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I Fucking Hate Sex and the City
“$40,000 on shoes?”
I’m sorry. I know I’ve said this before but I feel compelled to say it again thanks to the movie’s media blitz. There are people I know and love who like this show, and I tried to like it but can’t. I’ve probably watched 10-12 episodes and while the show has its moments, and Samantha’s pretty cool, on the whole this is a quartet of astoundingly irritating people who somewhat embody what I hate most about New York.
And if I ever met “Carrie Bradshaw” in real life, I swear to God I would punch her in the face.
$40,000 on shoes? FUCK YOU!
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The Sole Reason to Be in a Relationship Right Now
“No need to talk to friends anymore.”
is so you can publicly declare your love and your subsequent break-up on Facebook, complete with whole and broken heart icons. No need to talk to friends anymore. And if you’re anything like me, you’re going to blog about it anyway. [Oh, and the other reason is a hopefully constant source of sex.]
We should walk around with icons like that floating above our heads or pinned to our shirts. Like Walken wagging his tail when he’s angry, you’d always know where someone’s head was at. Of course, it might be a little awkward say, coming home to your spouse with a shiny new heart icon above you. Or a broken heart. I’m pretty sure if people were that transparent, everyone would just stop getting married. Or perhaps not.
I want to say something pithy and clever and semi-ironic about love’s doomed optimism, but I just can’t. For some reason it hurts my heart to make fun of it.
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I recently re-watched “Tombstone” on cable and was reminded again of how fantastic Val Kilmer was in that movie. This is one of his strongest performances (though I loved him in “Heat“, too. That scene where he’s been shot and he gets out of the car, sees Ashley Judd standing on that balcony and his whole being just lights up. Then she makes that sublimely small gesture with her hand to warn him away and you see a flash of anguish before he turns and pretends to ask for directions.).
Tombstone in general has a great first half, a questionable middle (that scene in the rain?) and a great ending, but Val is really the reason to watch. It doesn’t hurt that his character is given genius lines like [in a Southern drawl], “Nonsense, I have not yet begun to defile myself.”
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“These may possibly be the most obscene pants known to mankind!”
Okay, B. and I are watching The A-Team “The Taxicab Wars” during lunch and we almost choke on our food when we get to 32:57.
Firstly, the guy on the right is the replicant from Blade Runner who flipped out over the turtle on its back question.
Far more importantly, check out Michael Ironside‘s pants!
Holy crap! Were the censors blind? These may possibly be the most obscene pants known to mankind!
You really cannot comprehend the full glory of these pants unless you watch the video full-screen.
32:57.
Folks, some things can’t be unseen.
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I have a ticket to see Built to Spill perform Perfect From Now On in its entirety September 26th. I am so freaking excited!
Not only because the music is so amazingly good, but because I’ve never seen them live before and have therefore never quite been able to reconcile the way Doug Martsch sounds with the way Doug Martsch looks, to wit: that voice with that beard.
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Vincent Moon and Arcade Fire Walk Into An Elevator….“[T]he crowd seemed really emotionally engaged with the music.”
Water Water Everywhere…. “Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.”
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
An extended version of Bon Iver’s La Blogotheque Take Away Show of “For Emma, Forever Ago” with three versions of the song and some very startled tourists. I think this is one of my favorite things in the whole world. Not just that the song is so beautiful, and is so beautifully sung, but that [...]
So, This Stephen Malkmus-looking Guy Who Went to High School with My Boss Wrote a Children’s BookA man once said, “Childrens do learn.” and I believe childrens should learn to dream big dreams. Even better is to dream arty dreams like a hipster might draw. This hipster author’s name is Dallas Clayton. Although I do not know for sure that Dallas Clayton is a hipster, he looks like this: And, I [...]
Matilde UrrutiaIt isn’t simply that you are loved gloriously, or loved beautifully. But rather that a pitch perfect expression of love for you sounds and sounds, Rises into the very air. Though the love itself may fade, I do not know, The poetry you inspire ascends, ascending Becomes stars and you, who are so loved, Look [...]
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The First Rule of Bowling Is, You Do Not Talk About Bowling“She’s from Utica.”
My National Leadership AwardDue, I have no doubt, to my total awesomeness, this morning I was awarded the honor of being an Honorary Chairman of the Business Advisory Council. This dubious distinction has been annointed upon me by the National Republican Congressional Committee and my local congressman Tom Cole. How fucking awesome am I?Oh, wait. Tom Cole is [...]
Last Year Was the Winter of My DiscontentThis year is swinging towards content. When I’m unhappy, I’m too hard on everyone, including myself. Nothing has to be declared, answered, found, decided. Process is everything. Relating to people is key. It would help if I were sleeping better. Last night I got about 4 hours of sleep. The night before, three. I feel [...]
Is This the Bandwagon?Our thoughts go out to the families and friends of the students killed at Virginia Tech yesterday. It’s a terrible tragedy which, if anything, illustrates the need for every human being to find a way to look past the option of violence as a problem solver. Now, onto John McCain’s crumbling campaign. Sure, we could [...]
RIP Alberto GonzalezBy historical precedents, the Bush administration is probably only approaching a “slightly elevated” level of second-term scandal related resignations. That said, we couldn’t be happier with the folks who’ve been jumping ship lately, insofar as there’s no chance we’ll miss them. Also, like Rove before him, Gonzalez can still look forward to potential prosecution.
