Amazing Race Live Blogging Season 16

broderic on March 1, 2010

I can’t believe I’m resurrecting this hoary old trope. What’s it been seven or eight races ago? Yet still it’s fun. Better than tweeting it because no one reads my tweets except for the vast twitterverse.

Folgers taste like shit. Just like Dominos pizza. Except that’s all I’ve got.

TAR starts out in Chile. Hope the country can survive the latest earthquake. Good luck to the chileans and to the racers.

That gnome! Scares me.

Hospital! You can’t let the runs stop you!

Those folksy cowboys have it in the bag. It’s theirs to lose. You heard it here first.

That gnome! Poker face! Dudes. All in!

Cowboys got in the bag.

Come on asian girl. Do it!

Did I miss the cute girl who got eliminated last week?

Also doing laundry. When’s my drier load gonna be finished? I dont want to be up all night.

Be a cowboy? Aint we all trying to grow up to be one?

Had to fold some whites. What did I miss? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?

Nope. Those girls are done.

Dudes cant hit that polo shit straight. And how come the asians are fourth? Who was second?

Girls can’t hit. Do the random search. Too bad.

Dating models. That just brings the hate, right? Was that Blue Steel? Or magnum?

Sorry girls.

Good night. I have no idea what happened. Or who to root for, but I’m liking the cowboys and not the dating models. Blue steel!

Link of the Day [2.26.10]

broderic on February 26, 2010

Did you know that Akira Kurosawa would’ve been 100 years old this year if he had lived? I didn’t.

The best way to celebrate is to watch one of his films. There are many to see. You could spend a month. So why don’t you?

TCM is honoring this illustrious director by showcasing his films all March. Every Tuesday evening a veratible smorgasbord of awesome is being shown. I know you have it on DVD or BluRay, but watching on TCM is great. You’ll get a running commentary before each film. You’ll do your own running commentary.

http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=290029

BrowserMetrics Annual Oscar® Pool in iMax3D™

broderic on February 26, 2010


Once again. It’s that time of year. I know you movie goers love it. OSCAR POOL time!

But before we get to the ballot and the ceremony, we have to always visit the Science and Technology Awards, the Geek Oscars. This year they had the lovely Elizabeth Banks host the awards. If I could, I would include a question about the Geek winners in the pool. I usually can’t figure out how to squeeze that in plus it’s always too late by the time I remember when they do that.

Here’s the direct quote of the rules. You’ll remember them from last year.

Make your choices.
Select one from each category.
A category has points assigned to it.
If you correctly predict the winner, you receive the assigned points.
At the end of the night who ever has the most points wins.

Tie breakers:
1) Closest to but not over the number of people in the US who watch the telecast
2) Pick names from a hat

There are 24 categories. Points break down is as follows:
Best Picture, Animated Feature: 4 points each (8 total)
Actor, Actress, Costume Design, Makeup: 3 points each (12 total)
Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Best Director, Art Direction, Cinematography, Sound Mixing: 2 points each (12 total)
The rest are worth 1 point each (12 total)

Total Points Available: (2*4) + (4*3) + (6*2) + (12*1) = 44

Here’s the link to the ballot: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dE8zcnc0ZDFfLXFJbFVVS21QeFk0Rmc6MA. You get one entry, but you can fill it out as many times. I’ll use your last most latest entry as your official entry.

This year there will only be one prize. Again its DVD/BluRay of any of the best picture nominees. It would’ve been cool to have a couple of other prizes like last year, but the recession has cut my spending habits and unfortunately one of the prizes.

The form will be active until Sunday of the telecast. I hope to live blog/tweet it and try to tally your votes. And get the winner out.

Good luck and better get your 3D glasses on!

Quote of the Day [2.25.10]

broderic on February 25, 2010

If you miss this, you'd better be dead… or in jail.
And if you're in jail, break out!Announcer, The Simpsons, "Bart the Daredevil"

Plugged In

broderic on February 25, 2010

During our snow-mageden, I put new strings on my Epiphone ES-335 and started playing some songs. Most likely it was the boredom, but it was also because of the Blue Hearts that I restrung her. I most definitely wanted to play “Owaranai Utai” and “Linda! Linda!” yet I really want to play the sweet, trembling tones of surf music again.

Now I’m looking at getting a new guitar. Pure Fender. A Jaguar. Crap. I’ll have to wait for the tax refund.

Anyway, I’ve spent part of the day researching the Jaguar. Yes. I want one. But don’t those G&L look great? My favorite guitarist, Jerry Cantrell, is a devotee. Plus, you can’t go wrong with a Leo Fender guitar telecaster. Mmm. My favorite style. I should string her up — the candy red Tele. She was my original surf guitar not really suited for it but still shimmery tone and all.

But to the point of this post. I went into a music shop. You’ve got to be an eddie van halen to go into one. There’s the music staff. They look at you and wonder if you’ve got the tone. Do you have what it takes to use the axe your about to buy? I sure don’t. I played the jaguar for a bit in the back behind the amps unplugged. I like the feel. The music shop vibe I don’t like so much. Too much pressure. Thank kami-sama for the internet.

The Wolfman

broderic on February 20, 2010

Following the myth of The Wolfman, I should wait until the next full moon to write up my review. Except that if I did, I would wake up and find that I don’t remember anything about it. A week later and the story is the same. I don’t remember anything about The Wolfman.

Of course, if you had seen it, you’ll think that the curse would be infinitely terrible. That the fiancée of your dead brother mauled by a supernatural creature would fall for you. That your issues with your dad would turn out to be really big issues.

3 of 5 stars.

The Blue Hearts “Owaranai Uta”

broderic on February 19, 2010

1st verse:
owaranai uta wo utao
kuso dare no sekai no tame
owaranai uta wo utao
subete no kuso tomo no tameni
owaranai uta wo utao
boku ya kimi ya karera no tame
owaranai uta wo utao
ashita ni wa waraeru you ni

tranlation:
lets sing an endless song
for all the shit in the world
lets sing an endless song
everything is for the shit and all the followers
lets sing an endless song
for me,you and them
lets sing an endless song
as if we “make fun” about tommorow “laughing”