So much time on the computer

I waste a lot of time.

I'll have two days off in a row and I just sit at the computer looking shit up. Say there's a movie on, like the other night, when The Town was on TV. After I had to go to Wiki and look it up- who was in it, stories about the production, the stars. From there I go to other pages: actors, then movies they were in, then other actors.

Ben Affleck is a good director. I can't even think of any flaws. None. And he does a good job of involving the audience. You feel protective of the bank robbers, even Jeremy Renner. He's so believable and you don't notice at all that he's acting. I think he was nomintated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Oh wait, I thought of a flaw. I forgot, there was one thing that bothered me: I don't wanna give anything away so I'll just say that I don't believe that Renner's sister would be given the information that she has and gives to the FBI. I think it would be too risky to tell her, especially considering the heat that the robbers are under at that point. They're so careful so it seems like a huge lapse.

But anyway, it's an awesome movie. Good story, the car chases- especially the one in the middle of the movie- are unnerving and realistic (no, I've never been chased, but I witnessed part a police chase last week and it was freaky), and the breakfast scene with Affleck, his girlfriend, and Renner is wicked suspenseful.

Back to Jeremy Renner. He's the best thing about the movie; it wouldn't be the same without him. I never saw (and don't really wanna see) The Hurt Locker but I do remember seeing him years ago in one of his earliest movies, maybe his first starring role: Jeffrey Dauhmer in Dauhmer. I didn't see the whole thing but one scene sticks out in my memory. It's a scene where Dauhmer is in his late teens or early twenties and he's been living with one of his aunts and his father comes for a visit. His father goes through his closet and finds a mannequin or something and other creepy stuff and then he sees a lockbox that belongs to him and he demands to know why his son has it and what he's keeping inside. They argue and finally his father is about to smash the box open and at the last moment Dauhmer says that he's hiding porn magazines inside and he doesn't want his aunt to know and his father backs down. It's a strange scene because as you're watch you're on Dauhmer's side; you don't want his father to find out what's really inside, even though the discover would end up sparing the lives of innocent people. It's funny how movies can end up messing with your sympathies. Or scary, really.

Anyway, time to get ready for bed. If you're a loyal follower of RJ Bttles then I've got good news: I'm going to be here a lot more, maybe even everyday.

Good night.



One more thing. As you know, I don't like combovers. They're stupid and they annoy me. But I think I know the point when I became really hostile towards them- it was an episode of Dateline or 20/20 and Jeffery Dauhmer was being interviewed along with his father and the father had a total combover. That pissed me off. I wanted to punch him in the face. His son tortured and killed people and deprived families of their loved ones, and he's afraid to appear bald on TV. What a fucking dickhead. If I was the interviewer I would've brought it up. First question, probably.