I was recently given the opportunity to review Bee Movie. I was actually pretty excited to check this out since I am a huge fan of Seinfeld. In fact, I just spent the last month or so rewatching the first 6 seasons (now don’t give me crap about that, my outdoorzy activities don’t get started till they get the volleyball nets up…which just happened this weekend).
Even though I like Seinfeld, I am normally not a huge fan of cartoon movies. I was actually pleasantly surprised with this one though. The animation was fantastic. It is really surprising to me how easily it is now to get engulfed in animated movie and forget that you are watching a cartoon. The characters were actually drawn with the mannerisms of the voice actors playing them. The cast was pretty star studded as well, Renee Zellwegger, Oprah, John Goodman, Puddy.
The gist of the movie is that Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld) has just graduated and is not wanting the follow the status quo of becoming a worker inside the hive. He eventually heads out and then falls in love with a human, finds other bees that make honey for humans, goes to court, which as you can guess leads to lots of shenanigans and goings on. I don’t want to ruin it for you, but oh the hilarity does ensue.
Overall I would give this movie an 8. Remember this is an 8 for overall cuteness and “fun to watch”-ability. If you like Seinfeld and his type of humor and wit, you will like Bee Movie.
April 7th, 2008
I was sitting at home the other night writing some future posts on several knots that a fisher or fly fisher should know. I began looking of instruction of these knots and I was coming across all kinds of other knots that could be use for tying down a kayak or canoe, and knots for other uses. I spoke with Wade and we are going to pass along some knots that are useful in the outdoors from an Improved Clinch Knot, Bowline Knot, Truckers Knot, and so on.
I was looking at different websites and came across a site which listed the seven most useful outdoor knots that every outdoors person should know. The seven knots are the Trucker’s Hitch, Two Half Hitches, Figure Eight, Rolling Hitch, Bowline, Tautline Hitch, and Improved Clinch Knot. To start out the knot series, Outdoorzy will present you the instructions on how to tie each of these knots, after that there will various other knots, hitches, and bends useful for fishing, camping, climbing, and other outdoor sports. Before the knot series begins, I thought I would go over some basic knot knowledge and definitions.
Tag End – The part of the line in which the knot is tied. The tag end is used to denote the short excess line that remains after a knot is tied. In fishing, this would be the portion that is trimmed.
Standing Part – The main part of the rope not in the knot itself, the rope not being tied is the standing part.
Seating a knot is simply tightening the knot by removing the excess line. A smooth, continuous pulling motion is best; not a jerking motion.
For fishing knots, it is important to lubricate or wet the knot when the knot is seated. Lubricating the knot prevents friction or heat, which can leaken the leader or tippet.
Knowing the several knots is always useful information, you never know when you will need to tie a rope to a tarp to make an impromptu tent, tie to pieces of rope together, tie down a canoe or kayak down to a vehicle. I hope you enjoy and find the new series helpful.
April 7th, 2008
