My Descent Into Madness: Intermission #2

At this point I've watched the next 3 entries in this series and have been mulling them over in my head for a while now, but I'm essentially drowning at work.  Thus, I've been putting off writing until things settle down a bit and I'm not so stressed.  In the meantime, I have a viewing recommendation for you.

If you have a Netflix subscription (and at this point, everyone really should), check out the film Champion, which is available now for instant viewing.  It's a 2005 documentary about badass character actor Danny Trejo, who finally gets his first mainstream lead role in Machete (which comes out tomorrow, so the timing of this is pretty convenient).  Champion is mostly about Trejo's youth, which was spent in and out of correctional facilities as Trejo leads a life of addiction and armed robbery.  The documentary, in technical terms, is nothing special.  In fact, it's kinda sloppily put together from several different interviews.  But Trejo's stories are so good that they rise well above the movie's sloppy craftsmanship.  So check it out if you have some spare time.