Weekend TV

Nothing particularly exciting about this weekend but somehow TV shows found their way into a lot of things.

Saturday I watched my first blu ray movie at Aisha's:
It was kinda like watching a movie in IMAX, after a while you just watch the movie and forget how freakin clear everything is. Unless I'm watching something like an anime movie or CSI: Miami where the colors are crazy vivid the luster of the experience takes a backseat to the story.

Sunday brought the season finale of Entourage:
This is probably one of my favorite shows to watch but I don't like admitting it since most guys who rave about this show are douches. To me, that particular public fanbase has created some perception that you have to be a shallow alcoholic fratperv to appreciate it...and that's just not true. Any kind of perv can relate to this show. And in all seriousness this has been the best season of the show since season 2. It'll be worth owning on DVD, assuming I have a job by then.

Just to let you know, I don't have HBO or even a TV of my own for that matter. Everything I watch is either on Hulu or through Sidereel because my little powerbook can't even handle the HD quality of many a network's flashsites.

Anyway, after Entourage somehow I came across the newest Futurama movie. I wasted money on buying the last 2 straight to DVD movies when I was in Hawaii. They were both pretty far cries from the awesomeness of the series but I heard the latest one was supposed to be a lot better. Of course, I heard the same thing about the last one so I opted to just watch it online instead of wasting another $20. Turns out this WAS the best of the the 3 so far and the only one really worth owning.

Bender's Game:
Not funny like a movie but funny like the show. I just wish the show was still on the air.

As a matter of fact, every show I've gotten into so far has resulted in more of a posthumous appreciation than an ongoing relationship.

Firefly


Futurama


Cowboy Bebop


And most recently,

Las Vegas (via TNT)


Cancelled. Cancelled. Cancelled. Cancelled.

My friends know this and they've told me to stop watching their shows for fear that they might be cancelled due to my attentions. But being jobless affords you all kinds of time so I dunno.
Yeah that's right. Just watch your back Fey.

The end of an Era

Today I bid a final farewell to my, now broken and still only, pair of Timberlands. The outsole has come unhindged, flapping about and I'm walking around like a clown. A sexy sexy clown.

They were a birthday present to me from my mother and the first day i wore them was on my birthday, April 27th, 2000. It also happened to be Mason Day at GMU and performing on stage in front of our little library was non other than RUN DMC. My new boots helped kick my way through guys twice my size and at least 5 times drunker than me to reach the front of the crowd, within spitting distance of the stage.

When it was over, there were so many scars, stains and scuffs on my new birthday boots that I didn't know whether to feel happy or sad. And as they have served me well everyday since, I'm again unsure whether to feel happy or sad.

In any case, both my spirits and my perceived height will drop without you and I'll literally have to watch my step now that I don't have your steel-toed support.

Goodbye Tims.

Putting the "ass" back in assistant

I LOL'd at the double entendre and then realized that it got sent back to me. Auto-denial by way of "Delivery to the following recipient failed permanently" burns just as much as it would hearing it from a woman.

Also, I really need a job. I should be making these horrible jokes in the workplace like a jackass and not on the internet like a loser.

It was a slow day.
Don't judge me =/

Quantum of So-So

It wasn't Casino Royale. It had some elements but it wasn't the big action blockbuster CR was. Even though I thought the women in this one were more attractive, the part that convinced me that this wouldn't measure up to its predecessor actually came early on in the film. Namely, the title sequence.

One of my favorite parts of the last bond movie was the opening credits with the incredible track from Chris Cornell.

This one had some cool work by MK12. But in combination with the Jack White & Alicia Keys piece, it didn't really pull together as memorably as the last one did.

When all was said and done, I left the theater thinking about only one thing really...
Yeah, that's right. I thought it was cool. Suck it purists.

Bend it like Buddha

Just finished watching the final season of Avatar online (you can do those kinds of things when you have no job).

I have to admit, it was actually pretty good. I started watching the show with my nephew because there's only one TV here and I guess it belongs to him. But for a nicktoon aimed at 9-14 yr olds, it's got some depth. I really dig the whole eastern elemental martial artistry and the miyazaki anime style storytelling is so clean that even if there were no story it'd be at least fun to watch.

But there WAS actually an epic and engrossing story. The writing was good and the characters were enjoyable. You have to give the series creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino credit. Who else would've imagined a group of kids with elemental powers setting out to save the world?

Hey wait a minute...

Buuuut then again...
I guess the moral here is:

It doesn't matter who you are or what your talents may be, you can change the world...

...as long as you're some variation of asian. Preferably Chinese.

Unemployment Guide

Step 1:

Use furniture arranger tool on studio apartment website to compose a bland, ikea-inspired layout.

Step 2:
Find dream job to fund unrealistic expectations.

Step 3:
Settle for whoever will take me.

Step 4:
Whine about it.

Step 5:
Move back to Hawaii.

Did you hear the one about the election?

Riddle me this:

What do you call the idealistic fool who leaves the paradise of Hawaii for the eventual POSSIBILITY of a job in Washington DC?

Answer:

Mister President.

There's probably a real joke in there somewhere but I'm still too inspired to think of one. Congratulations America.


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