what I’ve learned (these past couple of months/weeks)

….. I’m still a fan of Judd Apatow’s movies but I can NOT get into Jeremy Piven, the only way that I could sit through one of his movies is if John or Joan Cusack is in it. (for me the inclusion of both or either of the Wonder Cusacks  brings a sense of normalcy to Pivens over the top acting)

….. the more I mow my lawn, the more it grows, it DOESN’T stop! I do tend to have my Hank Hill moments where I can stand there and appreciate my lawn but living in a sub-tropical climate does have its drawbacks.

….. in time I might actually watch a movie that has Channing Tatum in it

….. I’ve been to busy with unpacking and the move that I haven’t been able to get into a book recently… more of a statement rather than something I learned

What the nerds hath wrought….

In regards to the mayhem that is going on at the 09′ San Diego Comic Con, I’m … kind of stuck in the middle.

It seems to me that the original purpose of Comic Con was for comic book fans, nerds, geeks and dweebs alike to come together. Eventually it morphed from a small’ish’ convention with book publishers, sci-fi show stars and the occasional big name into a mongrel whore fest fit to be covered in People magazine.  I’d normally complain over things like Twilight being there when, to me, it doesn’t seem like it’s a part of geek culture, but just because it’s not a part of MY geek culture doesn’t mean that it doesn’t resonate with a person younger than myself. (side note, I really shouldn’t knock those books at all, it appeals to a wide audience and it’s not written in abbreviated txt speak so it can’t be all that bad)

What did stand out to me was a pic I saw on Yahoo of Rumer Willis, one of the girls from “The Hills” (or one of its equivalents) and they were promoting a movie about sororitygirls, (I didn’t stick around long enough to even get a gyst of what the movie was about) , it boggles my mind is to why that’s even being marketed there. The “SDCC” ,as I’ve seen it being dubbed, has really turned into another example of Hollywood  self aggrandizing itself to death.

Revenge of the Fallen

I have returned from an early morning viewing of, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and as you’d suspect I liked it very much.  Now I feel I might have to preface this with the fact that my fanaticism falls directly between the sort of fan who’d tattoo Transformers insignia’s on his arms and the sort of fan who’d name their children Optimus, Arcee and Starscream. A few parts of the movie I really liked: Bumblebee, ”transformed” from comic relief in part 1 to a semi-ass kicking son of a mother in part 2. Soundwave and “Rampage”: I left that name in quotes because to me the Decepticon spy/Jaguar will always be RAVAGE, (only a few letters difference I know, but still) just the MERE inclusion of this team made me smile. The Matrix: NO! not Keanu, fans of the 1986 movie will remember the premise behind the Autobot Matrix of leadership and how it will ”Light our darkest hour..” yada yada, well this time around it’s included, I will not explain beyond that. The inclusion of Arcee and the constructicons was another bright spot.

Some not so great parts, Skids and Mudflap (voiced by Spongebob himself, Tom Kenny), ::sigh:: somewhere an executive remembered Darius McCrary’s performance as Jazz and asked themselves “How can we duplicate this but make it more racist and more insulting to the viewer? ANSWER: twin autobots complete with gold teeth, the capacity to pop caps in asses, etc; I was waiting for one of them to declare their victory as DY-NO-MITE.   and last but not least, the inclusion of Devastators nards….. you will have to see it to believe it.

Thursdays used to be special!

Recently I’ve found some TV offerings dismal

aside from my usual NBC favorites, I recently started watching CBS’ much hyped “Harpers Island”, it’s some horror schlock that CBS had green lit and felt comfortable enough to pair it with CSI as it’s lead in. For the uninitiated, Harper’s island is a fictional island in the pacific northwest, on said island a nasty murder took place in 2001 or 2002. In the shadow of these dastardly murders, each episode is chock full of assorted cast members taking turns playing ‘hide the sausage’ or ‘Hey I have a vagina and I want to use it’, All in all the show comes off as half soft core porn half B-Movie.

What IS worth a watch is NBC’s new Thursday night offering “Southland”, from the producers of “ER” and “Third Watch”, Southland is set in Los Angeles, has a large and impressive cast (too large of a cast actually). Southland much like Third Watch takes you into the cops lives, shows you how they’re normal people or how they’re freaks. I’m surprised at how much it has surpassed Third Watch, (as much as I love Third Watch , it sucked because it was 2 shows in one, they should’ve taken a page from vet producer Dick Wolf and kept NYPD and FDNY seperate on the show) but I digress. And unlike Harpers, Southland actually has some direction with the story lines and better production over all.

*As I write this CBS has moved Harpers to Saturday Night where its SURE to find viewers!……. sad enough, I’ll probably still watch

For the Love of Balki

it’s friday and Im stuck at work, which means ABCs Friday Night Line-Up! one of ABC’s friday night mainstays is Wife-Swap, the weekly plot is pretty basic, letting wives from town A spend 2 weeks in the household of a wife in town b, in essence allowing you to see how green the grass is on the other side or how many weeds you might have to pull.

In my opinion it actually plays out like this wife/mom A is a type A personality, typically over schedules her kids activities, is generally an over achiever and usually has a …. very quiet husband (to be polite about it)

wife/mom B is usually either a laid back bohemian or bible thumper or aspiring country singer whose husband has a living room full of either Elk Heads, Rastafarian Posters or Hummel Figurines. Both worlds cross and watch the chaos ensue.

Now it’s obvious that everyone means well and that the producers of this show are marketing genius’. But why am I still watching?!?

I’m Super thanks for asking!!

I don’t know what’s with me today, I guess I just wanted to pay tribute to two of the most “out”landish and flamboyant confirmed bachelors who ever graced a stage during the 60’s and 70’s (with apologies to Tiny Tim)

Take a quick look to the right, it doesn’t get any snazzier than a velvet painting of Charles Nelson Reilly.. I remember watching Charles on repeats of Lidsville and around different tv shows.

  The second of course is Paul Lynde who along with CNR mastered the ascot on many game show sound stages throughout the 60’s and 70’s. Many of you might remember him as Uncle Arthur from Bewitched.

update 3/20

… the recent addition to my crushes list Pauley Perrete from NCIS (the goth pippi longstock)

.. never, NEVER! never underestimate the necessity and the sheer awesomeness of sleep. W/O sleep we’re zombies! w/o sleep we would be cranky!

… not everyone has to like me, let alone put it with me, except that one person, she knows who she is

television is becoming either really uninspired or I’m just getting smarter… (is that possible?) nothing really noteworthy as far as tv is concerned. I missed the Amazing race this past sunday and I gave up on American Idol as any type of entertainment. Thursday nite on NBC was entertaining as always, I can’t believe Michael Scott quit!!

12 Secret Spices to Help you Stay INDESTRUCTIBLE!

not much to type, I came across this story about crazed Japanese baseball fans and why they threw a statue of Colonel Sanders into a river 24 years ago. please to enjoy http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29629104/

Comedius

I just really get confused when it comes to comedy…

I enjoy comedy troupes such as The Lonely Island, The State (when they were an ensemble, back like 15 years ago) and Broken Lizard.  Most comedy today is obviously either TV or Internet oriented. From those you get your different genres, late night TV, sitcoms, adult swim, etc. From that last group you get your different subsets, Family Guy, Seth Green and his production team and the Tim and Eric team.

This post I guess just focuses on the fact that I don’t “get” or flat out even LIKE Tim and Eric. It doesn’t differ to much from some of the other groups that I’ve mentioned. Same type of formula, get high and write, get drunk and write, walk into the opposite genders bathroom with a tape recorder and write the outcome.

I don’t feel like picking up my book right now so I’ll blog instead

pretty much the title says it all… there are some things I’ve been pondering

…if I start my “25 random facts” post on facebook NOW will I just be copying everyone else? or will my pent up rage from past attrocities shake certain folks to the core

   can octogenarians sense sarcasm? and if they can will they still obey?  (i.e “have a good day” and “you’re welcome”)

will pointless talent shows get renewed for another season? (no picture needed too many tv shows to list)

the a.d.d. in me has taken a tighter hold in my life, either that or it’s just plain exhaustion moving into my life… for example, I’ve woken up from my sunday naps (bids to stay alive) to watch tv (The Amazing Race) and for the life of me there are whole chunks, segments, people that I can’t remember. It could be that I’m half asleep, it could be that I’m growing out of my tv is life phase (I kinda hope not) but 60 plus hours punching the clock CAN do that to ya.

not to mention this weekend daylight savings timestarts [or ends, I really don't know] and that will only throw me off just THAT much more completely fucking me all up..

On a lighter note, I did catch Jimmy Fallon’s second night ( I work so I slept on wed. and thur. nite)… I think he’ll do just fine, I guess I just have to get used to his bits… I guess