So, look, I'm not really politically correct or uptight on this blog, so I must share this bit.
I've got Wheel of Fortune on in the background (it's on after the news and I'm too lazy to switch the channel), and Pat's introducing the contestants. The first is a burly guy who I don't care about. Next is a little Asian woman who is one of the most odd people I've ever seen. She's a major Wheelaholic, speaks somewhat broken English, and is extremely excitable. That's not why I'm writing this, either.
The final contestant's a woman in her late 30s, maybe early 40s. Pat introduces her as Tina Slutzky, and it's pronounced just as one would expect. I'm sure they talked, but I, unfortunately, could do nothing but laugh for a minute afterward.
Now that's a reason to post a 50th blog entry.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
Monday, March 06, 2006
Heh. Suck on that, Brokeback
Sorry, but it just seemed appropriate.
Also, I have to say I'm glad that Crash won solely because it's a film that came out in May of last year and bucked the tradition of waiting until the last few weeks of December to come out to be "fresh" in the Academy's mind. Look, if a film deserves to win Best Picture, it's going to stick because it's that damn good. Million Dollar Baby came out in limited release on December 15, 2004. It didn't open wide until January 28, 2005. Yet it won BP for 2004. Seriously, that's stupid. Crash was at a film festival in late 2004, opened in limited release in April of 2005, and then wide in May. That's how a BP should be, not like Million Dollar Baby, Return of the King (December 17, 2003, although it was following the trend the other LotR movies had), Chicago (December 27, 2002), or Beautiful Mind (December 21, 2001). Gladiator came out in May of 2000, but did anyone really expect that to get BP? I mean, really? It was supposed to be Traffic's year, which premiered in, can you guess? December 27, 2000.
Speaking of Oscar winners and such, I found myself watching Shakespeare in Love today. I only caught the last half-hour or so, but I actually enjoyed the production of Romeo and Juliet in the film. Also, Judi Dench fucking ruled as Elizabeth. The woman was in the film for six minutes and totally deserved the Oscar she won. I'd also forgotten how many great actors were in the film, including Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush. I'm debating on whether or not to watch the film entirely or not. I mean, the end part was good, but I vaguely remember the other hour and thirty-three minutes sucking hard.
Also, I have to say I'm glad that Crash won solely because it's a film that came out in May of last year and bucked the tradition of waiting until the last few weeks of December to come out to be "fresh" in the Academy's mind. Look, if a film deserves to win Best Picture, it's going to stick because it's that damn good. Million Dollar Baby came out in limited release on December 15, 2004. It didn't open wide until January 28, 2005. Yet it won BP for 2004. Seriously, that's stupid. Crash was at a film festival in late 2004, opened in limited release in April of 2005, and then wide in May. That's how a BP should be, not like Million Dollar Baby, Return of the King (December 17, 2003, although it was following the trend the other LotR movies had), Chicago (December 27, 2002), or Beautiful Mind (December 21, 2001). Gladiator came out in May of 2000, but did anyone really expect that to get BP? I mean, really? It was supposed to be Traffic's year, which premiered in, can you guess? December 27, 2000.
Speaking of Oscar winners and such, I found myself watching Shakespeare in Love today. I only caught the last half-hour or so, but I actually enjoyed the production of Romeo and Juliet in the film. Also, Judi Dench fucking ruled as Elizabeth. The woman was in the film for six minutes and totally deserved the Oscar she won. I'd also forgotten how many great actors were in the film, including Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush. I'm debating on whether or not to watch the film entirely or not. I mean, the end part was good, but I vaguely remember the other hour and thirty-three minutes sucking hard.
Sunday, March 05, 2006
Oops...
Wow, I know Feb.'s a short month, but I didn't realize that I'd neglected this for almost a month. So, again, oops.
I just had to post this, because it's absolutely classic and absolutely correct:
"Women, learn to work the toilet seat. You’re a big girl. If it’s up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don’t hear us complaining about you leaving it down."
Now, the other thing I wanted to say was that tonight's SNL was absolutely great. The past couple of seasons have been shit, but tonight's with Natalie Portman was friggin' great. The intro with Bush was fairly good, except the segue to "Live from New York" was weak. The monologue with Portman answering Star Wars questions was magnificent. Just perfect. The Jamba Juice sketch was alright at first, but awesome when the woman didn't want a boost and everything just froze. The Needlers sketch was shit. Yeah, that one sucked hard. Speaking of, the bit with Dennis Haysbert and Black History Animated Moments was fucking awesome. Wrong on so many levels, but great, still. Wow. The Larry King segment was meh. I missed most of Weekend Update. However, the Natalie Portman rap was brilliant. I mean, that was just bam--out of left field. The last bit, an infomercial for fire alarms that played 80s music instead of beeps was pretty funny, too. Overall, it was as close to an old school Will Ferrell episode as you're going to get there days. Definitely one to catch in reruns in you missed it this time.
I just had to post this, because it's absolutely classic and absolutely correct:
"Women, learn to work the toilet seat. You’re a big girl. If it’s up, put it down. We need it up, you need it down. You don’t hear us complaining about you leaving it down."
Now, the other thing I wanted to say was that tonight's SNL was absolutely great. The past couple of seasons have been shit, but tonight's with Natalie Portman was friggin' great. The intro with Bush was fairly good, except the segue to "Live from New York" was weak. The monologue with Portman answering Star Wars questions was magnificent. Just perfect. The Jamba Juice sketch was alright at first, but awesome when the woman didn't want a boost and everything just froze. The Needlers sketch was shit. Yeah, that one sucked hard. Speaking of, the bit with Dennis Haysbert and Black History Animated Moments was fucking awesome. Wrong on so many levels, but great, still. Wow. The Larry King segment was meh. I missed most of Weekend Update. However, the Natalie Portman rap was brilliant. I mean, that was just bam--out of left field. The last bit, an infomercial for fire alarms that played 80s music instead of beeps was pretty funny, too. Overall, it was as close to an old school Will Ferrell episode as you're going to get there days. Definitely one to catch in reruns in you missed it this time.
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