Daily Funny: Post 2

I imagine being you would be as cool as two fonzies tied together with snakes. What's your secret?

That is an amazing expression, one I will be using forever now. My secret is to make sure any jukebox I hit automatically plays ACDC's 'Back in Black', which, as we all know, is the theme song for any cool BAMF.

Ask me things. And even stuff.

"EVERYBODY knows Saturday night's 'Fuck Night'!"

Indeed. In. Deed. Title is from Patton Oswalt's 'My Weakness is Strong'.

General Blogging

Well, despite my best efforts, I have once again begun neglecting this thing. This time letting two months go by before I make a real blog post. When I use my Livejournal {see, Tim, not only Russians and emos use LJ still}, I use it as my diary, and to mainly help me keep track of all the things I do on a given day/week/whenever I update it. As it is, I can barely remember to make a daily post on that thing, so this gets more neglect.

I'm sorry little blogger. As Muse say, this is the last time I'll abandon you.


News/Stuff About Celebrities and Movies/Music/TV Shows/etc.
Most Recent Movie(s) I've Seen in Theatres:
'Iron Man 2'

Directed by Jon Favreau, starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Mickey Rourke, Sam Rockwell and Scarlett Johannson {ew}. I don't consider myself a huge comic book fan, and certainly not a comic book movie fan {mainly the Marvel films, since they tend to suck}. Considering what we've been given over the last few years; the X-Men films {awful}, the Spiderman films {alright but not the best}, the Fantastic Four films {never seen, but in my opinion they didn't look that good} and the Hulk films {haven't seen the one with Eric Bana, but I enjoyed the one with Edward Norton}, the Iron Man films were like a breath of fresh air. I absolutely loved the first one and had high to middling hopes for the second one.

It didn't disappoint. The action was great, the dialogue was awesome, especially between Tony and Pepper. Robert Downey Jr. was amazing. He's always good, but he's become a hugely favorite actor of mine. And not just because I think he's gorgeous beyond belief. I liked him a lot in 'Zodiac', and he hadn't even blipped on my radar yet.

The only issues I had were the villain/villains; Whiplash and Justin Hammer. It seemed like they could have just gone with one or the other of them. It was nowhere near as bad as the trifecta of villains in 'Spiderman 3', though. I also had an issue with the inclusion of Scarlett as the Black Widow. She seemed very unnecessary, especially since we never found out who she was, aside from her name.

Those things aside, I loved the movie, and can't wait to see it again.

Grade: A

Most Recent Book(s) I've Finished:
The Chronicles of Chrestomanci, Volume 2: The Magicians of Caprona / Witch Week by Diana Wynne Jones

After starting this book in August of last year, I got pretty far into it, and then promptly set it aside after I started to get busier/started reading other books. Anyone who's reading this/knows me should know that I am a particularly voracious reader. As it is currently, I am reading seven books at the same time.

Anyway, all of that aside, I very much enjoyed this book. Diana Wynne Jones is always put in the young adult section of the bookstores, next to the plethora of teenaged vampire and other supernatural books. And I agree that she is a young adult writer, but she is one of the better and more accessible ones out there today.

The stories contained in the book take place in two of the nine worlds in this universe. Every person has one life in each world, and witchcraft is very common among them, though is it not in every one. Chrestomanci is a title bestowed on an enchanter with nine lives, meaning that instead of having one life in each world, he has nine in only one. This distinguishes him as a very powerful enchanter, and the only person who is able to make sure the magical balance in each world stays as it is.

The Magicians of Caprona and Witch Week, while not as compelling as the two books in volume one; Charmed Life {which got me into Wynne Jones} and The Lives of Christopher Chant, are still good reads, and will keep you interested throughout the story. The characters, mostly children or teenagers, are written well and feel very real. They grow and change as the stories progress and you can see it as you read it.

Grade: A-

Miscellany
Funny Picture(s) I've Found:

Patton Oswalt is right. This is the worst Judy Blume novel ever written.

The Song Currently Stuck In My Head:
'Alejandro' by Lady Gaga



Jackie Earle Haley:


Hot Guy Of the Day
Bradley Cooper.


Quote of the Day
"Hitler was a whiny teenager. He didn't get into art school so he killed all the Jews. And by the transitive property of Math, Hitler is Darth Vader."- Mary


Anything Else I Can Think Of
A Video You Need to See:
Bill Hader interviews himself about 'Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs'

"Well, you just hand me that fucking shoehorn over there, I'll take this t-shirt off and show you who's the best around HERE!"

If someone said that to me, I would love them even more through my tears of laughter. Especially if that someone was Dylan Moran. Title is from 'The Cream of Irish Comedy'.

General Blogging
Well, it seems like I've missed an entire month of blogging. If you can believe it, though, not a lot has been different from any other months, but here is a quick run down of things that have happened. I have:

-Saw Muse for the 4th time {they get better every time!}
-Applied for a ridiculous amount of jobs.
-Got 3 job interviews {one of which I still have to go to}
-Got new glasses
-Saw some movies; 'Legion', 'Shutter Island', 'The Bourne Supremacy', 'The Bourne Ultimatum', 'Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire', 'State of Play' and 'Rendition'.
-Managed to save quite a lot more money
-Had an acquaintance commit suicide
-Visited my friend in West Virginia

Pretty good, all in all.

Best band in the world.

News/Stuff About Celebrities and Movies/Music/TV Shows/etc.
Movie You Should Be Excited About:
'Legend of the Guardians'


Aside from the TOTALLY inappropriate trailer music, this movie looks GORGEOUS and I am so excited for it to come out.

Directed by: Zack Snyder
Starring: Hugo Weaving, Emilie de Ravin, Helen Mirren, David Wenham, Geoffrey Rush, Sam Neill, Jim Sturgess, Abbie Cornish and Ryan Kwanten.

Movie News:
'The Hobbit: Part 1' has two more actors in it, according to rumors; David Tennant is playing Bilbo Baggins, and Ron Perlman is playing Thorin Oakenshield. I personally wish that Simon Pegg was slated to play Bilbo {how awesome would that be?!}, but I love David Tennant, and I am definitely still seeing the film. Ron Perlman as Thorin is a pretty interesting casting choice, but I like him as well.

Actor News:
-David Schwimmer is engaged. I never thought I'd care that much about him to post something about it on here {or any of my blogs}, but there it is.

Most Recent Movie(s)/TV Show(s) I've Seen At Home:
'Gran Torino'

Directed and starring Clint Eastwood, this was an absolutely gorgeous movie. Surprisingly hilarious, if only because Clint Eastwood as an older man spewing racial slurs at random points is pretty hysterical. The movie has a good plot, though because a lot of the younger cast hadn't acted before, a lot of the delivery of the lines was kind of awkward. I wish I hadn't waited so long to see this, but I'm glad I finally did.

Grade: A-

Most Recent Book(s) I've Finished:
Blankets by Craig Thompson.

One of the most gorgeous and sad graphic novels I've read, and one of the quickest reads, too. Which you would not expect for a novel over 500 pages. I was able to read it in a little over an hour {while still absorbing it}, and enjoyed it immensely. If you're looking for a good graphic novel, I definitely recommend Blankets

Miscellany
Funny Picture(s) I've Found:

His face KILLS me every time.

The Song Currently Stuck In My Head:
Telephone feat. Beyoncé - Lady Gaga


My love for Lady Gaga continues to grow by the day. She's like Madonna and Gwen Stefani rolled into an awesome package of...well, fabulousness and fierceness. And I don't even like Madonna.

And can I just say that if Britney Spears had actually used this song {since Gaga wrote it for her}, it would have been fucking wasted. I like about 4 or 5 of Britney's songs, but she is nowhere near the "Princess/Queen of Pop". Especially now. It's safe to say Lady Gaga has far surpassed her, and she's younger than Britney, too!

Hot Guy Of the Day
Jason Sudeikis. I'm seeing 'The Bounty Hunter' on Friday, and I cannot wait.

He's absolutely adorable.

Quote of the Day
"Ah hah ha! Who was he? I know, one of those blue eyed guys with loads of teeth and hair and skin and all that modern shit. And he always looked as if he was on a boat. And he gave up his job in cybergenics to go and plant trees in some fuckin’ place. And he had *long* lashes and could quote huge chunks of Baudelaire as he stirred his cafe latte, and he wrote a whole load of books and never told you and you were doubly impressed because one day you found them in an airport. And, and he played lead cello in the Bulgarian orchestra and didn’t tell you until you’d spent an hour twanging around on your ratty fucking guitar looking for the first two chords of ‘Doo Doo Ran Ran’. And he was mysterious and everything. He couldn’t call ‘cause he was smuggling Cro-Crobian children across the border to get them to safety, using his fucking knowledge of missile tactics, and his inheritance and everything. And then he got involved in some underground documentary film group and was killed in a really tragic way for sedition. One of those guys, huh?!"- Dylan Moran

Anything Else I Can Think Of
A Video You Need to See:
Dylan Moran always needs to do stand-up, because he just oozes hilarity:

"I got a Yorkie upstairs and he pees when he's nervous."

Dean, don't you know it's not nice to lie to firefighters? Title is from 'Supernatural'.


General Blogging
First day of February. My Mom has a job interview, my Dad may have a prospect for a part time job as well as a co-worker who is planning to leave and so he might get the guy's full time hours.

Me? Well, I have no prospects like this whatsoever. Every place I've applied to has yet to contact me. I will give them one more week before I start calling to see wtf is going on.

More over, though, I'm scared. I'm scared that Mom is going to get this job, even though she really needs it, and will leave me to fend for myself. She said that she would pay off the Echo on her credit card, and my paycheck looks like it will be bigger this week, and I have the money from my investment funds to help me if I need it {always}, and the biggest financial drain on me at the moment is my health insurance {$181.70 a month, I'd rather have it, though, than have to pay $300 a month for inhalers that help me live}.

I'm also slightly depressed that I'm not back in school yet. Thanks again to money issues.

I hope I can get a nice tax return.


News/Stuff About Celebrities and Movies/Music/TV Shows/etc.
Movie You Should Be Excited About:
'The Bounty Hunter'

The Bounty Hunter (2010) - HD Movie Trailer - More amazing videos are a click away

This looks like a pretty good comedy, and I can't wait to see it.

Starring: Gerard Butler, Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis {:D} and Christine Baranski


Most Recent Movie(s)/TV Show(s) I've Seen At Home:
'Terminator 3'

I've heard lots of bad things about this film, namely that it is the worst of the Terminator movies. I've heard lots of arguments now that that honor is bestowed upon 'Terminator: Salvation' {I actually like the 4th movie}, but I have to disagree. Right from the beginning, I found myself rolling my eyes, and I laughed out loud when they showed Nick Stahl as John Connor in the future. It looked so ridiculous. The plot was predictable, and you could tell half the people didn't even want to be in it.

Out of all of the movies, though, the truck chase in this movie was the best.

Grade: C-

Most Recent Book(s) I've Finished:
Different Seasons by Stephen King

One of the best short fiction collections I've ever read. I normally don't go for them, since I usually like getting lost in long novels, but I really recommend this book to anyone. Especially someone just starting out reading Stephen King, like myself.

Overall, I give it a A-, taking off some points for the fact that "Apt Pupil" was not the best.

Grade: A-

Miscellany
Funny Picture(s) I've Found:


The Song Currently Stuck In My Head:
'Sure Fire Winners' by Adam Lambert.


Jackie Earle Haley:


Hot Guy Of the Day
Bradley Cooper.



Quote of the Day
-Gob: "And now you love the Ten Commandments. And yet you're the one who so conveniently forgot "Thou shalt protect thy father and honor no one above him unless it be-ith me, thy sweet Lord."
-Michael: "I'm not sure that one made it down the mountain, Gob."

WTF?
From www.mylifeistwilight.com
-"I don't know what's worse: that I woke up on an airplane from Washington to Chicago with glitter in my hair and on my peacoat or that the giggling tweens who did it followed me around the airport. I might have high cheek-bones, short brown-red hair and hazel eyes, but I'M A GIRL!!! Apparently, MLIT."

This isn't the worst thing I've read on this site, but goddamn it could've been so much worse for this girl.

-"A month ago I had a baby girl and named her Bella, today my best friend from elementary school had her first child a boy, whom she named Edward. I now plan to devote my life to making sure when they grow up they get married."

I only PRAY that these two children become gay, so that they will NEVER fulfill this woman's crazy fantasy.

-"Today, I created a religion called EDWARDCULLENISM. I will now begin to convert everyone from Christianity, Muslim, Hinduism, Judism, Buddhism, Satanism, and Paganism to EDWARDCULLENISM. New world order has arrived. (sarcmark) MLIT"

So, you want people...instead of worshiping their own deities, to worship a creepy controlling stalker who breaks into a girl's house to watch her sleep? Yeahhhh, good luck with that.

Anything Else I Can Think Of
WIN:


Patton Oswalt and Weird Al Yankovic at the Grammy Awards on Sunday. Two of the greats together at last.

A Video You Need to See:
One of the best Digital Shorts SNL has ever done: