ASK LESKO!

Hey, guys, can I interest you in a charity cause?

It's called the "Let's buy Steven a Mac" fund.

Why......b/c he wants one.

Doesn't NEED......WANTS.

I'll accept personal checks, and PayPal.


Unless.......anyone knows a quick way for me to make a couple grand real quick like. Anything sexual is up for negotiation.

Come on, guys, I already have some money saved up, but I'm using it for a WANTED, not NEEDED, medical procedure soon.....and b/c of that I'm scared of taking my precious Mercury Sable to a mechanic b/c it gets all shaky and unstable when I apply my brakes. I'm just a-fearin' that I may have to pay an assload of money or get a new car next year. But, that's just poor money management, is that. BUT, I won't poorly manage YOUR money!!

I'll let you think about it.....but don't wait too late so that I have to continuously transfer cash from my savings to checking without actually thinking about petty purchases and formulating a budget. I don't have time for that crap. Money should be free-flowing. Not told what to do. Plus, I like to buy DVDs.

Thank you, bless you in Christ
Steven

Tremors: Underground To The DVD Shelf Now It Has Been Completed

Well, Adam Hamilton came over tonight and (over a period of several months) we finished the "Tremors Attack Pack", which includes 'Tremors,' 'Tremors 2: Aftershocks', 'Tremors 3: Back To Perfection,' and 'Tremors 4: The Beginning.'

Well, the last one that we watched was "Tremors 3: Back To Perfection."

I still--and will hold--that the original "Tremors"......starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, and.....Michael Gross [who ended up being in the 2nd and the star of the other 2 movies].......is a great movie! Needless to say the other 3 are just pure campy laugh-at bliss, but still entertainment in some form.

HOT HOT HOT

So lately I've been setting off my smoke alarm with my shower.

Are those things triggered by smoke-like substances or by heat?

Just wondering....I've been trying to take less-as-hot showers which don't produce much steam nor heat.

It's just ticking me off b/c I've been having to step out of the shower mid-shampoo and unplug the battery. Really annoying.

It Puts The Lotion On It's Skin?

So, I can admit that I've never seen 'Silence Of The Lambs', but after watching 'Clerks 2' last night I decided to download the song "Goodbye Horses"---which is used in the movie as a tribute to 'Silence' in which Jay mimics the twisted actions of Buffalo Bill by tucking his junk between his legs and dances to the song.

I'm just kind of curious if I could do that now and get away with it.

Well, I could b/c I live alone, but my junk doesn't really hang that low so it makes it uncomfortable to ....tuck.

I'll just listen to the song and think about it for now.

Oh well, I guess now I really should watch the movie. I heard it was kind of a big deal.

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On a related note I watched "Being John Malkovich" tonight. Turns out Charlie Kaufman wrote it.

Still, I would have traded Michel Gondry for Spike Jonze directing it, but that's just me. I think he tried to rip off Michel a time or two....but still a very nicely twisted flick.

"Hey Malkovich, THINK FAST!"

Oh, and "My spunk is like manna from Heaven"

Well, let's see about a little update on my life right now, for non-updating's sakes:

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I'm possibly (although trivial to some other people's problems) going through a difficult phase right now. You see...I'm trying to quit smoking [not for good, just not gonna buy my own anymore---socially it's still ok] right now, but I'm also at a major crossroad: I'm also tyring to lose weight. Or, at least my spare tire/freshman 15/beer gut. I've always heard that when people stop smoking they gain alot of weight. I can see how that's true b/c smoking kinda gives you something to do besides eat. On those one or two nights last week I actually didn't have a smoke, I found myself craving food. Snacks. Chocolate, mostly. I guess it's just the need to put stuff in your mouth that drives humans to poor health. Luckily for me I have cleansed my house of 'snacks' with the exception of cereal, but my milk has been spoiled for over a week and I haven't bought more. Boy, it sure does smell bad in there.

So, possibly by this time next week I will be rid of the curse, and on my way to slimming up so I can get rid of those fatty grunts I make when getting out of the car/picking up a pencil/etc.

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I'm not discouraging anyone from coming over, but I now have a recliner....so my couch will be out of commission until spring due to it's wide ass sitting too close to my heater. Sorry folks, but heat superceeds feng shui.

Not to worry, I may shop for some kind of futon next week, so no one has to use folding chairs all winter.

But, then I'll own a futon. (shudders)

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I'm on the brink of insanity I think b/c recently I've ordered a bulk set of DVD cases that hold anywhere from 2—6 discs...but still take up the same amount of space as a standard case.

This means that I've been combining lots of my DVD collection to fit more in the space allotted without going and buying another shelf. For example, I've put all six Star Wars films into one case, 14 Monty Pythons Discs into 4 cases, two Wayne's World movies into one case, and so own. It does work nice for movies that you can just consider one big collection. All 5 Rocky movies are now in one case with the simple 'Rocky' cover.

It works for me.


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I know it's kinda what everyone else is saying, and has been overly hyped, but after seeing the Michael "Kramer" Richards incident....I find it really weird to watch him on the show now.

I don't know....something like that isn't really easy to put out of your mind--but I don't know if it should affect watching a performance on such a beautiful show.


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2 Big Things (Almost Literally)

First of all:
So, if you ever checked it out...on my YouTube page (http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=dancingdale) I had a video of me dancing with the Oxford Charger mascot, set to the tune 'My Lovely Horse' from the BBC show 'Father Ted.'

Well, due to copyright infringement it was deleted!!!!!!!!!

Sheesz...I mean if THAT was copyright infringement then by morning tomorrow there will be like 4 videos left on all of YouTube.


Second of all:
I think I just took the biggest crap of my life in Tupelo WalMart.

I've been taking this stuff from GNC that's supposed to cleanse your colon (for better health...with a benefit of weight loss due to eliminating impacted fecal matter [that could eventually cause cancer]). Well, nothing really major happened last week, as AFTER buying the stuff I found out it wasn't really good compared to other products.

Well, tonight--one night after the 'colon flush' phase--I had to take a crap in WalMart...and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. But when I went to zip up and flush, my eyes beheld the biggest loaf mine eyes have ever seen. I'm talking from the hole where everything goes up into the bowl. If I had my measuring tape handy....hands-down over a foot long.






Well, sorry but I just had to share.

The Itallion Stallion

So....I just found out, Next Tuesday, I will be buying this:



Also, I'm halfway through 'ROCKY II' and I'm really really loving Rocky Balboa. To be a constant blabberer that doesn't shut up (which I'm around way too much anyway), I find him incredibly charming and I can't help but just love him for who he is.

And so far I think Apollo Creed is a douche.

Well, I just can't wait to finish all 5 movies, then see 'Rocky Balboa' in December.

Much love, Stallone.

You Say Life's That Way

First Off: I HATE 'Degree' deodorant. Always have, always will. It just smells gross.......but I bought some the other night b/c the new fragrance smelled good in Walmart, but when I put it one the next day it made me sick. It's going in my garbage can unless someone wants it.

So after (what I thought was) a brillant episode of LOST yesterday [best of the season so far]...I did something I never really expected myself to do.

I joined the ABC LOST message board and made my first post. It never really got any response b/c it got buried by all the west coast people making posts after they saw the episode.....but oh well.

I finally finished 'Lord Of The Rings: The Third Age' on my PS2 this afternoon. I've had it over a year and just now got around to finishing it after taking a few months off after dying and getting ticked off. That happened a couple of times over the year. Wasn't that great....was basically 'Final Fantasy X' with no storyline and a Middle Earth setting. But, I finished it.

I can't say that much about 'Grand Theft Auto 3'.......I'm just such a sucky player I can't even get past the first city.

Honey Please

Well, let me tell you about MY day yesterday (as if you had a choice):

[some non-important details have been omitted]
After getting in bed at 3:45am (I was working, not partying), I set my alarm for 6:15am. If goes off, and we play the 'snooze button' game until about 8:15am. (I think the body requires at least more than two hours before it can physically get back up, b/c I was dreaming/hallucinating big time........thinking my alarm clock was a tape machine that would back up and erase the time and I would have to record a new time and so on.)

So I finally get up, quickie shower myself (washing the face and the hair and ignoring the naughty bits with hope of another shower soon), and after heading to the station to pick up a camera I am on the road by 8:30. So I get to the Pontotoc cable, pick up the DVD that I had to put on only several hours ago. I zip to Guntown, by now it's roughly after 9.30am, I put the DVD in the automation, and leave. I get back to Tupelo and onto 78 and it's probably right about 10am or just a little after. I call Jeremy and let him know I'm on my way to Oxford. An hour later, I'm in Oxford. About 11.45am Jeremy gets there and we start shooting video for his school project/newstory. Well, cue up about an hour&half or so later and I'm back on the road......headed BACK to the Pontotoc cable. Get there, change out tapes, back in my car and leaving Pontotoc about 2pm. Rush back to Bruce, come in check my email and go right over to Andrew's.....rounding up to about 2.50pm-ish.

I of course stop looking at my clock and put my phone away, and we just hang out for a bit....though I'm a total zombie.

So later on it was up to Oxford to pick up Matt, then on to Memphis, a little bit of Tofu w/Pineapple at Pho Hoah Binh, and then to watch both Andrew and Matt play great shows. Came home...then FINALLY about the time we get BACK to Oxford, I can't take it anymore and pass out. Next thing I know, we're pulling into Andrew's driveway...I mumble something to the effect of 'see ya later' and come home.....crank my heater up to full blast, and get in bed.

Now, about 11 hours later...here I am.

My head still feels weird b/c I can never get the right amount of sleep. Either too much or not quite enough. Dammit.

Excellent Adventures With Bill & Ted

So this morning I wake up.

I get up....go straight to the bathroom and take a shower.

Yadda Yadda Yadda I finish, towel off, brush my teeth and head to my bedroom to get dressed.

I remember I forgot to put deodorant on, so as I return to the bathroom, I notice extra light coming into the kitchen than usual, so I take a glance, and my kitchen door is wide open.

Yeah, it was still locked, so apparently I just didn't push it to completely last night.

Needless to say....freaked the fuck out. Again.

The Cut Of The Director

So, I decided that I will withold judgement of "Blade Runner" until I manage to see the theatrical version (if it still exists).

What I bought was the Director's Cut.....but 'supposedly' the one I have queued in Netflix is the original version. We'll see soon and then I'll tell you what I think of it. (like I told you that I was gonna tell you what I thought of it anyway......pshhhh)

So anyway....LOST Season 3 Episode 2 tomorrow...we'll see if they can make my jaw drop AGAIN!

With A Special Message From David Hyde Pierce

First off, I must explain that I have an obsession......a sickness. Possibly even a fetish, for DVDs. Yeah, to me, the DVD collection represents the person.....so you have to fill it with those movies you want to define you. The good part: I don't just buy every DVD brand new and at a brand new price. No, where my fetish comes in can be blamed on EB Games and GameStop. To me, used/previously viewed movies are the way to go to reinforce a collection and get movies you don't really want to pay full price for but still make you 'you.' With deals like 3 for $20 [separately $9.99] and 3 for $10 [separately $5.99], you can't help but splurge and get 6 movies at one single stop. And yes.....it did that yesterday at BOTH EB Games and GameStop in Southhaven. BUT......the killer of them all.....the Holy Grail of DVDs.......I now own:

FLETCH!!!!!!!

Yes, the Chevy Chase movie. It was produced when DVDs first came out, and was then cancelled. It's only available if you wanna pay $50 bucks on eBay.......but I got it for $6!

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Perhaps the oddest part of the weekend was the GameStop stop......where I found an odd version of 'Kill Bill.' You see.....it was in a gray case and had Japanese writing on it. At first I was trembling b/c I thought I was holding a very special bootleg that had more features/more movie than the U.S. release. Well, upon further inspection (or, simply reading the back cover), I noticed something different about the film: Apparently Judi Dench and Kate Winslet were in the movie, and it revolved around a woman named Iris. There was also a special feature on the DVD with a 'Special Message from David Hyde Pierce about "Iris" and Alzheimers.' Also, it claimed the 'Original motion picture soundtrack available on Quentin Tarantino.'

Obviously.......this was a very retarded bootleg.

To cap it off, there was a 'Spiderman' DVD that claimed to feature 'Tody McGuire' and that the story took place in the early 1900s as some guy is traveling on a steamship to America and that he also discovers something dealing with Jazz music. Boy, that's a totally different story than the one I watched.

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So we did see 'Science Of Sleep'.......it was good, and I may save a review for another post b/c there's some other stuff I want to say. It was however very imaginative and looked really beautiful. Also, was a classic movie NOT for the general public b/c half the time you're saying 'what the hell?' and then......it just ends. Some people hate that. Well, poo on them.

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Well, attended my first Ole Miss (heck, College) football game and the very first play of the game was an awesome smack in the face.....and that Ole Miss player never came back. He got knocked tha heck out. We left at halftime, btw.

'Hoddy Toddy' is the most retarded little poem I've ever heard.

Especially when one drunk guy is teaching another drunk guy how to say it.

But, we did get to scream 'BULL-SHIT! BULL-SHIT!' alot.......that was funny b/c we just threw in some other swear words like cunt-bag and cocksucker. Just something to make you think.

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Well, that's about it......we have been recording some Nintendo playing for our soon-to-be-hit "The Nintendo Power Hour". More on that later.........

Echoes

Yeah........you can make fart noises and hear them echo across the TV-7 parking lot.

Hit me up and we'll try it sometime.

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So right now I guess the plan is I may go with AdamH to the Ole Miss game on Saturday.......as long as he'll go to Memphis and see "The Science Of Sleep" as part of the deal.

I'll have to let you know how that worked out. In the meantime....Netflix "The Work Of Michel Gondry" and you'll know HE's the guy who made this movie. I hope it's good. But I'm kinda prejudiced to liking it.

Some Thoughts On LOST

As I sit here......less than 10 hours before the Season 3 Premiere of LOST, I got to thinking about why it's so hard to tell anyone about the show except for 'you just have to see it.'

[But, blended in there with the island, is a 24-episode bit of plain old character development. You see, they combine what's happening on the island with a flashback to one of the castaway's past, that helps tell you (the viewer) who they are and why they act the way they do.]

If you start at the beginning with the pilot episode....the first 10 minutes are just straight-up action......with the most astounding plane crash and aftermath shown on TV. After that, it kinda dwindles down to a bit of drama as they start to think no one's coming to help.

Then, the action/adventure mode kicks in as some of them go to find the nose of the plane. When they do....at the halfway point in the episode....it turns into complete science-fiction/horror when the Pilot is sucked out of the cockpit by some kind of 'monster'. At this point you start to think it's a weird sci-fi show with dinosaurs on the island or something. After that kinda dies down again, and becomes flat out mystery as you try to figure out where the heck they are. Again...as a polar bear is found on a tropical island........the weird and the mysterious comes back to mind.

Another reason for it being a sci-fi show is that you come to find out that EVERYONE who is on the island is connnected in some form. Some of them actually had encounters previously in their lives, some of them met briefly just before they got on the plane, and some had relationships with other castaway's family members. Seeing that, it puts the sci-fi element in to play b/c you start to think that all of these people were 'hand-picked' to come to the island, and were 'supposed' to crash there.........so it kind of throws the normalcy out the window.

It was basically like this for the two past seasons......great drama for a while, then mystery and suspense that makes you think you're in a sci-fi world, then it seems like science [or just coincidence] can explain what's going on, and back again to some action.

You never really know what the heck is going on. The question is: Will we know any more after tonight. Here's to hoping!

Seriously Creeped Out...

Ok, before I'm off to bed (hopefully these won't be my last words...) I have to type what I just experienced:

Ok, so I was on the internet and [somehow] found my way to awful celebrity plastic surgery comparisons. Needless to say one that came up was Michael Jackson. Well, it took me to another website about strange anomalies, where it showed a picture of Ed Gein's kitchen. Upon further googling I realized Ed Gein was the guy that Norman Bates from 'Psycho' and Leatherface from 'Texas Chainsaw Massacre' was based on--loosely.

Well, deciding it was time for bed I went out for one last smoke. As I was sitting on the step I started thinking about what I would do if I noticed strange smells from one of my neighbors' houses. (I watched "The 'burbs" last week, too) Well, I just started thinking how I would ask a policeman--hopefully in an unmarked car--to come over, and I would just tell him to step out back and sniff around. As I was creating the scenario in my head....I heard a siren. It sounded like a cop turned on his siren for a second then back off trying to pull someone over. Kind of a "woohw woohw wooph." Well, then it kept up....that same pattern. Like a piercing and mechanical wipporwhil. It couldn't have been a police car. I guess it was more like....an alarm. Like, a home security system or something. Like....someone tried to break into a house.

Well, I kinda FREAKED THE FUCK OUT.

Now, about 5 minutes later it's stopped...so hopefully someone just bumped a car alarm or something, but I'm a little on edge.

Where Is The Electric Card Thrower?

I guess I went a whole week without mentioning seeing "Jackass Number Two". Well, if I wouldn't have gone to the bathroom beforehand I would have indeen peed my pants. Likewise....if I would have eaten beforehand, I probably would have vomited on someone. Either way.....it was a hilarious display of genitalia and practical jokes. We got to see Wee-Man's weiner and Ryan Dunn's nutsack. And Rip Taylor made a second appearance in this film as well. Fun times for all.

Although, I will mention that..with these guys being well into their 30s...it seemed like not too many of them were too excited about the whole Jackass thing. I mean, it seemed like every other segment someone would be like 'no way....I'm not doing it', and at one point Pontius said that if he did something it would guarantee and 'out' for some other stunt in the future (granted, it was concerning drinking horse semen....but still). Therefore the only truly funny moments were just the practical jokes on each other--like the boxing glove from the hotel wall.....now THAT was hilarious. Also, Wee-man got some of the best lines and it made him look like a total goofball.

Why do those cheap "call this number/visit this website" commercials have to have bad actors? You know, they are always those personal injury case lawyers or cheap-rate checking websites with 'user' testimonials. They are really bad actors trying to make impossibly-written scripts sound like conversation. Makes me sick.

Judy Judy Judy

Cary Grant.

Ahhh, yes....what can I say but Amazing. Well, not so much Cary (as 'His Girl Friday' is one of my favorites) as Hitchcock.

I just finished 'North By Northwest' and was gripping my seat the entire time.....and laughing at all the right moments. I even teared up at the final scene (despite the quick [and almost too-sudden] transition from the the ultra-climax to the last little bit that makes you happy.

Oh yeah, and if they had cell phones back then....movies would be solved alot easier.

Alfred Hitchcock movies wouldn't be good at all.

I mean, if some of the great suspense films of all time took place in present day......a simple cell phone call would save about 1 1/2 hours of film.

Cary Grant: "Yeah, Mother? Look, I've just been kidnapped by two guys and taken to a mansion. Send the police before they make me drink alot of bourbon and try to drive me off a cliff. See Ya Later!" .....beep.

If you're bored tonight......go rent 'North By Northwest.' You'll be glad you did.

Sick Sick Sick

Tuesday I could feel the sickness coming on, and thought I had headed it off at the pass. Wednesday I was feeling better.....until I mowed my yard.

A month and a half too late.....all I did was stir up a whole bunch of dust and crap, and now my head feels like it's imploding. Stupid mowing. I feel really bad and it's the first time I've been sick away from home, so I'm really missing my mom's personal care. You see, when women get sick...they deal with it and move on. When men get sick, we whine like little babies and beg for someone to take care of us. That is why women are stronger people than men.

Alas.....I have no one to take care of me.

On a side note....now EVERYONE at the TV Station is sick. except maybe Vernon....I don't think he's caught anything yet.

On another semi-related note [impending sickness], LOST Season 3 stars in 2 weeks!!!!

Would A Policeman Arrest You For This?:

Ok, on a night there is a roadblock in a good spot in town...drive through it.

Then, go to a friends house and get in another vehicle. Then, either drive a back road or get in the back seat so you can get turned around to go through the roadblock THE SAME WAY YOU JUST CAME in order to get the same cop. Let him check your liscense (again) and drive to someone else's house and repeat.

See how long it takes before the cop says anything about you coming again....but in a different vehicle.

I think it's funny.

General Grievance:

Ok, so finally George Lucas gave in and released the un-messed-with Star Wars Trilogy on DVD.

Now, that's not pleased me as much as one thing about it: The widescreen versions have gold lettering on the side, so now they match the prequels whilst sitting on a DVD shelf. You see, the Original Trilogy Widescreen versions had silver print, and did not match the prequels (though it could be a good thing to set apart the originals' greatness).

Much to my anal retentive nature, I HATED THIS.

You see, I'm a huge stickler for DVD sets to have matching covers. Take for example the Seinfeld DVDs. They are different colors....but they have the same general design.

The one company that does not take any consideration in this is the Cartoon Network/Adult Swim lines. Sealab 2021 (which had an awesome first season package) did not follow suit. Out of all 4 volumes, they are all different. What makes it worse is that volume 4 is in a standard snap case so it totally doesn't work on a whole other level. [I don't own the Brak show or Aqua Teen...but they are different as well.]

Even The A-Team screwed things up. Season one was in a fold-out case.....and the other seasons were put in four slim cases tucked inside a box.

Arrested Development Season 3 (even though there were only 12 or so episodes) came in a standard snap case instead of two slim cases that they could have made match the first 2 seasons. (kind of like the Adventures of Pete & Pete DVDs.)

Dead Like Me is horrible.......the 2nd season cover looks like it's some kind of teen drama...and the font is TOTALLY different from first season (CHILLER compared to TIMES NEW ROMAN......what the fuck?!)

Now, films are a bit different.......sometimes. A notable example is Lord Of The Rings. Since it's basically all one movie.....the extended editions are boxed nicely, just with different colors to differentiate the 3 films. Another notable example is Wayne's World 1&2. Let's just hope the next Narnia film follows suit with it's special edition.

So PLEASE..if we are ever to function as a society again........please continue to make DVD sets as they were from volume one. Otherwise.....we'll be forced to boycott corporations.

Double Posted From Myspace.......

Alright, I know a VERY public forum is NOT the place for this, but I gotta get it out.

So tonight I was taping the Bruce Sawmill Festival. My Aunt Marilyn came up to me and we talked for a little while--now, I call her my 'aunt' but she is of no blood relation to me......but she's really like my 3rd grandmother (b/c her and her husband--my 'Uncle' Shelton--never had grandkids and they were the 3rd set of grandparents to me and my brother growing up. Sat with them in *CHURCH* and stuff every sunday. Got it?)

Anyway, she left after that and shortly after the local black gospel group "The Mighty Gospel Warriors" took the stage. Well......they are great...and I kind of know one of the guys and the 'promoter/manager' type guy b/c they do the Black Gospel program on our TV station every 3rd Sunday. Well.....after 2 songs or so my Uncle Shelton comes up to tell me bye.....and said "We can't take much more of this [meaning the BLACK gospel music]." He asked if there was another group, and I told him a rock group from Calhoun City. He then asked (in the form of a question): ready?............







"Niggers?"



...............yeah. I kind of did a double take and had to say "Wha?" He asked IT again. Dumbfounded....I just kind of held my eyes wide open, shook my head and shrugged "uhhh, I donnnn't knowwwww."

I was sooooo embarassed. I just felt horrible that he would say that. It's like a little bit of me died inside.

Please people......let's just stop the bullshit.

Don't just try to write it off as 'They're old, it's just how they were raised.'

Just try to be decent human beings. Be respectful of other people. Love one another. It's ok to laugh at people for the kind of crappy music they listen to or the way they do their hair or if they stand a little too close when they talk.

Just try not to hate.

Everything Is Illuminated.....Mostly

I just saw "Everything Is Illuminated," and.........WOW.

That movie goes from completely off the wall and insanely funny in the first hour to the most jaw-dropping eye-swelling hearth-wrenching movie ever.

I was crying and shaking and stuff. I was kind of embarrassed b/c Adam Hamilton was watching with me, and as the credits rolled I tried to talk but my voice was trembling I was so sad. But, in a sort of uplifting kind of way.

Screw "Schindler's List".........why this movie isn't so well-known blows my mind.

BEST Practical Joke/April Fool's Day EVER!!!!!

Came to me in the early morning hours:


Alright, dress up as bad-ass X-Man 'Wolverine'.........soak several big bandages in fake blood and wrap them around your arms, chest, or legs.

Walk into a hospital emergency room, say "I need a little help here, bub," then start to peel back the bandages.

When you reveal there are no more cuts and have completely healed yourself, shrug your shoulders, say "Never mind, pal," and walk out ...with a hint of embarrassment.

Witnesses....Or Just Van Drivers?

Did anyone—driving a van—just knock on my door? I didn't answer b/c 2 weeks ago I was hounded by Jehovah's witnesses......and I'm scared they're back for more.

So let's get this straight right now:

If I know you, and you come to my house.......BE SURE to use the BACK door. That way, I'll know I know you. Now, whether you knock or not is up to you. If you at least do the 'knock then enter' that's fine....in case I'm on the toilet and forgot to lock the back door (I don't close my bathroom door, btw). But usually the rule is if the back door is unlocked....it's safe to come in. If I'm doing something I don't want you to see....I'll lock it.

Bottom line......use the back door to my house so I won't think you are Jehovah's Witnesses.

Or, if you are DHL......say "DHL!" If you are another delivery service.....please use the appropriate moniker. Thank you.

Geez.......I Hate Non-Hollywood

Screw You for not going totally nationwide with the Prairie Home Companion Movie.......I can't see it in Oxford OR Tupelo. Fuck.

Get Away From Me

So just a few minutes ago I went out to smoke one more cigarette before retiring for the night....and just sitting on my back step...out of nowhere a black dog comes running up barking at me. It got within 15 feet and was barking, and I was like "bitch, this is MY territory.....don't start that shit."

I think I recognize this dog as the bitch in the dog orgy that happened outside my bedroom window not long after moving in (a couple of you know the story). Only, it looked like now it had a collar and it was dragging a chain. So apparently it broke free or was just let go, but with a collar so the dog catcher guy wouldn't shoot it dead. I wish he would. I'm still shaking it scared the crap out of me.

Yeah, I Said That

Fucking Halle Berry.

No, it's not every guy's dream date. It's a way to describe the ultimate destruction of the X-Men Movie franchise. (please note that I never followed the comics, it's just that I have a feeling this was a poor way to end the franchise)
***CAUTION: CONTAINS MAJOR FREAKING SPOILERS OF X3: THE LAST STAND***
Just because you won your precious little Oscar™ a couple of years ago, you think that you can demand more screen time in a movie in which you are just one of the ensemble cast. Well, let me tell you that if you even know anything (or read the script) you would realize that the purpose of the X-Men is to fight together. Heck, that was even your first big line in the movie!

Anyway, it's my feeling that it's because of your demand for a bigger role that 1.) Cyclops was killed (OFF-CAMERA, NONETHELESS!!!) 10 MINUTES INTO THE FILM so you could move up in the ranks of X-Men leaders, and that 2.) Professer Xavier died a little while later after just mentioning that he would like you to take over the X-Men when he's gone.

So there you go.......killed off two of the biggest characters in the X-Men world. And, they didn't even get admirable death scenes.

Now, if you are a true film viewer and stayed AFTER the credits, it seemed like Xavier came back, with his mind in someone else's body.....which does leave a little room, but still......I mean, come on.......I was pissed before the end of the movie.

So fuck you Halle Berry, fuck you and all you stand for. Now I'm DEFINITELY not going to watch 'Catwoman.'

At least, if you ever negotiate another X-Men movie, or possibly want to be part of the Wolverine Spin-off movie.......ask them to let us actually SEE a sentinel. I can't take much more of just seeing Wolverine jump into the fog and then have a Sentinel head roll out.........only to find out it was just a simulation in the danger room.
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+I asked my mom if she would buy Q-tips for me. I just don't feel comfortable buying them myself. I think it comes from the Seinfeld bit about how women are the only people that have use for cotton balls. But honestly....my ears have never felt so dirty in the past 2 months.

+I will in fact be a whoreslave to George Lucas and buy the ORIGINAL and UNTOUCHED versions of Star Wars coming out later this year. Finally, a chance to see Han Solo shoot Greedo first on DVD!

+Jehova's Witnesses suck at 10am on a Saturday when you've been up all night watching a crappy X-Men movie. He just better be glad I didn't take it out on him. Berserker.

+Not but just a few weeks until the Prairie Home Companion Movie. Also, they won't be back in St. Paul until September, so we may have to delay our trip to see them in their hometown. Unless we catch them on tour. But, frankly I want to see them in their own theater. And, I want to catch the Mary Tyler Moore statue. But that's just me.

+I now have a Shaun Of The Dead poster, that I will look at every night before I go to bed. (If you know what I mean......even though Nick Frost is not on it.) I guess I'll print out a life-size stand-up of Nick Frost. He can watch me play video games and drink beer. I will be happy to have him as my flatmate.

Hooray!

Yayyy for me.........rocking the DSL now: At My House!

Now, that's supposed to mean that I will update a little more often, but don't count on it. Right now I'm completely out of stuff to say, so that makes it kind of boring.

But, once I find something to rant about, I will be sure to let you know.

I will say that Mission Impossible 3 is really good...mostly b/c JJ Abrams directed, the soundtrack sounds like it was lifted from an episode of LOST (same composer), and ..........SIMON PEGG.

Yes, he may be a myspace friend deleter.....but still a very funny guy.

Internet Is Not Too Far Away.......

Hi,

I will have the internet soon.....unfortunately I won't have anything to say.


Please continue to come back though........please?

Not That I'm Big On Either One, But.......

LOWE'S = Home Improvement

HOME DEPOT = Home Building

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LOWE'S = Cool

HOME DEPOT = Totally Lame

Sorry Guys......I've Been Behind......

Well I guess it's just about that time. It's Thursday, I've been staying at my new house since Sunday, things are going well.

Had a bit of an issue with the shower, but that's resolved and I think the leaking tub faucet is better. (Now just a slight drip....and for some reason the hot water knob goes all the way around and back on-----I haven't figured out if they just didn't tighten it all the way or what.)

I'm still at that "every little noise outside wakes me up and freaks me out" stage. It may have something to do with the fact that I don't have curtains/blinds up yet and I'm paranoid. But I do keep the house dark so no one can peer in at angles and see me. And I'm trying to be modest about stuff so no one things I'm a pervert showing out in a house with no curtains.

As far as my theater....just a temporary threadbare sheet nailed to the window pane. I'm not King Size sheet yet.....taking up the whole wall. But right now, I'm into Kingdom Hears II, so I'm not worried about watching anything full size right now. (which, I have to say it's fun, but I just can't get past the feeling that it's not quite like the original. I mean, there's new stuff in terms of how it's played, but it's mostly moves that you can do and stuff. I kind of miss little things like those different colored Mickey stamps that you could go back to each level and uncover what they were for. It would be cool if they could just take the new levels and put them back in the original. But, I'm sorry, I'm not trying to poo in your cheerios, it just hasn't totally 'kicked in' with the feeling of the first one. But.....I guess the story must go on) [[sorry, adamH, don't quote me as saying I hate it....I don't. I just need some time]]

Other than that, I don't know what else to say. Only have internet at work or Andrews, so for now posting will be few and far between. It's cool.....this thing is boring now. But we'll see.

It's [Just About] Official.......

422 N. Newberger St., Bruce, MS

Telling the boss 'yes' Tuesday.

I'll welcome housewarming presents and shit. Well, I feel bad for receiving charity...but hey, you know.

You are all not welcome to stay, but we can talk on the front step for about 5 minutes. Tops.

Anyway...it should be ready to be inhabited by Friday. It'll take me a few days to even get ready to get settled, but I'm going to start packing and taking things over and hopefully my dad can help move my bed and stuff ASAP. It sucks though b/c I'll be out of town this Friday/Saturday, so that makes it really awkward.

More as it develops.......

Here I sit broken hearted; came to post but only........went blank.
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The Wachowski Brothers (The Matrix Trilogy) made the movie "V For Vendetta." They have got serious balls.

It's so weird how the movie is so well timed with things that have been happening....especially in the past few days locally. Big Brother is upon us, so to speak (or newspeak, I should say). Actually, funny note: The guy who plays the president/Hitler type guy in the movie actually played Winston in the 1984 film "Nineteen Eighty-Four", based on the book.....about, well you should know what 1984 is about.

In local news Starkville just passed a smoking ban on all places of business. They actually did this the very night I was in the theater watching "V For Vendetta." The next day when I heard about it on the radio, I wanted re-enact scenes from the movie. I was getting upset about the (JT & Dave's favorite term) 'Shadow Government.'

Still, a great movie and I would recommend everyone go see it, whatever your view of politics and government is. Even though....30 years in the future they still have DELL 15" Flat-screen LCD monitors. You would think computer monitors would be like plates of glass with just the image. But no......they just ordered a few monitors from DELL rather than make a new set prop. But that's just me.

Also.....freaking Antony And The Johnsons and Cat Power were heard in the movie. It was awesome!
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Wikipedia is freaking amazing. I may one day become culturally educated. Anytime I have a question about who/what someone/something is....I'll just look it up, read and learn.
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Big news coming soon.....I HOPE! Sorry to tease, but I fear that by telling too many people and bragging too much, it won't happen.

But it does concern me 'making it on my own' a la Mary Tyler Moore. I'm gonna throw my hat in the air, too.
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Well, it's been twenty minutes since I started the post (got to reading Wikipedia), and have forgotten the other topics for tonight. But I will return soon, hopefully with something entertaining.

Hooray

M. Ward just wished me a happy birthday on Myspace. Makes me happy.

Not sad like last night when my head smashed a low-hanging light whilst jumping up to hug Gunshy Matt goodbye. Guess I shouldn't be so anxious to see someone leave.

Coo Coo Kachoo

I'm finally getting back on a roll with my Netflix account, trying to return stuff as fast as I can again. I've gotten through 3 discs of the HBO show "Carnivale", and I must say it's pretty good/interesting. I've seen it for the longest time in stores and thought its packaging looked kinda cool, and after watching I have to say there's certainly not much on TV like it right now.

But, beyond that what gets me is that the box set costs upwards of 60 to 70 bucks.....and there's only 12 episodes of the show. I kinda felt ripped off when I had to change discs after the 2nd episode. Glad it wasn't an impulse buy.

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Meanwhile, an incredibly exhausting weekend. I won't go into it, b/c just thinking of typing it makes me yawn.

You dodged a bullet there......no boring ass story from me.

Besides, so much shit went down......I think I have a brain tumor b/c of it.

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I'm really sorry you guys.....I'm totally out of shit to say, I think I'm getting in one of those seasonal moods again.

Not really depressed, just sad.

Hopefully I can kick in with this movie thing and I'll be able to post some pics and stuff, or try out some kind of update diary of it. We'll see.

Quick one, this is:

So I just put on "Little Britain" for a bit and noticed a quick shot that I had to pause to read. On a hand-written note in the pub's bathroom it said:

"1. If you vomit, please tell the staff.

2. Please don't put toilet rolls down the toilet.

Thank you

--The Cleaner"
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Just FYI I guess.

Drawing A Blank For A Post Title

Today was great. We were so happy. We found out our Emergency Weather Alert System worked! Man, that thing was busy all day!

It made us giddy.

In other news, I finally got my W-2 form today.....and all I could say was "Holy Crap...I made THAT much?! Where the heck did all of my money go!? I mean, I know I blew alot of money, but .........well yeah, ok, I blew alot of money. I hate answering my own questions.

But, I had fun. This next year might not be so great....as I may be living at my own place, and then I really WILL blow my money. Oh well.

Check back in a year.

And In A Surprising Upset, The Winner Is:

From the SP (Steven Press):

Sunday, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Brokeback Mountain" director Ang Lee publicly apologized for his film "HULK" whilst accepting the Academy Award for Dirctor for his latest epic "Brokeback Mountain":

"Yeah, my bad. At least I won for a good movie. And yo, Eric Bana, you weren't even nominated for starring in "Munich".......I see the Academy hasn't forgotten about it, even though you just played David Banner. It's my fault all around for making it so bad. But, you do have to admit it was a pretty good story. Well, except for the bit where the Hulk fights giant mutant dogs. Once again, my bad. Chee Chong Ching."
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Well, anyway, sorry I've had about 19 hours to develop that bit of humor, but once again failed. At least "Brokeback" got the ones it really deserved like director and best score. Man, everytime they won an award they played the music, and I was so moved. Especially when Izthak Perlman performed the movie score themes, I was blown away. Gosh, I really loved the music in that movie!

The best thing about the Oscars was that Jon Stewart brought along Stephen Colbert to do some nominee political-type ads. You know, like slamming Dame Judy Dench, which was paid for by the committee to elect Charlize Theron for best actress and such. I can't describe it, but just picture mud-slinging campaign ads and you got it. It's just a shame that I was at Sonic and missed his opening monologue.....if he had one. Oh well, I'm just going to assume it was stellar.

Oh yeah....and when Tom Hanks demonstrated the new way to cut acceptance speeches short: The orchestra actually came on stage, bopped him on the head with a tympanny, and then the flutist shot a tranquilizer dart from his flute and Tom Hanks passed out. That was pretty funny.

I also gots to give a shout-out to "Wallace And Gromit: The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit" for winning best animated!

But enough about the Oscars b/c I know it just makes me sound even gayer.

I Swear.....This Is A "Holy Fucking Shit" Post:

Coming home and checking comingsoon.net (yes, everyday).........I found out something fucking amazing:

Michel Gondry directed Dave Chappele's Block Party!!!!!!!

I Know!!!!! (interview HERE)

If you don't know who I'm talking about then you haven't seen me in the past 6 months. Just think "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" or many Bjork videos or White Stripes videos. This man re-inspired me after watching his 'Best Of' DVD.

So.......now I make it my FIRST reason to see the movie. Fuck Dave Chappelle.
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Well......it's official.......we now have a 3rd celebrity death. Dennis Weaver, a mostly Western actor, has died.

You probably don't know him, but he's famous, trust me. My dad watches the Starz! Western Channel....so he always introdues movies. I know him.

We're Gonna Need A Bigger Boat....

First of all, I had planned to apologize for my recent blog entries being very bland and non-interesting. I guess nothing intersting is really happening these days. Also, I must have lost my muse b/c I'm just too darn uninspired to come up with anything.

But driving home tonight I did think of something real quick......but first I need to get something else out of the way.

Just a few minutes ago I checked comingsoon.net and saw that Don Knotts died today. The world has lost a legend. What's interesting is that just last week the 5th season of the Andy Griffith show came out on DVD.......it was Don Knotts' last season on the show.

Kind of a fond farewell to a friend, just a week early. Prophetic.

Also, Darrin McGavin died as well (helping contribute to the "celebrities die in groups of 3" theory....wonder who's next?). You know who this guy is.....just can't place him? For one, he was the dad in 'A Christmas Story,' plus lots of other stuff.

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Ever wonder why you have to give your phone number or zip code when you buy something at, say, BestBuy?

Me too....I don't want to google it right now, but I'm curious. I'm also curious what would happen if you just refused to give it. If you are paying cash, there is absolutely no reason you should be refused service (refused giving money to THEM) or turned away.

I think that sometime soon, after I pay, and it seems like a 'cool' person, I'll just ask if they know why BestBuy needs my information. Why do they need to know what I'm buying? I mean, they have receipts....so they know what products are being bought....so why would they have to know what products are being bought by ME?

It's eerily 1984ish.

I'll ask sometime and try not to sound like an asshole. And I'll ask as I'm about to leave so they don't get defensive about it. You know, in that "Just Curious...." tone of voice.

Wall-Crawling

Just thought I would take the time to update with some big news:

A new pic from Spiderman3 has been released..........get this....Spiderman is wearing a BLACK SUIT!!!!

Now, I don't follow comics, but from what I've gathered, Spidey wore a black suit for a while, until he realized it was the alien symbiote that eventually attatched to some dude and became our all-around cool badass VENOM!

So that just means that Spidey3 will either involve or set up the next movie for Venom! Yeayyyy!

Dont' Eat Junky.....Eat CHUNKY!!!

Tonight's LOST was great.....it's picking up steam again. There was a good 5 minutes when I experienced the cinching of the anal iris.

But.....that's not unusual for me.

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On my Myspace I posted a bulletin calling for anyone who wants to loan out their G.I. Joes. I'm officially in pre-production of the as-yet-titled G.I. Joe/Top Gun movie. So, therefore I'll be giving updates along the way so as to keep you all bored as hel.....urrr, I mean updated.

Hoh Boy! (LOST SPOILERS.....So Beware!)

LOST is getting good again! It seems like everyone's trust is being torn/tested leading to the inevitable splitsville and all hells breaking looses.

I will say that the show is more enjoyable on DVD b/c it basically fits together as one continuous stream. I mean, real time in the real world does not apply....it's probably only been a few days (a week at the most I would say) since the beginning of the 2nd season.....yet that was back in August. The dialogue is very predictable and you can tell they are pacing out their 6 seasons b/c of all of the scenes of silence and people just repeating lines back to each other.

Also (this is really for AdamG), you can tell the writers are poking fun at all of the message boarders/people that think they know the answers......in tonight's episode, after Sayid and Hurley heard a radio signal with some old 40's music, Hurley said "It could be from a different time.............just kidding dude." THAT was TOTALLY poking fun at fans of the show. (Kind of referring to an "oh, maybe a portal opened up and they landed in the past" type comment)

Nonetheless.....it's definitely got me till the end b/c I'm so darn curious what's gonna happen/what's going on. However......according to the commercial, next week we'll see what happens when they DON'T press 'the button!' I'm sooooo giddy!

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Now back to normality:

As of about 2 hours ago.......my brother and myself are in the planning stages of a new W07BN original show:

It'll be about Geo-Caching, which is a bunch of people that use their GPS's to find secret locations where things are hidden. It's a whole internet community out there....and we should be able to either do a whole bunch of half-hour episodes or several specials on it. We can also get road footage or shots of historical type places or places of special interests...to make it informative.

Should be fun.....we're going to plan on doing some test footage this weekend to see how it can be put together.

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That's all I had for today. Hopefully soon something will come up so I can do some good ol' ranting and raving.

Yellow #5

A few quick things:

"NIGHT WATCH (Nochnoi Dozor)" is officially slated for release February 17th..(THAT's 2 WEEKS!!!!)..at least in limited release. As to whether or not it comes to Oxford or Tupelo....that will depend on whether or not the Managers of Malco Theaters prefers to keep his face un-kicked-in. Myself, I will be first in line....but not till Sunday b/c I gots other stuff that weekend. Who's with?

"HOT FUZZ" is due to begin production in March!!! Though it will be a long time before it comes out....I will definitely be first in line (notwithstanding the fact that Simon Pegg deleted me as a friend on Myspace. I hold no grudges, Simon. You still make me laugh. And Cry.)

Thanks everyone......enjoy your day.

Good News, Everyone!

So, first I'll give you an update on what I've been doing, but if that bores you then scroll down to discover my new project that I hope to get started on near the end of March.....that will be HUGE! (Well, in the undertaking, I mean)

So for that past two days I've been exorcising a few demons. You see, in 2004 I embarked on a small project called 'nurd' that I intended to put lots of work into and essentially launch a career in filmmaking/storytelling. But we all know that I'm not the least bit talented and that the project failed halfway through, with me blaming both myself and everyone involved. So it was abandoned, and I went through about 3 or 4 months of depression and deep deep self loathing (I'll go back and check my blog archives to see if it relflects) and never quite fully recovered.

Well last week I got my computer up and running again, and yesterday, for kicks, I began loading the footage from the movie...actually with intentions to make a short, fake 'trailer' just so I could show a couple of scenes with some music I had picked out and then explain it was just 'coming soon....'

Before I knew it, I had 99% completed two scenes, and put together a rough opening with music that I was envisioning (b/c I had intended to make Andrew compose all-original music, based on a few song samples). Whenever I played it all back to see how it looked......I realized something: Geez, it really did SUCK!!

So, to set the record straight, I'm sorry to everyone that was invovled, and anyone who has seen any type of semi-finished product. Of course, I realize that now I only have myself to blame, and am slightly depressed now at even attempting it. I guess it was just such a blow b/c it was something that I wanted to do and showed myself that I couldn't realistically or even entertaingly do it.

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But on the better half..........

My brother reminded me of a project that I had mentioned and forgot:

After the success (!) of 'To Kill A Robocop,' I realized now I could do what we've actually talked about for years doing:

A "G.I. Joe" MOVIE!!

Now, I know there is an animated one that came out in the '80s (with the voice of Don Johnson as Flint!), but I'm talking about actually using our toys, our planes/helcoptors, and our Aircraft carrier. We can even have lasers for gunfire, a la the old cartoon.

But here's the most recent twist: a la 'To Kill A Robocop,' we would actually use the (almost) entire soundtrack of "Top Gun" and basically re-enact it scene for scene using action figures (except maybe take out all the love scenes, b/c I want to hear Berlin's 'Take My Breath Away' as LITTLE as possible!).

Of course, the most obvious reason for using 'Top Gun': I CAN'T WRITE DIALOGUE WORTH SHIT.

Besides, it would be funny. My brother really likes the "You're attitude's writin' checks your body can't cash!" bit, (who would be Sgt. Slaughter making numerous appearances) and even said I should do it written in the sky like "Surrender Dorothy."

Now THAT's entertainment.

Besides, Andrew's little brother would love it.

The reason it'll take a couple of months is b/c I either have to wait for my brother to move out of his room for the space, or until I move so I can set up everything (that way I can also recruit help).

Either way....I'll be eBaying for any extra props and Googleing to make sure it hasn't been done.

See you soon! Surrender Dorothy!

Some Great Movies, No Doubt...

Hey, people........lay off John Hughes. He's made some of the most charming (I'm not saying best, mind you) and amsuing (I'm not saying hilarious) films for the past 20 or so odd years.

New Post.......Same Crap

Well, b/c i don't want to type it again, i'll paste what i IM'd Adam tonight about my dream I had Wednesday night:

Waste Of Life [nurd.blogspot.com] says:
the 'lost' people (i was with them) saw a giant ufo like at the end of the x-files movie, and me, jack, sawyer, and michael found out that there was a city on the other side of the island.....and no time had passed since the crash b/c sawyer had a dead woman cut up in a plastic bag in the backseat of his car.
and i distracted the other two while he disposed of it. There was also a railroad depot on the outskirts of the city. but it looked like aspen or some rocky mountain city
www.myspace.com/adamgore says:
:o
Waste Of Life [nurd.blogspot.com] says:
yeah, that's what i said
www.myspace.com/adamgore says:
what did u drink or eat before bed
Waste Of Life [nurd.blogspot.com] says:
well.........first of all, i was obviosly having withdrawals w/o a new episode.
second i was up too late watching slaughter house-five.
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Anyway, that sums it up. I need a new episode of "LOST." Signs are good, though, b/c this week's repeat was about Hurley meeting Danielle. Which means she's coming back soon......maybe another backstory on Hurley, and possibly some info on those damn numbers.

Or not.......



Pubes

John Candy was absolutley wonderful.

John, If you were still alive, you would get to punch Steve Martin in the face for ripping you off in 'Cheaper By The Dozen 2."

See you around.

Myspace........Across The Pond

Ok, so last night out of desperation for not having as many friends as my friends on Myspace, I realized that just like most people have bands as their friends, I should look for celebritites.

Well, of course first instincts were across the pond to look for my favorite actors from my favorite movie and TV show.

Now, as part of my friends list, I [hopefully] have Peter Serafinowitz ('Duane' from Spaced and 'Pete' from Shaun/Dead) and Simon Pegg ('Tim' and 'Shaun', respectively again). BUT.......is it the real them?

I surely hope so, I haven't sent a comment or message to them yet........and I did find many many pages for other celebs that appeared to be fraud (do a search for Jon Heder and see just how many 'Don't call me Napoleon Dynamite' sites you find.). I don't want to be a complete ass and comment something, followed by "Is this the REAL Simon, or are you just getting your jollies?"

Well.......in any case, a simple viewing of MY myspace would lead them here........and therefore they might see this, and I would be very embarrassed at all of the previous Spaced worshipping I've done (just don't look at my history, felllas).

OH, and to be safe, my Photoshopped Nick Frost picture has been removed temorarily.........for fear of freak outage.

ANOTHER Wasted Joke On My Mom....

Yep.....tonight she came in my room and said she had ironed my shirt and it looked better ironed. She then said she doesn't know who'll iron for me when I move out.

I promptly stated that "this shirt is dry clean only......which means, IT'S DIRTY!!!!"


She asked if I was just gonna carry it to the dry cleaners.

TAP TAP* Can Anyone Hear Me?

Well, it seems that I'm coming to you straight from...........that insufferable old coot of a computer I for some retarded reason named "Marvin." (I guess b/c it's so silvery and shiny and looks cool. And it's always depressed.)

Welp.......just letting you know that my computer is back up and running like the day I got her (literally, b/c of the VAIO Recovery Wizard), which means I have the joy of when you bring a new computer home that has factory installed software: I get to go through and clean out as much crap as possible.

So, yeay for me. And yeay for Apple. I still want a MAC.

Fletch Lives

So, for everyone who has seen "Hoodwinked,".......help me spot the movie references.

My favorite was the whole thing about the Wolf being Chevy Chase's "Fletch," which I thought was so beautiful...even down to the music and the disguises (plus, did you catch the 'Candygram' joke?).

Otherwise, I spotted "XXX," and "Mission: Impossible 2," but I don't know of any others.

Needless to say I thought "Hoodwinked" was absolutely brilliant and downright hilarious. It almost felt like an episode of Family Guy....like it was someone who used to write for the show. Anyway, great great film.

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The next generation of iPods should be voice-activated. Would save alot of lives for people on the road who can't just put one album on and let it go. For those whose music is affected by moods.

Late As In The Late Dent Arthur Dent

So......a movie I think worth all the hype is indeed "Brokeback Mountain."

Now I don't need to tell you what the movie is about b/c you've probably heard either 1.) some form of unstoppable blab hyping the movie to be the best of the years 2005 and 2006, or 2.) that it's the most subversive movie ever and should be banned from everywhere b/c it's about the gay.

Well either way you've been led to believe I'll tell you two things: 1.) Everyone should see this movie at least once, and 2.) when you DO see it........just take it for what it's worth. Feel about it how you feel about it.

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That being said, I regret something deeply that I didn't do last Sunday. Whilst watching the movie, there was an old (50–60 years old) couple behind us that would not shut up. The woman was constantly giggling (as if she were seeing a comedy) and the man could not NOT talk. He would just make asinine comments that were wastes of breath....begginning with "Heh heh, choked off the truck didn't he?" at the beginning to "Got Roger Miller on the radio, huh?" in the middle and "I knew he would ---- -------" at the very very end. (which he got the last part wrong, anyway.)

So what would I have done? Well I was so close (for 2 hours and 14 minutes) to turning around and just flat out saying "Hey, shut the fuck up." But......I was trying to get into the movie and didn't want to disturb it, even though they kept bringing me back out of it.

What got me was before the movie began all of the other people I could see coming into the theater looked to be 20–30 year olds, who had enough sense to sit and watch a movie and just take it in like grown adults. But noooooo......the old people were worse than a little kid. You would think old people would have manners in a theater. They were around when it was invented....surely they know the deal.

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So I suppose all I'll tell you about 'Brokeback Mountain' is that I saw it and what I went through to see it.....the rest is up to you.

But I will say that director Ang Lee redeemed himself for "HULK."

Something I'm Unsure Of....

So, if I do finally get around to having Lasik....I wonder........what should I do about my eyebrows?

Now, they are [only very slightly] masked by my glasses. If I stop wearing glasses...I'll be forced to take action. I'll have like a Peter Gallagher thing going on.

First of all I'm a dude. And, issues like this don't come natural to a dude. And, most dudes that are either married or in a relationship don't really have to worry about it b/c they are supposed to be loved anyway...regardless of the amount of body hair they have. Plus, it's a little more respectful for a man to just have a wife 'do something' about his unsightly bits of hair.

So do I trust someone I don't know to touch the general region of my face and forehead? Or do I continue to look like a freak who's only recently been unmasked?



Oh.....the perils of being cursed with hair.


(NOTE: If I became a swimmer......I could shave EVERYTHING)

It's 2006......Thank Goodness I Don't Write Very Many Checks These Days.

I Wonder........what's the point of having a filter for your tap water unless you use the filter to make your ice cubes as well?
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Saturday I cried at the end of Star Wars. I only watched it b/c the week before I laughed so hard at the end of the Season 4 Family Guy episode where Peter won the award and they copied the final ceremony scene from "A New Hope"......complete with Chewbacca and the droids.

But it's just so great of an ending I couldn't help but cry.

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I think that if I wouldn't have stopped him, Andrew really would have kissed me last Saturday, too.........but I don't really know. (If only I were drunker.)

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I would love to live on my own now. And NOOOOOO........it doesn't have anything to do with the fact that my mom and brother feel they must talk at the top of their lungs at 7.30 a.m. on weekdays right outside my door. (And sometimes weekends, too.)

Well, you know, actually it DOES have to do with JUST THAT.