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Welcome to my ever-evolving blog. It started out as a blog on Beachbody workouts and products, mainly when I was a Beachbody coach. I no longer coach, not because I don't believe in Beachbody's programs (I subscribe to Beachbody on Demand and use their workouts every day), I am just not a salesperson and hated that aspect of it. I am more than willing to answer questions about my experiences with their products and the various workouts, and I feel freer to do so without the appearance of giving a biased review of something.

I have also started adding reviews for various things I have purchased like movies, books, CDs, and other products. This was brought about by a fight with Amazon in which all of my reviews were removed over a completely bullshit allegation that I posted a review that violated their terms of service. After going back and forth with the morons in the community-reviews department (even after they admitted that my posts did not violate their guidelines) they restored my account (which took them six months to do), but I have been posting my reviews on my blog to have them preserved in case something like that happens again. And here, I will post uncensored reviews so I will swear from time to time and post reviews that may be longer than Amazon's character limit. Everything I post here on any topic or product is my personal opinion, and I take no compensation for any product reviews I post. I am a member of Amazon's vine program and because I get those products for free, I keep those reviews on Amazon only, but everything I have purchased with my own money, whether from Amazon or some other store/website/outlet, I will post here.  

I also plan to do some longer blog posts on various topics, such as how to learn physics, how to get through calculus, and longer reviews of workout programs as I do them. Basically, whatever strikes me as interesting at the time.  As you can see if you navigate around the blog, I had many years in between postings. During that time I was going back to school to get an engineering degree, and learning material that I avoided my first time through college was a different experience and one that gave me a lot of insight into how to do well in those classes, which I will try to impart here for those who are looking to get a science or engineering degree. 

Friday, May 3, 2024

DVD/Movie Review: Road Trip

 


Road Trip is a comedy from 2000 directed by Todd Phillips and starring Amy Smart, Breckin Meyer, Sean William Scott, DJ Qualls, Tom Green, Rachel Blanchard, and Paulo Costanzo. This was one of the movies that tried to capture what American Pie had, including casting Sean William Scott in a "Stifler lite" role. The premise is pretty basic. A guy going to college in NY (Meyer) is in a long-distance relationship with a girl in TX (Blanchard). He cheats on her with a girl at his school (Smart) and tapes it. The tape is accidentally sent to his girlfriend in Texas, so he and his friends drive to Texas to intercept the tape. Along the way, pretty much everything that could go wrong does.

For those who get the DVD, there are a few extras, but nothing special. The extras include about 10 minutes of deleted scenes, cast bios, trailers, and a behind-the-scenes feature with Tom Green. Nothing that would really make the DVD a must-have over just streaming it. Ultimately, the movie is okay, with a handful of really funny moments along with a lot of stupid moments (mostly involving Green). Like many of the comedies from the late 1990s forward, it has drug jokes, sex jokes, and gross-out humor. DJ Qualls plays the awkward nerdy kid to perfection and is really the highlight of the movie. It is not the greatest movie by any means, but it is a funny way to kill an hour and a half if you are into the genre.

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