Filed under: General | Tags: American Pie, Bee Movie, Beta House, Chinese Democracy, Christmas, Christopher Walken, December 20th, Devin Pugliano, Dexter, EMT, Films, Guns N' Roses, Illinois, kewanee, Left 4 Dead, misc., movies, Myspace, peoria, Pineapple Express, Present, Prostitute, Robert De Niro, Scarlett, Taco Bell, The Deer Hunter, The Warriors, torrance, Xbox 360, Xmas
last night: t-bell with corry. a bit of “left 4 dead” at jesse’s.
tonight: dinner was scheduled but angie’s grandpa collapsed from a blood clot and was rushed to the hospital. thanks to her EMT training she saved his life. he is being air lifted to peoria to their hospital. he is expected to recover. our fingers are crossed.
scarlett can now sit up on her own and can also sit up from a lying down position.
sierra & i ordered a couple of torrance’s present day (“christmas” for some) gifts. that way when she meets scarlett on the 20th of next month, she’ll also be able to get her present day gifts from us.
other than that, there isn’t any news.
recently watched films (in the past couple of days):
The Deer Hunter (1978) – 
Bee Movie (2007) – 
Pineapple Express (2008) – 
Burn After Reading (2008) –
American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007) -
The Warriors (1979) –
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also,
…is incredible.
Filed under: General | Tags: andrew bird, B.J. Novak, cowabunga, Devin Pugliano, don't bother to knock, get smart, hardass, inglorious basterds, lindsay felton, marilyn monroe, misc., movies, Myspace, quentin tarantino, ratings, reviews, saw v, Scarlett, scream queens, shia labeouf, step brothers, The Office, torrance, tropic thunder, vh1, wife beater
couldn’t think of shit to write about tonight…so, all i really have to offer are recent films i’ve watched in the past couple of days and how i rate them…
1. Don’t Bother to Knock (1952) –
2. Saw V (2008) –
3. Step Brothers (2008) -
4. Tropic Thunder (2008) –
5. Get Smart (2008) –
torrance & scarlett (my two daughters for those of you new to my life & blogs) are going to meet for the very first time (if the weather behaves) on 12/20.
i’m hearing rumors that b.j. novak (one of the people i despise most in the “entertainment” industry…right up there with shia labeouf) will not be returning to “the office” after he is done filming quentin tarantino’s new war epic, “inglorious basterds.” this is incredible news for me…because well, i fucking hate that guy. his face…his voice…his acting. to his credit, he is one hell of a writer…he penned some of the funniest episodes of the series…but looking at him…i just want to run a lawnmower up and down the guy’s back until i can see the buttons on the front of his shirt. so, if these rumors end up becoming fact…well, i will be one happy cracker.
lindsay felton survived (though, i think “survived” is the wrong word) another week on vh1’s “scream queens” and i must say she looked incredible doing so. for one challenge she was dressed up in a wife beater and bandana which most of you also know is one of my clothes fetishes on women. so, congrats linds and thanks for landing the hardass chick spot in the campy trailer this week.
that’s about it ladies & gentlemen…have a good one.
tonight, i leave you with mr. bird…
Filed under: General | Tags: 2008, Blind Melon, Devin Pugliano, misc., Music, Myspace, Shannon Hoon, Soup, Travis T. Warren, Travis Warren
as most of you know…blind melon is my favorite group. 13 years ago, shannon hoon died from a drug overdose. up until 2 years ago the band was broken up. they reformed after meeting travis t. warren. from 2006 – 2008, they had one great ride…a new album (an incredible one at that) entitled, “for my friends,” a new tour and then after all of that… travis decides to quit. overworked. underpaid, so he claims. i honestly didn’t see this guy turning out like that. but as he states on his personal myspace page, “no one knows what really happened except for the members of Blind Melon.”
I still love the dude regardless so i have to respect what he and the other members have decided to do. but that doesn’t mean i can’t be pissed off and hurt…which is exactly what i am right now.
full details here: http://www.myspace.com/blindmelon (in the blogs)
as i posted in one of their blogs…i’ll remain a fan but twice now i’ve been disappointed…and that’s hard to recover from emotionally. especially when you put so much into a band. but i realize they’re human and shit’s going to happen. it just blows my mind that it keeps happening to the same band…a band that happens to be my favorite.
have a good one, everybody.
Filed under: General | Tags: Barack Obama, extras, jacob golden, Jenna Fischer, lindsay felton, michelle galdenzi, misc., msnbc, news conference, November, ricky gervais, scream queens, Sex, stephen merchant, steve carell, surreal life, The Office, vh1, youtube
last night’s episode of “the office” was one of the best so far this year. although, i’m sort of biased since it was directed by stephen merchant (co-creator of “the office”). i hadn’t seen anything new from him…be it acting, writing or directing since “extras” ended. so it was nice to see his name on the screen again.
the transition from myspace to wordpress is going all right…but it could be better. so far only a hundred or so views here…but getting people to come from a site they’re used to is difficult. so i understand and i’m not too bummed out by it. it’ll pick up, i’m sure. plus i’ve already met some interesting people on here (via tags) in the two days i’ve been a member of this site.
i watched barack obama’s news conference on msnbc today. his first since becoming elected. the guy had me laughing my ass off. the whole nancy reagan statement caught me off guard. i loved it. his plans for the economy sound solid…although, they haven’t changed since his campaign so it’s just stuff i’ve heard before. so there wasn’t much in there that got me too excited. overall it was a great conference. he only skipped one question asked by a press agent (though, i realize it was for security reasons) & other than saying “um” numerous times (which i’m guilty of doing during interviews too, so…it’s not that big of a deal), there wasn’t anything that i saw to complain about. a swell 19 minutes with the president elect.
there isn’t much else to say tonight. it snowed a bit earlier but not enough to stick. i watched the 3rd of episode of “scream queens” which features one of the hottest women in film & television, lindsay felton and one of the worst actors i’ve ever seen in my life, michelle galdenzi. if this chick has a career outside of a “surreal life” season (which i’m sure is to come), i’ll be amazed. felton, on the other hand, has been solid this whole season…flawless in all of her “challenges.” she is the only reason i’m even watching this show. if she goes anytime soon (which i don’t find likely)…so will my viewings of the program.
have a good night everyone.
i leave you with this…
Filed under: General | Tags: Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Devin Pugliano, Johnny Depp, Little Britain, Little Britain USA, Matt Lucas, Michael Crichton, Myspace, radiohead, Sarah Palin, Saturday Night Live, SNL, The Office, Tim Burton, Tina Fey
extremely satisfied with “Little Britain USA” which had its season finale this past sunday.
“Little Britain” cast member matt lucas (shown right – in character) has been cast as tweedle dee & tweedle dum in tim burton’s upcoming remake of “Alice in Wonderland.” which is good news. except for the fact that well…it’s another fucking remake of a classic masterpiece.
he failed with “charlie & the chocolate factory” and he’ll most likely fail here. but i hold out a bit of hope due to its cast: johnny depp, crispin glover, helena bonham carter, anne hathaway, christopher lee, alan rickman & the aforementioned matt lucas.
for those of you that have noticed the duplicate blogs (from my myspace) posted here earlier today, i did that so that i could store them all in one place…i’m doing a bit of house cleaning…getting things in order here on wordpress. so, the ones that i posted earlier today will be the only duplicates…just fyi. you won’t have to worry about any future, “i’ve already seen this blog a few months ago.”
it’s a calm evening. waiting around for tonight’s episode of “the office.” listening to some radiohead. missing daughter #1. embracing daughter #2. well, not at this moment…at this very moment, she’s in the other room playing. i hear the rattling of one of her many toys.
i helped some random girl on myspace with her homework. i did some editing of a short essay that she had written. it was pretty fun, actually. i get this, “hey, could you help me?” message and decided…”sure, why not?”
is this the end of tina fey-lin? i certainly hope not. she provided snl with one of their best & most hilarious impersonations in years.
r.i.p. michael crichton…i spent many an hour when i was younger reading your novels when i should have been paying attention in class.
have a good one, everybody…
