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11:32 PM, Monday,
July 7th, 2008:
I have to be
honest. This is a total horseshit entry - but there
was absolutely no way I could let Entry #777 not land
on 07/07. The one entry I'm working on that I
mentioned still isn't ready and there will apparently
be CBS news on Wednesday - so I have to resort to
randoms.
(sigh)
It's so weak to
have a 7 random entry considering the rest are close
to 15 a piece - but what the hell. 7 randoms in 777 on
7/7. Giddy-up, I think that's the
title...
1) So how many of
those "lucky couples" that got married on 07/07/07 are
still together a year later? LOL. I'm a jaded bastard
aren't I? I'll say 85% made it at least a year. In the
mad dash to get married before Donna's VISA ran out at
the end of June (literally the day before) I remember
being bummed it couldn't be 07/07/07 because I needed
all the luck I could get at that point. Ha! Yes, I'm
still in the funny/amused mode with everything. Give
it time... :-)
2) Single-bladed
razors. Who knew. It must have been 5 years since I
have used a razor with only one blade. In a moment of
clarity apparently I picked up one of those econo-bags
of yellow/orange razors and a funny thing happened.
They worked. They also didn't get all clogged up with
hair like even double edged razors do. Do you guys do
that? Where you have to beat the bitch against the
porcelain sink to get the hair out and there's always
still sommmmmmmmmme stuck in the middle that gives you
an uneven shave? Oh and the single blade seems to last
longer too. Like - Giddy-up. Oh and they're cheaper.
It's like this big scam. I used one of those bear claw
mofos - you know like 5 blades? What the hell already.
Seriously - grab a bag of the single blades and make
your life easier. Thank me later. ;-)
3) If we were ever
stuck in the 80s again, I think we would lose our
minds. Forget style/music for a moment. Technology has
so changed our lives that we're completely lost
without it. Matt (Bob Ross from the old Journey
board,a WTVN listener and oh of course DC - shit let
me get out of this parenthetical)... I have to repost
this picture, hell this is it's own
Random:
4)
LOL. That guy.
Luckily he lived in DC and I was able to stay with him
during the protest in '05. He was jumpin' up to say hi
to a friend (even though this is in the midst of a
screaming match between the anti/pro war peeps) and
got a "Step the FUCK off the CURB SIR" from the
policeman. His ass continued to try and "explain" that
he just knew the guy. The police man wasn't havin' it.
Ha. Good times. I literally laugh out loud every
single time I see this picture. Uhm, so back to
#3:
3b) Matt had
Burnout Revenge for the 360 and was willing to sell it
to me. This was agreed on I believe 2 weeks ago. But
because this was a physical transaction and not a
virtual one? We have been retarded to an incredible
degree (and I do mean that in the sense of being slow)
because our mind/soul feels this should be able to
happen instantly. My initial response is - well, can't
you just rip it and upload it and I'll burn it, then
I'll just paypal you? He doesn't have a paypal
account, ripping and re-burning is uber-time consuming
and may or may not work for the game's online
capabilities... so we were left with the 20th century
way of doing things which... requires a lot of
thought. I had to find a checkbook which I haven't
used in seemingly years, I then had to find a stamp?
WHat the hell are those? ANd wait, now it's 42 cents?
So I gotta get penny stamps? What the hell. And he has
to find packaging? and GO to the post office? Who does
that anymore? It was an absolute catastrophe for two
guys that are so plugged into the net we could barely
function. 2 weeks later we finally pulled it off. But
it will probably be the last time we ever do that shit
again.
5) As I mentioned
at the top, CBS is still an unknown. My source heard
from her source that by Wednesday we should know
what's goin' on. Which of course marks a full calendar
month since my frog jumpin' ass hopped all over the
office. Even for CBS, this is a little frustrating.
It's also what happens when you don't have a Friedman.
Having that one guy in a power position that above
all, just likes you? It changes everything. I'm very
grateful I absolutely killed myself in the final
season to make the product so professional for just
this moment, but in all honesty a Friedman is worth
more than the product. It's the truth of Hollywood we
all want to act like talent can override: Who you know
is more important than who you are in almost every
respect. So we'll see what happens Wednesday.
Gulp.
6) How on earth
did Disney release Wall-E? That was one of the most
anti-big budget movies I've ever seen and certainly
the most anti-crowd pleaser of Pixar's movies to boot.
All of which means of course I freaking loved it. The
crowd I was with were particularly silent however and
the kid next to me seemed bored to tears. It simply is
not what you'd expect and was about as risky a move as
I can imagine Pixar will ever make. It was an
art-house project with a shiny coat and I'm amazed
more people aren't panning it. I can see some families
walking OUT of this film. It's the Fantasia of our
generation and other than a few sweet romantic moments
between the robots and some action near the end -
nothing in this movie is anything like you've ever
seen in this genre. It's literally genre re-defining.
Forget the perceived preachiness about the environment
(which is way overblown, it was what it was - I don't
believe for a second this was a "lesson" move like
say, Happy Feet or the 2nd Ice Age movie) - this was a
very deep, dark, gloomy - intensely introspective
movie that will literally be college course material.
I also don't think it's gonna hit $200 million and
will be perceived as somewhat of a failure in the eyes
of many. As I said though, I thought it was inspiring
and incredibly entertaining. Oh and people assuming it
was anti-American 'cause the people were fat, (sigh),
they even explained in the movie that if you're in
space for hundreds of years you turn into goo. In fact
I read that the director's research found that people
would literally look like jello - but that was far too
disturbing so they just made 'em fat. To read into it
as some statement against America is ironically a bit
shallow. It goes well, well, well beyond that and I
believe only longtime movie lovers can grasp it. It's
like 2001: A Space Oddyssey boring the bejeezus out of
most audiences. Absolutely fascinating that Pixar took
this risk and that Disney didn't go apeshit over the
themes. Pixar is, bar none, the most incredible studio
on the planet and I am dumbfounded at how they
continue to...NOT repeat themselves. Their stories are
so fresh and inventive (*exception Cars which was a
complete rip-off of Doc Hollywood) with just the right
touch of magic and care taken with the details that
they're gonna be around forever. Crazy thing? I saw
tin toy (their first short) at a film festival in
Columbus in 1989. I remember trying to explain to my
dad what I had just seen, not knowing that it was
computer graphics that did it. I really just couldn't
understand why it looked so "perfect". 20 years ago.
Jesus.
7) I
thought nothing would be better for an
entry of randoms than a random song.
Ad-libbed, goofin' with a Harry Connick
Jr. song (which may have been a remake,
but I know almost every crooning song from
him first) and inevitably touching on the
two things that are pretty much ruling my
existence: I'm digging my space, and CBS
is driving me bonkers. Like I really
believe I'll here shit on Wednesday. LMAO.
I say it just so you guys know what it
feels like to constantly get pulled one
way and then slapped in the face. But
again, I'm still pretty darned happy just
bein' alive these days...
So unless there's
big news from CBS this week (there really should be,
but I indeed know better), I'll finally be able to
premiere what I've been working on so hard the last
month or so. Men, prepare the depends.
