+ I wish he was confident in his work, b/c everytime he turns me around I have to put on my glasses.
+ Oh crap, did I clean my ears?
+ Why should I move my elbow, he's the one with the belly.
+ 5 bucks.....not too bad.
+ Except....when you only pay five bucks, you can't say more than seven words about how you want it cut.
+ Oh crap, now I have to clean my ears.
Friday, December 31, 2004
Wednesday, December 29, 2004
New Soap Day.....YESSSS
I am now clean after not having a real shower for three days. Now, mind you I took a shower—just not a real one. Allow me to explain. This is my story, won't you?
The final few days of a bar of soap are worthless. I mean, it spends it's last laugh of life as a mere 2mm-thin sliver of slippery fodder for the drain. There's no possible way to get clean with this thing....especially me. By the time I can lightly tap my face with it, my face is already spewing more oil, even dirtier now b/c it's wet....and face grease and water don't mix. So.....the pleasure of New Soap Day means that I can be clean again. It's like that feeling of the Weekends when I lived in Starkville.
You see, I was never really clean during the week. Sure, Andrew and I had soap and a shower, but it just wasn't happening let me tell you. I blame this on the fact that a.) The hot water only lasted 5 minutes. This was really good b/c when my parents aren't paying the bills I actually like to conserve water. I this case I was forced to be as quick as possible and had to neglect certain areas of extensive cleaning. This was hindered greater by the fact that Andrew was in the next room....no bother, I'm just taking a shower. But if he were to walk down the hall it would be odd b/c b.) the door was wide open b/c of no light in the bathroom. Now, no real problem b/c it wouldn't matter except for the fact that c.) the shower curtain was semi-clear.
Now, if I were to devote a shower to cleaning a certain area, more than just cleaning would begin to happen. This would in effect be not cool b/c a.) The hot water wouldn't last and even if it did and Andrew walked by b.) the door would be open and b/c the shower curtain was c.) semi-clear the extensive cleaning would appear to be something else which would most likely be the case.
So, by the weekend I would be craving a nice hot long shower and it would be great.
Thus New Soap Day is.......pretty sweet.
The final few days of a bar of soap are worthless. I mean, it spends it's last laugh of life as a mere 2mm-thin sliver of slippery fodder for the drain. There's no possible way to get clean with this thing....especially me. By the time I can lightly tap my face with it, my face is already spewing more oil, even dirtier now b/c it's wet....and face grease and water don't mix. So.....the pleasure of New Soap Day means that I can be clean again. It's like that feeling of the Weekends when I lived in Starkville.
You see, I was never really clean during the week. Sure, Andrew and I had soap and a shower, but it just wasn't happening let me tell you. I blame this on the fact that a.) The hot water only lasted 5 minutes. This was really good b/c when my parents aren't paying the bills I actually like to conserve water. I this case I was forced to be as quick as possible and had to neglect certain areas of extensive cleaning. This was hindered greater by the fact that Andrew was in the next room....no bother, I'm just taking a shower. But if he were to walk down the hall it would be odd b/c b.) the door was wide open b/c of no light in the bathroom. Now, no real problem b/c it wouldn't matter except for the fact that c.) the shower curtain was semi-clear.
Now, if I were to devote a shower to cleaning a certain area, more than just cleaning would begin to happen. This would in effect be not cool b/c a.) The hot water wouldn't last and even if it did and Andrew walked by b.) the door would be open and b/c the shower curtain was c.) semi-clear the extensive cleaning would appear to be something else which would most likely be the case.
So, by the weekend I would be craving a nice hot long shower and it would be great.
Thus New Soap Day is.......pretty sweet.
Tuesday, December 28, 2004
Sunday, December 26, 2004
The Spoils Of War....
Ahhh yes....Thursday.
I was lying in my bed a little after lunch, and mom leaves to go check on my grandparents. She stopped at the mailbox on her way out, and popped back in and from my room I hear her tell me I had a package. Light Bulb: my RotK:EE DVD has arrived.
Well....I wasn't into any movie at the moment....so that afternoon would be the prime time to watch it, seeing as how it would take the rest of the day. Well, I open the box, open the DVD, and set it into the tray of my DVD player. However, my room was a bit dark b/c of the rain, and I didn't know that I didn't set it properly in the tray and I press the close button.
DVD slides up....lodges in the player tray.....player CAN'T READ DISC.
So, half an hour, seven screws and a useless butterknife later I got to watch Return of the King Extended Edition. Happy ending, but crappy start.
I was lying in my bed a little after lunch, and mom leaves to go check on my grandparents. She stopped at the mailbox on her way out, and popped back in and from my room I hear her tell me I had a package. Light Bulb: my RotK:EE DVD has arrived.
Well....I wasn't into any movie at the moment....so that afternoon would be the prime time to watch it, seeing as how it would take the rest of the day. Well, I open the box, open the DVD, and set it into the tray of my DVD player. However, my room was a bit dark b/c of the rain, and I didn't know that I didn't set it properly in the tray and I press the close button.
DVD slides up....lodges in the player tray.....player CAN'T READ DISC.
So, half an hour, seven screws and a useless butterknife later I got to watch Return of the King Extended Edition. Happy ending, but crappy start.
Saturday, December 25, 2004
You Jumped The Shark In Season 4....
+ Remember those 3-D image things that were wildly popular many years ago? Those 'Magic Eye' things where you have to stare at the design and an image pops up at you?
+ I feel that I deserve some props for bringing one of the best movies into people I know's lives. I don't want to see a single post about 'that movie' (whether I know you or not) and how it is sooo great. I saw this movie in the theaters and either took or told you to go see it. And only now that it's out you are saying how good it is. Fuck You.
+ I eat b/c I'm unhappy, I'm unhappy b/c I eat.
+ The ugly stepsister moment from Shrek 2 didn't seem to go over at all with my parents—no response whatsoever. I thought that was the second best moment (compared to Puss licking himself) in the film. They only really got the fart and kicking in the balls jokes. That and EVERYTHING donkey did.
+ As always.......Far Side is awesome.
+ Children's Benadryl Allergy Syrup makes me sleepy.
+ It makes me type things that waste your time.
+ My grandma said the 'n' word alot Friday. We all laughed b/c it was sooo blatant and hateful....and funny. Then she kept saying it b/c she thought we would continue to laugh.
+ So.....widescreen plasma HDTVs are all the rage now, right? So....where does that leave the people who buy the full-screen versions of movies. Aren't they basically screwed now and cheated out of movie?
+ I don't know how to play the odds & evens thing with your fingers and your friends.
+ It's insane, this guy's taint!
+ DON'T PANIC
+ The worst way to ID someone (who is OBVIOUSLY over 18) is to ask—while punching in the amount on the register—"How old are you?"
+ "No News" on the happenings of movies I'm anticipating is NOT "Good News."
....I hope I haven't taken up too much of your time.
+ I feel that I deserve some props for bringing one of the best movies into people I know's lives. I don't want to see a single post about 'that movie' (whether I know you or not) and how it is sooo great. I saw this movie in the theaters and either took or told you to go see it. And only now that it's out you are saying how good it is. Fuck You.
+ I eat b/c I'm unhappy, I'm unhappy b/c I eat.
+ The ugly stepsister moment from Shrek 2 didn't seem to go over at all with my parents—no response whatsoever. I thought that was the second best moment (compared to Puss licking himself) in the film. They only really got the fart and kicking in the balls jokes. That and EVERYTHING donkey did.
+ As always.......Far Side is awesome.
+ Children's Benadryl Allergy Syrup makes me sleepy.
+ It makes me type things that waste your time.
+ My grandma said the 'n' word alot Friday. We all laughed b/c it was sooo blatant and hateful....and funny. Then she kept saying it b/c she thought we would continue to laugh.
+ So.....widescreen plasma HDTVs are all the rage now, right? So....where does that leave the people who buy the full-screen versions of movies. Aren't they basically screwed now and cheated out of movie?
+ I don't know how to play the odds & evens thing with your fingers and your friends.
+ It's insane, this guy's taint!
+ DON'T PANIC
+ The worst way to ID someone (who is OBVIOUSLY over 18) is to ask—while punching in the amount on the register—"How old are you?"
+ "No News" on the happenings of movies I'm anticipating is NOT "Good News."
....I hope I haven't taken up too much of your time.
Monday, December 20, 2004
Pop Down To The Winchester?
Ahhh yes....thank you TV for wasting time in my life:
Tonight on National Geographic TV I watched the 2-hour special about the Da Vinci code. Now, I had forgotten that this is an insanely popular book....and that Tom Hanks will be starring in the Ron Howard-directed film adaptation in 2006.....but what I didn't know was that the entire plot was ripped off by my friend. (If you haven't yet.....I would advise you to skip down to Saturday's post to read about "National Treasure" first.)
Ahhh yes.....it seems that the basic plot of the Da Vinci Code is that Jesus Christ was actually married to Mary Magdalene....and they produced a child, whose bloodline still exists today in France. Well, very few people knew about this, and it was kept hidden by the church, and only a secret sect knew the info. It just so happpened that Leonardo Da Vinci was a member of this sect, and hid clues in his paintings about Mary Magdalene being Jesus' wife.
Now, that should make you think of the recent classic starring Nicolas Cage....but that's not all....there's also all this hoopla about the group known as the Knights Templar—also the ones who hid the treasure and passed the traditions with the Freemasons to America in "National Treasure." So National Treasure was a rip-off....it just changed the subject matter from Jesus to treasure, and moved it to America.
Well.....it's still very interesting and I'm sort of anticipating "The Da Vinci Code" movie.....though I think it's going to be a few years, b/c it is supposed to tie in with the 700th anniversary of the Knights Templar being banised by the Pope, and that happens October 13th, 2007. So, it's all kooky b/c the present-day Knights want an official apology from the Pope BEFORE that date. I can't find anywhere on the internet exactly what they'll do if it doesn't happen, so if you run across that, let me know.
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So, Monday night......11—11.30 pm........who's up for a midnight run to Oxford? I'm planning to get Napolean Dynamite AND Shaun Of The Dead if Wal-Mart is so kind enough to have them out at midnight.
Now, this is dumb and retarded for Two Reasons: (a.) It will be incredibly late Monday night, and I have to work Tuesday morning and therefore won't even get to watch either of them so I may as well (b.) Just as easily get them Tuesday afternoon.
However, I choose NOT to, because (a.) Tuesday afternoon I will want to go home b/c I was up so late and we are trying to cram 4.5 days' worth of production into 2 days b/c of Xmas and (b.) it's very lame and retarded.
Sooo.....if you want to go, be at the station between 11 and 11.30 monday night. Oh, I still have to call to gurantee they'll be on display at mid-night. If not, you can be guaranteed that dogs CAN look up.
Tonight on National Geographic TV I watched the 2-hour special about the Da Vinci code. Now, I had forgotten that this is an insanely popular book....and that Tom Hanks will be starring in the Ron Howard-directed film adaptation in 2006.....but what I didn't know was that the entire plot was ripped off by my friend. (If you haven't yet.....I would advise you to skip down to Saturday's post to read about "National Treasure" first.)
Ahhh yes.....it seems that the basic plot of the Da Vinci Code is that Jesus Christ was actually married to Mary Magdalene....and they produced a child, whose bloodline still exists today in France. Well, very few people knew about this, and it was kept hidden by the church, and only a secret sect knew the info. It just so happpened that Leonardo Da Vinci was a member of this sect, and hid clues in his paintings about Mary Magdalene being Jesus' wife.
Now, that should make you think of the recent classic starring Nicolas Cage....but that's not all....there's also all this hoopla about the group known as the Knights Templar—also the ones who hid the treasure and passed the traditions with the Freemasons to America in "National Treasure." So National Treasure was a rip-off....it just changed the subject matter from Jesus to treasure, and moved it to America.
Well.....it's still very interesting and I'm sort of anticipating "The Da Vinci Code" movie.....though I think it's going to be a few years, b/c it is supposed to tie in with the 700th anniversary of the Knights Templar being banised by the Pope, and that happens October 13th, 2007. So, it's all kooky b/c the present-day Knights want an official apology from the Pope BEFORE that date. I can't find anywhere on the internet exactly what they'll do if it doesn't happen, so if you run across that, let me know.
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So, Monday night......11—11.30 pm........who's up for a midnight run to Oxford? I'm planning to get Napolean Dynamite AND Shaun Of The Dead if Wal-Mart is so kind enough to have them out at midnight.
Now, this is dumb and retarded for Two Reasons: (a.) It will be incredibly late Monday night, and I have to work Tuesday morning and therefore won't even get to watch either of them so I may as well (b.) Just as easily get them Tuesday afternoon.
However, I choose NOT to, because (a.) Tuesday afternoon I will want to go home b/c I was up so late and we are trying to cram 4.5 days' worth of production into 2 days b/c of Xmas and (b.) it's very lame and retarded.
Sooo.....if you want to go, be at the station between 11 and 11.30 monday night. Oh, I still have to call to gurantee they'll be on display at mid-night. If not, you can be guaranteed that dogs CAN look up.
Sunday, December 19, 2004
Shewwww.........I just finished watching Ingmar Bergman's "The Seventh Seal"
........Yes. If you'll excuse me for a minute, I need some time. And a snack.
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(12 minutes and 1 raspberry tart without so much rat in it later)
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So now that I'm doubly depressed and thinking about (meaningless) life and death because of Mr. Bergman.......I'm going to pour myself a good stiff drink. This is not a good Holiday happy-go-lucky film for just anyone.
On a fan-boy note (I'm sorry......I'm ALWAYS a new-comer to these trendy fads of fan bases, so you'll have to overlook me; or make fun of me) I have discovered that the incidental and theme music of the '70s "Hitchhiker's Guide" BBC radio production is in fact (sit down....) an Eagles song! Yes.....excuse me while I pour myself ANOTHER drink. Called "Journey of the Sorcerer", this early Eagles song served as the opening and closing theme music for "The Guide." Man, I don't care how big they were in the '70s...that's SOOOO uncool. Especially for something as meaningful as that. Man, the Eagles ruin everything.
I mean, that would be the equivalent of the Marshall Tucker band doing "Into The West" from 'Return of the King.'
But........I really like that music. Too bad the only good part is very short and in the middle of a 6.5 minute instrumental.
........Yes. If you'll excuse me for a minute, I need some time. And a snack.
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(12 minutes and 1 raspberry tart without so much rat in it later)
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So now that I'm doubly depressed and thinking about (meaningless) life and death because of Mr. Bergman.......I'm going to pour myself a good stiff drink. This is not a good Holiday happy-go-lucky film for just anyone.
On a fan-boy note (I'm sorry......I'm ALWAYS a new-comer to these trendy fads of fan bases, so you'll have to overlook me; or make fun of me) I have discovered that the incidental and theme music of the '70s "Hitchhiker's Guide" BBC radio production is in fact (sit down....) an Eagles song! Yes.....excuse me while I pour myself ANOTHER drink. Called "Journey of the Sorcerer", this early Eagles song served as the opening and closing theme music for "The Guide." Man, I don't care how big they were in the '70s...that's SOOOO uncool. Especially for something as meaningful as that. Man, the Eagles ruin everything.
I mean, that would be the equivalent of the Marshall Tucker band doing "Into The West" from 'Return of the King.'
But........I really like that music. Too bad the only good part is very short and in the middle of a 6.5 minute instrumental.
Saturday, December 18, 2004
Why I Hated "National Treasure" -- A Sarcasticesque Essay/Belated Movie Review
What do you get when you throw a coke party in Hollywood? A session of blockbuster ideas......that's what. And, we all know that Jerry Bruckheimer gleefully hosts these parties. He's the master party-man.....like The Hef with a fresh batch of Viagra.
Sadly, Jerry is so hocked up on goofballs that he must die.
Now, not too long ago, someone was snorting coke off a dead hooker in the bathroom and got an idea. As he unrolled the dollar bill he was using as paraphanilia....he noticed those goofy little symbols on the back. He stormed out of the bathroom shouting his idea for a new movie that could star Nick Cage. Everyone grabbed their pens......but Mr. Bruckheimer called dibs AND shotgun first....even before the Wachowski Brothers (Matrix Trilo-suck-gy) could foul it up.
"Let's make a movie about our fore-fathers who hid the world's treasures and gave clues on national symbols."
Oh, and lets rate it PG so kids can see it......and never have to read a history book for the rest of their lives.
Now, right away you would think I would hate it for this reason.....NOT TRUE. I was fascinated. It was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer......I was willing to sit through that. The previews for the movie had nothing but that dickhole saying stuff about creepy tunnels.....I was prepared to make jokes. Lemons in the fridge? It could happen. Sean (Boromir really loved the hobbits) Bean as ANOTHER bad guy? Well, at least he's working. No actual plot or character development.....it had GREAT/NONSTOP action.
My Problem: NO CATCH-PHRASE!
Yeah.....no catch phrase, not even a theme song! ("We're finding National Treaaaasurreee!" as wailed by MeatLoaf)
Yeah, Napolean Dynamtie comes out on DVD tuesday, and I'm STILL quoting it. I sang the songs from Team America on the way home. I wanted to see Shaun Of The Dead just because some chunky British guy said "Yeah, boyeeeee!" I even loved the idea of being one of Ray Charles' 'Raylettes.' ("I get to be a Raylette? Does that mean I have to 'Let Ray'?")
But no.......after the National Credits rolled.....I had no National CatchPhrase. I had no Treasure to take home.
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However, the preview for "Hitchhiker's Guide" was worth the $7.75.
Sadly, Jerry is so hocked up on goofballs that he must die.
Now, not too long ago, someone was snorting coke off a dead hooker in the bathroom and got an idea. As he unrolled the dollar bill he was using as paraphanilia....he noticed those goofy little symbols on the back. He stormed out of the bathroom shouting his idea for a new movie that could star Nick Cage. Everyone grabbed their pens......but Mr. Bruckheimer called dibs AND shotgun first....even before the Wachowski Brothers (Matrix Trilo-suck-gy) could foul it up.
"Let's make a movie about our fore-fathers who hid the world's treasures and gave clues on national symbols."
Oh, and lets rate it PG so kids can see it......and never have to read a history book for the rest of their lives.
Now, right away you would think I would hate it for this reason.....NOT TRUE. I was fascinated. It was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer......I was willing to sit through that. The previews for the movie had nothing but that dickhole saying stuff about creepy tunnels.....I was prepared to make jokes. Lemons in the fridge? It could happen. Sean (Boromir really loved the hobbits) Bean as ANOTHER bad guy? Well, at least he's working. No actual plot or character development.....it had GREAT/NONSTOP action.
My Problem: NO CATCH-PHRASE!
Yeah.....no catch phrase, not even a theme song! ("We're finding National Treaaaasurreee!" as wailed by MeatLoaf)
Yeah, Napolean Dynamtie comes out on DVD tuesday, and I'm STILL quoting it. I sang the songs from Team America on the way home. I wanted to see Shaun Of The Dead just because some chunky British guy said "Yeah, boyeeeee!" I even loved the idea of being one of Ray Charles' 'Raylettes.' ("I get to be a Raylette? Does that mean I have to 'Let Ray'?")
But no.......after the National Credits rolled.....I had no National CatchPhrase. I had no Treasure to take home.
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However, the preview for "Hitchhiker's Guide" was worth the $7.75.
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
From A FanBoy Forum:
This is your brain: "Presented in a scope widescreen format, preserving the 2.35:1 aspect ratio of it's original theatrical exhibition."
This is your brain on drugs: "This film has been modified from it's original theatrical version. It has been reformatted to fit your screen"
Any questions???
This is your brain on drugs: "This film has been modified from it's original theatrical version. It has been reformatted to fit your screen"
Any questions???
Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Arghhhh....Someone Help, Please!
Crap.....it's another Hell-Day at work.
No, not a Tuesday; I'm at work.....ALONE.
These are the worst days b/c I'm the only one here, I have TONS UPON TONS OF STUFF TO DO.....and people always feel the need to call a TV station about....anything. (schedules....copies....bills....time&temp....programming.....announcements)
I have only a hundred or so more Xmas Greetings to digitze and edit....but it's really hard to make headway when you have to answer the damn phone every few minutes. So, why am I wasting time with a post? B/c it keeps one phone line busy so I only have to worry about one other. Shit I hate this.
No, not a Tuesday; I'm at work.....ALONE.
These are the worst days b/c I'm the only one here, I have TONS UPON TONS OF STUFF TO DO.....and people always feel the need to call a TV station about....anything. (schedules....copies....bills....time&temp....programming.....announcements)
I have only a hundred or so more Xmas Greetings to digitze and edit....but it's really hard to make headway when you have to answer the damn phone every few minutes. So, why am I wasting time with a post? B/c it keeps one phone line busy so I only have to worry about one other. Shit I hate this.
Saturday, December 11, 2004
Well, It's About That Time I Suppose:
Open up your heart and let the Patrick Swayze Christmas in
We'll gather at the Roadhouse with our next of kin
And Santa can be our regular Saturday night thing
We'll decorate our barstools and gather round and sing...
Oh, let's have a Patrick Swayze Christmas this year!
Or we'll tear your throat out and kick you in the ear!
It's my way or the highway, this Christmas at my ba-ha-haar
I'll have to smash your kneecaps if you bastards touch my car!
I got the word that Santa has been stealing from the till
I think that that right jolly old elf better make out his will, ohh,
Oh, let's have a Patrick Swayze Christmas, one and all. And this can be
the haziest . . . this can be the laziest. . . this can be the Swayziest
Christmas of them *AAALLLLLLLLLL*!
We'll gather at the Roadhouse with our next of kin
And Santa can be our regular Saturday night thing
We'll decorate our barstools and gather round and sing...
Oh, let's have a Patrick Swayze Christmas this year!
Or we'll tear your throat out and kick you in the ear!
It's my way or the highway, this Christmas at my ba-ha-haar
I'll have to smash your kneecaps if you bastards touch my car!
I got the word that Santa has been stealing from the till
I think that that right jolly old elf better make out his will, ohh,
Oh, let's have a Patrick Swayze Christmas, one and all. And this can be
the haziest . . . this can be the laziest. . . this can be the Swayziest
Christmas of them *AAALLLLLLLLLL*!
Thursday, December 9, 2004
Oh, Take It.......We Won't Eat The Whole Thing...
Ok.....sharing time. I will reveal one fear I have.
I will leave a room, and do that thing where you reach your hand and switch off the light after you've already exited. However, I have a dealdy fear that when I do this...the swith will stick straight out. This will subsequently ignite a spark several minutes later and burn down the building.
Therefore, I will often re-enter the room and push the light switch down. It's obsessive-compulsiveish.
I will leave a room, and do that thing where you reach your hand and switch off the light after you've already exited. However, I have a dealdy fear that when I do this...the swith will stick straight out. This will subsequently ignite a spark several minutes later and burn down the building.
Therefore, I will often re-enter the room and push the light switch down. It's obsessive-compulsiveish.
Wednesday, December 8, 2004
When Will The Nightmares Stop?
Well, they seem to keep happening. This time: Algebra Class......first day back........NEW TEACHER.
This teacher is gonna be a BITCH. It's our first day, and we are having a test. Now, I'm not smart with math and I really could use a refresher course......but nooooo. She thinks I'm a dumbass.
Most of the gang is all here.....at least the important ones. Thank goodness Joel is sitting behind me, he can help me out. Well, this insane woman passed out the exams.....face up....ten minutes ago and the test hasn't started. I think I'm the only one who doesn't know what the heck to do. I turn to Joel: "I don't even know where to start on the first question..." "Man, use your Wahl's."
Now, I don't know when the Hair Care Products company started making calculators....but this was a good idea. So, I ask to be excused to my locker (while she was talking to Bob Muphree and Jeff Edwards) and run out there. Oh crap, I forgot which locker was mine. Ooops.....that one was a gumball machine. Got it!
I come back in the room—oh crap she's moved everyone one desk apart. I sit down, no better off now. Bradley's across from me.....he understands my fate. And that this woman is a cold-hearted bitch. Well, the test begins and I've accepted I'm going to make a 2 on it so I just start writing. She then peruses the classroom and as she walks by she makes an under-breath comment about me using an unsharpened pencil, and she shakes her head. Bradley gives her a look: "You worthless...woman" then looks at me in pity. Thanks, Bradley, you get it.
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Later on (I'm not mentioning any names, but ask me and I'll tell you if you are right) a certain girl wants to talk to me. She's 'concerned' that I wrote something on a poster that's not very nice. I don't remember the details, but there was a slogan on the poster, and I finished it out with something to the effect of "faces are for sitting on." Screw her, it was funny.
This teacher is gonna be a BITCH. It's our first day, and we are having a test. Now, I'm not smart with math and I really could use a refresher course......but nooooo. She thinks I'm a dumbass.
Most of the gang is all here.....at least the important ones. Thank goodness Joel is sitting behind me, he can help me out. Well, this insane woman passed out the exams.....face up....ten minutes ago and the test hasn't started. I think I'm the only one who doesn't know what the heck to do. I turn to Joel: "I don't even know where to start on the first question..." "Man, use your Wahl's."
Now, I don't know when the Hair Care Products company started making calculators....but this was a good idea. So, I ask to be excused to my locker (while she was talking to Bob Muphree and Jeff Edwards) and run out there. Oh crap, I forgot which locker was mine. Ooops.....that one was a gumball machine. Got it!
I come back in the room—oh crap she's moved everyone one desk apart. I sit down, no better off now. Bradley's across from me.....he understands my fate. And that this woman is a cold-hearted bitch. Well, the test begins and I've accepted I'm going to make a 2 on it so I just start writing. She then peruses the classroom and as she walks by she makes an under-breath comment about me using an unsharpened pencil, and she shakes her head. Bradley gives her a look: "You worthless...woman" then looks at me in pity. Thanks, Bradley, you get it.
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Later on (I'm not mentioning any names, but ask me and I'll tell you if you are right) a certain girl wants to talk to me. She's 'concerned' that I wrote something on a poster that's not very nice. I don't remember the details, but there was a slogan on the poster, and I finished it out with something to the effect of "faces are for sitting on." Screw her, it was funny.
Monday, December 6, 2004
New Leaves Are Sooooo Heavy......
And soooo hard to turn over.
I keep trying to put things off until a definite point and make excuses....
"I'll start jogging when I move. I'm too embarrassed b/c I know people where I live and when they see me they'll think 'oh, he's trying to jog b/c he thinks he needs to be healthy b/c his grandad is about to die from a heart attack' or 'why is he running he is so skinny' or some excuse like that. I'm putting ideas into others' heads.
BULLSHIT
"I'll start eating better when I move. I'll be too poor to afford real food, so I'll be able eat lots of vegetables and non-fried foods and my mom won't make fun of me for wanting to eat healthy now at home. Remember the no-carb thing? (well, she got used to it....but I got sick a week later and had to have crackers and sodas. looked like a failure) I will be able to stop eating candy."
BULLSHIT
"I'll start waking up early this week. I hate being lazy.....maybe I need to work out to have more energy. I have so much work to do that by the time I get home and relax, I put in a movie or get online and spend too much time and don't get in bed at a decent time. I have the best job: I don't have to be at work until 10am! But.....even that ridiculous time is hard for me to make. at least 3 snoozes on the alarm. This week.....I'm gonna wake up BEFORE 9am so I won't be a retard. But I'm sooo tired and need rest. Oh, world, go away."
BULLSHIT
"I'm going to start a project that's non-work related (ahem, you know what I'm talking about) and actually try to go through with it. I've already proven to be a failure and this time it'll be different. I just need a little more money and time."
BULLSHIT
"I'm going to stop saying dumb things. I feel better when I am quiet and nothing retarded is coming out of my mouth. It'll be almost as if I can't speak at all. If it ain't meaningful, I ain't saying it. I don't even want people to know who I am."
BULLSHIT
"I'm going to start taking my personal appearance into account more betterly. I dress awfully and I maybe get to shave on a fortnight. (I could really use the Fab Five....or at least Carson) I'm going to take $1000 from my bank account, walk up to someone in the men's department at J.C. Penny's, and tell them to make me suave. I'm going to shave and be closely groomed so I don't scare small children (and teenagers, adults, and really old people). I am actually going to buy clothes that are both comfortable, and look really good on me.....whether I think so or the mannequins say so."
BULLSHIT
"I am going to stop having pity parties and things the way I want them.....and all the while getting wasted in my room with cheap vodka and typing things that make me even more depressed and reading other people's online diaries who apparently feel the same way I do—and I've never even met them before. I will stop thinking of myself as a loser and actually DO something."
...........FUCKING BULLSHIT
I keep trying to put things off until a definite point and make excuses....
"I'll start jogging when I move. I'm too embarrassed b/c I know people where I live and when they see me they'll think 'oh, he's trying to jog b/c he thinks he needs to be healthy b/c his grandad is about to die from a heart attack' or 'why is he running he is so skinny' or some excuse like that. I'm putting ideas into others' heads.
BULLSHIT
"I'll start eating better when I move. I'll be too poor to afford real food, so I'll be able eat lots of vegetables and non-fried foods and my mom won't make fun of me for wanting to eat healthy now at home. Remember the no-carb thing? (well, she got used to it....but I got sick a week later and had to have crackers and sodas. looked like a failure) I will be able to stop eating candy."
BULLSHIT
"I'll start waking up early this week. I hate being lazy.....maybe I need to work out to have more energy. I have so much work to do that by the time I get home and relax, I put in a movie or get online and spend too much time and don't get in bed at a decent time. I have the best job: I don't have to be at work until 10am! But.....even that ridiculous time is hard for me to make. at least 3 snoozes on the alarm. This week.....I'm gonna wake up BEFORE 9am so I won't be a retard. But I'm sooo tired and need rest. Oh, world, go away."
BULLSHIT
"I'm going to start a project that's non-work related (ahem, you know what I'm talking about) and actually try to go through with it. I've already proven to be a failure and this time it'll be different. I just need a little more money and time."
BULLSHIT
"I'm going to stop saying dumb things. I feel better when I am quiet and nothing retarded is coming out of my mouth. It'll be almost as if I can't speak at all. If it ain't meaningful, I ain't saying it. I don't even want people to know who I am."
BULLSHIT
"I'm going to start taking my personal appearance into account more betterly. I dress awfully and I maybe get to shave on a fortnight. (I could really use the Fab Five....or at least Carson) I'm going to take $1000 from my bank account, walk up to someone in the men's department at J.C. Penny's, and tell them to make me suave. I'm going to shave and be closely groomed so I don't scare small children (and teenagers, adults, and really old people). I am actually going to buy clothes that are both comfortable, and look really good on me.....whether I think so or the mannequins say so."
BULLSHIT
"I am going to stop having pity parties and things the way I want them.....and all the while getting wasted in my room with cheap vodka and typing things that make me even more depressed and reading other people's online diaries who apparently feel the same way I do—and I've never even met them before. I will stop thinking of myself as a loser and actually DO something."
...........FUCKING BULLSHIT
Saturday, December 4, 2004
Eye H8 U
So most undoubtedly one of the best nights I've had in a long time happened a few months ago......and sadly only once. Myself, Gore, Jennifer and Kevin watched a crappy sci-fi made for video or USA network movie and Gore and me riffed on it sooo bad. The movie: SCORCHER!
So.....it made me want to start a new Saturday night tradition that cost $3.95 for a video and a 6-pack of beer. And it would be fun. Sadly, this never took off. Damn......YOU JUST WAIT TILL I HAVE MY OWN PLACE. The beer will flow like wine and the riffs will fly like Don Rickles with his own talk show.
......Well tonight things have come full circle. I am sitting at home (by myself....) watching a made-for-Sci-Fi Channel (owned by USA Networks) movie named: RAPTOR ISLAND. Yep......crappy as shit. Even the Discovery Channel had better Dinosaur animations. I'm only watching the last hour, but oh man this movie has a new hole.
I caught it just in time for the obligatory pointless action-movie brave-man taking on the bad guy by himself and sacrificing himself to save the main characters. Think about it: you've seen this scene in EVERY stupid action movie. Is it supposed to make us feel good? (However, if you are lucky, one of these deaths will invovle a railing-kill (as made famous by Space Mutiny) in which someone will die while falling over a railing.
You can always count of USA Networks to provide free entertainment. Oh, if you want to host a riffing party, let me know.
So.....it made me want to start a new Saturday night tradition that cost $3.95 for a video and a 6-pack of beer. And it would be fun. Sadly, this never took off. Damn......YOU JUST WAIT TILL I HAVE MY OWN PLACE. The beer will flow like wine and the riffs will fly like Don Rickles with his own talk show.
......Well tonight things have come full circle. I am sitting at home (by myself....) watching a made-for-Sci-Fi Channel (owned by USA Networks) movie named: RAPTOR ISLAND. Yep......crappy as shit. Even the Discovery Channel had better Dinosaur animations. I'm only watching the last hour, but oh man this movie has a new hole.
I caught it just in time for the obligatory pointless action-movie brave-man taking on the bad guy by himself and sacrificing himself to save the main characters. Think about it: you've seen this scene in EVERY stupid action movie. Is it supposed to make us feel good? (However, if you are lucky, one of these deaths will invovle a railing-kill (as made famous by Space Mutiny) in which someone will die while falling over a railing.
You can always count of USA Networks to provide free entertainment. Oh, if you want to host a riffing party, let me know.
Wednesday, December 1, 2004
If Anyone Goes.....
To see "National Treasure" without me......please please say this at the point when the dork says "Who wants to go down the creepy tunnel first?":
"That's what your mom said last night."
Just for me...
Oh, and let me know if the Hitchhiker's Trailer is attached. If not....it'll only be half worth going to see.
"That's what your mom said last night."
Just for me...
Oh, and let me know if the Hitchhiker's Trailer is attached. If not....it'll only be half worth going to see.
Not That He Had Any To Begin With.....
But Snoop has lost all talent.
"Drop it like it's hot"? Gosh, after hearing that song I want to kill myself. (Well.....more than usual) It's like black people all of a sudden took a bit of valium and their world is slowly de-revolving.....then the earth spins in a different direction and things get all trippy.....and retarded.
Like in the Superman movie when Chris Reeve flew backward and reversed time to save Lois Lane.
Come on rappers.....let's try legitimate music for a change. Outkast gave it a really good try. There was that one weekend that Missy Elliot got it right.
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It's embarrassing to go to Sam's Club with my mom. Well, now they really don't look at your card when you enter (you have to have it to check out) so there's no reason to show it. She didn't really know, and last week entered the store with her card flashed directly in front of her, in the greeter's face. NO LIE: "That's fine ma'am, but that's not the right card anyway."
My mom turns it to her, it was her BP Gas Card.
"Drop it like it's hot"? Gosh, after hearing that song I want to kill myself. (Well.....more than usual) It's like black people all of a sudden took a bit of valium and their world is slowly de-revolving.....then the earth spins in a different direction and things get all trippy.....and retarded.
Like in the Superman movie when Chris Reeve flew backward and reversed time to save Lois Lane.
Come on rappers.....let's try legitimate music for a change. Outkast gave it a really good try. There was that one weekend that Missy Elliot got it right.
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It's embarrassing to go to Sam's Club with my mom. Well, now they really don't look at your card when you enter (you have to have it to check out) so there's no reason to show it. She didn't really know, and last week entered the store with her card flashed directly in front of her, in the greeter's face. NO LIE: "That's fine ma'am, but that's not the right card anyway."
My mom turns it to her, it was her BP Gas Card.
Monday, November 29, 2004
Music For Your Life
First, I need to say I've found something retarded on MTV (I know......that's redundant but bear with me). It's a show called Video Mods. It's basically music videos that have been redone by whatever the fuck a mod is........something that makes video game graphics. So it's just video game charachters doing music videos. It's soo gay right now b/c they are doing a New Found Glory song. Gay.....just gay.
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Here's why music sucks:
You have a song that moves you. Something you sing over and over and seems to define your life. You desparately want to share this song with others. However, no one is around. You are alone.
No one likes the music you like. You may listen to music when someone else is in your car, but it has to be neutral music or something in the background. The reason is that humans for some reason feel the need to talk. People can't be quiet. Therefore, it's impossible for two people to sit in a car and listen to music. There has to be conversation. If you turn up the knob and go "man, I just love this song" it usually goes ignored and you continue talking.
Pop music sucks b/c when you are in a public place—I'm going to use a bowling alley as an example—and a song comes on. Someone likes it....and wants to prove this fact. If this is a girl, she will usually dance and sing the song loudly. "Hey, I know this song....hear me singing it?" If it's a guy, he will usually go "Aww, yeah!" and may sing along to prove he knows it as well. Retarded people act retarded in a public place when retarded music is playing.
Rap/hip hop sucks.
I guess your high school years are the definitive music-buying years. That's also when you listen to music that is totally retarded and only indicative of the times. Nothing of any real meaning. And the worst part of all: parents just don't understand.
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Here's why music sucks:
You have a song that moves you. Something you sing over and over and seems to define your life. You desparately want to share this song with others. However, no one is around. You are alone.
No one likes the music you like. You may listen to music when someone else is in your car, but it has to be neutral music or something in the background. The reason is that humans for some reason feel the need to talk. People can't be quiet. Therefore, it's impossible for two people to sit in a car and listen to music. There has to be conversation. If you turn up the knob and go "man, I just love this song" it usually goes ignored and you continue talking.
Pop music sucks b/c when you are in a public place—I'm going to use a bowling alley as an example—and a song comes on. Someone likes it....and wants to prove this fact. If this is a girl, she will usually dance and sing the song loudly. "Hey, I know this song....hear me singing it?" If it's a guy, he will usually go "Aww, yeah!" and may sing along to prove he knows it as well. Retarded people act retarded in a public place when retarded music is playing.
Rap/hip hop sucks.
I guess your high school years are the definitive music-buying years. That's also when you listen to music that is totally retarded and only indicative of the times. Nothing of any real meaning. And the worst part of all: parents just don't understand.
Ain't No Party Like A Holy Ghost Party 'Cause A Holy Ghost Party Don't Stop
Thanks to listening to the Prairie Home Companion I can appreciate how beautiful some hymns are. Well, I think hyms are much better when put into a folk/fringe of bluegrass type melody with a female lead. Just choirs and dudes don't do it for me.
On an entirely related and similar note, I enjoyed the bits of Queer Eye I got to see over the Thanksgiving holidays. The show has been in hiatus, and I had forgotten how much I loved watching it. I really need the Fab Five.
I almost bought all 5 books of the innacurately named Hitchhiker's Trilogy for $7.50 a pop from the Sci-Fi section. Don't get me wrong, it would have been worth it, but after browsing the Fiction section, I found a 6-volume Ulitmate Guide for only $14. Whew. And dammit....it's hard to put down but I have soooo much work I have no free time and I actually have like 10 books I bought last summer that I still haven't even cracked and I never finished the 3rd level of the Ninja Turtles game and I'm almost through FF-X for my 2nd time but I bought The Third Age and am only in the plains of Rohan and people have ordered even more copies of games at the station so I'm working weekends now and I still have a few DVDs I haven't got to watch yet and I really want to go see movies in the theater but I ......well I guess I just don't. And it's all my fault b/c I try to do too much.
And I really want to move to Bruce but I just got my first bill for my student loans.
It's gonna be a fun year.
I think I have some kind of a foot fungus or something b/c my feet have started to smell. Really bad, too.....after a day of being in my shoes. It's not cool at all.
It's gonna be a fun year.
On an entirely related and similar note, I enjoyed the bits of Queer Eye I got to see over the Thanksgiving holidays. The show has been in hiatus, and I had forgotten how much I loved watching it. I really need the Fab Five.
I almost bought all 5 books of the innacurately named Hitchhiker's Trilogy for $7.50 a pop from the Sci-Fi section. Don't get me wrong, it would have been worth it, but after browsing the Fiction section, I found a 6-volume Ulitmate Guide for only $14. Whew. And dammit....it's hard to put down but I have soooo much work I have no free time and I actually have like 10 books I bought last summer that I still haven't even cracked and I never finished the 3rd level of the Ninja Turtles game and I'm almost through FF-X for my 2nd time but I bought The Third Age and am only in the plains of Rohan and people have ordered even more copies of games at the station so I'm working weekends now and I still have a few DVDs I haven't got to watch yet and I really want to go see movies in the theater but I ......well I guess I just don't. And it's all my fault b/c I try to do too much.
And I really want to move to Bruce but I just got my first bill for my student loans.
It's gonna be a fun year.
I think I have some kind of a foot fungus or something b/c my feet have started to smell. Really bad, too.....after a day of being in my shoes. It's not cool at all.
It's gonna be a fun year.
Sunday, November 28, 2004
R.I.P. "King"
First of all, Thank you Jennifer and Kevin for being kind and considerate enough to drive out to the station in the bad weather to make sure I wasn't going to drive home. It meant alot......but I'm sorry for being an asshole and proclaiming that I knew better than to leave and go home. Of couse, you are never going to read this b/c ummm.....like 3 people actually know about this blog. So, well, if you read this, tell them thanks for me or whatever.
Now.........
So last Tuesnight was bad weather night for Northeast Mississippi. Adam and I had been at the station trying to desperately get work done that was overdue. The storm started setting in badly....and so was our hunger. I knew I couldn't go home for another few hours b/c of the weather, and there were only 2.75 slices of pizza left in the fridge at the station. (that would NEVER be enough for Adam and I to split.) So, finally the power started to blink, and we knew that we shouldn't start any work b/c soon the power would go out and erase/foul up any work we were doing. So, we decided to go find food. Real good food. Well, as we were driving up to the square in Bruce, we saw the entire north-west side of town had NO power. Our decision was to go to the Pizza Palace. Like clockwork, as soon as I pulled into the parking place, the tornado siren went off. Wonderful. I'm stuck in Bruce, I'm hungry, and I'm about to die. So, like retards we stroll into Pizza Palace like it's lunch hour. Bill has shut down, and seems like he is trying to run us out of the Palace. (thinking about it, it's kind of like we were driving, and sought the nearest shelter when the siren went off.)
So, disappointed we left, and as we made it 350° around the square the sirens stopped. Everything else closed (at only 8pm) we sadly went back to the station. From the highway, we saw the Morgan's had just returned from Calhoun City. Also, as we were in the parking lot, we watched as the power blinked, then went off. We saw the station go dark. Well, we were screwed. I wanted to go home, and Adam had work to do. But, you see......when you work at a TV station, there's really no work you can do when the power's off. Well, you can do sorting and things, but our emergency lights don't have batteries, so the control room is 100% dark.
The Morgans left us with a tiny flashlight, an almost spent scented candle, and 2.75 slices of pizza and two flavors of Sprite (Sprite and Sprite Zero). So, after they left, Adam drove his car onto the front sidewalk so we could listen to SuperTalk MS. After the pizza I found two cans of Dry-Roasted Peanuts.
So, after the bad part of the storm subsided, there was only light rain.....and LOTS of water in the parking lot. Well, finally the power came on....but we stayed where we were. Just like a bunch of dickholes with work to be done. From somewhere in the far reaches of my brain I had a memory from when I was a kid with my brother. We had a big hole where our swimming pool used to be, and one day after a heavy rain we took all the soda cans we had been saving, and played pirates and shot them with a BB gun. I got the idea of sailboats. So......somehow I said the word "sailboat" and we set to work and spending the next half hour making paper boats to sail in the parking lot. (Mind you, we are approaching our mid-20s.) Adam made his boat a vessel to light on fire and burn the dead King. (I saw it in that movie with Sean Connery) Mine just consited of an upside down styrofoam cup with paper suffed in the bottom to keep it steady. Well, these things sailed like mad. Mine got caught in seaweed, and we had to send a rescue boat. Adam didn't put much thought into the rescue boat——it failed.
Finally, to end the best waste of time ever we put together a message in a bottle. That thing has either hit the Tombigbee by now.....or is in the field 30 yards away.
So the power came on, the rain died down and I went home.
I hate to be hypocritical, but I really want to buy a BB gun now and shoot cans during the next flash flood. (I hate guns....but I guess a BB gun is safe and not really a gun.)
Now.........
So last Tuesnight was bad weather night for Northeast Mississippi. Adam and I had been at the station trying to desperately get work done that was overdue. The storm started setting in badly....and so was our hunger. I knew I couldn't go home for another few hours b/c of the weather, and there were only 2.75 slices of pizza left in the fridge at the station. (that would NEVER be enough for Adam and I to split.) So, finally the power started to blink, and we knew that we shouldn't start any work b/c soon the power would go out and erase/foul up any work we were doing. So, we decided to go find food. Real good food. Well, as we were driving up to the square in Bruce, we saw the entire north-west side of town had NO power. Our decision was to go to the Pizza Palace. Like clockwork, as soon as I pulled into the parking place, the tornado siren went off. Wonderful. I'm stuck in Bruce, I'm hungry, and I'm about to die. So, like retards we stroll into Pizza Palace like it's lunch hour. Bill has shut down, and seems like he is trying to run us out of the Palace. (thinking about it, it's kind of like we were driving, and sought the nearest shelter when the siren went off.)
So, disappointed we left, and as we made it 350° around the square the sirens stopped. Everything else closed (at only 8pm) we sadly went back to the station. From the highway, we saw the Morgan's had just returned from Calhoun City. Also, as we were in the parking lot, we watched as the power blinked, then went off. We saw the station go dark. Well, we were screwed. I wanted to go home, and Adam had work to do. But, you see......when you work at a TV station, there's really no work you can do when the power's off. Well, you can do sorting and things, but our emergency lights don't have batteries, so the control room is 100% dark.
The Morgans left us with a tiny flashlight, an almost spent scented candle, and 2.75 slices of pizza and two flavors of Sprite (Sprite and Sprite Zero). So, after they left, Adam drove his car onto the front sidewalk so we could listen to SuperTalk MS. After the pizza I found two cans of Dry-Roasted Peanuts.
So, after the bad part of the storm subsided, there was only light rain.....and LOTS of water in the parking lot. Well, finally the power came on....but we stayed where we were. Just like a bunch of dickholes with work to be done. From somewhere in the far reaches of my brain I had a memory from when I was a kid with my brother. We had a big hole where our swimming pool used to be, and one day after a heavy rain we took all the soda cans we had been saving, and played pirates and shot them with a BB gun. I got the idea of sailboats. So......somehow I said the word "sailboat" and we set to work and spending the next half hour making paper boats to sail in the parking lot. (Mind you, we are approaching our mid-20s.) Adam made his boat a vessel to light on fire and burn the dead King. (I saw it in that movie with Sean Connery) Mine just consited of an upside down styrofoam cup with paper suffed in the bottom to keep it steady. Well, these things sailed like mad. Mine got caught in seaweed, and we had to send a rescue boat. Adam didn't put much thought into the rescue boat——it failed.
Finally, to end the best waste of time ever we put together a message in a bottle. That thing has either hit the Tombigbee by now.....or is in the field 30 yards away.
So the power came on, the rain died down and I went home.
I hate to be hypocritical, but I really want to buy a BB gun now and shoot cans during the next flash flood. (I hate guns....but I guess a BB gun is safe and not really a gun.)
Wednesday, November 24, 2004
'Twas The Night Before Thanksgiving.....
....And I've counted 5 (five) hard liquor ads on TV tonight since 8pm.
Hrmmmm.......sounds like a great idea. I've got a flask calling my name, I'll bid you adieu. I'll tell you the great 'Tuesday Night Storm Story' later. It's good.
Eat, Drink, get bloated. And Merry.
Hrmmmm.......sounds like a great idea. I've got a flask calling my name, I'll bid you adieu. I'll tell you the great 'Tuesday Night Storm Story' later. It's good.
Eat, Drink, get bloated. And Merry.
Sunday, November 21, 2004
I'm Currently Downloading A Program To Manage My Downloads.....
....So now all I can do is wait. At least I have Spider Solitaire.
If you don't like long posts then you may as well go read The Onion.com....
.........because I have a new entry in my list of favorite TV shows. I'm currently completely obsessed with the Showtime original series "Dead Like Me."
This is absolutely one of the best shows in recent TV history. And I don't even see that much TV. I remember seeing the ads for this show, but I don't have Showtime to I never got to see it. A few months ago I heard Art Bell interview Ellen Muth from the show, and he talked about how much he absolutely loved it, so I thought it must be good. So I shelled out the money to buy the first season DVD of a show I have never even seen before. And I don't feel bad at all.
"Dead Like Me" follows the life—errrr, I mean DEATH—of 18-year-old George (short for 'Georgia'). You see, Georgia was killed one morning by a flaming toilet seat that fell off of the Russian Space Station 'Mir'(you see how clever this show is going to be already, don't you?). However, before she died her soul was taken by a grim reaper. Now, death in general is a total bureaucracy with posistions, levels, and departments. It just so happens that if you are a grim reaper, once you reach your quota, you are given a promotion and the last soul you reaped takes your place. It seems as though death has just as much of an order as life. Well, George happened to be the lucky millionth customer. She is now a grim reaper.
Reapers are divided into departments, and hers happens to be the violent/unexpected deaths division. As a courtesy, it's best to take their souls before they die so as not to traumatize them dramatically. Well, she meets her 'boss'—a very lovable Mandy Patinkin—who is given the daily death assignments from the people higher up. It's his job to hand out the souls that are to be reaped on little post-its to all the reapers under his care. The notes consist of two initials and a last name, and address, and an ETD (estimated time of death). This is so that the reapers never totally know who is to die until they reach the appointment so that they won't become emotionally involved. This is the daily life....death....of a reaper. An un-dead.
Now, that's the premise. Here's why the show is sooo good. You see, being a grim reaper...an un-dead.....is not all fun and games. You see, they still have human form, therefore they have human needs. People gots to eat. Therefore, the reapers must take part-time jobs or have some form of income to exist day-to-day. (Alot of the time, they usually just take stuff from the dead people they've just guided to 'crossing over.')
George is 18 years old, and a very lazy and pouty girl who has no real direction in life. Therefore, the writers of this show are brilliant by giving her a job at Happy Time Temporary Agency. So, that's where this show gets it charm: it's 'X-Files' meets 'Office Space.' Every episdoe you cringe at some of the not-so-nice deaths, but you feel sooo bad for George everytime she's visited by her constantly happy "Getting Things Done" boss, Ms. Herbig (as in: "Her Big Brown Eyes").
There is also an awesome dynamic with George's family. She never got along with her mom and dad, and never even talked to her little sister. After her death, things only got worse. Her weird sister got weirder. Basically, things are really screwed up at home. And there's NOTHING George can do. (When you are a reaper, you have a different physical apperance than your life, so people won't recognize you as the person you were. So, when George goes home, she's basically a stranger.) George realizes what she had when she was alive, and desperatly wants some way to communicate with her sister, and regrets only being 18 years old and never really living.
Both flipping hilarious and equally heart-touching, "Dead Like Me" is one of my new favorites. I only hope season 2 is over soon so it will be out on DVD.
If you don't like long posts then you may as well go read The Onion.com....
.........because I have a new entry in my list of favorite TV shows. I'm currently completely obsessed with the Showtime original series "Dead Like Me."
This is absolutely one of the best shows in recent TV history. And I don't even see that much TV. I remember seeing the ads for this show, but I don't have Showtime to I never got to see it. A few months ago I heard Art Bell interview Ellen Muth from the show, and he talked about how much he absolutely loved it, so I thought it must be good. So I shelled out the money to buy the first season DVD of a show I have never even seen before. And I don't feel bad at all.
"Dead Like Me" follows the life—errrr, I mean DEATH—of 18-year-old George (short for 'Georgia'). You see, Georgia was killed one morning by a flaming toilet seat that fell off of the Russian Space Station 'Mir'(you see how clever this show is going to be already, don't you?). However, before she died her soul was taken by a grim reaper. Now, death in general is a total bureaucracy with posistions, levels, and departments. It just so happens that if you are a grim reaper, once you reach your quota, you are given a promotion and the last soul you reaped takes your place. It seems as though death has just as much of an order as life. Well, George happened to be the lucky millionth customer. She is now a grim reaper.
Reapers are divided into departments, and hers happens to be the violent/unexpected deaths division. As a courtesy, it's best to take their souls before they die so as not to traumatize them dramatically. Well, she meets her 'boss'—a very lovable Mandy Patinkin—who is given the daily death assignments from the people higher up. It's his job to hand out the souls that are to be reaped on little post-its to all the reapers under his care. The notes consist of two initials and a last name, and address, and an ETD (estimated time of death). This is so that the reapers never totally know who is to die until they reach the appointment so that they won't become emotionally involved. This is the daily life....death....of a reaper. An un-dead.
Now, that's the premise. Here's why the show is sooo good. You see, being a grim reaper...an un-dead.....is not all fun and games. You see, they still have human form, therefore they have human needs. People gots to eat. Therefore, the reapers must take part-time jobs or have some form of income to exist day-to-day. (Alot of the time, they usually just take stuff from the dead people they've just guided to 'crossing over.')
George is 18 years old, and a very lazy and pouty girl who has no real direction in life. Therefore, the writers of this show are brilliant by giving her a job at Happy Time Temporary Agency. So, that's where this show gets it charm: it's 'X-Files' meets 'Office Space.' Every episdoe you cringe at some of the not-so-nice deaths, but you feel sooo bad for George everytime she's visited by her constantly happy "Getting Things Done" boss, Ms. Herbig (as in: "Her Big Brown Eyes").
There is also an awesome dynamic with George's family. She never got along with her mom and dad, and never even talked to her little sister. After her death, things only got worse. Her weird sister got weirder. Basically, things are really screwed up at home. And there's NOTHING George can do. (When you are a reaper, you have a different physical apperance than your life, so people won't recognize you as the person you were. So, when George goes home, she's basically a stranger.) George realizes what she had when she was alive, and desperatly wants some way to communicate with her sister, and regrets only being 18 years old and never really living.
Both flipping hilarious and equally heart-touching, "Dead Like Me" is one of my new favorites. I only hope season 2 is over soon so it will be out on DVD.
Wednesday, November 17, 2004
No Need To Drive To Columbus......
To the nearest Porno Store.............
Because I have just viewed the teaser trailer for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith.
That should do me till May '05.
Because I have just viewed the teaser trailer for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge Of The Sith.
That should do me till May '05.
Tuesday, November 16, 2004
DON'T PANIC
The Teaser Trailer for "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" is online now. I'm sure you've all watched it by now.
It's got John Malkovich in, but as for the overall Britishness of the film, I'm not sure. The trailer looks good though.........at least the movie will have good CG effects. It looks all bluish-tinted, too.
I guarantee they have the technology to actually see the Babel Fish enter the ear. Mark my words.
It's got John Malkovich in, but as for the overall Britishness of the film, I'm not sure. The trailer looks good though.........at least the movie will have good CG effects. It looks all bluish-tinted, too.
I guarantee they have the technology to actually see the Babel Fish enter the ear. Mark my words.
Kinsey.......
So, there's a movie coming out about the Sex Researcher Alfred Kinsey.
I wonder if they'll include the fact that he was an entymologist. Yup.....studied bugs.
Sexxxxxy.
I wonder if they'll include the fact that he was an entymologist. Yup.....studied bugs.
Sexxxxxy.
The Movie I Can't Stop Quoting
1. Back in August I ordered (off of eBay) a Steadicam mount from a dealer who built the product himself and sold it for a great price. As of yesterday I still hadn't gotten it, and never received a response from the query I sent in early October. So this morning I got an email. Apparently the guy who made the product DIED in an accident. Yes, he's dead. So the person who sent the email said they bought all of the equipment pieces from the guy's widow and are carrying on with production—even improving the design. The good news: I may not lose my hundred bucks. The bad news: ummm the guy is dead.
2. Later this same day I had finished making some copies someone ordered at the station and I called the number on the order slip to tell them their DVDs were ready.
PERSON: Hello?
ME: Hi, is *** ******* there?
PERSON: No, they are at the hospital. Her daughter is a really bad diabetic and this weekend she was at a friend's house and starting complaing her stomach was hurting. She started vomiting and got really sick and they took her to the hospital, and her stomach is shutting down. And also ******'s husband is in the hospital. He's got brain cancer and there's nothing the doctors can do, so they are just going to release him tomorrow. They are going to send him home to die. (I'm not exaggerating.........I'm actually UNDER-REPORTING everything she said)
ME: Uh, I'm Steven Criss, from TV-7. I was just calling to let *** know that we have her copies of the Beauty Pageant ready.
PERSON: Oh, yes, her daughters were in that. (and on again about the hospital)
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Now, of course all the while I was throwing in sympathetic feedback—I'm not that much of an asshole. And of course I tried to end the conversation several times by offering and wishing the best.
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I need new shoes. The ones I have are really uncomfortable and I can smell my own feet when I'm sitting down at work. Not good, b/c I usually don't have smelly feet. It's like that not-so-fresh feeling. Only worse. And for dudes.
2. Later this same day I had finished making some copies someone ordered at the station and I called the number on the order slip to tell them their DVDs were ready.
PERSON: Hello?
ME: Hi, is *** ******* there?
PERSON: No, they are at the hospital. Her daughter is a really bad diabetic and this weekend she was at a friend's house and starting complaing her stomach was hurting. She started vomiting and got really sick and they took her to the hospital, and her stomach is shutting down. And also ******'s husband is in the hospital. He's got brain cancer and there's nothing the doctors can do, so they are just going to release him tomorrow. They are going to send him home to die. (I'm not exaggerating.........I'm actually UNDER-REPORTING everything she said)
ME: Uh, I'm Steven Criss, from TV-7. I was just calling to let *** know that we have her copies of the Beauty Pageant ready.
PERSON: Oh, yes, her daughters were in that. (and on again about the hospital)
_________
Now, of course all the while I was throwing in sympathetic feedback—I'm not that much of an asshole. And of course I tried to end the conversation several times by offering and wishing the best.
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I need new shoes. The ones I have are really uncomfortable and I can smell my own feet when I'm sitting down at work. Not good, b/c I usually don't have smelly feet. It's like that not-so-fresh feeling. Only worse. And for dudes.
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
HAAHA........Me In 15 Years
I've just realized that I'm a loser, and the clerk at Radio Shack told me so: right before he snapped a picture using a new digital photo wristwatch. (It's gonna be a cool gadget.....very useful in 15 years.) I then handed him the money, without a word, and left. I probably went straight to a bar. ..........oh, and apparently I play StarCraft in the future.
Of course, I'm not sure who that is behind me.
So........
John Ashcroft resigned. I guess we should be happy.
As long has he doesn't sing......oh my gosh he's awful! If you don't believe me, just pop in Fahrenheit 9/11. THAT's why the movie got an R-rating.
As long has he doesn't sing......oh my gosh he's awful! If you don't believe me, just pop in Fahrenheit 9/11. THAT's why the movie got an R-rating.
Did I Do That?
So it's 11 pm....and I'm having to watch Family Matters, or as it's better known: Urkel.
Which leads to several points:
• I'm having to watch crap, b/c my mom has developed a new habit of going to sleep on the couch. She doesn't sleep at night anymore b/c my dad and brother are gone, and my grandad is sick. So, after supper, she sits on the couch watching TV and goes to sleep, not waking up until near midnight. Eh, I guess I could wake her. But...it's more fun to watch The Daily Show and Family Guy in hopes she'll wake up to it and laugh. (dang, I have wild dreams) But, about 11 is when the juicy stuff comes on, but I don't want to risk it. Talk Sex with Sue Johanson is too embarrassing to be caught watching by ANYBODY. Queer Eye is in hiatus. South Park would freak her out. I don't want to watch MTV anyway. Discovery Channel doesn't show naked people anymore.
• Remember the younger daughter on the show? Hahahah.....she was written out of the show in it's earlier seasons. I hate that little long-haird Richie kid, too.
• Remember when Urkel was saved on the show? He went to church with the Winslows and joined the church. That would never happen on TV today.
• The girl who played Myra, Steve's girlfriend, also played Justine, Theo Huxtable's girlfriend.
• My other grandad....who we called "Grandaddy"......used to call me Urkel. He loved watching the show, and when I got my glasses for the first time I pulled my pants up and did an impression. He called me that for years.
Which leads to several points:
• I'm having to watch crap, b/c my mom has developed a new habit of going to sleep on the couch. She doesn't sleep at night anymore b/c my dad and brother are gone, and my grandad is sick. So, after supper, she sits on the couch watching TV and goes to sleep, not waking up until near midnight. Eh, I guess I could wake her. But...it's more fun to watch The Daily Show and Family Guy in hopes she'll wake up to it and laugh. (dang, I have wild dreams) But, about 11 is when the juicy stuff comes on, but I don't want to risk it. Talk Sex with Sue Johanson is too embarrassing to be caught watching by ANYBODY. Queer Eye is in hiatus. South Park would freak her out. I don't want to watch MTV anyway. Discovery Channel doesn't show naked people anymore.
• Remember the younger daughter on the show? Hahahah.....she was written out of the show in it's earlier seasons. I hate that little long-haird Richie kid, too.
• Remember when Urkel was saved on the show? He went to church with the Winslows and joined the church. That would never happen on TV today.
• The girl who played Myra, Steve's girlfriend, also played Justine, Theo Huxtable's girlfriend.
• My other grandad....who we called "Grandaddy"......used to call me Urkel. He loved watching the show, and when I got my glasses for the first time I pulled my pants up and did an impression. He called me that for years.
Tuesday, November 9, 2004
Oh Man, THIS GUY Said It All......
Ok, straight from Amazon.com, Here is the Customer Review for "Kangaroo Jack - G'Day U.S.A.!"
Hmmm..., October 30, 2004
Reviewer: KG "KG" (Earth)
I have a strange feeling in the bottom of my soul that this is going to suck...
I would say this is a smart man.........or girl.
Hmmm..., October 30, 2004
Reviewer: KG "KG" (Earth)
I have a strange feeling in the bottom of my soul that this is going to suck...
I would say this is a smart man.........or girl.
Monday, November 8, 2004
As My Friend Ben Lee Once Said: Cigarettes Will Kill You...
.......except I don't know what the song is about.
So, I trust everyone listens to the Prairie Home Companion on PRM? (website)
Why does an archaeologist make a good husband?" "Because the older you get, the more interested he is in you."
........look, it's rare to hear humor on Public Radio, so this show is definitely worth checking out. It's on Saturday afternoons 5ish and sometimes on Sundays just after luch. (I expect you to listen for it yourself....stop relying on me to tell you the times)
Ehh sorry, I really feel compelled to update, but once I do all inspiration leaves, and I'm left without content. Well, the Prarie Home Companion is releasing a DVD of their 30th Anniversary Broadcast, so I may be getting that one if I'm lucky enough to see it lying around a WalMart somewhere.
Oh before I go, one I heard last Sunday.....I may have to paraphrase....
"George W. died and was standing outside of heaven. St. Peter said he would let W. see both heaven and hell, and W. would get to pick where he wanted to spend eternity. W. went to hell, and found nothing but Golf Courses and clubs all around, people laughing and having a good time with a few beers. Dubya then goes to Heaven and sees nothing but enlightened people floating around from cloud to cloud playing harps, singing, and talking about intellectual things. Dubya turns to St. Peter and says 'I never thought I would say this, but I think I would be better off in Hell.' So down he goes, but when he gets there he finds nothing but desolation and destruction and people in pain. Satan comes up to him to welcome him, and W. says 'What's going on? Earlier I was here and it was all good times.' The Devil responds "That was the campaign......now you voted for us."
AHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAH.........ahahahhahhah.........aahah ......ha. Hrmph.
Just be glad I didn't try to tell the one about the Scottish guy watching baseball; the Punchline: "He doesn't need to run, he's got 4 balls"....."Walk with PRIDE, laddie!"
So, I trust everyone listens to the Prairie Home Companion on PRM? (website)
Why does an archaeologist make a good husband?" "Because the older you get, the more interested he is in you."
........look, it's rare to hear humor on Public Radio, so this show is definitely worth checking out. It's on Saturday afternoons 5ish and sometimes on Sundays just after luch. (I expect you to listen for it yourself....stop relying on me to tell you the times)
Ehh sorry, I really feel compelled to update, but once I do all inspiration leaves, and I'm left without content. Well, the Prarie Home Companion is releasing a DVD of their 30th Anniversary Broadcast, so I may be getting that one if I'm lucky enough to see it lying around a WalMart somewhere.
Oh before I go, one I heard last Sunday.....I may have to paraphrase....
"George W. died and was standing outside of heaven. St. Peter said he would let W. see both heaven and hell, and W. would get to pick where he wanted to spend eternity. W. went to hell, and found nothing but Golf Courses and clubs all around, people laughing and having a good time with a few beers. Dubya then goes to Heaven and sees nothing but enlightened people floating around from cloud to cloud playing harps, singing, and talking about intellectual things. Dubya turns to St. Peter and says 'I never thought I would say this, but I think I would be better off in Hell.' So down he goes, but when he gets there he finds nothing but desolation and destruction and people in pain. Satan comes up to him to welcome him, and W. says 'What's going on? Earlier I was here and it was all good times.' The Devil responds "That was the campaign......now you voted for us."
AHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAH.........ahahahhahhah.........aahah ......ha. Hrmph.
Just be glad I didn't try to tell the one about the Scottish guy watching baseball; the Punchline: "He doesn't need to run, he's got 4 balls"....."Walk with PRIDE, laddie!"
Saturday, November 6, 2004
Movie Review: "Shaun Of The Dead"
"Don't say the zed-word."
Oh Bollocks, there are zombies in the yard. However, the Brits know how to take care of them..........just pop down to the pub for a pint.
So tonight's review is for the movie "Shaun Of The Dead." What? Never heard of it? Sure you have.....it's the Zombie-Comedy (Zomedy) that came out earlier this summer and swept the nation with good reviews. (At least Peter Jackson was quoted as saying it was "The most entertaining film of the year") Well.......it finally came to Tupelo. I don't think foreign films are received well here. Wait, it's a fucking British movie......you don't have to read subtitles.
Anyway on to the movie: Slacker Shaun has just been dumped....mostly b/c his life is going nowhere. On top of that, he has a dumpy roomate who barely leaves the flat ('Apartment' for you Americans).....unless they go to Winchester's Pub. (The owner was in the mafia, I swear. Oh, and dogs CAN look up.) I will add here that Ed, the roomate is just plain cute. He's the guy in the preview who was all like "Yeah, boyeeee." He just kills (no pun intended), and is the only Brit who can walk into a room and say "What's up, niggas?" Even though he's lazy, I would love to have him as a flatmate.
Well, after a strange phenomenon turns almost the entire town into Zombies, it's up to Shaun and his friends to save the day. By the way.......we're never really told exactly what caused the zombie status, mainly b/c they keep changing the channels on the television that provides the exposition. Here's a tip: when there is a life-threatening weird event....don't channel surf. Still funny, though.
Anyway, there's really not alot to say about the plot, b/c when you've seen one zombie movie, they all follow the same pattern. However, this one takes the step of blending humor. However, it's not cheesy one-liners given to the token black guy. It's classy Brit humor. (Which in fact turns out to be giving one-liners to the token black guy....hahahahha but I kid. No seriously.....there weren't any black people.) I was chuckling the entire way through. Also, it's great to comment on music by simply having the main characters thumb through a record collection, in order to pick the records to throw at the xombies. In case of xombies, ALWAYS throw your Batman soundtrack and your Sade record. Though the blood and gore was a bit disturbing, it was a pleasant afternoon at the movies and more or less a feel-good movie.
OH OH OH.......when the first thing heard in your film is "Ghost Town" by the Specials, you know it'll be good. Also, excellent use of Zombie Nation as well.
So, go see "Shaun Of The Dead" or just wait a few weeks and it'll come out on DVD.
Oh Bollocks, there are zombies in the yard. However, the Brits know how to take care of them..........just pop down to the pub for a pint.
So tonight's review is for the movie "Shaun Of The Dead." What? Never heard of it? Sure you have.....it's the Zombie-Comedy (Zomedy) that came out earlier this summer and swept the nation with good reviews. (At least Peter Jackson was quoted as saying it was "The most entertaining film of the year") Well.......it finally came to Tupelo. I don't think foreign films are received well here. Wait, it's a fucking British movie......you don't have to read subtitles.
Anyway on to the movie: Slacker Shaun has just been dumped....mostly b/c his life is going nowhere. On top of that, he has a dumpy roomate who barely leaves the flat ('Apartment' for you Americans).....unless they go to Winchester's Pub. (The owner was in the mafia, I swear. Oh, and dogs CAN look up.) I will add here that Ed, the roomate is just plain cute. He's the guy in the preview who was all like "Yeah, boyeeee." He just kills (no pun intended), and is the only Brit who can walk into a room and say "What's up, niggas?" Even though he's lazy, I would love to have him as a flatmate.
Well, after a strange phenomenon turns almost the entire town into Zombies, it's up to Shaun and his friends to save the day. By the way.......we're never really told exactly what caused the zombie status, mainly b/c they keep changing the channels on the television that provides the exposition. Here's a tip: when there is a life-threatening weird event....don't channel surf. Still funny, though.
Anyway, there's really not alot to say about the plot, b/c when you've seen one zombie movie, they all follow the same pattern. However, this one takes the step of blending humor. However, it's not cheesy one-liners given to the token black guy. It's classy Brit humor. (Which in fact turns out to be giving one-liners to the token black guy....hahahahha but I kid. No seriously.....there weren't any black people.) I was chuckling the entire way through. Also, it's great to comment on music by simply having the main characters thumb through a record collection, in order to pick the records to throw at the xombies. In case of xombies, ALWAYS throw your Batman soundtrack and your Sade record. Though the blood and gore was a bit disturbing, it was a pleasant afternoon at the movies and more or less a feel-good movie.
OH OH OH.......when the first thing heard in your film is "Ghost Town" by the Specials, you know it'll be good. Also, excellent use of Zombie Nation as well.
So, go see "Shaun Of The Dead" or just wait a few weeks and it'll come out on DVD.
Thursday, November 4, 2004
Heroes In A Half Shell..........TURTLE POWER!
Going through MY tape collection:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out Of Their Shells
Released: 1990 By Tour-Toiseshell Music
Track Listing:
Side 1:
Coming Out Of Our Shells
Sing About It
Tubin'
Skipping Stones
Pizza Power
Side 2:
Walk Straight
No Treaties
Cowabunga
April Ballad
Count On Us
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Oh holy cheese Pizza.........I bought this when I was but a Wee Lad. It's that classically cheesy late 80's/Early 90's power ballad crap. It's sooo bad it's almost good. Vocals by Raphael (Saxophone), Leonardo (Bass Guitar), Donatello (Keyboards), Michaelangelo (Lead Guitar), April O'Neil (Vocals), and yes......Splinter (Vocals). They play their own instruments, too. Lemme give you a quick lyric:
When there's music inside of you,
Someday you know that It's gonna come through.
That's why we're here telling you true
We're coming out of our shells.
I will eventually put this on CD (???? why?) so.......I will be glad to give free copies so you can rock out. It's so hilarious.....and after searching the net, come to find out they actually did a whole concert tour of this stuff.....man I would have gone. The "Thank You" section is great b/c it tells who each Turtles' 'Vocal Coach' is. It also tells who recorded it "above ground.....after it was written."
Raph is awesome on the sax, I might add.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Coming Out Of Their Shells
Released: 1990 By Tour-Toiseshell Music
Track Listing:
Side 1:
Coming Out Of Our Shells
Sing About It
Tubin'
Skipping Stones
Pizza Power
Side 2:
Walk Straight
No Treaties
Cowabunga
April Ballad
Count On Us
-------------------------------
Oh holy cheese Pizza.........I bought this when I was but a Wee Lad. It's that classically cheesy late 80's/Early 90's power ballad crap. It's sooo bad it's almost good. Vocals by Raphael (Saxophone), Leonardo (Bass Guitar), Donatello (Keyboards), Michaelangelo (Lead Guitar), April O'Neil (Vocals), and yes......Splinter (Vocals). They play their own instruments, too. Lemme give you a quick lyric:
When there's music inside of you,
Someday you know that It's gonna come through.
That's why we're here telling you true
We're coming out of our shells.
I will eventually put this on CD (???? why?) so.......I will be glad to give free copies so you can rock out. It's so hilarious.....and after searching the net, come to find out they actually did a whole concert tour of this stuff.....man I would have gone. The "Thank You" section is great b/c it tells who each Turtles' 'Vocal Coach' is. It also tells who recorded it "above ground.....after it was written."
Raph is awesome on the sax, I might add.
Wednesday, November 3, 2004
Hoooooray For..........Whoever Is Responsible!
My health insurance just went DOWN 5%!!!!
Yes........down!
Thank You Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Mississippi! w00t w00t!
{NOTE: Please let it be known that "w00t w00t" is the most fucking disgusting word in the Made-Up Internet language. However, I feel that in this case, it's well-deserving.......lol. Oh, and ;) }
Yes........down!
Thank You Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Mississippi! w00t w00t!
{NOTE: Please let it be known that "w00t w00t" is the most fucking disgusting word in the Made-Up Internet language. However, I feel that in this case, it's well-deserving.......lol. Oh, and ;) }
Don't Shoot To Kill.........Shoot To Piss Off
So as I load many 2.5 Hour Football games into my computer, I'm not able to watch TV or do anything productive on my computer at the same time and therefore do a little bit of random cleaning to my room. I figure if I go through the process of eliminating more junk now, when I move it won't be so difficult.
So of course today I found out I was an adult. (No, not b/c of that, silly) I am now an official "CD Rack" adult.
You see, teenagers most often have CD players in their cars and therefore the sign of coolness for a teen is the 'CD folder/binder' or those crappy little sun-visor things. That way their CDs are on-the-go. Adults, however, usually remain in one place for long times—usually their house b/c unlike teens, they aren't out driving around and up to no good. Therefore, they have those CD racks and stands that hold up to a hundred CDs. When adults actually do listen to music, they select one from the 'case' and put it in the player.
Now, a few years ago Andrew was to release his first Never Cry Wolf EP, and for as little money as possible. I figured my part would be to donate as many CD cases as possible. So, pertaining to whatever 'cool' CDs I had in my binder, I took all the inlays and lyric sheets out of the cases and parted ways with them.
Well, now I have CDs without homes. Unfortunately, some are crappy CDs and don't deserve to be in the 'cool binder.' So, it's reversed: All of the cool CDs that have cases are in a stack. The rest are waiting for a home.
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Oh, I'm also about to go through the process of eliminating old VHS tapes. So, if anyone wants any, first come first serve.
Now, granted absolutely no one will ask for any........so you will be forced to take them. (Disconnect your phones now.)
I'll be willing to part with (only) a few 'store-bought' tapes......the rest of the home videos are pretty much up for grabs. The first to go in the trash are some marked "X-Files" recorded off TV from a crappy reception. Now with DVD, all seasons are available :) There's also various stuff recorded off TV, and a buttload of movies. There's some South Park, and some Crocodile Hunter, and some stuff that.....well, I'm quite embarrassed to mention. Shit.
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OH OH OH.............HUUUUGE post coming soon.......you are gonna laugh your butt off, I FLIPPIN SWEAR! (First I gotta scan some stuff......sorry, I hate pics in posts too, but this is worth it!)
UPDATE: See Thursday's Post. Turns out, you probably won't laugh at all. Not as funny as I planned. And I coulnt' wait to build up excitement.
So of course today I found out I was an adult. (No, not b/c of that, silly) I am now an official "CD Rack" adult.
You see, teenagers most often have CD players in their cars and therefore the sign of coolness for a teen is the 'CD folder/binder' or those crappy little sun-visor things. That way their CDs are on-the-go. Adults, however, usually remain in one place for long times—usually their house b/c unlike teens, they aren't out driving around and up to no good. Therefore, they have those CD racks and stands that hold up to a hundred CDs. When adults actually do listen to music, they select one from the 'case' and put it in the player.
Now, a few years ago Andrew was to release his first Never Cry Wolf EP, and for as little money as possible. I figured my part would be to donate as many CD cases as possible. So, pertaining to whatever 'cool' CDs I had in my binder, I took all the inlays and lyric sheets out of the cases and parted ways with them.
Well, now I have CDs without homes. Unfortunately, some are crappy CDs and don't deserve to be in the 'cool binder.' So, it's reversed: All of the cool CDs that have cases are in a stack. The rest are waiting for a home.
_________________________________________
Oh, I'm also about to go through the process of eliminating old VHS tapes. So, if anyone wants any, first come first serve.
Now, granted absolutely no one will ask for any........so you will be forced to take them. (Disconnect your phones now.)
I'll be willing to part with (only) a few 'store-bought' tapes......the rest of the home videos are pretty much up for grabs. The first to go in the trash are some marked "X-Files" recorded off TV from a crappy reception. Now with DVD, all seasons are available :) There's also various stuff recorded off TV, and a buttload of movies. There's some South Park, and some Crocodile Hunter, and some stuff that.....well, I'm quite embarrassed to mention. Shit.
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OH OH OH.............HUUUUGE post coming soon.......you are gonna laugh your butt off, I FLIPPIN SWEAR! (First I gotta scan some stuff......sorry, I hate pics in posts too, but this is worth it!)
UPDATE: See Thursday's Post. Turns out, you probably won't laugh at all. Not as funny as I planned. And I coulnt' wait to build up excitement.
Monday, November 1, 2004
Night Of The Living Dread: November 1, 2004
So, it's that time of year again...no, not that, silly....
The first working day after Daylight Savings Time ends. It now means that for the next few months, it's already going to be dark when it's time for me to get off work. (Now, granted, it's usually dark when I actually DO leave, just now it's darker earlier and just when I'm supposed to leave.)
This means that my body is already telling me I should be in bed. It sucks when you have to much to do and are lethargic. I'm lazy too so that doesn't work at all. Maybe I'm not getting enough protein. The slaves were malnourished, and were thus lethargic. They were beaten for being lazy. Stupid White People.
Wait.....did I just compare myself to the slaves? Hmmm......well, believe it or not I'm too lazy to hit 'backspace'.........damn.
So, did anyone do anything for Hallow's Eve? I STILL haven't gotten the balls to do what I dreampt of last year: Dance to "It's Halloween" by the Shaggs on random peoples' doorsteps. Oh well, there's always next year. Well, no then again there may not be. Well, then again if there's not one then it won't matter anyway, so I'll go ahead and say there's always next year. So there.
The first working day after Daylight Savings Time ends. It now means that for the next few months, it's already going to be dark when it's time for me to get off work. (Now, granted, it's usually dark when I actually DO leave, just now it's darker earlier and just when I'm supposed to leave.)
This means that my body is already telling me I should be in bed. It sucks when you have to much to do and are lethargic. I'm lazy too so that doesn't work at all. Maybe I'm not getting enough protein. The slaves were malnourished, and were thus lethargic. They were beaten for being lazy. Stupid White People.
Wait.....did I just compare myself to the slaves? Hmmm......well, believe it or not I'm too lazy to hit 'backspace'.........damn.
So, did anyone do anything for Hallow's Eve? I STILL haven't gotten the balls to do what I dreampt of last year: Dance to "It's Halloween" by the Shaggs on random peoples' doorsteps. Oh well, there's always next year. Well, no then again there may not be. Well, then again if there's not one then it won't matter anyway, so I'll go ahead and say there's always next year. So there.
Sunday, October 31, 2004
The Things You Find.....(Mostly For You, Adam...)
So, I went to someone's LiveJournal, and clicked on their Friends List. I then clicked on someone I knew also's list, then clicked on their friends list, and again, and again, and randomly found one of their friends (who had Homer Simpson as their Pic Icon) and lo and behold I found this excerpt:
"I'd like to say I'm too white to define crunked for you, but according to urbandictionary.com, Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter apparently invented it, and human beings don't get much whiter than that. Yes, that's right. O'Brien and Richter coined the term used in Stankonia by OutKast. It is the first-known instance in the history of man when African-Americans stole from whites musically instead of the other way around."
"Anyway, O'Brien and Richter used "crunk" in 1995 as an all-purpose faux curse meant to flummox TV censors ("That's a load of crunk!"). It has since morphed into a hip-hop melding of "crazy" and "drunk," and urbandictionary.com defines it thusly: "verb, noun, adverb; past, future and present infinitive and participles. Crunk is a phenomenon which occurs when an individual becomes (happy, excited, angry, passionate, etc. . .) beyond one's ability to control his or her self. Crunk is known to be highly contagious, as well as addictive, and extended periods of crunk (aka crunkery, crunkitude, crunkness, crunkilation, etc. . .) might lead to death, either of the individual who is at the time crunk, or those surrounding said crunk individual."
NOTE: As is came from UrbanDictionary.com, it could also be an Urban Legend.
This is the original article.
.......sigh, isn't odd what you'll do sometimes?
"I'd like to say I'm too white to define crunked for you, but according to urbandictionary.com, Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter apparently invented it, and human beings don't get much whiter than that. Yes, that's right. O'Brien and Richter coined the term used in Stankonia by OutKast. It is the first-known instance in the history of man when African-Americans stole from whites musically instead of the other way around."
"Anyway, O'Brien and Richter used "crunk" in 1995 as an all-purpose faux curse meant to flummox TV censors ("That's a load of crunk!"). It has since morphed into a hip-hop melding of "crazy" and "drunk," and urbandictionary.com defines it thusly: "verb, noun, adverb; past, future and present infinitive and participles. Crunk is a phenomenon which occurs when an individual becomes (happy, excited, angry, passionate, etc. . .) beyond one's ability to control his or her self. Crunk is known to be highly contagious, as well as addictive, and extended periods of crunk (aka crunkery, crunkitude, crunkness, crunkilation, etc. . .) might lead to death, either of the individual who is at the time crunk, or those surrounding said crunk individual."
NOTE: As is came from UrbanDictionary.com, it could also be an Urban Legend.
This is the original article.
.......sigh, isn't odd what you'll do sometimes?
What's Not To Love....
Because WGN has had an all-day X-Treme X-Files Halloween Marathon, I got to see one of my all-time personal favorites.
The reason I love this episode is because it's the only X-Files where at the end I feel good and teary-eyed. But, lemme give you a quick rundown of the story and I'll get to the best part.
Episode 5X06 "Post-Modern Prometheus"
The episode, shot on black & white film, and directed by series creator Chris Carter, is a Frankenstein-esque story. A woman writes the X-Files....and Jerry Springer.....because she has been impregnated by an alien monster. Therefore, Mulder and Scully go to investigate. In the small town they find locals who are extremely smalltownish and extremely exicted about Jerry Springer coming to town. Well, after investigations and the other content that take up the next 45 minutes of kooky airtime, the agents discover that a scientist had accidentally created a monster, but his dad—out of pity—had taken care of the creature as a son. (it was really just a guy who had two faces....albeit really ugly) '
Well, the basic heart of the episode lies with it's similarity to the Cher movie "Mask" starring Cher and Eric Stoltz as a kid with a deformed face yet loved by his mom Cher anyway. Everyone else starts to like him too....once they can look past the ugly face.
Well, in the end it turns out the monster really likes Cher, and before he is taken to jail, Mulder and Scully take him to a Cher concert, and she is singing "Walking In Memphis," and the monster gets up and dances.....then in the best part!.......Mulder lends Scully his hand and they dance together.
Then they turn into a comic book drawing, and the book closes, and the credits roll.
One of the most lighthearted and sweetest episodes ever. Oh man, it's so good.
The reason I love this episode is because it's the only X-Files where at the end I feel good and teary-eyed. But, lemme give you a quick rundown of the story and I'll get to the best part.
Episode 5X06 "Post-Modern Prometheus"
The episode, shot on black & white film, and directed by series creator Chris Carter, is a Frankenstein-esque story. A woman writes the X-Files....and Jerry Springer.....because she has been impregnated by an alien monster. Therefore, Mulder and Scully go to investigate. In the small town they find locals who are extremely smalltownish and extremely exicted about Jerry Springer coming to town. Well, after investigations and the other content that take up the next 45 minutes of kooky airtime, the agents discover that a scientist had accidentally created a monster, but his dad—out of pity—had taken care of the creature as a son. (it was really just a guy who had two faces....albeit really ugly) '
Well, the basic heart of the episode lies with it's similarity to the Cher movie "Mask" starring Cher and Eric Stoltz as a kid with a deformed face yet loved by his mom Cher anyway. Everyone else starts to like him too....once they can look past the ugly face.
Well, in the end it turns out the monster really likes Cher, and before he is taken to jail, Mulder and Scully take him to a Cher concert, and she is singing "Walking In Memphis," and the monster gets up and dances.....then in the best part!.......Mulder lends Scully his hand and they dance together.
Then they turn into a comic book drawing, and the book closes, and the credits roll.
One of the most lighthearted and sweetest episodes ever. Oh man, it's so good.
Thursday, October 28, 2004
I'm In A Band....Show Me Your Hooters
I've said it before and I'll say it again:
BEAKMAN CAN KICK BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY's ASS ANY DAY OF THE WEEK!
MOM: I just don't like that show, it's so vulgar. They can get really suggestive.
In reference to: "Whose Line Is It, Anyway?" ......is that not gay?
Okay, so is there any way to skip next Tuesday and just go right to Wednesday? Gosh, I hate elections and politics, but I am just so literally twisted inside with all the pressure and I have this feeling of dread and ......I already feel guilty. I'm either going to vote for someone who I will regret, or I will regret not voting for someone. One thing is true: we are either right or wrong. It just sucks that we don't know yet.
Oh well, I assume we will die by our own hand eventually so I guess it doesn't matter.
Let's all go to Six Flags!
BEAKMAN CAN KICK BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY's ASS ANY DAY OF THE WEEK!
MOM: I just don't like that show, it's so vulgar. They can get really suggestive.
In reference to: "Whose Line Is It, Anyway?" ......is that not gay?
Okay, so is there any way to skip next Tuesday and just go right to Wednesday? Gosh, I hate elections and politics, but I am just so literally twisted inside with all the pressure and I have this feeling of dread and ......I already feel guilty. I'm either going to vote for someone who I will regret, or I will regret not voting for someone. One thing is true: we are either right or wrong. It just sucks that we don't know yet.
Oh well, I assume we will die by our own hand eventually so I guess it doesn't matter.
Let's all go to Six Flags!
Screw You Nike........
You and your Kill/Bill-esque TV ads.
You suck.
Your shoes cost alot of money, too.
You suck.
Your shoes cost alot of money, too.
We Shall NOT Stand For Crap No More...
Ok, so here's the deal.
There is a top Talent Agency called "William Morris Talent Agency." The Vice President of this agency is a man named Sam Haskell. Sam Haskell is from Amory, Mississippi. Every two years he organizes an event called "Stars Over Mississippi." This is a huuuge event......however, it's not what it could be.
I have been browsing the company's website, and feel that we have been shortchanged. After seeing the names on there, ranging from Melissa Auf Der Maur to flippin Mitch Hedberg, I want justice!
No more will I settle for celebrities of 'has been' caliber. I want MxPx to come to Amory. Bill Cosby would be legendary. I would name more, but they are long lists and I'm tired.
I just don't want friggin Mary Ann Mobley and flipping Gary Collins anymore.
Bring us the big guys!
There is a top Talent Agency called "William Morris Talent Agency." The Vice President of this agency is a man named Sam Haskell. Sam Haskell is from Amory, Mississippi. Every two years he organizes an event called "Stars Over Mississippi." This is a huuuge event......however, it's not what it could be.
I have been browsing the company's website, and feel that we have been shortchanged. After seeing the names on there, ranging from Melissa Auf Der Maur to flippin Mitch Hedberg, I want justice!
No more will I settle for celebrities of 'has been' caliber. I want MxPx to come to Amory. Bill Cosby would be legendary. I would name more, but they are long lists and I'm tired.
I just don't want friggin Mary Ann Mobley and flipping Gary Collins anymore.
Bring us the big guys!
Wednesday, October 27, 2004
On Camera
So......I don't suppose anyone happened to catch the eclipse thingy on video did they?
Darn, I always miss those things. Meteor showers and crap like that always happen late at night.....why should this be different.....or at least marked on my calendar.
Darn, I always miss those things. Meteor showers and crap like that always happen late at night.....why should this be different.....or at least marked on my calendar.
People Are Awesome
Man, people are so cool.
How about this:
Someone calls you up, asks you to tape a festvial-type event and get some footage for an ad to promo the event for the following year and pays you. You spend about two hours at the festival just hanging out and getting lots of footage.
A year later, she calls you back wanting the footage.....so she can take it back to a Real Station (CBS Affiliate) to have THEM put together the ad, probably for ALOT MORE MONEY than you would have charged.
Now, since you shot the footage on your crappy $200 Digital8 camera, you don't have it in the proper format. So now, you have to convert the footage to the crappy yet more expensive type of tape that the Proper Staion uses. Oooohh-oooohohhh.
So now, not only are you insulted for having someone else edit your own footage that you could have very well done youself (and a damn fine job, mind you) but you actually have to do more work than neccessary.
(oh, and btw.....the camera that takes that type of tape you need has a bad record head and scratches the digital tape. So you now have about 18 hours to get your hands on someone else's camera that will record that type of tape.)
neat.
How about this:
Someone calls you up, asks you to tape a festvial-type event and get some footage for an ad to promo the event for the following year and pays you. You spend about two hours at the festival just hanging out and getting lots of footage.
A year later, she calls you back wanting the footage.....so she can take it back to a Real Station (CBS Affiliate) to have THEM put together the ad, probably for ALOT MORE MONEY than you would have charged.
Now, since you shot the footage on your crappy $200 Digital8 camera, you don't have it in the proper format. So now, you have to convert the footage to the crappy yet more expensive type of tape that the Proper Staion uses. Oooohh-oooohohhh.
So now, not only are you insulted for having someone else edit your own footage that you could have very well done youself (and a damn fine job, mind you) but you actually have to do more work than neccessary.
(oh, and btw.....the camera that takes that type of tape you need has a bad record head and scratches the digital tape. So you now have about 18 hours to get your hands on someone else's camera that will record that type of tape.)
neat.
I Love My Life ......(revised 10/27)
———BEFORE——————————AFTER———
Same plant....after my care and loving. It's not a metaphor or anything....I don't make things die after two years. Wait, yeah I do.
...........hey check this out:
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Tuesday, October 26, 2004
Hey, highlight to read....
Hi,
Didn't know you'd actually try it. This is that kind of feature they use to hide spoilers on movie fan sites. So, if you were at theonering.net right now, you would probably be reading "Frodo doesn't actually destroy the ring, but instead Gollum bites his finger off, and then celebrates and dances too close to the edge. But, I like how Peter Jackson had he and Frodo 'fight' off the cliff.......it was more dramatic."
See, wasn't that totally a waste of your time?
Now I better not see any of you jerks copying me....this is MY device.
So fuck off.
Happy Halloween.
Hi,
Didn't know you'd actually try it. This is that kind of feature they use to hide spoilers on movie fan sites. So, if you were at theonering.net right now, you would probably be reading "Frodo doesn't actually destroy the ring, but instead Gollum bites his finger off, and then celebrates and dances too close to the edge. But, I like how Peter Jackson had he and Frodo 'fight' off the cliff.......it was more dramatic."
See, wasn't that totally a waste of your time?
Now I better not see any of you jerks copying me....this is MY device.
So fuck off.
Happy Halloween.
Monday, October 25, 2004
Only Means Of Expression.....
So I've been told that I'm a bit long-winded when it comes to posts.....well I'm sorry.
I guess (even though I can't communicate well with other people) I'll just stop using this blog as a way to vent and limit my posts to 500 words or less. That way you can spend more of your precious time not listening to me and instead look at more porn.
OR.......you can just learn to read, asshole.
I guess (even though I can't communicate well with other people) I'll just stop using this blog as a way to vent and limit my posts to 500 words or less. That way you can spend more of your precious time not listening to me and instead look at more porn.
OR.......you can just learn to read, asshole.
Hooray For CMT....
Well, first let me say that I watched a great documentary program hosted by none other than George Noory (Art Bell's replacement on Coast to Coast AM......who I have grown to love just as much as tha man Art himself.). Called "Most Shocking: Ghosts," it was a well produced, entertaining and scary hour of TV.
However, I didn't see this on the Sci-Fi Channel or Discovery Channel. I saw it on CMT.
Yes, everyone's favorite Country Music Video channel is moving the way of our old friend MTV. Videos are so passe and sooo 1989. It's the '90s now.....time to move on to actual programming and showing movies and things. No more crummy videos to crowd your airtime.
And, just after it, I saw "CMT's Most Shocking: Moonshine," an equally good doc on moonshining. I now know what a "Jake Leg" is, and something from my childhood makes sense:
Long ago, I was in a car with some guy who picked up myself and another kid from school. We were stopped at a gas station, and this guy points at an old man, with a jangly walk, and says "Know what a Bootlegger is?" .....I, of course being 8 years old knew darn well..... I said "No." He told me that man was one....and now I make the connection that that man made moonshine and sold it to others. I also now know that he had a "Jake Walk" b/c he drank some of the (legally produced) poison Jamacian Ginger Extract. Read a book, dummy. Still don't believe me, it's called the internet.....look it up.
However, I didn't see this on the Sci-Fi Channel or Discovery Channel. I saw it on CMT.
Yes, everyone's favorite Country Music Video channel is moving the way of our old friend MTV. Videos are so passe and sooo 1989. It's the '90s now.....time to move on to actual programming and showing movies and things. No more crummy videos to crowd your airtime.
And, just after it, I saw "CMT's Most Shocking: Moonshine," an equally good doc on moonshining. I now know what a "Jake Leg" is, and something from my childhood makes sense:
Long ago, I was in a car with some guy who picked up myself and another kid from school. We were stopped at a gas station, and this guy points at an old man, with a jangly walk, and says "Know what a Bootlegger is?" .....I, of course being 8 years old knew darn well..... I said "No." He told me that man was one....and now I make the connection that that man made moonshine and sold it to others. I also now know that he had a "Jake Walk" b/c he drank some of the (legally produced) poison Jamacian Ginger Extract. Read a book, dummy. Still don't believe me, it's called the internet.....look it up.
Even "Rocky" Had A Montage....
New idea for TV-7 programming:
Of course, I'm sure all of you watch the Oxygen channel religiously, so there is no need for me to explain who Sue Johansen is—the host of "Talk Sex w/ Sue Johansen"
yep......this lady talks about EVERYTHING.......on live TV, mind you.
So, we get someone to host a W07BN late night talk show.....about you know what!
It'll be huge!
The only downside........hearing southern people talk about it.
"Well, when we get nekkid and ever'thang, I get a funny feeling, you know in my back end. It kinda gits in tha way when I want to get er' done. Whatcha think?"
Of course, I'm sure all of you watch the Oxygen channel religiously, so there is no need for me to explain who Sue Johansen is—the host of "Talk Sex w/ Sue Johansen"
yep......this lady talks about EVERYTHING.......on live TV, mind you.
So, we get someone to host a W07BN late night talk show.....about you know what!
It'll be huge!
The only downside........hearing southern people talk about it.
"Well, when we get nekkid and ever'thang, I get a funny feeling, you know in my back end. It kinda gits in tha way when I want to get er' done. Whatcha think?"
Thursday, October 21, 2004
Why The Movie Isn't Being Made.....
1. Napolean Dynamite. Everyone wishes they could have made that movie.
2. The creator of Freaks & Geeks is making one.
2. The creator of Freaks & Geeks is making one.
Wednesday, October 20, 2004
Dangit Matt....
Stop taking me to those Gay Resorts where it's a bunch of twinks who criticize me for not leveling up enough before I tried to fight the giant wave monsters. I was only doing 1,000 damage each hit.
Everyone was nice though, when I shook their hand they all did that thing with their fingers. (Oh, on a side note, NEVER go in their rooms in the morning and wake them up.)
And ummm.......Juilia Bingham was helping out. I didn't know Gay Warriors like Freshwater Prawn. Maybe that's how they level up so quickly. They can cast magic like nobody's business.
just a dream
[adult swim]
Everyone was nice though, when I shook their hand they all did that thing with their fingers. (Oh, on a side note, NEVER go in their rooms in the morning and wake them up.)
And ummm.......Juilia Bingham was helping out. I didn't know Gay Warriors like Freshwater Prawn. Maybe that's how they level up so quickly. They can cast magic like nobody's business.
just a dream
[adult swim]
Thank You Netflix:
(Before I begin, I must point out that I am neglecting "As Seen On TV" in Oxford, a great movie store b/c you can actually find the films I'm talking about. However, Oxford is a long way from my house, and I really don't feel like driving there everyday after work to get a movie. But, I suggest you don't follow my lead but instead go the store in Oxford and rent good movies. Netflix just happens to be easier for me, and I believe the $20 once a month versus gas and rental fees combined with limited time for watching the movie make me side with online rentals. Besides, I don't have to interact with people.)
Now, that being said:
Thank You Netflix for bringing culture (well, to some extent....movies really aren't that much culture) into my life.
I've started watching older movies and foreign films alot, as well as silent movies. I've even been watching old silent foreign films as well. Anyway, Netflix has this option where you can rate the movies you watch, then they give you recommendations on what you should watch next. Usually, they are spot-on b/c I'm experiencing a new world of movies you can't find at Blockbuster. Well, not Blockbuster in Mississippi. So I feel I'm getting a better well-rounded view of movies. It's just a shame that you can't make references b/c no one knows what the flip you are talking about. Then you have to explain. (For example: For all of you Conan O'Brien lovers....you know that clip he plays of the skeleton-devil dancing with the smoke? I actually have that movie. It has nothing to do with devils, it's a dream sequence. But in Conan's context, it's soooo funny now.)
Anyway, I do have a tendency to buy newer 'classy' movies that come out. It's a bad habit b/c I buy movies in the odd hope that one day I have a house or apt. and someone for some reason comes over and browses my collection and thinks "this guy has class AND is sexy.........ooooooohhh."
But, I'm slowly working on my classic film knowlege. It's tough, b/c ........ummm.......there are alot of them there old movies.
Now, that being said:
Thank You Netflix for bringing culture (well, to some extent....movies really aren't that much culture) into my life.
I've started watching older movies and foreign films alot, as well as silent movies. I've even been watching old silent foreign films as well. Anyway, Netflix has this option where you can rate the movies you watch, then they give you recommendations on what you should watch next. Usually, they are spot-on b/c I'm experiencing a new world of movies you can't find at Blockbuster. Well, not Blockbuster in Mississippi. So I feel I'm getting a better well-rounded view of movies. It's just a shame that you can't make references b/c no one knows what the flip you are talking about. Then you have to explain. (For example: For all of you Conan O'Brien lovers....you know that clip he plays of the skeleton-devil dancing with the smoke? I actually have that movie. It has nothing to do with devils, it's a dream sequence. But in Conan's context, it's soooo funny now.)
Anyway, I do have a tendency to buy newer 'classy' movies that come out. It's a bad habit b/c I buy movies in the odd hope that one day I have a house or apt. and someone for some reason comes over and browses my collection and thinks "this guy has class AND is sexy.........ooooooohhh."
But, I'm slowly working on my classic film knowlege. It's tough, b/c ........ummm.......there are alot of them there old movies.
Monday, October 18, 2004
Coming To A Theater Near You....
So I think I may know the reason for remakes and movie updates:
It gives a chance for the DVD release of the classic movie which is the subject of the update.
Our latest film is the remake of the movie "Flight Of The Phoenix." I've only seen the preview twice with Adam and again with Kelley, and I took it to be "Alive", only hotter. Now, like you I'm sure, had no idea this was an old movie—a Jimmy Stewart movie nonetheless! But, it starred Jimmy Stewart as the pilot, George Kennedy (everyone's favorite character actor from the '60s), and of course Richard Attenborough (the "Welcome to ...Jurassic Park!" old guy). I don't know who the blond and spectacled guy what figures out how to build the plane is, but he does look like a 1960s version of a Giovanni Ribisi. I am sad to think of Dennis Quaid playing a Jimmy Stewart role, (much like I will be if they REALLY do the remake of "Harvey" with John Travolta) but i probably won't see the movie anyway.
Well, I do think it's good that remakes come out, b/c we get to see the old movies on DVD. I've come to believe that these were just attempts to make money off the old ones, but I'm starting to understand it now. However, I STILL get embarrassed to even pick up the old movie on DVD and look at it, b/c I feel so ashamed to have never seen the old one, and only want to see it b/c "there is a new one out." It is this idea that I hate most. ——btw, some of the most recent I'm describing include "The Manchurian Candidate," "The Ladykillers," "Dawn Of The Dead" (plus countless other horror movies), "Stepford Wives," "Napolean Dynamite" (just seeing if you were paying attention...), "Walking Tall" ......is "Ocean's Eleven" worth mentioning? Damn. (Please Note: the only thing I actually object to is remakes of foreign films. That's just b/c Americans are to stupid to read subtitles of the originals therefore we must make dumb versions for dumb people)
However, I will say now that I am anxiously awaiting both the old and new versions of "King Kong." The original version had me scared to death when I saw it on TCM one day, and I can't wait to be scared with the new one. However, the DVD has yet to be released, but I sure when it does it will get a full-scale high-quality transfer and special treatment for DVD. It had better NOT be one of those crappy $10 DVDs in the Wal-Mart bin. Now THAT would make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm ang......oh sorry, wrong movie.
So, just watch for "Flight of the Phoenix" on DVD about the time the new movie comes out in theaters. Oh, and I'll save you the trouble of paying money to see either one: The Phoenix flies.
Hey, don't get mad at me.......it's what Phoenix's do. Read a book for crying out loud.
It gives a chance for the DVD release of the classic movie which is the subject of the update.
Our latest film is the remake of the movie "Flight Of The Phoenix." I've only seen the preview twice with Adam and again with Kelley, and I took it to be "Alive", only hotter. Now, like you I'm sure, had no idea this was an old movie—a Jimmy Stewart movie nonetheless! But, it starred Jimmy Stewart as the pilot, George Kennedy (everyone's favorite character actor from the '60s), and of course Richard Attenborough (the "Welcome to ...Jurassic Park!" old guy). I don't know who the blond and spectacled guy what figures out how to build the plane is, but he does look like a 1960s version of a Giovanni Ribisi. I am sad to think of Dennis Quaid playing a Jimmy Stewart role, (much like I will be if they REALLY do the remake of "Harvey" with John Travolta) but i probably won't see the movie anyway.
Well, I do think it's good that remakes come out, b/c we get to see the old movies on DVD. I've come to believe that these were just attempts to make money off the old ones, but I'm starting to understand it now. However, I STILL get embarrassed to even pick up the old movie on DVD and look at it, b/c I feel so ashamed to have never seen the old one, and only want to see it b/c "there is a new one out." It is this idea that I hate most. ——btw, some of the most recent I'm describing include "The Manchurian Candidate," "The Ladykillers," "Dawn Of The Dead" (plus countless other horror movies), "Stepford Wives," "Napolean Dynamite" (just seeing if you were paying attention...), "Walking Tall" ......is "Ocean's Eleven" worth mentioning? Damn. (Please Note: the only thing I actually object to is remakes of foreign films. That's just b/c Americans are to stupid to read subtitles of the originals therefore we must make dumb versions for dumb people)
However, I will say now that I am anxiously awaiting both the old and new versions of "King Kong." The original version had me scared to death when I saw it on TCM one day, and I can't wait to be scared with the new one. However, the DVD has yet to be released, but I sure when it does it will get a full-scale high-quality transfer and special treatment for DVD. It had better NOT be one of those crappy $10 DVDs in the Wal-Mart bin. Now THAT would make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm ang......oh sorry, wrong movie.
So, just watch for "Flight of the Phoenix" on DVD about the time the new movie comes out in theaters. Oh, and I'll save you the trouble of paying money to see either one: The Phoenix flies.
Hey, don't get mad at me.......it's what Phoenix's do. Read a book for crying out loud.
Saturday, October 16, 2004
Just Don't Talk To Me....
I AM ONE P.O.'D LOSER.....
I finally just finished the Return of the Jedi on DVD, and there's something at the end NO ONE WARNED ME ABOUT:
They replaced the original actor for the Jedi spirit Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader) with fucking Hayden Christensen....the Young Anakin Skywalker in Episodes II and III.
How the flying fuck could George Lucas do that?
I know how: imagine you are him for one moment. (now, don't get a 'playing God' complex.....this is just for review)
You have made 3 movies that are some of the most popular of all time. Because of all of the merchandising and liscensing you were smart enough to invest in, you are one of the richest men on the planet. In 1997, you have a chance to make EVEN MORE money by re-releasing your films with new scenes to represent "What it was intended to be."
After their 'success' you realize "Hey, I made a trilogy, but it was only the last half of a sextet......I need to make 3 new movies 20 years later that shows events that were supposed to happen 32 years (fact from theforce.net) before the original 3 movies took place. "
UH-OH! you now realize that some of your ideas and consitencies in the original movies don't add up for your next movie, so what do you do? You go back to the origianl movies, digitally alter things so they all add up and you pretend it's how you originally wanted it, when you actually just thought of it while eating ho-ho's on your couch while thinking of how to get fatter and richer.
........I'm sorry baby, you know I love you George. Oh, but I hate you so much, why do you do this to me?
Gooooshhhh.
I finally just finished the Return of the Jedi on DVD, and there's something at the end NO ONE WARNED ME ABOUT:
They replaced the original actor for the Jedi spirit Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader) with fucking Hayden Christensen....the Young Anakin Skywalker in Episodes II and III.
How the flying fuck could George Lucas do that?
I know how: imagine you are him for one moment. (now, don't get a 'playing God' complex.....this is just for review)
You have made 3 movies that are some of the most popular of all time. Because of all of the merchandising and liscensing you were smart enough to invest in, you are one of the richest men on the planet. In 1997, you have a chance to make EVEN MORE money by re-releasing your films with new scenes to represent "What it was intended to be."
After their 'success' you realize "Hey, I made a trilogy, but it was only the last half of a sextet......I need to make 3 new movies 20 years later that shows events that were supposed to happen 32 years (fact from theforce.net) before the original 3 movies took place. "
UH-OH! you now realize that some of your ideas and consitencies in the original movies don't add up for your next movie, so what do you do? You go back to the origianl movies, digitally alter things so they all add up and you pretend it's how you originally wanted it, when you actually just thought of it while eating ho-ho's on your couch while thinking of how to get fatter and richer.
........I'm sorry baby, you know I love you George. Oh, but I hate you so much, why do you do this to me?
Gooooshhhh.
Friday, October 15, 2004
Oh Just So You Know....
In case you've never seen that episode of Freaks & Geeks.....
The song by the Who is called "Baba O'Reily".......NOT "Teenage Wasteland"
The song by the Who is called "Baba O'Reily".......NOT "Teenage Wasteland"
I Hate To Say Anything About A Classic Piece Of Work...
But The "Chariots Of Fire" theme—though really triumphant and inspiring—is still gay.
Thursday, October 14, 2004
Celebrities Die In Groups Of 3.......First Rodney, Then Christopher....Who's Next?
Ok so I edit TV commercials, right?
Well, one of our sponsors is Azaela Gardens in Oxford—a retirement community. On one of the clips near the end I used a shot (that Bill shot, NOT ME mind you) of an old lady walking her little dog, then a close up of her just holding the dog. It's so cute. However, I received word today that I have to go back and re-edit the ad......and take that shot out. "Why?" you ask? BECAUSE THEY HAD TO PUT THE DOG TO SLEEP!
Now, doesn't that suck. Poor old lady.
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So my boss' dad has Alzheimers and in the past 2 years since I've been there it's gotten into it's worse stages. A couple of years ago he would just walk around, and you could kind of make out what he said and he would just laugh. Now he's at the point where has those anger spells and gets really ornery (?....where did that come from?) and wants to fight.
Today he picked up a step ladder, a plastic garden/lawn chair, and a converted van seat (a seat from a van that just has a block of wood for a base) and turned them all over. He was ready to go home.
It's really lame and I don't know what to do but just let him be. It is funny when he tries to mess with Vernon and Vernon gets mad.
Well, one of our sponsors is Azaela Gardens in Oxford—a retirement community. On one of the clips near the end I used a shot (that Bill shot, NOT ME mind you) of an old lady walking her little dog, then a close up of her just holding the dog. It's so cute. However, I received word today that I have to go back and re-edit the ad......and take that shot out. "Why?" you ask? BECAUSE THEY HAD TO PUT THE DOG TO SLEEP!
Now, doesn't that suck. Poor old lady.
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So my boss' dad has Alzheimers and in the past 2 years since I've been there it's gotten into it's worse stages. A couple of years ago he would just walk around, and you could kind of make out what he said and he would just laugh. Now he's at the point where has those anger spells and gets really ornery (?....where did that come from?) and wants to fight.
Today he picked up a step ladder, a plastic garden/lawn chair, and a converted van seat (a seat from a van that just has a block of wood for a base) and turned them all over. He was ready to go home.
It's really lame and I don't know what to do but just let him be. It is funny when he tries to mess with Vernon and Vernon gets mad.
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Hey Kids: It's Time For A Quiz!
ahhhahahhahaa oh boy, am I gonna piss you off with this one! [well, only if you are a livejournal user] If you're not familiar with LJ, I suggest you find someone who is, read their lj, then read their 'friends'' lj's. Then you will know all of this is true. ahahahhhah. darn I'm cruel. Oh, I do need to explain that often, LJ's [Im sure some blogs are, but I haven't seen any yet] are filled with all of these little quizzes that people post instead of legitimate content. Now, ok, they can be cute, but when you try to read and get to the juicy intimate feelings, these damn things get in the way. So now I'm angry and want revenge....
Get ready for the war b/w Bloggers & LiveJournals!
QUIZ: What Type Of LJ User/Blogger Are You?
Name Of Blog: 'this turd's sorry pathetic losery life'
Type Of Content: lots of pictures, pointless rants, and of course, QUIZZES!
Number Of Comments: well, not that anyone actually reads this!
Updated How Often: almost daily, that is when i'm not too busy doing ....something else. but, if i am a bit busy, I can just pop in a quiz so my faithful readers won't think i'm dead.
Sci-Fi Or Fantasy: ehh, at least with fantasy you can have ligers and pegasi. [plural of pegasus, I suppose]
Last Time You Saw A Naked Girl: well, between posts of course (oh wait, you don't mean an online porn site do you?)
Is Your Blog/LJ Address Printed On Your Business Card: ....i'm just so proud of it.
Which Do You Like Better: blogging, b/c livejournal is a community. i don't like being part of a group. who needs friends and whatnot?
Is Posting Healthy: yes it allows me to vent. however, i don't get any excercise and i get angry and sad when i post my own feelings. i guess that makes it bad X 2.
Your Position On Emoticons: the ONLY way to live :)- :o aww man, i'm feeling sick :$ ......hey check ME out! 8====> whoooo! =]
Is Being Human Really Worth It: ehh, it's ok.......just don't quote inane song lyrics and everything will be fine.
dang, I need sex badly. and I could use a life, too.
Get ready for the war b/w Bloggers & LiveJournals!
QUIZ: What Type Of LJ User/Blogger Are You?
Name Of Blog: 'this turd's sorry pathetic losery life'
Type Of Content: lots of pictures, pointless rants, and of course, QUIZZES!
Number Of Comments: well, not that anyone actually reads this!
Updated How Often: almost daily, that is when i'm not too busy doing ....something else. but, if i am a bit busy, I can just pop in a quiz so my faithful readers won't think i'm dead.
Sci-Fi Or Fantasy: ehh, at least with fantasy you can have ligers and pegasi. [plural of pegasus, I suppose]
Last Time You Saw A Naked Girl: well, between posts of course (oh wait, you don't mean an online porn site do you?)
Is Your Blog/LJ Address Printed On Your Business Card: ....i'm just so proud of it.
Which Do You Like Better: blogging, b/c livejournal is a community. i don't like being part of a group. who needs friends and whatnot?
Is Posting Healthy: yes it allows me to vent. however, i don't get any excercise and i get angry and sad when i post my own feelings. i guess that makes it bad X 2.
Your Position On Emoticons: the ONLY way to live :)- :o aww man, i'm feeling sick :$ ......hey check ME out! 8====> whoooo! =]
Is Being Human Really Worth It: ehh, it's ok.......just don't quote inane song lyrics and everything will be fine.
dang, I need sex badly. and I could use a life, too.
WARNING: The Following Post Is VERY Topical And Already Outdated....
(So think back over the past few months about commercials on TV.)
Ok, so now there is something to make America EVEN FATTER......
LG has introduced a new refrigerator ....with a TV built into the front door.
Ok, so now there is something to make America EVEN FATTER......
LG has introduced a new refrigerator ....with a TV built into the front door.
What The Flip Is Wrong With My Computer?
So yeah, when I'm connected to the internet, after a little while I can click on a link, the bar at the bottom says 'connecting', then I get an 404 page saying it cannot find the page. So I click on the connection status icon in the system tray, and as I look it over, it tells how many bytes are being sent, received, etc. These numbers have stalled, and I look down farther and see the status of Errors: .......the number just continuously counts up...I've had it get to 160 before yelling at my computer what it thought it was doing.
So, can anyone tell me what the flip these errors are? They happen 95% of the time I'm connected to the internet on my comp, and happen mostly in the mid-morning and late afternoon/early evening. In other words, THE ONLY TIME I'M ON THE INTERNET.
I can usually get away with about 5–8 errors (btw, I watch the status CONSTANTLY b/c I hate it, and it's going to stress me out and give me a heart attack) but once it gets over 10, they usually just start happening continuously and I can't freely surf the 'net. I just sit and watch them pile up.
On another side note, anytime I post I have to copy everything I've written, b/c I have lost many posts before while publishing.
So, can anyone tell me what the flip these errors are? They happen 95% of the time I'm connected to the internet on my comp, and happen mostly in the mid-morning and late afternoon/early evening. In other words, THE ONLY TIME I'M ON THE INTERNET.
I can usually get away with about 5–8 errors (btw, I watch the status CONSTANTLY b/c I hate it, and it's going to stress me out and give me a heart attack) but once it gets over 10, they usually just start happening continuously and I can't freely surf the 'net. I just sit and watch them pile up.
On another side note, anytime I post I have to copy everything I've written, b/c I have lost many posts before while publishing.
Hmm......I feel this needs a bit of explanation.
Ok, well a couple of years ago David Cross released a comedy album called "Shut Up You F****ing Baby." In the liner notes, he said it would be great if [I assume a restaurant he visited] someone would name a hotdog after him.
Therefore, I present to you: Ronnie Doggs.
Oh well, the plan was to send it to him and become famous, but that never happened. Yes we were bored, but we were also lazy. The moral: never give up on things or put things aside. Learn from Ronnie Doggs.
Sunday, October 10, 2004
It's Like The Unpleasant Feeling Of Being Drunk...
What's so unpleasant about that!?
.......ask a glass of water. ahahahaha
So I know I sound like Marvin the Paranoid Android from 'Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy,' but life really sucks.
HOWEVER.....I have found something that truly makes me happy and feel good on the inside: Funny home video shows.
Of course, AFV is the original, but basically any show with real-life videos of people getting hurt or embarrassed just crack me up. And when I laugh at them, it's not that fake laugh I do just to be nice to people. It's a genuine laugh.
.......ask a glass of water. ahahahaha
So I know I sound like Marvin the Paranoid Android from 'Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy,' but life really sucks.
HOWEVER.....I have found something that truly makes me happy and feel good on the inside: Funny home video shows.
Of course, AFV is the original, but basically any show with real-life videos of people getting hurt or embarrassed just crack me up. And when I laugh at them, it's not that fake laugh I do just to be nice to people. It's a genuine laugh.
Saturday, October 9, 2004
More Randoms From A Waste Of Life
1. In "Napolean Dynamite," Lafawnduh's cousin is Jamiroqui. ("You like to dance, huh? Here, [throws tape at Napolean] my cousin made this. I think you may like it."....at the skit, the song on the tape is Canned Heat by Jamiroqui.
2. Curt Jernigan is such an awesome name.
3. The other night I woke up about 4am really thirsty. I was craving grape juice so managed to get up and go pour a glass. So I took it back to my room and sat in the dark to drink it. As I set the glass down on the edge of my nightstand (in the dark, mind you) I felt the gravity of the cup turning over and heard a splash. I turned on the light, used a dirty towel to clean up the little bit of juice in the floor. The rest of the juice spilled into the open nightstand drawer onto all of the cases of the DVDs I have my backed up TV Ads on, it was also spilled onto everything in my floor (which is everything) including my notebook with movie 'script' [completely soaked—but the movie is a piece of poo anyway], a pair of shoes, some socks, and some tapes. Wonderful. I hate being a clutz.....but I hate being a sleepy clutz. P.S.: As of Saturday morning........it hasn't been cleaned.
4. So.....Trey Parker and Matt Stone can create a movie ("Team America: World Police") entirely with marionettes......yet the "Thunderbirds" movie was ENTIRELY LIVE ACTION!?! (in case you are ignorant, "Thunderbirds" was a BBC show from the '60s that starred marionettes. Yet, this summer they made a live action movie. Pshh. Oh, why do previews still have to say: "From the creators of 'South Park'?" By now we know they are flippin' Trey Parker and Matt Stone!
5. Sports has lots of dirty terminology.
6. I know it's 'classy' to watch Chaplin films...but I can see why his movies are so revered. When I watch them, I'm absolutley drawn to him and can't take my eyes off. He just has a grace about him that is so awesome. The way he moves is effortless....it's just classic genius. And the stories for his movie are also really [kinda] a few years ahead of their time. Poignant and just.....good.
7. I just can't grasp the fact that I'm not beautiful......and I can't do things. Come on, I dare you to name one....that's 1....thing I can do. Come on, one. See? And dammit, why can't I at least look pretty so I won't have to be able to do things?
8. Jude Law is THE HARDEST WORKING MAN IN HOLLYWOOD RIGHT NOW. Honestly, ever since "Cold Mountain" came out on DVD, he's had a new movie come out every few weeks or so. This isn't exaggerating, either. Let's just review this fall: "Sky Captain and THE WORLD OF TOMORROW," "I Heart Huckabees," "Alfie," "Closer," and "The Aviator." And those are just movies about to come out before the end of the year. He's got it all......and he's English or whatever.
9. So......the crappy new movie coming out is "Taxi".....yet it's NOT a movie version of the 70's TV show Taxi.
10. I have a new pair of glasses. However, as per the Radio Shack ads, they are the same style as Howie Long wears. Sigh. At least flippin' Terry Bradshaw doesn't call me. Then I would have to rethink the whole suicide thing.
11. Is it un-American for me to hate politics? I mean, granted, I don't know the first thing about politics (see #7, and add "I don't KNOW anything about things either), but I hate them. I also hate pundits (those guys who show up on shows on news channels and bicker and fight and talk over each other at the same time) and people who are important people in their respective parties. For example, on channels like Fox News, the democrats are always these tiny squeaky whiny ugly dudes with big ears and the republicans are these boffo dudes who never stutter or try to stall while thinking of answers. I guess I shouldn't make fun of people for doing what they obviously like to do, but people who run campaigns are funny to me. Take for example George Stephanopolous. If you haven't seen the documentary "The War Room" (starring Ragin' Cajun James Carville about Clinton's '92 campaign) it's just funny to see this tiny greek guy with big hair running around trying to elect Bill. I just hate all the fighting and lameness that politics brings. It sucks that those are the people who run the country.
2. Curt Jernigan is such an awesome name.
3. The other night I woke up about 4am really thirsty. I was craving grape juice so managed to get up and go pour a glass. So I took it back to my room and sat in the dark to drink it. As I set the glass down on the edge of my nightstand (in the dark, mind you) I felt the gravity of the cup turning over and heard a splash. I turned on the light, used a dirty towel to clean up the little bit of juice in the floor. The rest of the juice spilled into the open nightstand drawer onto all of the cases of the DVDs I have my backed up TV Ads on, it was also spilled onto everything in my floor (which is everything) including my notebook with movie 'script' [completely soaked—but the movie is a piece of poo anyway], a pair of shoes, some socks, and some tapes. Wonderful. I hate being a clutz.....but I hate being a sleepy clutz. P.S.: As of Saturday morning........it hasn't been cleaned.
4. So.....Trey Parker and Matt Stone can create a movie ("Team America: World Police") entirely with marionettes......yet the "Thunderbirds" movie was ENTIRELY LIVE ACTION!?! (in case you are ignorant, "Thunderbirds" was a BBC show from the '60s that starred marionettes. Yet, this summer they made a live action movie. Pshh. Oh, why do previews still have to say: "From the creators of 'South Park'?" By now we know they are flippin' Trey Parker and Matt Stone!
5. Sports has lots of dirty terminology.
6. I know it's 'classy' to watch Chaplin films...but I can see why his movies are so revered. When I watch them, I'm absolutley drawn to him and can't take my eyes off. He just has a grace about him that is so awesome. The way he moves is effortless....it's just classic genius. And the stories for his movie are also really [kinda] a few years ahead of their time. Poignant and just.....good.
7. I just can't grasp the fact that I'm not beautiful......and I can't do things. Come on, I dare you to name one....that's 1....thing I can do. Come on, one. See? And dammit, why can't I at least look pretty so I won't have to be able to do things?
8. Jude Law is THE HARDEST WORKING MAN IN HOLLYWOOD RIGHT NOW. Honestly, ever since "Cold Mountain" came out on DVD, he's had a new movie come out every few weeks or so. This isn't exaggerating, either. Let's just review this fall: "Sky Captain and THE WORLD OF TOMORROW," "I Heart Huckabees," "Alfie," "Closer," and "The Aviator." And those are just movies about to come out before the end of the year. He's got it all......and he's English or whatever.
9. So......the crappy new movie coming out is "Taxi".....yet it's NOT a movie version of the 70's TV show Taxi.
10. I have a new pair of glasses. However, as per the Radio Shack ads, they are the same style as Howie Long wears. Sigh. At least flippin' Terry Bradshaw doesn't call me. Then I would have to rethink the whole suicide thing.
11. Is it un-American for me to hate politics? I mean, granted, I don't know the first thing about politics (see #7, and add "I don't KNOW anything about things either), but I hate them. I also hate pundits (those guys who show up on shows on news channels and bicker and fight and talk over each other at the same time) and people who are important people in their respective parties. For example, on channels like Fox News, the democrats are always these tiny squeaky whiny ugly dudes with big ears and the republicans are these boffo dudes who never stutter or try to stall while thinking of answers. I guess I shouldn't make fun of people for doing what they obviously like to do, but people who run campaigns are funny to me. Take for example George Stephanopolous. If you haven't seen the documentary "The War Room" (starring Ragin' Cajun James Carville about Clinton's '92 campaign) it's just funny to see this tiny greek guy with big hair running around trying to elect Bill. I just hate all the fighting and lameness that politics brings. It sucks that those are the people who run the country.
Friday, October 8, 2004
Movie Review: "The Forgotten"
Hey, remember movies about UFOs and aliens and abductions? You don't? Wouldn't you say they've been........forgotten?
Well, the new Julianne Moore movie "The Forgotten" is about that. Now, the whole alien craze sort of died out in the late '90s after the X-Files lost Mulder and totally sucked pooballs. Up until then, every summer movie was about some kind of alien invasion. "Independence Day," "X-Files: The Movie," Charlie Sheen's "The Arrival," the beautiful Jodie Foster in "Contact," "Phenomenon" (wasn't about aliens...but was sci-fi movie until the end....he just had cancer), and I'm sure the list goes on.
Anyway...after the X-Files lost a leg the whole alien craze went away and people started making more suspense movies. That darn M. Night Shaylaman had to go and make "The 6th Sense" and start the whole 'suspense with lots of twists at the end' craze. Ironically, he later made "Signs" which was mostly about aliens.
Well, "The Forgotten" begins with Juilanne Moore playing yet another strung-out prone to outbursts type of character (like in "Magnolia"....only not addicted to painkillers) named Telly. Anyway...aliens go to the trouble of abducting her kid and lots of others so they can erase their memories of them. It's like an experiment or something.
So yeah stuff happens and she meets a dude and they look for their kids and the black lady gets sucked away and at the end the one alien guy morphs into a scary face for a second that instantly turns just a thriller into an alien movie. And at the end the experiment fails b/c Julianne Moore is one bad mother (but an excellent mother b/c she can't let go of her kid's memory) and the bad alien gets sucked away and she gets her kids back...but no one else is none the wiser.
So in the age of suspense movies, "The Forgotten" seems out of place b/c it gets kinda freaky at the end. Oh, and as for the mind erasing, it doesn't compare in the least to "Eternal Sunshine."
Well, the new Julianne Moore movie "The Forgotten" is about that. Now, the whole alien craze sort of died out in the late '90s after the X-Files lost Mulder and totally sucked pooballs. Up until then, every summer movie was about some kind of alien invasion. "Independence Day," "X-Files: The Movie," Charlie Sheen's "The Arrival," the beautiful Jodie Foster in "Contact," "Phenomenon" (wasn't about aliens...but was sci-fi movie until the end....he just had cancer), and I'm sure the list goes on.
Anyway...after the X-Files lost a leg the whole alien craze went away and people started making more suspense movies. That darn M. Night Shaylaman had to go and make "The 6th Sense" and start the whole 'suspense with lots of twists at the end' craze. Ironically, he later made "Signs" which was mostly about aliens.
Well, "The Forgotten" begins with Juilanne Moore playing yet another strung-out prone to outbursts type of character (like in "Magnolia"....only not addicted to painkillers) named Telly. Anyway...aliens go to the trouble of abducting her kid and lots of others so they can erase their memories of them. It's like an experiment or something.
So yeah stuff happens and she meets a dude and they look for their kids and the black lady gets sucked away and at the end the one alien guy morphs into a scary face for a second that instantly turns just a thriller into an alien movie. And at the end the experiment fails b/c Julianne Moore is one bad mother (but an excellent mother b/c she can't let go of her kid's memory) and the bad alien gets sucked away and she gets her kids back...but no one else is none the wiser.
So in the age of suspense movies, "The Forgotten" seems out of place b/c it gets kinda freaky at the end. Oh, and as for the mind erasing, it doesn't compare in the least to "Eternal Sunshine."
Monday, October 4, 2004
I've A New Habit....
I've started whistling, you know, doing 'solos.'
..."well, you better not get 'whistled out' b/c when Susan gets home you'll be too tired to pucker."
But my whistle actually developed from me making a 'shewww' noise at work. (i.e. "shewwwww......this is a lot of work to do.") It just evolved into a whistle.
Now it's a habit....I do it without reason randomly.
..."well, you better not get 'whistled out' b/c when Susan gets home you'll be too tired to pucker."
But my whistle actually developed from me making a 'shewww' noise at work. (i.e. "shewwwww......this is a lot of work to do.") It just evolved into a whistle.
Now it's a habit....I do it without reason randomly.
Work After Play Is Tough....When You Are Sleepy
So I met a British guy today. I wanted to just sit and listen and listen and listen. Although he's a bit of a dingbat and not that talkative. But still, very sexy. ....Except he's kind of old and dumpy-fat, not husky-fat. But he does wear a really big gold belt buckle and trucker-style hats.
He rummaged through my boss' CD's trying to find ones to take back to England with him. He'll probably have trouble at customs b/c he left with ALOT.....he had to have a box or a big bag.
p.s. D-Con has killed mice in the building. How do I know? Well, you come to the station and sniff for yourself.
He rummaged through my boss' CD's trying to find ones to take back to England with him. He'll probably have trouble at customs b/c he left with ALOT.....he had to have a box or a big bag.
p.s. D-Con has killed mice in the building. How do I know? Well, you come to the station and sniff for yourself.
Sunday, October 3, 2004
So Is 'Shaun Of The Dead' Ever Coming Around Here?
I'm seeing constant previews on TV, but nary a theater listing around here.
And it looks like Memphis or Nashville is the only place I can see "Dirty Shame."
And it looks like Memphis or Nashville is the only place I can see "Dirty Shame."
UPDATE:
Ok, according to the Hands On Nashville website....they are showing "Manos: The Hands Of Fate" and "The Crawling Hand", which are just two episodes.
Well, one of the two places needs to get their stories straight. Oh, they list it as October 25, which is a Monday. So please.....be cool and go with.
Even if it's not "The Movie", which is in fact the one where they watch "This Island Earth", I still love "Manos: The Hands Of Fate"
It's the one with everyone's favorite movie monster: TORGO!
Torgo is the monster who's evil attribute is ..............BIG KNEES! AHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
......You have no clue what I'm talking about, do you?
Sigh....well darn. Oh man, I'm excited anyway.
I've always regretted that MST3K: The Movie never came around here and I didn't know what it was so I wouldn't have watch it. Also, they stopped manufacturing the DVD a few years ago, so it's rare to find it in that format. You have to pay like $60 on eBay just to get the movie on DVD. To see it on the big screen would make me soo happy. I haven't seen too much of happiness lately, so it would be awesome.
Ok well I won't get too excited until I find out for real info about this wondrous event.
Well, one of the two places needs to get their stories straight. Oh, they list it as October 25, which is a Monday. So please.....be cool and go with.
Even if it's not "The Movie", which is in fact the one where they watch "This Island Earth", I still love "Manos: The Hands Of Fate"
It's the one with everyone's favorite movie monster: TORGO!
Torgo is the monster who's evil attribute is ..............BIG KNEES! AHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
......You have no clue what I'm talking about, do you?
Sigh....well darn. Oh man, I'm excited anyway.
I've always regretted that MST3K: The Movie never came around here and I didn't know what it was so I wouldn't have watch it. Also, they stopped manufacturing the DVD a few years ago, so it's rare to find it in that format. You have to pay like $60 on eBay just to get the movie on DVD. To see it on the big screen would make me soo happy. I haven't seen too much of happiness lately, so it would be awesome.
Ok well I won't get too excited until I find out for real info about this wondrous event.
Saturday, October 2, 2004
I See You Reggie, Shakin' That Pooch...
Sorry...I just couldn't help putting the action of a 50 year old biker with a belly jiggling to the high school band to the music of Fatboy Slim (I see you baby, shakin that thang ....[or the uncensored a**]).
I know it's all goofy to have those goofy nonsensical subject lines at the top of my blog....but yeah.
I know it's all goofy to have those goofy nonsensical subject lines at the top of my blog....but yeah.
Friday, October 1, 2004
Aww Man, Little Richard's Hopped Up On Goofballs Again...
So yes just after I got all crabby about how (even though INCREDIBLY awesome it was that they put it out) the Looney Tunes Golden Collection was only 4 discs.....and not even crammed to the brim with nothing but great cartoons....I find out they are (sigh of relief) coming out with a second set in November! That just is boffo b/c Looney Tunes are still the best classic films ever.
So see you in St. Louie, screwy....on November 2 that is.
So see you in St. Louie, screwy....on November 2 that is.
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Not THE Greatest.......
Sure, Conan is great and all......but he has one major flaw that I just simply can't tolerate.
It's not Frankenstein wasting a minute of my time.......it's Frankenstein's monster!
Screw you Conan O'Brien, and all that you stand for.
It's not Frankenstein wasting a minute of my time.......it's Frankenstein's monster!
Screw you Conan O'Brien, and all that you stand for.
I Can't Figure Out How To Paste The Actual Link......
So this gives it away......but go here and listen, damn you!
Sunday, September 26, 2004
I Voted For Pedro....And My Wildest Dreams Came True!
Wow....after 5 years or so of having a beard, I have finally received the one thing I've been looking for.....and I have George W. Bush to thank.
A beard & moustache trimmer.
Every year, in December and May, you see commercials saying how the perfect gift for dad is a Beard & Moustache trimmer. Every year, I have waited for this gift. NO ONE has ever even bothered to think about getting me one.
On a personal level, I value those 'perfect' gifts more than just saying "hey, get me ..... for xmas". I don't even want to drop hints. I want to recieve that gift from someone who actually knows me and puts thought into it. And I'm the same way when giving (when I actually do give). I try and try to think of what would be perfect for that person. No just something they need.....what means something.
So seeing as how for about 5 years I've had some form of a beard, I've never been given an actual beard and moustache trimmer.
So how does Dubya fit into this?
Well my brother came home for two days last week, and as he was leaving again, my mom caught him leaving with the hair trimmer I had been using. He said my dad called and told him to bring it (my dad didn't know I used it on my beard) so he would have it when they went to Iraq. Consequently, my mom bought me a B&M trimmer so I would have something and wouldn't look too scraggly.
Therefore, b/c W. has that little beef with Saddam Hussein, I get a Beard & Moustache trimmer.
Thank you Dubya.........you still don't have my vote.....but you have my gratitude.
A beard & moustache trimmer.
Every year, in December and May, you see commercials saying how the perfect gift for dad is a Beard & Moustache trimmer. Every year, I have waited for this gift. NO ONE has ever even bothered to think about getting me one.
On a personal level, I value those 'perfect' gifts more than just saying "hey, get me ..... for xmas". I don't even want to drop hints. I want to recieve that gift from someone who actually knows me and puts thought into it. And I'm the same way when giving (when I actually do give). I try and try to think of what would be perfect for that person. No just something they need.....what means something.
So seeing as how for about 5 years I've had some form of a beard, I've never been given an actual beard and moustache trimmer.
So how does Dubya fit into this?
Well my brother came home for two days last week, and as he was leaving again, my mom caught him leaving with the hair trimmer I had been using. He said my dad called and told him to bring it (my dad didn't know I used it on my beard) so he would have it when they went to Iraq. Consequently, my mom bought me a B&M trimmer so I would have something and wouldn't look too scraggly.
Therefore, b/c W. has that little beef with Saddam Hussein, I get a Beard & Moustache trimmer.
Thank you Dubya.........you still don't have my vote.....but you have my gratitude.
Movie Review — "Napolean Dynamite"
Okay, so I never actually wrote a review for Napolean Dynamite after I saw it. I just contrasted it with the movie "Elephant" b/c I had just let Andrew watch that movie the same day we saw Napolean and they are total opposite ends of the spectrum.
Napolean Dynamite is (honestly) the funniest movie I've seen this year. But not only is it a really funny teen movie, it's a really good feel good movie. When I left the theater, it was the best feeling I've ever had leaving a theater. Honestly. It's just so funny, so moving, and so rockin'.
I found out what makes this movie so good. It's written/directed by and starring Mormons. Well, they aren't neccessarily Mormon, but they did meet/get together at Brigham Young University. That would also explain why the movie is so clean. It's rated PG, and has absolutely nothing offensive in it. I can handle any type of content in any movie mind you, but it was so refreshing to have something family friendly yet not even made for kids.
Napolean is just so angry at the world, his friend Pedro seems to be oblivious, but you can tell he's got alot going on upstairs. Deb is that loser girl you remeber from high school. Kip will most likely be me when I'm 30 years old.....or at least my brother. No, wait, my brother hates women and wouldn't even chat with them online for 3—4 hours at a time. (I myself am scared of them, so stop making gay jokes) Summer and that other jerk are typical 'cool' kids in high school. By now they are already married with two kids and a few mortgages. Whatever other character I'm leaving out, you can still relate to.
I'm skipping actual plot discussion in hopes that you will be curious enough to watch the movie your own darn self, so nevermind that.
Napolean Dynamite is the comedy everyone wants to make. It's the movie I wanted to make. But dammit, I'm a pathetic lazy loser and can't even make the friggin movie I wanted to. Maybe I should become a Mormon. I have the tie, I just need a shirt and a bike.
Ok, I'll admit that my reviews are basically me saying "Hey, I saw this movie and thought you should know." .......but sadly you don't care, at least I don't, so I will at least advise you to watch it..............OR DIE.
or don't......and live.......I don't care.
Napolean Dynamite is (honestly) the funniest movie I've seen this year. But not only is it a really funny teen movie, it's a really good feel good movie. When I left the theater, it was the best feeling I've ever had leaving a theater. Honestly. It's just so funny, so moving, and so rockin'.
I found out what makes this movie so good. It's written/directed by and starring Mormons. Well, they aren't neccessarily Mormon, but they did meet/get together at Brigham Young University. That would also explain why the movie is so clean. It's rated PG, and has absolutely nothing offensive in it. I can handle any type of content in any movie mind you, but it was so refreshing to have something family friendly yet not even made for kids.
Napolean is just so angry at the world, his friend Pedro seems to be oblivious, but you can tell he's got alot going on upstairs. Deb is that loser girl you remeber from high school. Kip will most likely be me when I'm 30 years old.....or at least my brother. No, wait, my brother hates women and wouldn't even chat with them online for 3—4 hours at a time. (I myself am scared of them, so stop making gay jokes) Summer and that other jerk are typical 'cool' kids in high school. By now they are already married with two kids and a few mortgages. Whatever other character I'm leaving out, you can still relate to.
I'm skipping actual plot discussion in hopes that you will be curious enough to watch the movie your own darn self, so nevermind that.
Napolean Dynamite is the comedy everyone wants to make. It's the movie I wanted to make. But dammit, I'm a pathetic lazy loser and can't even make the friggin movie I wanted to. Maybe I should become a Mormon. I have the tie, I just need a shirt and a bike.
Ok, I'll admit that my reviews are basically me saying "Hey, I saw this movie and thought you should know." .......but sadly you don't care, at least I don't, so I will at least advise you to watch it..............OR DIE.
or don't......and live.......I don't care.
I Don't Care What You Think.....UB40 Really Sucks
Who likes that late 80s early 90s British reggae crap anyway?
Dang it sucks to be selfish. At any point, whenver something happens to someone else, I always try to figure out how it affects me.
Well, except that whole September 11th thing....I think I was concerned for others on that day. No no, I don't mean the one in '01, I mean 9/11/87. Someone in kindergarten peed on the nap mats and I was wondering how they were gonna sleep.
But seriously, I'm just one selfish motherhummer. I am trying to figure out how best to slowly kill myself. I've heard my mom say that suicide is selfish, so maybe it won't be so bad if I do it slowly so it won't be apparently drastic. But oh well, I'll figure out a way eventually.
Muwahahaha you guys is jerks.
Oh, I really want to see "Shaun Of The Dead" b/c I think the fat guy is just too cute. He says "Yeah, Boyeeee" and has big ears and buck teef like a little mouse. He British too, apparently.
Dang it sucks to be selfish. At any point, whenver something happens to someone else, I always try to figure out how it affects me.
Well, except that whole September 11th thing....I think I was concerned for others on that day. No no, I don't mean the one in '01, I mean 9/11/87. Someone in kindergarten peed on the nap mats and I was wondering how they were gonna sleep.
But seriously, I'm just one selfish motherhummer. I am trying to figure out how best to slowly kill myself. I've heard my mom say that suicide is selfish, so maybe it won't be so bad if I do it slowly so it won't be apparently drastic. But oh well, I'll figure out a way eventually.
Muwahahaha you guys is jerks.
Oh, I really want to see "Shaun Of The Dead" b/c I think the fat guy is just too cute. He says "Yeah, Boyeeee" and has big ears and buck teef like a little mouse. He British too, apparently.
Saturday, September 25, 2004
Shoooo-weee....it's been a rough one, huh?
I don't know about you, but myself is plumb tuckered out.
Why are we still shaming ourselves by electing BOTH a 'black' and a 'white' homecoming queen? I mean, we could at least remain covertly racist and not just show non-southerners how much different people are hated down here.
So I've come to the conclusion that to be a geek you have to spend alot of money.
For those that love technology, you have to buy the latest things when they come out. And usually, that costs alot of money. You have to pay alot to enjoy hi-def plasma TV. Sigh.
For nurds like me, you spend money on things that satisfy your nurdy cravings. Collector sets, obscure movie posters, DVD TV shows, toys, anything that show you are a nurd.
Well, actually, if you think about it, any nurd of any type spends alot of money on the things we like. People who are into hunting buy lots of guns, 4-wheelers and such. People who like designing buy lots of decorations and such. And so on. So I guess we are not that different after all.
Oh wow, I was going to be on a roll, but it's 1:33 a.m. at the station, and I'm just too tired all of a sudden.
I don't know about you, but myself is plumb tuckered out.
Why are we still shaming ourselves by electing BOTH a 'black' and a 'white' homecoming queen? I mean, we could at least remain covertly racist and not just show non-southerners how much different people are hated down here.
So I've come to the conclusion that to be a geek you have to spend alot of money.
For those that love technology, you have to buy the latest things when they come out. And usually, that costs alot of money. You have to pay alot to enjoy hi-def plasma TV. Sigh.
For nurds like me, you spend money on things that satisfy your nurdy cravings. Collector sets, obscure movie posters, DVD TV shows, toys, anything that show you are a nurd.
Well, actually, if you think about it, any nurd of any type spends alot of money on the things we like. People who are into hunting buy lots of guns, 4-wheelers and such. People who like designing buy lots of decorations and such. And so on. So I guess we are not that different after all.
Oh wow, I was going to be on a roll, but it's 1:33 a.m. at the station, and I'm just too tired all of a sudden.
Tuesday, September 21, 2004
First Time Ever On DVD....
Well, today's the day.
You know what I'm talking about.
First time ever on DVD.
The question is......do I, or don't I?
We all know I will. However, it won't be right away. But we all know that's b/c I won't be going to a store anytime soon.
You know what I'm talking about.
First time ever on DVD.
The question is......do I, or don't I?
We all know I will. However, it won't be right away. But we all know that's b/c I won't be going to a store anytime soon.
Friday, September 17, 2004
ATTN: ANDREW
Hey I have that movie "Gummo" if you want to watch it. For whatever reason that would be. If not, maybe JoelG would.
I also just used my blog as a personal message system.
Damn I hate things.
I also just used my blog as a personal message system.
Damn I hate things.
Tuesday, September 14, 2004
Crispy McChicken w/ Cheese
So yeah, if you were to look at me now, I'd probably tell you I hate you.
But I wouldn't take offence if I were you, b/c I pretty much hate everything. My room is filled with tons of stuff that just remind me of how lonely things are. I don't mean stuff like pants and expensive lip gloss and meaningless crap. I mean mostly DVDs and videos, things movies and TV shows I love so much, and would give anything to share with someone else. Someone else who could watch and appreciate as well. But more importantly, watch with me and understand that I like them.
So I want to start a war. I don't mean a war that will accomplish anything, I just mean something kind of meaningless so that everyone will hate me and not want to talk. (well hey, nothing new)
Let's see.....who can I fight? Hmph, oh well, maybe something will come to me.
But, I did try a new kind of underwear.....maybe that'll help my mood.
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I don't know who I can blame....I would try to blame my parents, but I think that's the easy way out. I've always been taught to be the exact opposite of adventurous. You know, there's no reason to do anything else other than sit around quietly, have no 'fun' and work 23 hours a day, 6 days a week. And when you do work, work hard and don't be a lazy ass.
Oh, that and don't watch naugthy movies. (p.s. naughty means anything over a PG-13 rating)
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On the other hand, I'm glad I don't like to have fun. Otherwise, I would be like some frat dude, with a beer in one hand and a condom in the other, getting coked-up piggy back rides from some guy we nicknamed 'Puber.'
I may be running around, getting naked when I had the chance, or watching movies starring The Rock or Vin Disel (only 2 of the greatest actions heroes movie history has ever known). I would be rocking out to Limp Bizkit and Dave Matthews in the same set by the shitty cover band and that shitty bar & grill while I tried to pick up 'some nice ass.'
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Well, anyway.........Fuck You, I guess.
But I wouldn't take offence if I were you, b/c I pretty much hate everything. My room is filled with tons of stuff that just remind me of how lonely things are. I don't mean stuff like pants and expensive lip gloss and meaningless crap. I mean mostly DVDs and videos, things movies and TV shows I love so much, and would give anything to share with someone else. Someone else who could watch and appreciate as well. But more importantly, watch with me and understand that I like them.
So I want to start a war. I don't mean a war that will accomplish anything, I just mean something kind of meaningless so that everyone will hate me and not want to talk. (well hey, nothing new)
Let's see.....who can I fight? Hmph, oh well, maybe something will come to me.
But, I did try a new kind of underwear.....maybe that'll help my mood.
__________________________
I don't know who I can blame....I would try to blame my parents, but I think that's the easy way out. I've always been taught to be the exact opposite of adventurous. You know, there's no reason to do anything else other than sit around quietly, have no 'fun' and work 23 hours a day, 6 days a week. And when you do work, work hard and don't be a lazy ass.
Oh, that and don't watch naugthy movies. (p.s. naughty means anything over a PG-13 rating)
___________________________
On the other hand, I'm glad I don't like to have fun. Otherwise, I would be like some frat dude, with a beer in one hand and a condom in the other, getting coked-up piggy back rides from some guy we nicknamed 'Puber.'
I may be running around, getting naked when I had the chance, or watching movies starring The Rock or Vin Disel (only 2 of the greatest actions heroes movie history has ever known). I would be rocking out to Limp Bizkit and Dave Matthews in the same set by the shitty cover band and that shitty bar & grill while I tried to pick up 'some nice ass.'
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Well, anyway.........Fuck You, I guess.
Monday, September 13, 2004
Why It Pays To Search All Your Channels
So on DirecTV, waaaayyyyyy up there, past the Fox News' and the MSNBC's, you get to all the religious TBN's and your Mormon Channels, and nestled right up there just past those is a little gem I have recently found:
The NASA Channel!!
Yes....the NASA Channel. This thing is great. At any given time you can turn it on and either see live spacewalks, videos of NASA commissions having meetings, weather patterns, all kids of stuff.
Now, granted, the channel is very boring, but it's still too awesome.
So, go to someone's house who has DirecTV, and turn to channel 376....the NASA Channel.
Oh, there's also a RFD (Rural Free Delivery) Channel. Those farmers can go fuck themselves.
The NASA Channel!!
Yes....the NASA Channel. This thing is great. At any given time you can turn it on and either see live spacewalks, videos of NASA commissions having meetings, weather patterns, all kids of stuff.
Now, granted, the channel is very boring, but it's still too awesome.
So, go to someone's house who has DirecTV, and turn to channel 376....the NASA Channel.
Oh, there's also a RFD (Rural Free Delivery) Channel. Those farmers can go fuck themselves.
Sunday, September 12, 2004
One Total Waste Of Human Life Part 1
I apologize to you, but I have a few talking points that come to me, and I don't write them down, nor do I develop them completely. I just want to get them down so I don't forget them. I thought it would be better to make one decent sized blog with all of them rather than one sentence posts like I normally do.
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1. George W. Bush is trying to steal the election AGAIN.....you know all these hurricanes that have been prominent in the news lately? They are all hitting the Miami/Dade area and Broward Co. areas. ....where did all the 2000 "Election" hoopla happen? I rest my case. The republicans didn't want us to see "The Day After Tomorrow" (NOT b/c it was a shitty movie, but) b/c they designed a plan to control the weather in Florida so W. would 'win' the 'election' again.
2. When I can twist my nose hairs.....and even make a strand from one nostril touch a strand from the other.......I NEED A TRIM.
3. Art Bell (Coast to Coast A.M.) interviewed some people from the TV show "Dead Like Me" tonight. I really want to see this show, but I don't have Showtime movie network. Has anyone else seen this show? If so, leave a comment.
4. Talking to Matt tonight, I told him I was going to Amory by myself to shoot some video. He said "You don't have a wingman?" I really like that. Even though it makes me think of Top Gun, it makes sense. William has Ann with him everywhere he goes. Usually Adam and I will tape an event together. Generally, anyone taping an event for the TV station has at least one other person with him/her. So, I will offically start referring to this as a 'wingman.' Thanks Matt.
5. I heard an ad during C2Ca.m. tonight....it started "I'm a hypocrite....I don't mean a vegetarian who wears leather shoes, I mean I haven't talked to my kids about drugs..." .....Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but a vegetarian can wear whatever the heck he/she wants to. A vegan can't wear/use any animal products. So, not only is the guy a hypocrite.....he's stupid.
6. Sigh, I went to the Coast 2 coast a.m. website, and I accidentally saw a pic of George Noory....dammit. I imagined him much better looking.
7. Why is shopping for underwear uncomfortable? I mean, is it like this for all dudes? Anytime I want to try out a new kind of underwear (which is only every 5 or so years....I get good use out of my undies) I kind of have to look around and decide what I want to try. This means I have to spend time in the underwear section. It's just weird......instead of models, can't they just photograph the underwear on a well endowed mannequin rather than muscle bound hunks? I hate being in that aisle.
8. Do you think Peter Jackson's King Kong remake will be good? I saw the original the other day and I know why it's a classic. It's soooo good, and really scary.
9. (this topic is 10 years too late) Michael Chricton actually co-wrote the screenplay to his own novel 'Jurassic Park.' Why did he make it so different? Did he realize that THE BOOK SUCKED? I'm glad he changed it. I've heard people say the book was terrifying........they are dumb. It sucked. Good movie, though.
10. I'm a poser...so I'm lame.
11. Can someone teach me how to tie a tie?
and my last one....
12. I'm trying to smoke so I can have a better (non-faggity) voice. I hope it doesn't take long, b/c I hate it. But, it makes me look cool. The only problem is that I haven't figured out that whole packing thing. I don't exactly know why you do it, and when I do it pushes the paper past the butt. God I fuck up everything!
signed....
Total Waste of a Human Life
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1. George W. Bush is trying to steal the election AGAIN.....you know all these hurricanes that have been prominent in the news lately? They are all hitting the Miami/Dade area and Broward Co. areas. ....where did all the 2000 "Election" hoopla happen? I rest my case. The republicans didn't want us to see "The Day After Tomorrow" (NOT b/c it was a shitty movie, but) b/c they designed a plan to control the weather in Florida so W. would 'win' the 'election' again.
2. When I can twist my nose hairs.....and even make a strand from one nostril touch a strand from the other.......I NEED A TRIM.
3. Art Bell (Coast to Coast A.M.) interviewed some people from the TV show "Dead Like Me" tonight. I really want to see this show, but I don't have Showtime movie network. Has anyone else seen this show? If so, leave a comment.
4. Talking to Matt tonight, I told him I was going to Amory by myself to shoot some video. He said "You don't have a wingman?" I really like that. Even though it makes me think of Top Gun, it makes sense. William has Ann with him everywhere he goes. Usually Adam and I will tape an event together. Generally, anyone taping an event for the TV station has at least one other person with him/her. So, I will offically start referring to this as a 'wingman.' Thanks Matt.
5. I heard an ad during C2Ca.m. tonight....it started "I'm a hypocrite....I don't mean a vegetarian who wears leather shoes, I mean I haven't talked to my kids about drugs..." .....Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but a vegetarian can wear whatever the heck he/she wants to. A vegan can't wear/use any animal products. So, not only is the guy a hypocrite.....he's stupid.
6. Sigh, I went to the Coast 2 coast a.m. website, and I accidentally saw a pic of George Noory....dammit. I imagined him much better looking.
7. Why is shopping for underwear uncomfortable? I mean, is it like this for all dudes? Anytime I want to try out a new kind of underwear (which is only every 5 or so years....I get good use out of my undies) I kind of have to look around and decide what I want to try. This means I have to spend time in the underwear section. It's just weird......instead of models, can't they just photograph the underwear on a well endowed mannequin rather than muscle bound hunks? I hate being in that aisle.
8. Do you think Peter Jackson's King Kong remake will be good? I saw the original the other day and I know why it's a classic. It's soooo good, and really scary.
9. (this topic is 10 years too late) Michael Chricton actually co-wrote the screenplay to his own novel 'Jurassic Park.' Why did he make it so different? Did he realize that THE BOOK SUCKED? I'm glad he changed it. I've heard people say the book was terrifying........they are dumb. It sucked. Good movie, though.
10. I'm a poser...so I'm lame.
11. Can someone teach me how to tie a tie?
and my last one....
12. I'm trying to smoke so I can have a better (non-faggity) voice. I hope it doesn't take long, b/c I hate it. But, it makes me look cool. The only problem is that I haven't figured out that whole packing thing. I don't exactly know why you do it, and when I do it pushes the paper past the butt. God I fuck up everything!
signed....
Total Waste of a Human Life
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