Everyday Is Like Sunday
You catch her eye. Whip your hand up in hello. She gives you the cute asian cat face. Woop!
There’s just something about cute asian girl poses that are so cute. I just can’t get enough.
Easy Like Sunday Morning
Well, the Rapture has come and gone, and I’m still around. But so are you. And everyone you know and everyone you know knows, ad infinitum. It didn’t happen and it was all a joke. A joke conducted by a true idiot.
If I was to be left behind, can I get a cute girl to spend damnation with? Holla, to the cute asians females out there.
Bridesmaids
Walking into Bridesmaids I believed that it was going to be a female Hangover. The movie poster and the television advertising led me to believe that. It wasn’t. It was more along the lines of a female Knocked Up except without the vagina. What I’m saying is that it was more subtle than any bromance. It had the introspection of the lead looking trying to find a path forward. It was, as old movies of this genre would be called, a women’s film.
There was some raunch. There was no Vegas.
They let the women be non-glamorous except for Rose Byrne. Remember when Rose Byrne was the frumpy one? Yeah, she’s come a long way and I am happy to see her get a big, important supporting role in a high profile summer movie. Yes, I know that she was in one years back, but I’m glad to see her get glammed up.
You know who produced this movie? Judd Apatow. And you can tell because they weren’t afraid to take a comedy that could’ve been about 90 minutes into the 120 minute zone. Yup, it was long and you can tell that it. At least it wasn’t 150 minutes because I can imagine them taking it to that time limit. This is where the movie sligthly failed.
The funny didn’t really happen much after the 1:00 mark. The raunch from the early part disappears and it becomes slightly serious. Who knew? The film makers, but not the marketers. They must want a hti really bad to fake out the moviegoers.
3 of 5 stars.
I Just Can’t Stop It
All this talk of Rough Riders led me to purchasing The (English) Beat's first album, I Just Can't Stop It, from iTunes. Originally, I was going to get Rough Riders, but I had to commit to a classic 2-tone ska album. Let me tell you this is a fine album. You can't Beat it.I only listened to The Beat in compilation form — the best of the best as compiled by purveyors of pop music. This means I've only heard two of their songs, Mirror in the Bathroom and Sooner or Later. Of course, I'm hearing them also on the Trojan Records ska compilation, but most of that is live material consisting of covers. I've not heard their original stuff as put out in the second, 2-tone, ska wave.Listening to this album is a revelation. It's very close to sounding like ska from Jamaica. Yet, it is 2-tone ska. You can't beat the sax on this album or the rythms. Yeah. I can't believe I hadn't heard this album in it's entirety until this year. Is The Specials first album as energetic, too?
Quote of the Day [5.18.11]
"But, Marge, that little guy hasn't done anything yet. Look at him. He's going to do something and you know it's going to be good."Homer Simpson, The Simpsons, "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" [4F08]
Mash It Up
There’s a hole in your pocket! Paralyzer! Paralyzer!
Yes. This is the tune! If this don’t move you, I don’t know what to say. You may be dead. Get thee to a hospital then. Get two aspirins, call me in the morning, and we’ll get some Bloody Marys. It was a hard night. Last night. Feel so broke up today.
Link of the Day [05.17.11]
Software patents. They seem to be handed out like candy. They can be used like a nuclear bomb.As a software developer, I approach the idea of software patents cautiously. I wonder if they are a good or bad idea. My gut feeling is that they are a bad idea — stifling innovation, mainly. In-app upgrades?! Sometimes they seemingly obvious in their implementation that you believe a monkey could've come up with that. One-click shopping?! Software patents are around because the patent office is lazy. They can't be bothered to find a prior implementation of most pending patent submittals.Software is fuzzy. Patents on it seem to be too general to be of value. The patent system needs to be fixed.http://patentabsurdity.com/
Genre Death
Manga is dying in America.TokyoPop is defunct. Del Manga is defunct. CMX is defunct. The biggest purveyor of manga and the original pusher, Borders, is hanging by a thread. Manga is withering away. It makes my weekly stops at the local big chain bookstores rather depressing. I can't rely on them having any good manga in.It's very sad.