guy downright crazy.rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1065546284944223172003-10-07T10:04:00.000-07:002003-10-07T10:05:54.063-07:00Added some new writing...it's a first chapter just written for fun. Maybe it will turn into more but it's just a first for now.rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1065323278599202832003-10-04T20:05:00.000-07:002003-10-04T20:07:58.733-07:00Well, it's official. The Huskies are terrible again. Sweet.rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1065071308874841612003-10-01T22:01:00.000-07:002003-10-01T22:10:56.800-07:00The Bachelor:
I hate that show but I still watch it for some reason which makes me hate it even more. Why do I watch it? Bob, the guy that everyone in America "fell in love with" is a big, goofy, ex-fat guy who is as horny as they get. That dude has never had so much attention and he doesn't even know what to do with it all except make out with all the girls just as horny as he.
The host is asrsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1065021395150339382003-10-01T08:15:00.000-07:002003-10-01T08:16:35.190-07:00When you begin being convicted of the big things in life, those silly little convictions that aren't really convictions but you pretend they are to make you good in front of other people, really start to fade away. rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5882362.post-1064967990111514732003-09-30T17:26:00.000-07:002003-09-30T17:26:30.043-07:00The madness of a Miller has begun. I'm a blogger now. rsjmnoreply@blogger.com0