Ok, ok.......everyone's going to call foul on this, seeing as how I make it adamant that (contrary to public opinion of the guy) I don't like Will Ferrell.
I'm not saying that I do now.......I'm just saying this:
I just saw "Elf" today and I thought it was incredibly incredibly funny.
BUT....I do have legitimate reasons to think so:
*It was directed by ('Swingers' star and 'Made' star/director and all-around hunk) John Favreau.
*It didn't feel like it was written for Will.....could've been for anyone.
*His schtick worked for the role of a man raised by elves.
*It wasn't a great movie in general....really kidsy......so it gets off the hook for that, but it was fun.
So there.
If anyone has anything to say about it.....I'll start calling shit on everyone. I've got some saved up for a post later on (when I get the balls) but I don't think you want me to use it.
Saturday, May 28, 2005
Friday, May 27, 2005
It's Like Walking In On Yourself.....
....And you just ask "What are you doing?! What are you doing!?", and you just KNOW the tissues are in your jacket pocket....
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So it's almost as if it was a wakeup call to say: 'someone IS watching you!'
So this is my DVD viewing for Friday: •the last 5 minutes of MST3K's "Hercules Against The MoonMen", "Coal Miner's Daugher", "Ghostbusters", and most of the "Weezer: Video Capture Device" DVD.
Well, I was rocking out to 'Island in the Sun' and had gotten to 'Photograph' when I (having just gotten out of the shower and looking for an undershirt) started dancing. But it wasn't lame...it was more of a workout-kind of dancing. If I would have continued, it would have been great excercise. Well, amisdst the dancing, the telephone rang. Sign #1 that someone was watching me. It was Adam on the phone.....calling at the oddest time. Sign #2 that I shouldn't have been dancing......during the phone call I got the worst 'phlegm in my throat/choking on my own spit' kind of cough. (So Adam.......THAT's why I was coughing.)
==Why did I post about this? B/c I heard "Photograph" while sitting at Sonic tonight. It was a sign. Oh yeah.......Weezer can now be heard on 'Sonic Radio'—how cool is that?!==
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So it's almost as if it was a wakeup call to say: 'someone IS watching you!'
So this is my DVD viewing for Friday: •the last 5 minutes of MST3K's "Hercules Against The MoonMen", "Coal Miner's Daugher", "Ghostbusters", and most of the "Weezer: Video Capture Device" DVD.
Well, I was rocking out to 'Island in the Sun' and had gotten to 'Photograph' when I (having just gotten out of the shower and looking for an undershirt) started dancing. But it wasn't lame...it was more of a workout-kind of dancing. If I would have continued, it would have been great excercise. Well, amisdst the dancing, the telephone rang. Sign #1 that someone was watching me. It was Adam on the phone.....calling at the oddest time. Sign #2 that I shouldn't have been dancing......during the phone call I got the worst 'phlegm in my throat/choking on my own spit' kind of cough. (So Adam.......THAT's why I was coughing.)
==Why did I post about this? B/c I heard "Photograph" while sitting at Sonic tonight. It was a sign. Oh yeah.......Weezer can now be heard on 'Sonic Radio'—how cool is that?!==
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Not Really A Review...
*Disclaimer: In Episode 2.6 of 'Spaced,' Tim yells at a little kid for trying to buy a JarJar Binks keychain, and bases his entire argument around the fact that the kid "wasn't there 'back then,' back when it was special, when it meant something." He claims that now Star Wars is just a puffed up 2-hour toy advertisement.
I will first admit that I WAS NOT there 'back then' in 1977, nor was I young enough to buy a JarJar keychain a few years ago. (I did buy a Darth Maul T-Shirt....but that's different.) I WILL, however, admit that when I saw the Original Original Trilogy in '96, I 'Got It.' I was in the middle.....too young to have seen the Original on screen, and in my latter teens when I saw the first Episode. I understand the beauty of the Original Trilogy, and mourn for what the prequels tried—yet failed—to do. This is how I feel. Please just bear with me......if you want to skip to the end, I will say that "I liked it, and I will see it again and buy the DVD." I will also end with a sentence fragment, and throw in one obscenity.
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So......this is it. The end of the line. There will be TV shows and cartoons.....but there will NEVER be another Star Wars Movie ever again. So what can I say that hasn't been said already? Well:
George Lucas can't really handle Star Wars.
By going back and completing his story started in 1977 and making it come full circle (we now understand why the film is called "Return of the Jedi"), he has negated and—dare I say—ruined the magic and wonder of the original films. Something just isn't right. George Lucas doesn't get his own movies. Well, George Lucas doesn't know how to make his own movies.
Let me put it another way: "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return Of The Jedi" are considered to be the best of the films....and "Empire" is even considered by many to be one of the greatest motion pictures, period. Here's where the difference is: George Lucas didn't direct these two films. Yes, that's correct. Because he was too busy overseeing development of new technology to make the movies, he hired Lawrence Kasdan to write the screenplay and Irvin Kershner to direct 'Empire' and Richard Marquand to direct 'Return.'
Lucas didn't direct the best 2 films of the series. What does this tell you?
The Original Trilogy had the absolute best and perfect casting....the chemistry was amazing and no one else could have played the main characters. But.....as the series progressed the story became more character driven, and it was brought down to the level of the importance of the story. That Luke convince his father to turn good again, and that Han and Leia should do the nasty. You see, the importance of being a director is that you take your actors, and show them how the story progresses and how they should relate to other characters as well as themselves.
George Lucas completely botched his prequels due to the fact that he got everything wrong when dealing with (what is the MOST important part of Star Wars) the characters. In Phantom Menace, he went for the cutesy kids film with all kinds of little one-liners (that aren't funny) and little robots farting on each other (that aren't funny). The most important part of the story—the boy who would grow up to be Darth Vader.......was a little dumbass kid. Of the millions of little kid actors that could have done it correctly, Lucas hand-picked this little turd to ruin his first Star Wars film in 15 years. Dakota Fanning would have made a better Anakin. Granted, Qui-Gon was decent and Ewan McGregor was admirable as a still-young yet strong Obi-Wan........performances were wooden when they weren't incredibly goofy.
Now that for the second film Anakin must be a teenager, Lucas had to pick the most untalented teenager to play the Future Most Feared Being In The Galaxy. Hayden Christenson claims that Lucas only used the 'whiny' takes...but I think it's just that he really can't act. Also, you can't just have a wooden Samuel L. Jackson show up, claim 'This Party's Over' and NOT say '.....Bitches.'
It's almost as if every character in the prequels acts independently of each other. What I bet happened is that each actor was filmed against a blue screen and digitally inserted into the scene......no two actors were on set that day together. That's my problem.....sure the dialogue is crappy...but when you have crappy actors doing the crappy dialogue it just doesn't work.
So the promise of "Revenge Of The Sith" was that it was going to be dark—it was. It was going to be about the characters—it was. Most importantly it was going to be all about Anakin's turn to the dark side—and yes, it was. But all of it was too little too late. We were supposed to care deeply about these people (we knew the outcome 30 years down the line) but due to the fact that they had no relationship in Episodes 1 and 2 it all felt shallow. It's like one of those bad romantic comedies where the only thing the couples share is that one of their kids flushes a kitten down the toilet and then they meet over coffee. At the end they kiss and go out........but you're not sure what the hell that was all about.
Episode 2 had it's love story.....but it just felt like a bad episode of Dawson's Creek with them rolling in the fields of Naboo. I mean, all this love story just b/c little boy Anakin thought Padme was 'an angel.' Well........okay.......I don't know how to write a love story or the best way for 2 people to fall in love, but I will say that it was too forced and we were just supposed to believe they were in love. (On a side note......Han & Leia worked b/c he was the 'outlaw' and she was the 'princess' and it was sexy.)
==I would like to add at this point that the best theatrical experience ever is that 3 second silence between "Long Ago In A Galaxy Far Far Away" and "STAR WARS."==
So yes....."Revenge Of The Sith" was a Star Wars film.....but it wasn't a Star Wars Film. It's just that those movies belong in the time they came from......that spirit can't be recaptured. Bravo to George Lucas for wanting to finish telling his story and all that....but after it's all been said and done, I really don't know if it's been worth it. It's kind of like Star Wars has been ruined. That wonderful magic has been tainted. Amidst the JarJars and the robot army troops saying "Roger, Roger" and the unexplainable reason why 25 years prior to the Original Trilogy the technology looks as if it was developed 30 years later, it just doesn't fit.
I promise I'm not trying to be a fanboy. I will admit that I didn't make any promises before seeing the movie. I didn't want to overlook the lameness to laugh at what were supposed to be jokes. Yet......I didn't want to sit there with my arms crossed wanting to nitpick things, I promise.
I wanted to see it to see it.
I liked it, and I will see it again and buy the DVD. I will continue to watch Star Wars for many years to come (albeit it could be from my Original Original Trilogy VHS tapes.......taint-free), and if I have kids they will be like young Jedi, learning the ways of the force and collecting merchandise.
But I just didn't feel it. It didn't feel special.
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............More of an essay. Shit.
I will first admit that I WAS NOT there 'back then' in 1977, nor was I young enough to buy a JarJar keychain a few years ago. (I did buy a Darth Maul T-Shirt....but that's different.) I WILL, however, admit that when I saw the Original Original Trilogy in '96, I 'Got It.' I was in the middle.....too young to have seen the Original on screen, and in my latter teens when I saw the first Episode. I understand the beauty of the Original Trilogy, and mourn for what the prequels tried—yet failed—to do. This is how I feel. Please just bear with me......if you want to skip to the end, I will say that "I liked it, and I will see it again and buy the DVD." I will also end with a sentence fragment, and throw in one obscenity.
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So......this is it. The end of the line. There will be TV shows and cartoons.....but there will NEVER be another Star Wars Movie ever again. So what can I say that hasn't been said already? Well:
George Lucas can't really handle Star Wars.
By going back and completing his story started in 1977 and making it come full circle (we now understand why the film is called "Return of the Jedi"), he has negated and—dare I say—ruined the magic and wonder of the original films. Something just isn't right. George Lucas doesn't get his own movies. Well, George Lucas doesn't know how to make his own movies.
Let me put it another way: "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return Of The Jedi" are considered to be the best of the films....and "Empire" is even considered by many to be one of the greatest motion pictures, period. Here's where the difference is: George Lucas didn't direct these two films. Yes, that's correct. Because he was too busy overseeing development of new technology to make the movies, he hired Lawrence Kasdan to write the screenplay and Irvin Kershner to direct 'Empire' and Richard Marquand to direct 'Return.'
Lucas didn't direct the best 2 films of the series. What does this tell you?
The Original Trilogy had the absolute best and perfect casting....the chemistry was amazing and no one else could have played the main characters. But.....as the series progressed the story became more character driven, and it was brought down to the level of the importance of the story. That Luke convince his father to turn good again, and that Han and Leia should do the nasty. You see, the importance of being a director is that you take your actors, and show them how the story progresses and how they should relate to other characters as well as themselves.
George Lucas completely botched his prequels due to the fact that he got everything wrong when dealing with (what is the MOST important part of Star Wars) the characters. In Phantom Menace, he went for the cutesy kids film with all kinds of little one-liners (that aren't funny) and little robots farting on each other (that aren't funny). The most important part of the story—the boy who would grow up to be Darth Vader.......was a little dumbass kid. Of the millions of little kid actors that could have done it correctly, Lucas hand-picked this little turd to ruin his first Star Wars film in 15 years. Dakota Fanning would have made a better Anakin. Granted, Qui-Gon was decent and Ewan McGregor was admirable as a still-young yet strong Obi-Wan........performances were wooden when they weren't incredibly goofy.
Now that for the second film Anakin must be a teenager, Lucas had to pick the most untalented teenager to play the Future Most Feared Being In The Galaxy. Hayden Christenson claims that Lucas only used the 'whiny' takes...but I think it's just that he really can't act. Also, you can't just have a wooden Samuel L. Jackson show up, claim 'This Party's Over' and NOT say '.....Bitches.'
It's almost as if every character in the prequels acts independently of each other. What I bet happened is that each actor was filmed against a blue screen and digitally inserted into the scene......no two actors were on set that day together. That's my problem.....sure the dialogue is crappy...but when you have crappy actors doing the crappy dialogue it just doesn't work.
So the promise of "Revenge Of The Sith" was that it was going to be dark—it was. It was going to be about the characters—it was. Most importantly it was going to be all about Anakin's turn to the dark side—and yes, it was. But all of it was too little too late. We were supposed to care deeply about these people (we knew the outcome 30 years down the line) but due to the fact that they had no relationship in Episodes 1 and 2 it all felt shallow. It's like one of those bad romantic comedies where the only thing the couples share is that one of their kids flushes a kitten down the toilet and then they meet over coffee. At the end they kiss and go out........but you're not sure what the hell that was all about.
Episode 2 had it's love story.....but it just felt like a bad episode of Dawson's Creek with them rolling in the fields of Naboo. I mean, all this love story just b/c little boy Anakin thought Padme was 'an angel.' Well........okay.......I don't know how to write a love story or the best way for 2 people to fall in love, but I will say that it was too forced and we were just supposed to believe they were in love. (On a side note......Han & Leia worked b/c he was the 'outlaw' and she was the 'princess' and it was sexy.)
==I would like to add at this point that the best theatrical experience ever is that 3 second silence between "Long Ago In A Galaxy Far Far Away" and "STAR WARS."==
So yes....."Revenge Of The Sith" was a Star Wars film.....but it wasn't a Star Wars Film. It's just that those movies belong in the time they came from......that spirit can't be recaptured. Bravo to George Lucas for wanting to finish telling his story and all that....but after it's all been said and done, I really don't know if it's been worth it. It's kind of like Star Wars has been ruined. That wonderful magic has been tainted. Amidst the JarJars and the robot army troops saying "Roger, Roger" and the unexplainable reason why 25 years prior to the Original Trilogy the technology looks as if it was developed 30 years later, it just doesn't fit.
I promise I'm not trying to be a fanboy. I will admit that I didn't make any promises before seeing the movie. I didn't want to overlook the lameness to laugh at what were supposed to be jokes. Yet......I didn't want to sit there with my arms crossed wanting to nitpick things, I promise.
I wanted to see it to see it.
I liked it, and I will see it again and buy the DVD. I will continue to watch Star Wars for many years to come (albeit it could be from my Original Original Trilogy VHS tapes.......taint-free), and if I have kids they will be like young Jedi, learning the ways of the force and collecting merchandise.
But I just didn't feel it. It didn't feel special.
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............More of an essay. Shit.
Sunday, May 22, 2005
I've Lost Weight......Now My Car Gets Better Gas Mileage
I had forgotten how much I loved Ghostbusters.
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My goal is to make my DVD collection reach the ranks of Kim Jong Il's personal movie collection. (some 25,000 movies) My DVDs are like space jelly.......they keep expanding.
I guess it's cool....it's pretty much the only thing I have. I mean, I hate to make it seem like they are material possessions that are soooo important they matter more than anything else; but I do like them. And again, at this point in my life....they're all I have.
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Everyone should drive by my house:
I've planted a tiny flower garden around my mom's flagpole to accentuate the "God Bless The 2/114th & 155th in Iraq" sign that someone gave her. The colors for the unit is yellow and red........therefore all the flowers are yellow and red.
I'm awesome.
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My goal is to make my DVD collection reach the ranks of Kim Jong Il's personal movie collection. (some 25,000 movies) My DVDs are like space jelly.......they keep expanding.
I guess it's cool....it's pretty much the only thing I have. I mean, I hate to make it seem like they are material possessions that are soooo important they matter more than anything else; but I do like them. And again, at this point in my life....they're all I have.
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Everyone should drive by my house:
I've planted a tiny flower garden around my mom's flagpole to accentuate the "God Bless The 2/114th & 155th in Iraq" sign that someone gave her. The colors for the unit is yellow and red........therefore all the flowers are yellow and red.
I'm awesome.
Thursday, May 19, 2005
Fresh. Smooth. Real.
So, if you are a retard and (a.) like Michael Bay films and (b.) never watch MST3K, then you would not realize that his new movie "The Island" is the EXACT same plot as "Parts: The Clonus Horror."
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So it appears that the ONE person who DOESN'T deserve a solo career now seems to have a successful one:
Rob Thomas.
Thanks, America.
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'Cool' People always talk about how they have a life....b/c they don't do things like watch sci-fi and play video games. They always say that those people 'have no life.' Well, FUCK YOU, that IS their life.
I just heard some jerkholes on the radio tonight, and—roughly—they said it kind of like this:
"I thought I had no life......until I drove by the theater last night and saw those people dressed up."
Again, I say..........'Noooo........that IS their life.' So fuck you.
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So it appears that the ONE person who DOESN'T deserve a solo career now seems to have a successful one:
Rob Thomas.
Thanks, America.
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'Cool' People always talk about how they have a life....b/c they don't do things like watch sci-fi and play video games. They always say that those people 'have no life.' Well, FUCK YOU, that IS their life.
I just heard some jerkholes on the radio tonight, and—roughly—they said it kind of like this:
"I thought I had no life......until I drove by the theater last night and saw those people dressed up."
Again, I say..........'Noooo........that IS their life.' So fuck you.
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Sunday, May 15, 2005
One Last Thing About That Wedding.....
I saw a dude from Water Valley there, that had been to the station one time...so I kind of knew him from that. Well, when I walked by I kind of spoke to him and just said "what's going on?", and he kind of just looked at me.
Well, I saw the same dude a little later.....but he was wearing different clothes. So, I didn't say anything this time b/c I thought he must not remember me.
Well.......then the wedding started and the groomsmen all came out—including that dude. Then he came out again, wearing different clothes.
It must suck to be a twin.
Well, I saw the same dude a little later.....but he was wearing different clothes. So, I didn't say anything this time b/c I thought he must not remember me.
Well.......then the wedding started and the groomsmen all came out—including that dude. Then he came out again, wearing different clothes.
It must suck to be a twin.
"Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm a schizophrenic, and so am I"
It just took me 3 days to do it...but I finally finished Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai."
I didn't know this, but this is the movie that inspired the western "The Magnificent Seven", which I plan to watch soon. The only thing I know about it is the music, which is in the second episode of Spaced when Brian saves the day by putting Marsha's coat in 'Tim AND Daisy's room.' So, that alone should be reason to see it.
I'm also going to check out "The Hidden Fortress", which is the Kurosawa film that George Lucas stole "Star Wars" from.
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I forgot to mention something about that wedding I went to:
It was in a brand new huge church, only been built for about a year and a half......when I walked in the door I smelled dead mice.
I didn't know this, but this is the movie that inspired the western "The Magnificent Seven", which I plan to watch soon. The only thing I know about it is the music, which is in the second episode of Spaced when Brian saves the day by putting Marsha's coat in 'Tim AND Daisy's room.' So, that alone should be reason to see it.
I'm also going to check out "The Hidden Fortress", which is the Kurosawa film that George Lucas stole "Star Wars" from.
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I forgot to mention something about that wedding I went to:
It was in a brand new huge church, only been built for about a year and a half......when I walked in the door I smelled dead mice.
Saturday, May 14, 2005
I Was Reminded Of A Memory I Have.....
Sadly, it's a shitty story:
Several years ago, on one of our last 'family' vacations (i.e. 'all four of us') we went to Branson, MO. One of the things we did was ride a riverboat that doubled as a dinner and showboat. There was a lovely meal and a Cirque De Soleil-esque entertainment show. Well, come to find out we were actually riding the same boat as Nancy Kerrigan. Yes, THAT Nancy Kerrigan. Well, after the ride and everyone was leaving the boat, it just so happened that Nancy was being asked for more autographs than the people who provided the entertainment. Well, I pulled my brother to the side and said that I should walk by her, and my brother should run past me, hit me in the knee, and I would fall to the ground and scream "WHhhhyyyyy MEEEEE?????????!!???????"
We never did it, but It would have been Funny.
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When I'm in my mid-40s.......I will probably be this guy. (although, I would rather be THIS guy.) Let me explain:
I taped a wedding yesterday. Yesterday was Friday The 13th. The wedding was supposed to start at 7pm. The wedding did not start till 7.30 b/c the bride did not show up until 7pm. At the end of the wedding, part of the flower arrangement caught on fire. (Yes......the candle got the plastic ivy too hot, and it started burning. One of the groomsmen had to put it out.) After the wedding, the couple had to stay and help clean up after their own wedding. Also, there was some guy in the back who slept the entire time......and snored.
There's just this karma that surrounds unlucky hard-luck people like me.
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Can you do a program, and say 'The Names have been changed to protect the innocent,' but not really change the names......kind of a shuck and jive so that people think the names are changed......but they're not?
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Several years ago, on one of our last 'family' vacations (i.e. 'all four of us') we went to Branson, MO. One of the things we did was ride a riverboat that doubled as a dinner and showboat. There was a lovely meal and a Cirque De Soleil-esque entertainment show. Well, come to find out we were actually riding the same boat as Nancy Kerrigan. Yes, THAT Nancy Kerrigan. Well, after the ride and everyone was leaving the boat, it just so happened that Nancy was being asked for more autographs than the people who provided the entertainment. Well, I pulled my brother to the side and said that I should walk by her, and my brother should run past me, hit me in the knee, and I would fall to the ground and scream "WHhhhyyyyy MEEEEE?????????!!???????"
We never did it, but It would have been Funny.
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When I'm in my mid-40s.......I will probably be this guy. (although, I would rather be THIS guy.) Let me explain:
I taped a wedding yesterday. Yesterday was Friday The 13th. The wedding was supposed to start at 7pm. The wedding did not start till 7.30 b/c the bride did not show up until 7pm. At the end of the wedding, part of the flower arrangement caught on fire. (Yes......the candle got the plastic ivy too hot, and it started burning. One of the groomsmen had to put it out.) After the wedding, the couple had to stay and help clean up after their own wedding. Also, there was some guy in the back who slept the entire time......and snored.
There's just this karma that surrounds unlucky hard-luck people like me.
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Can you do a program, and say 'The Names have been changed to protect the innocent,' but not really change the names......kind of a shuck and jive so that people think the names are changed......but they're not?
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Sunday, May 8, 2005
Look, I Don't Come Down To Where You Work And Slap The Dick Out Of Your Grandma's Mouth...
...So Don't diss my job.
I happen to like what I do and where I do it. It's quite often when people make rather blunt remarks regarding TV-7. Listen people, it's Low-Power TV......of course it's gonna be crappy. You can't run a TV station for thousands of dollars..but we manage. Now, if you would like to loan us a few cool million......we'll make it look as good as those dickheads over at WTVA. Until then......we'll do the best we can with what we've got—which is pretty darn good.
You're not looking at the bigger picture: Bruce, MS......a little podunk town in Mississippi.......has a freakin' TV station! Does that not impress you? Well, no probably not b/c it's probably been here as long as you have been alive—but it's amazing for a small town. Annnnd we don't just cover Bruce. We're all over.
And sure, maybe I don't agree with everything we put on the air; well, the most recent good news is TBN has stopped paying us, so we're not allowed to run them anymore. Which, In My Opinion, is good b/c TBN is not a very good network. However, we do run one other satellite...but it comes from Oral Roberts University, and is a decent 'Christian' network. They do do religious programs in the morning at at night.....but in the afternoon they actually play old movies, and other old TV shows. So it's not preaching 100% of the time.
Whatever other complaints you have, you gotta remember it's a family owned business, and there are only a few people working there. It's pretty tough to do 168 hours of programming with just a few people. You try it. (Oh, and speaking of....you would be amazed at how much time is spent there. It's not a 40-hour a week job.)
Besides, I feel like I'm an amateur and I feel like I'm working at an amateur level—so it's comfortable for me.
So, it's cool if you don't like it. I'm not trying to tell you to start respecting it just because I work there. What I am telling you is to respect that I work there. I mean, I don't say "Oh, you work at Amoco....don't you realize we should turn away from fossil fuels and find alternative energy?...you bastard.....oh and geez that red white and blue design is sooo crappy." ...........I don't think that states my point well, but I just meant that I don't come down to where you work and slap the dick out of your Grandma's mouth.
I happen to like what I do and where I do it. It's quite often when people make rather blunt remarks regarding TV-7. Listen people, it's Low-Power TV......of course it's gonna be crappy. You can't run a TV station for thousands of dollars..but we manage. Now, if you would like to loan us a few cool million......we'll make it look as good as those dickheads over at WTVA. Until then......we'll do the best we can with what we've got—which is pretty darn good.
You're not looking at the bigger picture: Bruce, MS......a little podunk town in Mississippi.......has a freakin' TV station! Does that not impress you? Well, no probably not b/c it's probably been here as long as you have been alive—but it's amazing for a small town. Annnnd we don't just cover Bruce. We're all over.
And sure, maybe I don't agree with everything we put on the air; well, the most recent good news is TBN has stopped paying us, so we're not allowed to run them anymore. Which, In My Opinion, is good b/c TBN is not a very good network. However, we do run one other satellite...but it comes from Oral Roberts University, and is a decent 'Christian' network. They do do religious programs in the morning at at night.....but in the afternoon they actually play old movies, and other old TV shows. So it's not preaching 100% of the time.
Whatever other complaints you have, you gotta remember it's a family owned business, and there are only a few people working there. It's pretty tough to do 168 hours of programming with just a few people. You try it. (Oh, and speaking of....you would be amazed at how much time is spent there. It's not a 40-hour a week job.)
Besides, I feel like I'm an amateur and I feel like I'm working at an amateur level—so it's comfortable for me.
So, it's cool if you don't like it. I'm not trying to tell you to start respecting it just because I work there. What I am telling you is to respect that I work there. I mean, I don't say "Oh, you work at Amoco....don't you realize we should turn away from fossil fuels and find alternative energy?...you bastard.....oh and geez that red white and blue design is sooo crappy." ...........I don't think that states my point well, but I just meant that I don't come down to where you work and slap the dick out of your Grandma's mouth.
Thursday, May 5, 2005
Oh, Yeah, I did, Didn't I?
So...is Birdseed meant to be planted?.....and what do you get?
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I was reminded tonight that I did movie reviews....I forgot about that. Well, I've seen 3 lately, and even though I've mentioned them before, I'll talk a bit more about them now.
*Sin City: This was shot beautifully. I don't read comic boo.........errrr, I mean graphic novels, and I certainly never read this one. But, seeing the movie makes it feel like I don't need to. It's so fast paced, much of it narrated in the first person so it doesn't need much in terms of visual storytelling...yet it says everything with its visuals. i.e.: every shot counts. Oh, and it's very violent and has boobies.
*Kung-Fu Hustle: I saw a preview for this before 'House of Flying Daggers' and thought it looked like the oddest thing to come from Japan since sliced breadakami. And it was. It met expectations and proved that for a movie to be good, it CAN have special effects up the wazoo. It's wacky and just plain out fun.
*Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Ok, I had been waiting for this for as long as they said it was being made. Just about the time I got into the radio series and books, I found out the movie was being made. Perfect timing, really. Being a newcomer (it's probably been roughly a year since I was introduced to Douglas Adams), I can't fully critique/diss it........but I enjoyed it. One of the best theater experiences I've had in a long time. Let me recap: Just before the movie, there is a preview....that common green screen saying it's ok for everyone to watch.....but it's no ordinary preview: I've seen this before; I hear 'What A Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong, as the sun glares over the planet Earth. Wait a tick.....I've seen this numerous times on the internet—it's the teaser trailer for 'The Guide.' Wait, are they showing a preview for the very movie I've come to see? I know the trailer by heart: "I see skies of blue, clouds of white.....and I say to myself, 'what a wonderful wor—'BLAMMMMMMM!!!" Pieces of the earth fly towards me....and DON'T PANIC is shown onscreen; then Chicken Little burst through the wall, and I realize it's the cleverest movie teaser I've ever seen. My anal iris did tighten, b/c I was scared I came to see the wrong movie. I did 'PANIC' haahahaha. Anyway........when your movie opens with a chorus of dolphins thanking you for the fish, you know the movie is gonna be good. It got kinda slow for a bit—oddly enough it was the part that wasn't in the book—but it picked up and became a fun movie.
So there you go.
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—edited paragraph about the oddity of a gender-ambiguous Country Gospel Music Singer and relationship to homosexuality and the Bible and stuff that would probably not make sense/be offensive b/c I could not state a point very well—
Just click on this image for the 'person'/singer named Danny Jones and draw your own conclusions.
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There's nothing disgusting about the human body except for the intestines and bits of the bottom.
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I was reminded tonight that I did movie reviews....I forgot about that. Well, I've seen 3 lately, and even though I've mentioned them before, I'll talk a bit more about them now.
*Sin City: This was shot beautifully. I don't read comic boo.........errrr, I mean graphic novels, and I certainly never read this one. But, seeing the movie makes it feel like I don't need to. It's so fast paced, much of it narrated in the first person so it doesn't need much in terms of visual storytelling...yet it says everything with its visuals. i.e.: every shot counts. Oh, and it's very violent and has boobies.
*Kung-Fu Hustle: I saw a preview for this before 'House of Flying Daggers' and thought it looked like the oddest thing to come from Japan since sliced breadakami. And it was. It met expectations and proved that for a movie to be good, it CAN have special effects up the wazoo. It's wacky and just plain out fun.
*Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy: Ok, I had been waiting for this for as long as they said it was being made. Just about the time I got into the radio series and books, I found out the movie was being made. Perfect timing, really. Being a newcomer (it's probably been roughly a year since I was introduced to Douglas Adams), I can't fully critique/diss it........but I enjoyed it. One of the best theater experiences I've had in a long time. Let me recap: Just before the movie, there is a preview....that common green screen saying it's ok for everyone to watch.....but it's no ordinary preview: I've seen this before; I hear 'What A Wonderful World' by Louis Armstrong, as the sun glares over the planet Earth. Wait a tick.....I've seen this numerous times on the internet—it's the teaser trailer for 'The Guide.' Wait, are they showing a preview for the very movie I've come to see? I know the trailer by heart: "I see skies of blue, clouds of white.....and I say to myself, 'what a wonderful wor—'BLAMMMMMMM!!!" Pieces of the earth fly towards me....and DON'T PANIC is shown onscreen; then Chicken Little burst through the wall, and I realize it's the cleverest movie teaser I've ever seen. My anal iris did tighten, b/c I was scared I came to see the wrong movie. I did 'PANIC' haahahaha. Anyway........when your movie opens with a chorus of dolphins thanking you for the fish, you know the movie is gonna be good. It got kinda slow for a bit—oddly enough it was the part that wasn't in the book—but it picked up and became a fun movie.
So there you go.
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—edited paragraph about the oddity of a gender-ambiguous Country Gospel Music Singer and relationship to homosexuality and the Bible and stuff that would probably not make sense/be offensive b/c I could not state a point very well—
Just click on this image for the 'person'/singer named Danny Jones and draw your own conclusions.
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There's nothing disgusting about the human body except for the intestines and bits of the bottom.
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Wednesday, May 4, 2005
Oh Geez Louise
I usually don't say the 'GD' words, but this makes me want to:
I work with a certain individual who is—to be honest—a bit nasty and grossish.
I mean, I am myself not too pleasant.....but at least I wash my ears. Now, I never outgrew that puberty-induced oily-skin thing, so I in fact have really bad skin and must wipe my T-Zone with a towel regularly. So, I've accepted that. But....it's OTHER people's oil I can't handle. Literally.
That brings us to this guy.
Well, this bastard is (9 out of 10) usually dirty. Well, this dude also tends to use the phone at the station, for various reasons. Well, I also have to use the phone. Well, if I happen to use it after this guy I just have to mutter a good "God Dammit" to myself......at the sheer amount of ear grease that is covering the phone.
There are times when he's around, and there are actually times when he hands me the phone (if no one is up front to answer it), that I have the phone, and he is nearby......and I just can't wipe it off in front of him. Therefore, I have to put that thing up to my ear. Ughgghghhghhhhh........once I hang up I spend the rest of the day wiping my ear with my sleeve. Bleghhhhhhhhhhhh.
(Another Douglas Adams Reference:) I DO NOT consider telephone sanitizers middle class. I would gladly pay them lots of money to come by and .....sanitize the phone. ....And I would never send them off on a doomed spaceship with hairdressers.
I work with a certain individual who is—to be honest—a bit nasty and grossish.
I mean, I am myself not too pleasant.....but at least I wash my ears. Now, I never outgrew that puberty-induced oily-skin thing, so I in fact have really bad skin and must wipe my T-Zone with a towel regularly. So, I've accepted that. But....it's OTHER people's oil I can't handle. Literally.
That brings us to this guy.
Well, this bastard is (9 out of 10) usually dirty. Well, this dude also tends to use the phone at the station, for various reasons. Well, I also have to use the phone. Well, if I happen to use it after this guy I just have to mutter a good "God Dammit" to myself......at the sheer amount of ear grease that is covering the phone.
There are times when he's around, and there are actually times when he hands me the phone (if no one is up front to answer it), that I have the phone, and he is nearby......and I just can't wipe it off in front of him. Therefore, I have to put that thing up to my ear. Ughgghghhghhhhh........once I hang up I spend the rest of the day wiping my ear with my sleeve. Bleghhhhhhhhhhhh.
(Another Douglas Adams Reference:) I DO NOT consider telephone sanitizers middle class. I would gladly pay them lots of money to come by and .....sanitize the phone. ....And I would never send them off on a doomed spaceship with hairdressers.
Monday, May 2, 2005
The Ravenous Bugblatter Beast Of Traal.......
Let's Consult The Guide:
Fanboys are a vocal, un-unified, consortium of predominantly young males devoted to one overarching ideal – the unwavering desire to harshly criticize that which they love most. On any given day, you can typically find two Fanboys debating subjects like "webslingers" (organic vs. mechanical) with the same amount of vigor and fervor as a country locked in the throes of civil war, with the stakes seemingly just as high. The Guide lists five definitions for the word passion:
(1) A powerful emotion, such as love, joy, hatred, or anger
(2) Strong sexual desire; lust
(3) Boundless enthusiasm
(4) An abandoned display of emotion, especially anger
(5) The sufferings of a man who suggested that humans be nice to each other.
As it relates to Fanboys, the Guide actually lists a sixth definition for the word passion: virgin.
Fanboys are a vocal, un-unified, consortium of predominantly young males devoted to one overarching ideal – the unwavering desire to harshly criticize that which they love most. On any given day, you can typically find two Fanboys debating subjects like "webslingers" (organic vs. mechanical) with the same amount of vigor and fervor as a country locked in the throes of civil war, with the stakes seemingly just as high. The Guide lists five definitions for the word passion:
(1) A powerful emotion, such as love, joy, hatred, or anger
(2) Strong sexual desire; lust
(3) Boundless enthusiasm
(4) An abandoned display of emotion, especially anger
(5) The sufferings of a man who suggested that humans be nice to each other.
As it relates to Fanboys, the Guide actually lists a sixth definition for the word passion: virgin.
Sunday, May 1, 2005
nurd4life
And the Password is: ******
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You know, it hit me on the way home: It's been a while since I got piss drunk.
Heck yeah.....let's get stinko.
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Should I get depressed when I think of how high school kids have had more worldly experience than myself?
I mean, not that I'm jealous...but the youth are morons. As the great Billy Corgan once said: "Youth is wasted on the young."
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Does anyone else ever get freaked out by old photographs? I mean like 1800ish photos? I'm sure these people were all cool motherfuckers, but the trend of not smiling in the early days of snapshots makes them look mean and apt to haunt your ass as a ghost.
Just my opinion.
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What should my tattoo be of?
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You know, it hit me on the way home: It's been a while since I got piss drunk.
Heck yeah.....let's get stinko.
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Should I get depressed when I think of how high school kids have had more worldly experience than myself?
I mean, not that I'm jealous...but the youth are morons. As the great Billy Corgan once said: "Youth is wasted on the young."
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Does anyone else ever get freaked out by old photographs? I mean like 1800ish photos? I'm sure these people were all cool motherfuckers, but the trend of not smiling in the early days of snapshots makes them look mean and apt to haunt your ass as a ghost.
Just my opinion.
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What should my tattoo be of?
Crisp, Smooth...
Ahhhhh that was refreshing.
It's nice to see a Family Guy I've never seen before. It's like they're back.....but never really left, yet they made a major point of being away for a few years, then carried on an episode as usual, then wrapped it up with a nice "Glad To Be Back, America!"
Anyway....new Family Guy episode was fun.
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I Like cherry flavor, but not a fan of the cherry.
It's nice to see a Family Guy I've never seen before. It's like they're back.....but never really left, yet they made a major point of being away for a few years, then carried on an episode as usual, then wrapped it up with a nice "Glad To Be Back, America!"
Anyway....new Family Guy episode was fun.
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I Like cherry flavor, but not a fan of the cherry.
HOLY MOTHERFUCKING SHIT, GARRISON!
ANDREW, IF IT WASN'T 1:22 AM RIGHT NOW I WOULD FUCKING CALL YOU.........
PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION IS FUCKING COMING TO THE FUCKING BANCORP SOUTH CENTER IN MOTHERFUCKING TUPLEO IN FUCKING AUGUST!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow is alls I can say......
You see, the show is taped in St. Paul, MN.....miles away. Well, this summer they are going on their "Rhubarb Tour" throughout the country. I found out a few weeks ago they were going to be in Atlanta, Hot Springs Arkansas, and somewhere in Missouri. I immediately called Andrew so we could start planning which was the closest/best choice to go to. Well, I just checked a few minutes ago so I could plan the trip...and lo and behold the Mississippi ETV site has a banner about it coming to Tupelo!
Prairie Home Companion is a show that comes on from 5-7pm on Saturday afternoon and from 1-3pm on Sundays. The show blends old-time music with old-time radio humor and a guy with lots of nose hair who breathes heavily into the microphone.
And it's really fun.
And I hope to be going.
Whew....got that out of my system.........now I got to go to bed, so I can wake up and FUCKING CALL SOMEBODY!!!!!
PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION IS FUCKING COMING TO THE FUCKING BANCORP SOUTH CENTER IN MOTHERFUCKING TUPLEO IN FUCKING AUGUST!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow is alls I can say......
You see, the show is taped in St. Paul, MN.....miles away. Well, this summer they are going on their "Rhubarb Tour" throughout the country. I found out a few weeks ago they were going to be in Atlanta, Hot Springs Arkansas, and somewhere in Missouri. I immediately called Andrew so we could start planning which was the closest/best choice to go to. Well, I just checked a few minutes ago so I could plan the trip...and lo and behold the Mississippi ETV site has a banner about it coming to Tupelo!
Prairie Home Companion is a show that comes on from 5-7pm on Saturday afternoon and from 1-3pm on Sundays. The show blends old-time music with old-time radio humor and a guy with lots of nose hair who breathes heavily into the microphone.
And it's really fun.
And I hope to be going.
Whew....got that out of my system.........now I got to go to bed, so I can wake up and FUCKING CALL SOMEBODY!!!!!
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