plug o' the week - october 27-31, 2008.

happy all hallow's eve! woot!

mmm.

candy.

clever that.

also, yay for plugs!

my first plug is for possibly the greatest halloween picture i have ever seen. more woot!



words can not express the happiness that brings me.

it reminds me of the old calvin and hobbes snowman pics. ahhhh. childhood.

now on to more important matters, like politics, religion and money.

oh man. did i get you. you were all like, 'whoza whatsits? what blog am i on now?' shoot. you so silly.


film plug o' the week -




ghostbusters.
if you're shocked, you're foolish. again, it's close to halloween. by 'close' i do mean 'is'. this has been one of my favorite films since i was a kid. i was over at christopher neyhart's house when i was like 7 or something, and his parents let him watch it, so i got to watch it. i don't think my parents would have, in a bajillion years, let that happen. but i prevailed. and i loved it. and then the geniuses behind it went and made an awesome cartoon as well. bless them all. i love the sarcasm and the wit. bill murray, man. he's okay in my book. as an actor. i hear he makes for a bad husband. but he tickles the funny bone. and egon yelling, 'your mother!!!' at walter peck will forever be one of my favorite moments in film history. there's also rumors that the writers behind the office are planning on writing a script for a third film. giggle!

'dogs and cats, living together. mass hysteria.'


music plug o' the week -



the things we do - angela mccluskey.
so i was watching a thing on the teevee, and a diaper commercial came on, and i was like, 'why does a diaper commercial have amy winehouse singing a song on here?' was i ever fooled. and had a little egg on my face. this was angela mccluskey. like amy winehouse, but scottish and not in rehab. her voice is amazing. and she's got the old 1940's feel that makes the music ears happy. i dig her a lot, and i think she's better than winehouse. definitely less trashy. definitely a good 'beer, sittin' on the porch, thinkin' about things' album.


television plug o' the week -



chuck.
yeah. i know. computer nerds hate this show because of all the lack of actual computer truthiness. and i know word nerds hate the word 'truthiness'. i've seen it. i know. but holy crap, is it funny. and that's what i enjoy. also there's adam baldwin. and after firefly, how can you not love this guy? i'm always a little confused by people who get so upset by shows that are pushing the reality limit. it's fiction. it can do that. it's supposed to be fun. it is. i've read things about the whole, 'how can he have a computer downloaded into his brain?' and 'why does the government only have one super computer instead of multiple?' you know most of these picky pants are the same people who love spider-man. (which i also do.) remember when spider-man was bitten by a radioactive spider and received the powers of a spider? that happens everyday. so that's why that's a good story. gosh. if you want some good clean funny with a dash of action, chuck is the non-computer geek for you. word up.


so there ya be. enjoy if you want. hate if you must. them's the plugs.

go getchyoself some candy.

groove.

crackers.

so.

i was going to post a blog last night about how i feel old, and how a lot of my friends (and sister) are married and a bunch are starting to have kids, and how, at my age now, my dad already had two kids and had been married for eight years, and that made me sad and i really thought a depressing blog would be...well...depressing.

but seriously. how the poo is it already november of the year 2008?

remember y2k? people were scared. they bought water, and bread, and guns, and moved into shelters. we should find those people and let them know 2008 is almost over. man. that'll be a good knee slapper. "hey, guy. you thought the world was ending. surprise!'

two weeks vacation. that would be nice. not in a bunker with water, and bread, and guns. for eight years. but two weeks. with naps. and comic books. and movies. and newcastle.

have you ever had one of those weeks? i feel like this week is one of those weeks. and it makes me tired. and i know. you're thinking to yourself, 'eddie, you're always tired.' by jove, that's the truth. but there's a tireder tired. and that's what i'm rockin' right now.

also, the use of the term 'crackers' comes from kristina, who always says 'crappers.' i swear though, every time she says it i think she's saying 'crackers.' so, i started saying, 'crackers.' it's fun. unless you're at a wedding full of black people. i guess. at least kristina didn't think it was funny. hahahhaha. that kinda made it more funny.

shoooo.

good times.

sorry about the boring blog post. it's possible i'm boring. that would lead to boringness being written. stoopid awake.

plug o' the week - october 20-24, 2008.

so. i have a blog. i do. i say that because i'm typing on one, and most likely you're reading it. i mean, if you're not, then you're probably not here any way so you don't know i have a blog. that's a large possibility. i also have a few other things. none of which really pertain to this blog, but this blog is not all i have. i am typing aimlessly. you actually don't have to read any of this.

anywho, so i thought to myself, 'self, what do you do when you have a blog?' it seems most people make lists and tell people what they like, and what's hip, and cool, and red all over. maybe not the red part, but it started sounding like one of those jokes. am i right or am i right?

so in the shower this very ante meridian, i decided i would do a weekly 'plug o' the week'. the 'o'' should be pronounced 'oh', not 'ah'. just to let you know. i will plug films, music and television shows that i personally enjoy, and think others might as well. if you don't like after reading it here, that's cool, and if you don't like before reading it here, that's also cool. these are just opinions and things i like.

also, i'd dislike any kinds of threats or anger from things i like even if they do suck a great deal.

also, also, if you disagree, you're a cotton headed ninny muggins.

that's not true. that was uncalled for. i apologize.


film plug o' the week -

shaun of the dead.
hecks yes i love this film. and since it's so close to halloween i thought i'd plug this bad boy. i mean, any film that has an electronics store manager drinking guinness and killing zombies is okay in my book. simon pegg and his cohorts are wonderful. they're also in charge of hot fuzz which blew my mind. it's funny, and scary, and hilarious, and they throw records at zombies. i mean. wow. genius. i recommend this to anyone who likes goodness. if you don't like goodness, go watch jurassic park 3.


music plug o' the week -


boxer - the national.
so, kristina and i were watching chuck the other night. that show rocks. i know mcg produces it, and he's a bit of a hack, but the characters are cool, it's frakkin' funny, and more often than not there are some good jams in there. in this one episode, chuck is rollin' up to his bodyguard/crush sarah's hotel room with a flower and some wine, and this song kicks in that's pretty slow, but has an awesome drum/rhythm thing going on. and i was definitely down. so the next morning i checked out adtunes, and low and behold, it was the national. i have a few songs from these cats, and they rock. i don't know a lot about them, but i know the lead singers voice is awesome, and the music is sweet. and they're from brooklyn. so i purchased the album. it's nice. one of my all time favorite things is when you hear a good song, and you're like, 'that's a good song. i wonder who does it.' then you do some sleuthing and it's from a band you already like. makes me think of rainbows, and gumdrops, and unicorns. word.


television plug o' the week -

pushing daisies.
mmmmmmmmmmmm. this show is so tasty. i can't get over how amazing it is all the time. it's funny and heartfelt and genius. the dialogue is super fast and the scenery is breathtaking. the characters, and even their names, are wonderful. names like charlotte 'chuck' charles, emerson cod, the darling mermaid darlings, and olive snook. also, on occasion, cast members randomly break out into song. woot! there are only geniuses involved with this show. sadly, besides kristina and myself, i think only three other people watch it, so there's a strong chance it'll get canceled. that makes me sad. thankfully wonderful shows like the poorly written, directed, acted, filmed and edited new knight rider are already being renewed. yay america! enjoy the amazingment that is pushing daisies before it is gone forever. mmm. pie.

so ends the first plug noise. let me know if you have thoughts and/or feelings.

groove.

supes n' bats.

i giggled. i won't lie.

more car chase craziness

i wasn't involved with the second half, but it seems like this guy is a crazy person. whatchya gonna do?

car chase craziness link

what the shart?!?!

so.

there was a fire drill. at work. remember those from when you were in school? remember the joy of getting out of class? and the being outside? it was a lot like that, except now i'm older and the getting up is more of a pain than the not working. not to mention that the fire alarm in our building is reminiscent of a banshee giving birth to a five year old cow with turrets. that's not as cool as it sounds. oh. it doesn't sound cool, you say? exactly. it's less cool than that.

well i decided that i'd boogy on down to jimmy john's and get my freaky fast on, cuz i was hungry. so after the alarm noise was done, i jumped in the ride and scooted. as i was heading down to the jj, a 5-0 rolled by with lights and sirens, and everyone pulled over. seemed pretty normal. cops on the prowl. right on.

i keep heading down plymouth road, and i'm about ten yards away from the nixon intersection when low and behold a crazy arse mofo rolls out of the intersection peeling out and leaving smoke and rubber all over the place. i was like, 'slow your roll.' he did not. as soon as that thought leapt from the brain, 5 of the ace's finest roll after him in high pursuit, again with lights and sirens. everyone in the intersection froze. we sat there for like an entire minute. we were all witness to a car chase. what the what?

here's a link - driver leads police in high speed chase

i get my jj. think that things like that whole car chase are mad crazy. i'm recovering.

i go to the intersection to go back to the office and stop at the light. as i'm waiting there, in the other direction, a lady is sitting at the other turn light waiting to go, but i guess she's too far back for the sensor to read her vehicle. the dude in the truck behind her gets out and starts yelling at her to move up so the light will change. then, instead of doing that, she just turns on the red.

craziest half hour i can remember in my life.

i was so too sober. sheesh.

five guys i think my girlfriend might be jealous of.

for all intents and purposes, let us suppose that i am terribly heterosexual and that i'm madly in love with my girlfriend. both of these statements are irrefutably true. it's true that they're true. believe me, for reals, yo. now, it's come to my attention, through said lovely girlfriend, that i may have an issue with mushes (male crushes). you say to yourself, 'how can that be? you say you are a heterosexual, and we've met your lovely girlfriend. she is lovely, and a girl, and your friend.' i know, right?

but whenever the any male below is mentioned, i guess my eye does something because she looks at me with raised brow and says ,'mmmmmmmmmmm-hmmmmm.'

seriously. it's not my fault. i don't think. i hope not. possibly it is. stupid guys with their hair and dashing good looks.




josh holloway.

he's sawyer. how can you not dig this cat? great hair. good teeth. and he's one rugged mutha'. the naughty monkey and i were so hoping he'd be gambit in anything. stupid hollywood and their stupid stupidness.








johnny depp.

well, he's johnny depp. funny. cheeky. bases pirates off of crazy old, possibly living dead, rock stars. genius, i say. also, the hair. hair is awesome. sigh.






nathan fillion.

the dude is witty. and charming. and also a sci-fi pirate. maybe pirates are really what i have an issue with here. hmmm. humorous, this fellow. very humorous.






john stamos.

this is kind of where it started. this dude always had awesome hair. and if you asked me twenty years ago who i looked up to in that department, this was the cat. oddly enough, it still is. and now he's going and getting all famous again. who saw that coming?







george clooney.





seriously. i think all of the above arguments are strong enough to stand on their own. am i proud? not usually. would it be awesome to sit down and have a pint with these fellows? hecks yes. and i'm pretty sure like 87% of you people out there would agree. just because i'm the only one putting this out there doesn't mean i'm the only one who knows this to be true. gosh.

also, i mentioned i'm madly in love with my girlfriend right?

it's possible i have issues.

ps - if my girlfriend, who might read this, doesn't really feel this way about these guys...then...uhm...nevermind. this post is only a joke. heh. man am i funny. with the guys. on the blog. here.

a couple things that would have made my spider-man film experience better

i know. it's a new movie post. you're saying, 'dude, why all the frakkin' movie posts? are you a nerd? do you wear glasses? do you have a superman t-shirt? do you know that bear mcreary scores battlestar galactica and replaced richard gibbs who did the original score for the mini-series?"

yes. yes i do. and yes i am. sigh.

judgie pantses.

so i have issues with movies, and i know that they're not going to be what i want them to be all the time. i get that. i don't even mind all that often that movies are different than their original books. i mean, the bourne trilogy is mad different than the books, and yet in my humble opinion, the best trilogy of films i've ever seen.

so why do i have issues with spider-man?

let me just preface this by saying that spider-man 2 is like one of my all time favorite flicks. it was pretty bad ass on all of the levels. and joel mchale was a bank manager. that's just wonderful. also, i had no issue with the actual changes to spider-man's physiology. the webs out of the wrists, i dug. even though technically it should have been out of the bootocks.

my problem with the trilogy has a lot more to do with their crazy casting and characters. i mean, kirsten dunst i've never really ever been a fan of. and i'm probably less of one now. i mean, mary jane? really? uhm, no. come on guys. if you're gonna use her, use her as gwen stacy. that was peter's actual girlfriend in highschool so i think that would have been a better use of her talent. not to mention, green goblin woulda done kilt her character off at the end of the first flick.

now, you say, who would play mary jane? why, bryce dallas howard, of course. she was so much cooler in every way in the third spider-man as gwen stacy. for reals. like, she wasn't used a lot, and her character was pointless, but i wanted more of her story and i really dug her charisma.

and i mean, kirsten dunst's hair is naturally blond, like gwen's, and bryce's is naturally red, like mj's. does this make too much sense? i think so.

as for tobey maguire, i don't really have anything against him, per se, but he's not terribly humorous. now, topher grace, who i know played venom, probably actually should have been peter parker. that cat is funnn-e. he's witty and his comic timing is spectacular. much like the friendly neighborhood web-head.

for spider-man 3, why so many of the bad guys? just make it about venom. sandman kind of actually did nothing. i mean the special effects were cute, but venom is too much of a big deal to make him the third bad guy. he needed to be center stage. as for casting venom, i would have loved to see that one bad actor. he's big and kind of awful, but i think he would have been imposing. ol' what's his name. right. karl urban.

that's about it as far as casting goes i think. everyone else was cast pretty flippin' well.

oh, the soundtracks were all pretty awful as well.

the score was hep, thanks to danny elfman, until sam raimi pissed him off and he left. man, the third score was pretty sad comparably.

luckily they're doing a fourth film which should be as exciting as superbabies: baby geniuses 2. mmm-hmm. that's the good stuff.

on a lighter note, i hear they're also doing a sequel for bull durham. yay!

sigh again.

nine things that could have made 'indiana jones and the kingdom of the crystal skull' amazing

1. there was no wonder. i seriously felt like indy was on a treasure hunt instead of learning about the history and being amazed by what he saw.
2. none of the ridiculous shout outs to the old films that were being made, including score pieces of the older films. why was the ark in that warehouse? why did he say, 'your grandpa is looking down and smiling'? seriously.
3. the fridge? really? wow.
4. why the crap was ray winstone in the movie? i'm pretty sure he added negative amounts of anything to it. 'oh, indy, i'm your oldest bestest bud that also betrays you. huzzah!'
5. swinging through the vines? dude. the crazy cg monkeys. so embarrassing. like, if shia had run through the forest at an angle to cut off the trucks and then grabbed one vine and swung across and kicked a dude, that woulda been hep.
6. was karen allen even in the movie?
7. the warehouse action sequence was by far the coolest part of the movie and should have happened later.
8. why did they show the aliens? keep some mystery and suspense. like alfred hitchcock with the important stuff happening off screen. you knew it was god that got rid of the germans in 'raiders of the lost ark' but you didn't have to actually see him.
9. the macguffin at the beginning should have had nothing to do with the rest of the film. that's how the movies always started. he was after something and then either got it or lost it and then it would segue into the actual film adventure.

i wanted this movie to melt my face off, and there were some scenes i really enjoyed. but over all, after it was over, i was like, 'sigh.' not to mention harrison ford hasn't done anything that's rocked my socks since 'the fugitive,' steven spielberg hasn't really done anything i've been excited about since 'saving private ryan' and george lucas...well, georgie boy, hasn't really impressed me since 'indiana jones and the last crusade.' but the flick did have the indiana jones theme, and that always makes me girly giggle.

hi dee ho

uhm.

so i have a blog now. this is me blogging. i'm not really sure what to say. i'm guessing i'm starting this now and will let it fall to the wayside and not actually ever write anything that means anything to anyone ever.

except this - don't burn peeps. they're scary and made out of 57% plastic. i'm guessing they're toxic. no one wants to get to heaven and be like, 'so i died by inhaling too much peep smoke.' it would be embarrassing.

trust me.

mmmmm. blog.

that is all.