anon. Quote of the Day

"Now I know how you feel to introduce someone to greatness."
re: The Wire


Step 2: Creating greatness whilst acknowledging an understanding of it.

Step 3: $elling greatness and reevaluating just what greatness is.

don't even know the meaning of life/ain't seen a thing/and you dreaming/flooding the scenery/with yayo and greenery/but for now, you stickin’ em with the heavy machinery.”

garfield minus garfield

http://garfieldminusgarfield.net/ contrib by MR

photo by dp (90046)

This is the kind of thing I really dig (note the one g), as I am a devotee of the existential struggle my high school English teachers taught me about with the help of Camus and Sarte.

Hope you're LOL'ing by now. Happy HUMPDAY, stranger.

Planning for the Holidays without a destination

Thanksgiving in LA...fine by me, though it seems much realer in the New England setting I came to know and got used to. But at least here I can get nice and toasty before after and during eating. Last year we watched AMERICAN BEAUTY, instead of my traditional T-giving favorite THE PRINCESS BRIDE. Is it just me or do the Patriots never get a turkey day game? So sick of the Lions/Cowboys...what's that? Oh, Seahawks/Cowboys this year. Whup di-fucking-doo.

Christmas time in LA...No...please in the name of Science, Noooo! But alas, that will be the case. I plan on watching the entire 6th season of OZ, some SIX FEET UNDER, and possibly taking an overnight drive to Vegas where I can get this monkey off my back (he likes betting on football and the C's). A Chicago New Years may be in order, as might a Saint Diego excursion. MISSING: Article - How not to squander xmas bonus in matter of hours

What matters most is getting some idea while it's still '08 just what the hell I want out of '09, other than the usual laughter, love, pizza and smoothies. I want to write a fucking pilot, and I want to fucking sell it or make it myself. Boom. 12 months to accomplish that??? Stallone wrote ROCKY in three damn days.

too many act ones, no act threes. may the spiked eggnog show me the way from fade in to fade out. i'm going to turn to the Winters brothers and their legend to make this Winter a good one.

Actor Salute: JK Simmons

(as General Anderson in season two of Arrested Development)


J.K.: (leaning back in his chair, suggestively)
Maybe if you go...downtown.

Lucille: I haven't done that in 25 years...

She commences to sing the song "Downtown," though the General looked like he wanted a hummer.



This was the first moment I realized two things: Hey, I've seen this guy before in Spiderman. And hey, he's pretty good! Now that I watch "Oz" where he plays the defininitive villain of the show, a nazi with a penchant for rape, you really get to see what range he has and why he may never have trouble getting a job again.










(from the Sports Guy Bill Simmons):
"Semi-related note: I always get e-mails from readers wondering if my list of "favorite rewatchable cable movies" has expanded to include anything from the last few years. Actually, I have two additions: "The Departed" and "Little Miss Sunshine." You can jump in with either movie at any time. I also like the first 75 to 80 minutes of "Knocked Up," basically everything up until after Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen make the Vegas trip. (After that, it turns into a straight chick flick and bangs home the typical "If you're a dude, you have to lose your friends, your self-worth and all of your quirky traits to find true love" lesson that makes me want to punch Hollywood in the face.) I like the first 80 to 85 minutes of "No Country For Old Men" until Josh Brolin is talking to that girl at the hotel pool. Then I can't flick channels fast enough. And "Juno" has some serious potential if only because Vern Schillinger plays Juno's dad, and I keep waiting for him to rape the guy who knocked up his daughter. Is that one of the deleted scenes in the DVD? "

The more things Change...

Some would call last night and today Historic, and that it may be. Many are jubilant, almost as many scared. From 1865-1965, our country grew and a lot got worse and a lot got better. From 1965-2008, the country has hit a benchmark many never expected to see. Yet, from 1983-today, I have come to understand that nothing is black and white in this world because we don't even understand how our perception was formed in the first place and what humankind's truest capabilities are...But one thing remains a constant: When there is a celebration, I order pizza.

lol

http://defamer.com/hollywood/joaquin-phoenix/joaquin-phoenixs-mushrooms-kick-in-on-red-carpet-135381.php

I post old Joaquin news to distract from new news. Who knew(s)?

A disturbing birthday/Halloween weekend

I had fun, but the shock, trauma, and liver damage will last a lifetime, if not a short while.

Aside from Jack Daniels, Blue Moons, and the occasional Pink margherita, the #1 culprit for it all would be:

ADEBISI

Man he's terrifying...until you read his imdb bio, which takes the edge off like an oxycodone the size of Mercury. Taking baby steps toward the next episode despite warnings that it ain't gettin any tamer.