Chester Copperpot!

The grabbing hands grab all they can
All for themselves, after all

I was recently made aware of a certain propensity of a person I know to watch a certain tv show and I must say that it borders on addiction. As I was thinking however, it might be better to be addicted to one tv show. Whenever anyone says they watch a tv show faithfully, I always think "you slave", and feel better than them because I don't really have a show. Then I realized that I'll just watch anything. Instead of spending one or two hours with a show I have an emotional/psycological/physical/gastronomical/palentological investment in, I will spend more time watching a bunch of shows that I have no reason to watch - they just happen to be on at the time. So as usual, I am proved wrong in my petty conceit, self-centeredness, and like of sharks.

Up All Night

If any of you is like me, and there are a few of you that are, Rob in particular, then you will be staying up late to watch American Werewolf in London. The show is on AMC, so for those of you without cable I will tape it for you, but I'll have to ask Smeagol which tape I can use first. So, I'll be up late on a Wednesday because the show doesn't start until 12:30 AM.

For those of you watched L*O*S*T tonight I will tell you what you think. I think we have a Star Trek clone going on. Have you seen the episode where the guys land on a planet and Kirk gets in a fight with one of his old friends, and they get strafed by German warplanes? Well also in the episode Kirk, and Spock are attacked by a tiger out of nowhere. Come to find out that on this planet anything you think is 'magically' manufactured for you pleasure, so the name of the game is controlling your thoughts. If you saw the show you know where I'm going with this. Is Walt some kind of magic child, perhaps his real name is Harry Potter, because there was heavy allusion to the polar bear in the comic and the gigantic polar bear that attacks him later. Anyway, as for any show it would be better if it had William Shatner, but I'll take it as it is anyway. Also, was the preview for a new episode or not?

Soggy Cookies

Does anyone else pack a lunch for work anymore? Or does everyone live so close to work that they don't have to? Or is your job the kind where your work won't get out of control if you leave? Well, in case you don't know. When you pack your Nilla wafers with a sandwich in a small rubbermaid container it is inevitable that you will have soggy cookies by the time you get to have lunch at 4:50 AM. Don't worry though, they still taste good.

The other day I was watching tv and I saw a show called "GED vs. PHD". It was basically wrestle mania except in the business world sense of lying and gain-saying, and nay-saying. I talked with The Reimbursor about this and I'm putting my money on the GED'ers because they've got the brawn and they were raised on the street - it's all good, baby, baby. For them It was all a dream, They used to read Word Up magazine.

When you wake up with the TV on

The word on the street is that there's this new dude in town buying up all kinds of explosives, but don't nobody know his name.

As far as the TV being on when you wake up, well, I guess I just think that is sad. So recently I watched King Arthur. It was exactly what I've come to espect from anything with Jerry Bruckheimerdinger's name on it - shallow plot, shallow relationships, over-emphasized action and sex, and brainless twits saying cliche lines. If you can possibly overlook these things you might enjoy this movie. You also might enjoy Gigli.

Interestingly enough, there is still snow on the ground. Yesterday I discovered that I could run and jump as high as I can and fall face first into the snow and not be harmed. I can also do a flip, and a twist into the snow without the least harm. And it is surprisingly easy to tackle my wife into the snow with no adverse reprecussions. I also tried to declare today "SNOW DAY", but I got laughed off balcony.

In conclusion there is no downside to the snow, or monkeys.

PS - I didn't get to watch LOST tonite. What happened?

So much SNOW!

Over the past 3 days we have gotten about 3 feet of snow, and to make matters worse in those same three days I still have not purchased a 4 wheel drive vehicle. On a brighter note, I did realize that between both of my cars I do have 4 wheels that drive, but neither a Camry or a Civic will make it up a hill with 6-8 inches of fresh snow it. So I don't really know how I'm going to get home from work today, especially as I just barely made it to work this morning when it hadn't been snowing. I guess I'll walk home, uphill, in the snow, barefoot, with no coat, and no food, and no watch.

I also watched several movies this weekend. 1. Resident Evil: Apocolypesea - for fans of the game it was pretty good. It was great to see scenes pulled right from the game, and for them to try to make the "Clare" girl look like she did in the game. 2. Not Another Teen Movie - Well, I laughed, but I'm glad I watched it on tv. 3. Better Off Dead - This was the first time I watched it, and it was funny. Especially the mom. 4. Hero - Pretty good, but slow in places, and colorful.

Well, that's about it. I'm at work, so I should probably stop blogging and do my job.

Garden State

I watched yet another yesterday as part of my new year's resolution to watch at least one movie worth twenty dollars a day. I watched Garden State. For those of you who are aware of the late Zach Braff you would probably enjoy this movie since he wrote it and directed it. As I was not aware of him except by name until this movie, its possible that I might try watching his show now, since I liked the movie so much I watched it twice in one day instead of doing the dishes and cleaning the bathroom.

I don't think I need to explain what it is about, all I will say is that it has a lot to do with dressing up in garbage bags.

So here's my latest dilemma: What am I going to do with all of those movies I own with questionable material when I have kids? I mean, do I really want my kids watching all of the butts in Much Ado About Nothing.


Also did anyone catch LOST last night? What is with the little plane? And how come they all can't get along?

A Tale of Two Movies

I watched two movies in the recent past. The first one was Around the World in 80 Days, with Jackie Chan. If you haven't seen it and you are in need of some bizarre, unexpected humor. Try this movie. It reminded me of Shaolin Soccer at times, because it so strange, but funny. I wouldn't buy it, but it is wierd.

And tonite I watched Shaun of the Dead, the british pseudo-spoof of zombie movies. I say pseudo-spoof because it wasn't like Spaceballs, but it also wasn't your typical zombie movie. It wasn't for everyone though, if you know what I mean. There was one really gory scene, but it was hard to be disgusted because I was laughing so hard. I guess that in England they cuss more too.

As far as recommendations go if you want to watch a somewhat strange movie you could watch either of these. If you want to watch it with your kids, or roommates go for Around the World. If you are by yourself try Shaun, but not in the dark because even though Shaun gets to beat on zombie with a cricket bat they would still be creepy all alone in the dark.

Sharks and Whales

Sharks and whales freak me out. In fact the ocean is just kind of scary in general. That said, I am fascinated by it. I just spent some time looking at pages dedicated to catching sharks and other large fish, and I must say it would be a huge thrill to catch a shark and eat it. If anyone else wants to do this with me, just wait until I am wealthy and we'll go catch us a huge mako shark and have steaks for a month.

Take a look at this : http://www.sharkfishing.us/default.htm Imagine the smell of that thing. I wish I lived by the ocean.

Also, since I am the only one blogging at the moment that means I have the final say on what is cool, and I say hammers and the color green are cool.

New Year's Blog

The first blog of a new year has special significance especially because I just watched a trailer for XXX: The State of the Union. This is yet another Vin Diesal movie sequel that does not star Vin Diesal. Now as we all know, 2 Fast 2 Furious was not a bad movie, in fact, it was pretty funny, but without Mr. Diesal it will not be remembered as the classic that its predecessor is.

I also just watched The Kingdom of Heaven trailer and I would agree with Smeagol on this one. There is too much Orlando Bloom. And I don't really believe that he could beat up anyone without elf powers, he is too little. Ridley Scott should have tried to get Russell Crowe to reprise.

As far as the new year goes. Well I just hope that at some point I am able to play Diablo II again. That is my major goal, and New Year's Resolution.

There is nothing to do in the middle of the night when you can't sleep and Law & Order doesn't come on for a couple of hours.