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Friday, February 27, 2009 4:15 AM

Current mood:  blustery
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
Man, Lost EARNS the death(s) of their characters better than any other show on television. Maybe even Battlestar Galactica. Their deaths are permanent, too. Nothing like Heroes, which could learn a thing or two from Lost.
 
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Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:59 AM

Current mood:  cold
Category: Life
"You have dandruff in your beard?"

~Chuck to Morgan

"You're like the poster child for friendly fire."

~Casey to Chuck

That was one of the best episodes of Chuck in the entire series. I mean, Sarah has a fight inside a car with a female Triad member (who I think is a lesbian)! They use everything from a CD inside the stereo, the seat belt, and the airbag as weapons. Great heartfelt moment between Chuck and Sarah where Chuck explains how much Morgan means to me. It only demonstrates how lonely the spy life is. Alias did this to great effect and if you don't believe me, I invite you to watch a third season episode called "Remnants," where Sydney sees Will for the first time in two years. And how can you not love "Jeffster!"?

Got my Chargers gear (except for the beanie) today:


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The material is thinner than I thought, but I love it!

Today's Ash Wednesday and here are my thoughts on Lent:

I'm Catholic. It's funny, I used to always think (giving up something) was strictly a Catholic practice, but I've learned that it is for Christian faiths. I guess it's really just been habit to give things up for Lent. I did hear on the radio that some people are giving up Facebook for 40 days. Seemed a little odd to me. As I was taught, you give up something important in your life (not just junk food or stuff that's bad for you) as a way to emulate Christ's sacrifice. That may be incorrect, as I haven't checked into it much during my formative years. But it's how I practice the faith.

I'm giving up sending out texts. People can still text me, but I just won't reply. I figure it would help decrease the charges on my phone bill since my texting has picked up in the last couple of months and it's been outlawed while driving in California (which I've been doing from time to time). So that helps.

And yes, it is sacrilege to do the practice and not believe in any faith. It would just be mocking those who already do it regularly.

Anyone else have any thoughts?

Anyway, good times had by all...
 
I normally can't stand Ryan Seacrest. I don't think he's a jackass like Carson Daly or Jimmy Kimmel, but he's close. Anyway, the local radio station of 94.1 was playing in my car on my break and Seacrest tells this story of how he was at the gym last week. He prefaced it with questioning or really wondering why women would even like men given what he saw at the gym. He said that he saw a man drop his towel, stand at the mirror in the locker room, and started to blow dry his entire body with the blow dryer. Understandable that Seacrest would even ask the question of how women even tolerate men. Strange thing is that I've actually seen that happen at the LA Fitness I regularly go to. Guys will do some strange things in a gym locker room, man. I'm not that open with my body to do that.

Car's fuel efficiency is 33 mpg.
 
The album cover for Neko Case's new album, Middle Cyclone, is one of the best album covers I've seen in a long time. I even like the name of the album.

I may just have to get that next week, along with U2's new album.
 
-- Heroes still doesn't do it for me. The show, as far as I'm concerned, is still struggling. Sylar's storyline is boring and completely disconnected from everything else, a woman calls off her wedding because Ando -- a complete STRANGER -- tells her to, Hiro still refers to "destiny" as if it were some big thing (Word of advice? Show, don't tell) and it's not, Claire's emotions fluctuate wildly. And that's just the episode from a week ago. I haven't seen the previous episode from Monday. Frankly, I think the show's a complete mess.

-- Dollhouse was better from the pilot. But not by much. I still wonder how I'm supposed to be invested in Echo if her personality just gets erased every week and the shell is completely empty. Seems the episode's qualities entirely depend on if I buy the imprinted personality Echo gets stuck with... and the second episode plays more to Dushku's limited range. It can't continue like this, though, right? One of these days, Echo is gonna figure out what's going on in the Dollhouse, right? Seeing Matt Kesslar only made me miss The Middleman. The DVD has to come out in July?! I don't think I can wait that long. I hear Watchmen comes out around there so at least, there's something to look forward to.

-- Kate's death was shocking on the NCIS episode I watched (one out of a batch of four). Interesting backdoor there: the episode begins with Tony returning to work after a death scare, only to turn around and have Ari assassinate Kate. No one shows a shot to the head on television anymore and it was particularly gruesome and violent.

-- BMW nearly cuts me off this morning. Stupid piece of shit.

-- Going vegan for a little bit with Lent starting today, which is Ash Wednesday.
 
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 4:59 AM

Current mood:  breezy
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
I've watched a couple of episodes of Man vs. Wild with Bear Grylls on the Discovery Channel and I'm convinced he's completely insane. The show's very educational, though. Some people have said that Survivorman with Les Stroud is better, but for my money, Man vs. Wild is more interesting and entertaining. Survivorman is boring. Anyway, in the couple of episodes I've seen, Bear Grylls has eaten bear poop (no bullshit), termites, seagull eggs and, in the Belize episode just shown, snake meat and a nasty-looking whip scorpion. The guy ATE a scorpion! He's gone down ice tunnels and crevasses and scaled waterfall-laced rock cliffs. Crazy shit.
 
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:25 AM

Current mood:  bummed
Category: Life
The absolute highlight of my day so far: Paul just hit me in the balls. Good thing he's cute as a button, otherwise, he'd be tossed out on his little butt.
 
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Monday, February 23, 2009 5:16 AM

Current mood:  blissful
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
The Red Carpet Arrivals

3:25 PM (ABC): Phoebe Cates still looks hot, even as she's like 40-something! The dress on Miley Cyrus is too old for her. But I applaud the attempt to stray from her usual teen milleu.

4:05 PM (ABC): Everyone chooses red for the Oscars. It gets boring.

Amy Adams' necklace is weird-lookin'. The dress is great, but the multi-colored necklace ruins it.

The slit on Heidi Klum's dress is HUGE!

Taraji P. Henson looks great in a pleated dress. Amanda Seyfried in an orange-red number, which is a bit of a change.

4:15 PM (E!): Natalie Portman is in pink. I would find out later it's actually fuschia. But it's a very welcome change from the other colors of dresses. Simple lines, good shape, not spoiled by an overabundance of jewelry or a botched hairstyle.

4:17 PM (E!): Robert Downey Jr. jettisons the sneakers-disheveled look that was terrible at the Golden Globes for a classier look. That's how you do it at an awards ceremony, Robert!

Anne Hathaway looks stunning in a white (or silver) figure-hugging strapless dress. She's been on with her choices of dress in this awards season.

4:20 PM (E!): Evan Rachel Wood. In white. Wow. She looks like an old-style movie star, man.

Marisa Tomei has a gray-ish mermaid-style dress on. I love the lines and layers on the dress. Pales in comparison to the ridiculously skimpy outfits she had to wear in The Wrestler, but what can ya do?

4:26 PM (TV Guide Channel): What the frak is going with Beyoncé's dress? Bad color, strange patterns, just an ill fit for a gorgeous woman.

4:31 PM (E!): Meryl Streep looks regal in some kind of gray, off-shoulder number. But then, she always looks regal.

4:36 PM (E!): Marion Cotillard looks nice in blue. Better than last year's weird milky-colored number, where she won.

Angelina Jolie looks classy for once. Love the green snake earrings. Weird, but strangely appropriate for the dress.

4:44 PM (E!): Kate Winslet? Freakin' goddess. Beautiful two-tone dress in a gray-ish hue on one side and sheer black on the other side. Good with the asymmetrical, one-shoulder look. It's different. She's gonna win tonight.

4:52 PM (E!): Tilda Swinton looks terrible for the second year in a row. Beige formless top and black pants? Strange.

5:21 PM (ABC): Penelope Cruz is wearing a 60-year old dress? Yikes!

The Show

5:31 PM: Whoa! Silver sparkle on the outer rim surrounding a blue-lined stage? Weird. Like trying to blind everyone or something.

5:33 PM: First recession joke: "Next year, I'm starring in a film called New Zealand." Recurring theme for the musical number, which was lively.

5:36 PM: The whole Frost/Nixon parody with Anne Hathaway started out as a great unscripted moment. Or so it seemed. They go into rehearsed mode two minutes into the number. Did her dress change?!

5:40 PM: That was actually pretty good as far as musical numbers go. Mickey Rourke has a silver tooth?

5:41 PM: First error of the Oscars: the curtain doesn't open at the correct time for the first Useless Montage. You can audibly hear, "Steve, open it."

5:44 PM: Best Supporting Actress. Is Viola Davis going to pull an upset?

5:45 PM: Whoa! Whoopi, what is with the tattoo on your right shoulder?

5:47 PM: Nope! Penelope Cruz takes the award. I liked the whole "Five Past Winners" describing the current nominees. Would have been interesting if she did faint.

5:54 PM: Tina Fey looks awesome, as always. Steve Martin is Steve Martin.

5:56 PM: Interesting presentation of the Screenplay nominees. In screenplay format, sorta. Milk wins Original Screenplay.

"Don't fall in love with me."

How does Steve Martin pick these ridiculous movies when he could be funnier than the material he's given?

6:01 PM: Slumdog Millionaire wins Adapted Screenplay. That's a surprise.

6:25 PM: Curious Case of Benjamin Button takes Art Direction and Makeup. The Duchess takes Costume Design. All were expected.

6:39 PM: Jerry Lewis looks ooooooold!

7:05 PM: As ironclad a lock as there is: Best Supporting Actor... which goes to Heath Ledger for The Dark Knight. Family gives a nice three-headed speech and kudos to the orchestra for not cutting them off, which would be in really bad taste.

7:15 PM: Man On Wire wins Best Documentary Feature. Of course. That's going up in the Netflix queue.

7:25 PM: So basically, to the Academy, "action" consists of car chases and other vehicular mayhem? What?

7:27 PM: Curious Case of Benjamin Button wins Best Visual Effects. Curious...

7:30 PM: "Boom goes the dynamite!" reference. That's getting old, if you can believe it.

7:32 PM: Best Sound Editing goes to The Dark Knight. Best Sound Mixing goes to Slumdog Millionaire? Wow.

7:53 PM: Nice mixing of snippets from all of the nominees for Best Original Score.

8:00 PM: This is "Jai Ho"? "Osiyo" is a better song. Of course, "Jai Ho" wins.

They couldn't get Peter Gabriel to perform "Down to Earth"? John Legend pales in comparison to Gabriel.

8:07 PM: Liam Neeson is gonna make a great Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln. He's got the size for it and looks like Lincoln.

Departures wins Best Foreign Feature? Huh. Waltz With Bashir was the favorite going in.

8:16 PM: Paul Newman gets the largest ovation in the In Memoriam segment, rightfully.

8:21 PM: Reese Witherspoon looks good. Very few fashion mistakes tonight.

Danny Boyle wins Best Director. Usually means Slumdog Millionaire will win Best Picture. Hard to believe it was almost a direct-to-DVD release.

8:25 PM: Best Actress. What is with Halle's hair? The dress on Nicole Kidman could be better. She used to look so good at these things. What happened?

8:31 PM: Kate!!!!!!!!!!!! She finally wins. Not the most deserving role (I still think she is better in Revolutionary Road), but I'll take it. She's so out of breath that no one can make sense of much of her speech.

8:40 PM: Robin Wright Penn is leggy!

8:43 PM: Mickey Rourke looks like the coolest guy in the room. Of course, that still means he loses to Sean Penn, who earns his second Oscar in five years. What happened to spreading things around? First Hilary Swank does it in 2004 with her win for Million Dollar Baby (after winning in 1999 for Boys Don't Cry), now Penn.

(I think it's a small make-up by the Academy for snubbing Brokeback Mountain back in 2005)

8:53 PM: Predictably, Slumdog Millionaire wins Best Picture. Decent show. It was different and not much didn't work. They cut out the silly Useless Montages, which was nice. Instead, the Video Yearbook of various genres was a nice idea.
Currently listening:
Rockferry
By Duffy
Release date: 2008-05-13
 
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Sunday, February 22, 2009 4:58 AM

Current mood:  enlightened
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
"If cougar lady tries to get hairy, you could always tap out."

~Casey on Chuck

"You're banging my mom?"

~Morgan, to Big Mike, after the big reveal at the end of the episode of Chuck

It's a real shame that the big movie chains here in San Diego (and much of the nation as well) refuses to show any of the Oscar contenders in their theaters. I mean, I understand that you have to fill the seats in your multitude of auditoriums, but to have two theaters in San Diego showing the major contenders (The Landmark chain, which has to only specialize in independent films) is a burden on a lot of hardcore movie watchers like myself. It's simply ridiculous. I mean, I kinda saw it coming. I left at 1 for a 1:40 showing of Slumdog Millionaire at the La Jolla theater and I sorta recalled back to the Hillcrest showing of The Reader from a couple of weeks ago and realized that it was probably going to be crowded. Slumdog Millionaire has gained a lot of traction in the last month and most likely, the early showing was sold out.

So I get there and I see that the line is stretching out the door. As I expected. I had made the decision to see Slumdog instead of Milk last night so the 1:15 showing of Milk was out as an alternate. This morning, I made alternate plans on top of the alternate plans. The AMC theater across the street had a couple of films that I could see. I whittled it down to Taken or The Wrestler. I figured that Taken had Liam Neeson kicking ass and taking names, which is cool and all. The con is that it'll just be predictable and not entirely loaded with suspense. The Wrestler doesn't have the subject matter I'm particularly interested in (a washed-up pro wrestler tries to get by in life), but I don't know much about the film other than it's one of Mickey Rourke's best performances in two decades and that it's a Darren Aronofsky film. The ones where you have as little information as possible usually turn out to be unexpected gems, at least in terms of films.

So I go to the theater across the street. It was around 1:45 after I shopped for a little bit at the Tilly's nearby. I sat down and read Jeanette's biography novel that she lent me for a little while to wait. The showing for The Wrestler was at 2:10. Around 2, I got up from my seat and bought a ticket. Shame they took off Doubt, which was the last movie I saw at the theater. Doubt was quite good. They still had Revolutionary Road, though. I carried the book into the theater with me, which got some notice from the ticket counter girl. Who woulda thought a novel would be a chick magnet?

The Wrestler is very good. Very simple, very real, very heartfelt. It's unflinching in its hardcore depictions of that lifestyle. That adds to the gritty feeling elicited from the film. Mickey Rourke does really deserve his Academy nomination. His Randy "The Ram" Robinson character pulls no punches (no pun intended) and is honest and hardworking. Every scene he plays with the various characters in the film, whether it be his estranged daughter Stephanie (an absolutely drop-dead gorgeous Evan Rachel Wood) or Pam (Marisa Tomei, equally gorgeous and bravely willing to bare it all at the age of 44), the local stripper at the strip joint he frequents, is played with honesty and an air of goodwill. Randy is a good man at the core, a man who's had a bout of bad luck 20 years after the peak of his celebrity. Rourke carries the film on his broad shoulders. If he were more well-liked in Hollywood, it would be a lock for him to win Best Actor tomorrow night. More than anything, it's about a man who knows his place in life and while he tries anything he can to change his circumstances, he ultimately knows what his path is going to be like. It's not a likeable path, but I think he's okay with that.

Shame to my day that North Carolina got upset by Maryland. Oh well.

I finally got caught up on Chuck. I did maybe half of the 3-D episodes with the 3-D glasses that Khann lent me on. Since I'm already wearing eyeglasses to help with my vision, the 3-D ones are a little cumbersome, so I jettisoned them halfway through the episode. I thought it was hilarious in that episode that Chuck was hanging outside the elevator while Sarah and Casey were taking down those hot chick assassins. Or the constant Shawshank Redemption allusions.

Episode 2 involved a usual spy cliché: infiltrating suburban America. Only, in this case, the 'burbs was a cover for FULCRUM. It's a wonder how guys like Lester Burnham blow their brains out or guys like Leo DiCaprio in Revolutionary Road just want to leave the 'burbs. It's a soul-sucking experience having to interact with (and even fake act as) WASPs. When they're all clustered like that, it's like an everyday prison with little escape. Jenny McCarthy is still hot though, even as she's getting up there in age.
Currently reading:
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
By Jeannette Walls
 
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Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:42 AM

Current mood:  blessed
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
"What do you care? You're getting your freak."
"Hey, no one said anything about a freak."

~Penelope (Christina Ricci) and Lemon (Peter Dinklage) in Penelope

Penelope is a lovely film. It's weird, but not too weird; It stays with the plot and doesn't go into many tangents. It's sweet, but it's not overly tacky or sentimental. Doesn't make me gag from a sugar overdose common in romantic comedies. It's too quirky for that. Hell, one could say it's unconventional, which is a great thing. It's damned hilarious, too. Definitely worth a recommendation. I love the film so much right now that I'm seriously considering getting the DVD.
 
Battlestar Galactica was weird. Felt like a transition episode, which is deadly when there are only four episodes left.

Ally Sheedy was the Yin-Yang Killer on Psych, which was a great surprise. The episode was suspenseful for a change, which is something not often seen on Psych. Last week's "Killer Camp" episode was a stinker and the show rebounded with the season finale.
Currently reading:
Watchmen: The Official Film Companion
By Peter Aperlo
Release date: 2009-02-10
 
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Friday, February 20, 2009 6:43 AM

Current mood:  bored
Category: News and Politics
Wow. Woman has been married 23 times to set Guiness World Record.

One wonders: The two gay men she married, did she make them gay or were they gay before they married her?

Thanks to Laura for the interesting reading...
Currently reading:
The Glass Castle: A Memoir
By Jeannette Walls
 
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Friday, February 20, 2009 1:54 AM

Current mood:  bored
Category: Life
So I've discovered the first thing I've sorta not liked about the car: the insignia in the front juts out instead of being flat along with the grille. It's kinda unsightly. A minor thing. I'm sure I will think nothing of it tomorrow.

My team lost both games today. I can't remember the last time I even won a game on that court. The games were close, though. 15-13 and 15-14. Silly fucking turnover from me that last game cost us.

I can't figure out why some of the charges on my credit card are so high. The rates were steady for a couple of months, but then started spiking dramatically the last couple of months. I have to figure out what's going on...
 
I got a shipping notification from the Fox Sports Store on the Chargers clothing I ordered on Saturday night today. The notification indicated three items being shipped when I ordered four. Turns out the beanie I ordered was cancelled. No particular reason was given for the cancellation. It just said the standard "Orders can be cancelled for a variety of reasons." Um... thanks? What the fuck?! They can just arbitrarily cancel orders? I looked in the 'Trash' box of my email site and there was something sent from Customer Service informing me of the Cancellation. I just missed it is all. But it still peeves me that they did this. When you order something, you expect to get it! I went back to the store to re-order it and surprise! It was not there! All they sold were caps. All of the beanies were taken off of the site. Once again: What the fuck?!

I'm never shopping there again.
 
How can anyone NOT love Erin Andrews. She is the best. I'm not ashamed to say that I love Erin Andrews...
Currently listening:
The Singles 86>98
By Depeche Mode
Release date: 1998-10-06
 
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Monday, February 16, 2009 7:57 PM

Current mood:  bouncy
Category: Life
So. How did I get here?

During lunch yesterday, I told mom that I had today off as a holiday from work. She then tells me that we should go to Bac Te's tomorrow for a visit. I told her that we should just go today (Sunday) since it was clear and it was expected to rain tomorrow. I don't do well with driving in the rain and to do it twice in one day was not appealing.

So plans were changed. After I took a shower at 3, we packed up and left for Bac Te's. I drove to Upland in a crisp two hours then stayed for dinner at their place. At 8, I drove to Oanh's place. Will wanted to see the car and so he and I went to get boba. Reminder that I like the bigger boba balls instead of the mini ones. Most of the night was spent playing with Andrew, Lizzie, and Tiffany. Andrew's into this weird board game called Bakugan.

I stayed up late (as I always do) to watch Ultimate Recipe Showdown on Food Network. Interesting stuff. I thought for a second that the cooks had to do the same dishes for the signature round and the speed round, which would have been impossible. Seemed kinda plain to pick the woman who made a simple pork sandwich as the winner. The other dishes were infinitely more difficult, yet it seems the taste factor must have won the judges over. And I thought they combine the scores. It turns out that whatever dish from the two rounds gets the highest score wins. Weird. But I don't make the rules.
Currently watching:
Wall-E (Three-Disc Special Edition + Digital Copy)
Release date: 2008-11-18
 
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Sunday, February 15, 2009 6:37 AM

Current mood:  blustery
Category: Life
From Wednesday:
 
I finished Watchmen last night. Very good graphic novel. It's overly talky and doesn't have much action (and if Zack Snyder is following the book somewhat faithfully, it may not bode well for fans of the superhero genre), but the visuals are stunning. I'm wondering which part of the end is being changed in the film. The end of the book is very nihilistic and a pretty downtrodden way to end something. The last frames of the novel make the ending somewhat strange. I'm wondering if the film is keeping that or going in a completely different direction.

Scrubs was decent. Some funny parts. I don't know if other people are noticing, but the color palette of the show isn't as bright on ABC as it was on NBC.

I brought my boombox to work today. I'm hoping no one else notices. I don't know why I didn't do this before. Makes the day go faster just listening to music, even if it's at low volume.
 
From Thursday:
 
We really are Star Trek nerds here in the office. We had/have printers named "Gowron" and "Weyoun" and "Seven (of Nine)" around the office. Strange, I know, but as a Star Trek fan, I have a certain detached appreciation about it.

Dusty Springfield was British?
 
"The question is, "Do I have a 'God Complex'? Which makes me wonder if this lawyer has any idea as to the kind of grades one has to receive in college to be accepted at a top medical school. Or if you have the vaguest clue as to how talented someone has to be to lead a surgical team. I have an M.D. from Harvard. I am board-certified in cardio-thoracic medicine and trauma surgery. I have been awarded citations from seven different medical boards in New England; and I am never, ever sick at sea. So I ask you, when someone goes into that chapel and they fall on their knees and they pray to God that their wife doesn't miscarry, or that their daughter doesn't bleed to death, or that their mother doesn't suffer acute neural trauma from post-operative shock, who do you think they're praying to? Now, you go ahead and read your Bible, Dennis, and you go to your church and with any luck, you might win the annual raffle. But if you're looking for God, he was in operating room number two on November 17th, and he doesn't like to be second-guessed. You ask me if I have a God complex? Let me tell you something: I AM GOD... and this sideshow is over."

~Alec Baldwin in Malice

Well, having the internet down at home really sucks. I don't know what's wrong.

But anyway. A couple of brief thoughts on some of the shows from last night:

The Office ended "Lecture Circuit" relatively well. I actually kind of liked this episode more than the first part, though they evaded the absence of Amy Ryan quite well. You had to know that Michael's adolescent behavior was going to leak out sooner or later when he was told -- quite shockingly -- that Holly had moved on with another guy within the Nashua Dunder Mifflin branch. I just loved the way Mike can't hold it in anymore, starts to question A.J. (Holly's new boyfriend) during the presentation, then just collapses onto the floor and slinks quietly (and sadly, too) out of the room. Leaves Pam to try and pick up the pieces by doing a lame Forrest Gump impression and imitating the chain saw. He's dumb about a couple of things, one being the cutting of the sleeve on one of Holly's sweaters, but he is sly in operating a flash drive and taking that Dear Michael letter. Meanwhile, Jim and Dwight continue to screw up Kelly's birthday party. Frosting as a theme? Oh, Dwight... Or the superfluous C-plot with Angela's cats. That was possibly the most simulatenously disturbing and hilarious part of the season, with the possibility of what Angela licked to clean the cat (his balls) and how she coughed up a hairball. Hey, owners become their pets after a lot of time together, right? Oscar's talking head about Angela was brilliant.

30 Rock was just as brilliant and probably more funny than The Office. Liz's disastrous and drama-filled first date (on Valentine's Day, no less!) with Dr. Baird (Jon Hamm), Jack's Catholic excursion with Elisa, and Kenneth's hilarious "date" with a blind girl, only accompanied by Tracy because Kenneth is so stunned at the girl's beauty that he cannot talk around her.

What was Tina Fey wearing in that episode, though? That pink number may have shown much cleavage (and Liz has not been shy about showing cleavage throughout the series), but it was just plain ugly to me. The disastrous date (complete with cheese stew so bad that Liz has to use the restroom) is compounded by the revelation that Dr. Baird's mother is actually his grandmother and that his thought-to-be sister is actually his mother. It's like Chinatown! All of this revealed to Liz only! Jack's at some Catholic church with Elisa on Valentine's (Salma Hayek's character is quickly not working), although I find it interesting that they could have easily gone to St. Patrick's Cathedral right across the street from 30 Rock and the GE building, but did not. There's also a McDonald's on 46th St. and 6th Ave., so technically the plot could have stayed within the confines of the Midtown area. I just find it absolutely hilarious that they somehow worked Alec Baldwin's mesmerizing speech in Malice into one of the confessionals that Jack does with the priest ("I once pronounced 'I am God' in a deposition). Kenneth's plot had some hilarious bits from Tracy. I just can't remember them right now.

Then there's CSI. Pretty crazy stuff. Man slps and falls after getting into an assault with a woman employee whom he thinks stole cash from the drawer. He severs his spinal cord at the neck and dies, but not after killing a homeless dude by dumping him in the deep fryer and stuffing his body into an oil barrel outside. The other case involved a wife framing her husband and committing suicide by ingesting toothpaste, combined with wine that has been spiked (and part of setting up her husband).

Fringe was weird, again. Although, I didn't doubt that Olivia would have some kind of special abillity. It's like a scientific version of Alias now. Just without the action.
 
Today:
 
Geez. Internet's been down at the house since Wednesday and I feel disconnected from the outside world. Anyway, I think the internet connection is tenuous (at best) because I and Hiep do not have any idea what caused the malfunction in the first place so I'll try and get out some thoughts since work ended yesterday.

-- Why must everyone take the Washingston St. East exit? I was there last night coming home from work and like, two cars took the Washington St. West exit, leading to a small traffic jam on the East ramp. It was ridiculous. Does no one live in Mission Hills around these parts?

-- Um, who knew Isla Fisher was Australian? Or at least, she sounds Aussie. And Shirley Manson has a crush on Tom Selleck? Interesting...

-- Erin McCarley doesn't sound half as good live as she does on the album.

There Will Be Blood is still a strange movie. But I'm convinced more than ever that Daniel Plainview is just an evil bastard.

-- Khann was gonna come over and try and fix my internet problems, but he called at 6:30, saying he was still stuck at work with something for Reda to do. And it was raining hard by that time so we ditched the whole idea.

Today was an interesting day. I was woken up this morning by my cousin Sy, who wanted me to drive his car that was getting fixed from one of the auto shops in the Mission Gorge area to his home. So I had to have breakfast in the morning, ditch the idea of going to play football (because James hadn't let me know in any way if a game was on between yesterday and today), then tell him to pick me up at 11:30.

I've told people before that I'm uncomfortable driving other people's cars. Honestly, I still think it's a little strange. Handling something like someone else's car brings me out of my element. I mean, I had to drive Christine's car for a short time (the distance between the Campus Village Apartments and the dorms at UCI, which was about a mile) in college and I drove it like I was on eggshells. Here, it's a much farther distance in a car that I'm not overly familiar with. I also had trouble keeping up with Sy since I hadn't gotten out of my old driving habits the past couple of months with my new car. I don't rev the engine or ride the car as hard as I should. And Sy has this interesting four-panel rear-view mirror that allows you to see everything behind the car from every side of the car.

So after Sy drove me home, it was around 1. I called Julia, told her that I was leaving and to confirm directions to Coronado. I hadn't driven to Coronado in nearly seven years so it's somewhat unfamiliar to me. The drive across the Bridge was scenic and quicker than I thought. Maybe it just seemed quicker because I was sure of myself while driving across it, while the last time I drove over it, I was scared shitless since I'm not crazy about heights and I was driving it at night with four drunk people in tow. We really lucked out on a day like this, though. Cloudy, but there was sun and it was just a nice day to be outside. I met Will, Julia's husband, and Riley, Julia's dog. We walked to the Beach-N-Diner and got a table outside. Coronado has an idyllic lifestyle. Lots of seniors mixed with young people who were out on skateboards and bikes and walking their dogs. We had to get a table outside because Julia and Will brought Riley along. Honestly, it made for a better dining experience outside. I ordered a Big Woody, which sounded good from the description (it's basically like a Double Double without the In-N-Out spread), even if it sounded dirty (and somewhat appropriate for Valentine's Day). Julia had a Grilled Cheese, which was big, and Will also had one of the burgers but I can't remember which one. I loved the big Coke plastic cups they had. Mine was a root beer while Will and Julia had strawberry lemonade. Food was decent. Fries were oversalted and half the burger was enough to leave me stuffed. The order took a while to get to our table, too. The waitress came over three times to check if everything was okay. I know it's her job, but it really was bothering me. We were fine. It was not necessary to check so many times.

We then went next door to get Moo Time ice cream, which I guess was the basis of the whole trip. I love this place. I really do. I think it's one of the best, if not the best, ice cream shops in the city. The ice cream is so creamy and, at least in the case of the Mint Chocolate Chip flavor, really minty. I was going to get the Brownie Batter flavor, but they had apparently just taken the flavor out of the freezer and it was too cold to serve just yet. So the mint flavor was really a second choice. Really funny to see Riley lick the ice cream. I've never really seen a dog eat ice cream before. It's really too bad the Coronado shop is the only location in the city. And it seems we went at exactly the right time, too, because by 3pm, the place was packed.

We walked back to Julia's house and sat down to watch Man vs. Wild on Discovery Channel. I liked the episode so much that I went home to record the new episode on Monday, where "host" Bear Grylls actually eats bear poop for sustenance in the wild. The episode we watched had him surviving in the thick jungles of Panama, which had him eating a snake and grasshopper raw. He even ate some termites from a giant termite mound! He would really give Andrew Zimmern from Bizarre Foods a run for his money. Also watched a small excerpt of Dirty Jobs. Some of the stuff the guy does on that show is really out there.

Drove home at 5. Interesting to think that Coronado is only about a ten minute drive from my house. I was so tired that I knocked myself out at 6:15 and didn't get back up until around 7. I guess that counts as a midday nap. Mom ordered pizza, which was stiff and a little cold, and now, here I am.

Restored the internet after a couple of tries and spent about a half hour looking on Fox Sports Store for some Chargers gear on sale. Wow. All NFL merchandise was slashed like crazy. I ordered four items that, at normal price, would have totaled $108 and change. Add shipping and tax and the total would have been pushed to maybe $125. I paid $48 and change for the entire order, including tax and shipping. Crazy.
Currently listening:
American Beauty: Original Motion Picture Score
Release date: 2000-01-11
 
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009 2:24 AM

Current mood:  bored
Category: Life
The wait for Watchmen (the film) begins in earnest. If there was a line at my local movie theater, I'd be in it. I'm reading the novel (almost to the end, which I hear from various sources who attended the panel at New York Comic Con, has been altered) and am going to get my ticket as soon as humanly possible. I haven't even worn the souvenir t-shirt that I got at last year's San Diego Comic Con. I'm saving it for March 6th. What I can't decide on is whether or not to go to the sure-to-be-flooded midnight screening or to go after work on March 6th. Whoo! It'll probably end up being a Dark Knight situation, where I try to go the first day, only to end up going on the first Saturday morning showing. But I can't wait! They seemed to have made Silk Spectre II's costume much sexier in the film than what is shown in the novel. If they're going to CG the all-nude Dr. Manhattan (Billy Crudup), does that mean there will be liberties on the other nudity within the novel (Silk Spectre and Nite Owl share a sex scene in the middle of the novel, with nudity on the page)? I sure hope so, given what has been shown on the trailers. And how do they play Rorschach at the end? He doesn't even speak in complete sentences. He just states random facts... like Yoda. It's weird.

I tried watching a couple of episodes of NCIS last night. Eh. Since I'm spoiled on CSI, NCIS just looks and feels average. Everything about the show is so matter-of-fact. At least on CSI, Grissom knows he's a bit of a geek and plays Grissom that way. Following Gibbs (a pretty solid, if somewhat bland, Mark Harmon) is like following wood. I wonder if there's even a hint of a personality behind the guy, especially one that would get three women to marry him. DiNozzo and Abby are annoying. DiNozzo is overly cock-sure and Abby makes me wonder why she's even a part of the team, given that she doesn't look military at all. She's supposed to be quirky, I get that, but she shouldn't be showboating about it. The only guy, surprisingly enough, that's interesting to me is the M.E.: Dr. "Ducky" Mallard. Of course, like CSI's Doc Robbins, he's not in the episodes for much too long to make any sort of impression. I think it's kind of ironic that a show that's loved by a lesbian friend of mine started out for me with a jilted lesbian murderer storyline. That was the first episode of NCIS I ever saw.

I sometimes wonder how many trees I'm killing a day with how much paper my job uses up.
 
Apparently, it's NOT a a good idea to blow your nose while having a cold.

Huh. Who knew?
 
I played a really fucked up game. Can't make a fucking layup to save my life. We lost both. My feet probably have blisters on them. My right calf muscle feels funny. I have a bit of a stomach ache. I'm tired. I'm slightly dizzy. Feel slight tingle in the lower extremeties. I don't wanna do work anymore, but I'm under pressure to get 75 jobs entered into the system by Friday. I'm at Job 10. Oh, and I keep losing pens. Weird.

Fuck.

At least I have a good Erin McCarley song stuck in my head...
Currently watching:
Invasion - The Complete Series
Release date: 2006-08-22
 
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009 3:08 AM

Current mood:  cold
Category: Romance and Relationships
So I'm watching what I missed yesterday on The Science of Sex Appeal on the Discovery Channel. It's mostly stuff I already know from Neuropsychology courses and Social Behavior courses in college. There is one point that makes me question things: They say that a man's kiss contains small levels of testosterone, which is the main drug in sex appeal. The kiss then is quite crucial in determining compatability among mates because the female is also receiving this amount of testosterone when she kisses him. But how does it work with lesbian couples? The testosterone is absent. Right?

Bungee jumping looks fun. Terrifying, but fun! "Bungee" seems like a cool word to say as you jump off. It sounds funny so it may distract you from the terror that you're going to fall. They had bungee jumping on the program because the thrill of the sport delivers dopamine to the brain, same as the euphoria of having sex.
Currently reading:
Watchmen
By Alan Moore
Release date: 1995-04-01
 
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Sunday, February 08, 2009 8:59 PM

Current mood:  blissful
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
Unbelievable statistic out of the weekend box office: He's Just Not That Into You was the weekend champion, garnering $27.5 million, but also that 80% of the audience was women. Unreal. Now, that is a "chick flick." Bad sign that no Oscar contender besides Slumdog Millionaire (#7) made the Top Ten two weeks before the Oscar ceremony. Slumdog Millionaire is, of course, the odds-on favorite to claim Best Picture.

I bought the Erin McCarley album just now, being a little worried that it was $11.99 at Best Buy when the website said it was $9.99. It turned out to be $9.99. Whew! I like her voice.

It was nice to have a little bit of sun today after the dreary, rain-drenched couple of days before. Of course, the rain has come back.
Currently listening:
Love, Save the Empty
By Erin McCarley
Release date: 2009-01-06
 
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Saturday, February 07, 2009 7:06 PM

Current mood:  blissful
Category: Life
I tell ya, that was the best night of sleep I've had in a very long time. Totally comfortable, no changes in temperature, no pain anywhere in my body, and no sudden having to wake up from an alarm. Of course, part of this may have something to do with not having to go play football because of the wet conditions.

Just another Saturday, baby! I have a craving for a burger and fires, though.

Damn! Kristen Bell is frakking hot! Tiny, but hot. I love her laugh. Reminds me: I have to finish Veronica Mars one of these days.
Currently watching:
The Lord Of The Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Widescreen Edition)
Release date: 2004-05-25
 
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