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Why Portland...

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I was listening to this representative from some place called Portland State babble on about how great his university was.  "integration into the community. highly respectable. great programs. recognisable" was what I heard him say. It intrigued me, no doubt, but I wanted a place I'd love to live in and my sights were set on Chicago or New York or San Fran not some place in... I squint at the brochure he passed me ...Oregon. Where is that even? Probably the mid west. Yea. I don't think I can handle that. "Any questions?" A few hands shot up asking questions about requirements, scholarships and you know, other boring stuff like that that you can probably find on the website. Then I raised my hand and said, "So, what's Portland like? Is it a city? or is it more of a ....town?" I swear, his eyes lit up. "I used to live in San Francisco, and I moved to Portland because I loved it more" Yea right. Get a load of this tall angmo, making stor

Predestination.

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"Let's say we travel back in time, and one small thing changes your whole life can change" We were having one of those deep (go-nowhere) conversations. "So there can be realities that exist concurrently with the reality that you exist in now" Okay I wasn't being deep, I just liked entertaining the idea of parallel universes.  (where I might be tall and good at math and patience and stuff..) "But you know, there's the matter of a predestined route as well.  WAIT!! DO YOU LIKE TIME TRAVEL MOVIES!?" Irwin was practically jumping around. "Uhm it depends I guess" I say "You need to watch Predestination.  Omg so good. " So I did. Guys, best movie I've watched this year. Reals. I barely recommend movies to anyone, I mean it doesn't even matter to me if you skipped The Hobbit, Furious 7 or The Avengers or whatever. But Predestination, Predestination it's the real deal. It's the kind of movie that plays with your mind