I was at a screening of How to Lose Friends & Alienate People last week, because I’m just that special. Good movie, bad title… The cast was the temptation of seeing the movie for me, Sidney Young, Kirsten Dunst, Megan Fox, Gillian Anderson, Megan Fox, Jeff Bridges, Denis Quaid, and Megan Fox. Basically, Simon Pegg’s character (Sidney Young) runs a magazine in the UK, where he starts controversy for a laugh. He receives a call from Clayton Harding (Jeff Bridges) asking him to come work for his magazine. The magazine is more or less a celebrity ass-kissing-fest. He meets his coworker Alison Olsen (Kirsten Dunst) and although they are off to a rocky start, there is chemistry. He is determined to “shake things up” as he says, of course he finds trouble along the way. Eventually he meets Sophie Maes (Megan Fox) who is the hot bombshell bimbo that he quickly falls for. I won’t spoil anything, but the story becomes him choosing the path of which he either sells out, or lives by the beat of his own drum. The picture is slated to come out October 3rd of 2008. I would recommend it to just about everyone, except small children. Hopefully, by the time the movie is released, the title will be different though, because…damn. The story is based on a true story, memoirs of Tody Young. Perhaps something was lost in the conversion of memoir to movie. Either way, if you have nothing to do in October, go see it. Megan Fox is in it and she’s hot.
I have never seen this site before. It’s pretty cool, basically, it’s recipes for video game-themed food. I’m going to try making one of the following really soon:
Of course I couldn’t get some new gear without telling everyone what I thought about it – I like these for the most part, with some minor grievances as anyone who knows me would expect. So, my Shures (E2C) that I had purchased only last year somewhat died on me. They were supposed to be good too. I walked in to Circuit City and found these on the shelf. There wasn’t much of a selection, but I wasn’t going to grab these out of desperation. I googled them, they had pretty good feedback, so I nabbed them.
You know, they’re comfortable and sound pretty good. Amazingly, I have gotten so used to the E2Cs, that I can tell the difference. These are more bass-y, which means of course in small ear buds like these, the higher frequencies are neglected somewhat. The bass being more driven makes for louder-seeming music (or whatever you’re listening to). Although the Shures provide somewhat of a more balanced listening experience, they didn’t handle bass well at all and I find that I don’t miss it.
If these ear buds last, they will be a pretty good buy. Plus they came with a cool little case and it, as well as the ear buds, have skulls on them. I could have used bigger “R” and “L” lettering on each of them though. It’s not easy to find and takes longer than it should each time. Another big plus is that they work out of the box with the iPhone (first gen). These things cost me fifty bones, so if they aren’t working by this time next year, I’ll be complaining… a lot.
A little-known fact about me is I’m a huge Garfield fan. I own many of the comics (in book form) and watched the show religiously. If you don’t believe me, I can rattle a few facts out off the top of my head. He loves lasagna, has a teddy bear named “Pooky,” hates Mondays, and February for that matter. Anyway, Garfield is 30 today! I bet some of you don’t remember what Garfield used to look like and how much he changed. Below is the first Garfield comic.
No, not the funniest, but hey, it was a good start obviously. Garfield always teetered on the border of youth and adult humor. I always found that pretty unique. I’ll leave you with what maybe my favorite Garfield comic. I wonder if he’ll be around for another 30 years…
For some reason, I feel the need to throw praise to Ric Martel. When he was “Model,” it was by far one of the best gimmicks ever. “The Model” was a bad guy, so he was a villain, but a model. Since villains lie, he suited himself with a button stating, “Yes, I Am a Model.” Sometimes, coming to the ring, he would be modeling some kind of fashion. Back in those days, wrestlers usually needed two jobs. They were a wrestler, but also something else (barber, real estate, officer of the law, etc…). Being a model enabled him to dress up as yet something else, modeling, while also wrestling (such as a tennis player). Another great addition to this package was that he had apparently invented a cologne. Again, because he was a bad guy, the cologne was described as “foul smelling.” He called it, “Arrogance.” To be old school and manly, he had it in an old fashioned spray can. Of course the real use of this foul smelling cologne was for him to bring to the ring and use against his opponent(s) at some point if need be. It became the cornerstone of the feud between he and Jake Roberts in the early nineties, when he sprayed Jake in the face with it, blinding him in one eye. A great part of the business back then were promos that the wrestlers would film. Ric Martel had several commercials for his cologne as his promos. The below was absolutely one of my favorites.
First of all, the beginning is gold. He apparently defeats his opponent and is ready with the taunting word, “practice.” I neglected to mention that he is from Quebec, which explains the accent. His theme music playing in the background, along with the handwritten name of the cologne is classic. Finally, he remarks about finding yourself, “in the royal box.” Wow, now there is a joke I’m sure went over most youngster’s heads. Delicious pun! Oh man, how we need wrestling to somehow fix itself so it can be more like this again.
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June 11, 2008
We are approaching Independence Day once again. We have a lot of things wrong in this country. Why should we celebrate? We’re going to celebrate because despite the mistakes we have made, we are the country that has changed the world. Although we weren’t the first democracy, we apparently set a standard for it, because it caught on like wildfire. We took down an empire and it was as if that whole method of running a country started to fade. Then about 170 years later, we saved the world. Now let’s remember who we once were. Maybe doing so would allow us to stop saying we’re that country and be that country.
Formerly a static page, evolution has made it a ...b-b-blog! I will leave stuff on here from now on and post links to arbitrary pages. Most of this stuff will be editorials about how I feel. Most of them are explicit, and you should be prepared for some language problems before you read...
Of course I couldn’t get some new gear without telling everyone what I thought about it – I like these for the most part, with some minor grievances as anyone who knows me would expect. So, my Shures (E2C) that I had purchased only last year somewhat died on me. They were supposed to be good too. I walked in to Circuit City and found these on the shelf. There wasn’t much of a selection, but I wasn’t going to grab these out of desperation. I googled them, they had pretty good feedback, so I nabbed them.
