Buy This Now! Part 98.68

Now here’s a product I can get behind! Beer! It’s what’s in my hand. Not really but beer is always good. And sharing with a young hottie is even better.

Once again, buy things based on the hotness of the girl in the commercial. So run, don’t walk or drive to your local bar and drink, drink, drink all the beer you can. It doesn’t have to be a Heineken.

Buy This Now! Part 23.24

This girl is hot. The car or whatever you call that thing. Not.

I suggest you buy things based on the hotness of the girls in the commercial.

I’m at my local Lexus dealer.

Listen! With Tabs!!

I think this is their best song yet. I’m thinking it’s their “Lost My Music,” a song I first dismiss but then absolutely love. It also helps that it’s easier to play on a guitar than any of their other songs. O, Mio, why must you write such cheese ball fun songs?

Kick Ass

Kick Ass is much better comic movie than I thought it was. I was reading Twitter and reading Roger Eberts tweets defending his trashing of the movie. It was basically the internet telling the old man to STFU because his views were too old. I couldn’t believe it. You can’t tell Ebert that his views are too old. I got to watch this movie.

So I had some expectations. I’ve already thought The Dark Knight was overrated. I was expecting more of the same.

Except it was different. Hard to explain. But I think it was very much steeped in comic books and comic book movies. Didn’t take the medium too seriously. Adam West as Nic Cage made me laugh. There was some music I recognized from some other movies.

I think I want to watch it again.

4 of 5 stars.

Thing Thrown Away vol. 2: Electronics Division

It was moving day. I was up early because I had to help mom junk some stuff mostly electronics that have seen their day. Betamax! Eight track! They have to delete it all, because these are all done obsolete technology. Good riddance!

The first stereo my parents bought for themselves when they came to America. It has stereo FM, an 8-track and a phonograph player. We’ve moved this stereo house to house. From the house in Crownsville, to the apartment in Catonsville, to Cedarhurst and on to Greenspring, it’s been there. I remember Elvis on an 8-track. I remember the 45s played on it with a weird adapter that I used as my beta-capsule. Bye bye old technology. Bye bye. (Isn’t vinyl making a comeback? When are cassette tapes?)

We chose the wrong technology. Not VHS, but Beta. Why? I have no idea, but I think we trusted the Sony name more than any of the other fly by night companies. Whatever happened to Sony?

Embraced

Good and tasty dream last night starring the ur-girl, I.

We were having our 20th class reunion.

We meet up before.

She is much more friendly reminding me of our good times together. We’re touching each other, embracing, kissing, flirting. We make plans to go to the beach.

The reunion is a success. Lots of 80s. Out and away from the city. Long drive.

I disappear from the party for several hours all the time worried that I will miss her. I do. I keep waiting and hoping to get back to the reunion. I need to get back to hugging and the holding. I keep thinking of her.

She’s still as young, fresh and innocent as I remember. She hasn’t changed one bit from my memories.

I get back to the reunion which is winding down. We’re talking chatting with classmates. We’re really friendly with each other.

The morning after we’re having breakfast at a big table. I’m holding her. She’s smiling and laughing. We’re at a big table across from a classmate. The table is still a mess from the party before. You’re so far away. I think this table can move out a bit so we can slide to the middle. We move closer to our classmate all the while in an embrace, my arm around her waist and her head gently resting on my shoulder.

We’re a couple in my dream flushed with that early rush of love.

Things Thrown Away vol 1

Don’t remember the date. Must be sometime in 1995. Look at those pars! And how I closed out strong. I remember the last hole. Flopped the approach right up close to the pin, but the yips kicked in.

Link of the Day [4.15.10]

Dear kami-sama,Please come to the east coast and let us witness your splendour. Or on the other hand, I'll go visit cousin Bob in the HI just to watch a movie.Thanks to kami-sama,
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Oh, snap! The english dub of Haruhi Suzumiya no Shoshitsu coming to the United States. You can watch it legitimately in SF and in Hawaii when it comes out this summer. I can't wait. Sweet, Nagato! Sweet, Asahina-san! Sweet, Suzumiya-sama! This is some good news.http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-04-15/bandai-entertainment-adds-the-disappearance-of-haruhi-suzumiya