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.
3 comments:
calvin and hobbes was great. thanks for the link.
i dig it. ghostbusters was a great movie; rocking special effects for the time, too. transluscent, slimy, floating ghost in the library?
mccluskey is cool, too. i discovered joseph arthur this week. quite eclectic, very nifty. totally different feel. so don't be expecting something like "if you like oranges, perhaps you'll also like nectarines."
but, my friend, this is where i may have a bone to pick. as a nerd, i have a hard time dealing with shows/movies that have writers whose grasp of technology is not believeable. while funny usually trumps all, when it's close to reality but not, it's frustrating. you know what movie had pretty good technology writing? enemy of the state. yes, the will smith movie. the saving grace is it had gene hackman, and some good technology writing.
i think my new tagline will be whatever the blogger word verification makes me type.
cheers.
copulogr.
That is a GREAT Halloween picture. Genius! that's what she said. Anyways, it is like those Calvin & Hobbes cartoons... oh the good ole days with good cartoons.... :)
aaron -
in retort to your statement about shows and films that have a lack of knowledge when dealing with technology, i agree.
which isn't really retorting.
except to say, 'chuck' isn't pretending that the technology is real. it's an action/comedy that relies only on the explosions and wit of its characters.
with a movie like 'enemy of the state', i personally think that it stood on the fact that 'these bad things can happen to you.' it's why movies like 'the net' (little barflets) suck. it also wanted you to believe that the technology used in the film could destroy you in anyway, even though everything about it was hyper-false.
'chuck' knows it fake and that the technology is goofy/absurd but it runs with it and accepts it. that's why i can be okay with it.
in the same way, as i referenced 'spider-man' earlier, if a man who was bit by a radioactive spider rolled into 'er' and started climbing the walls, i'd be a little upset.
word.
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