This past weekend consisted of…
- A RocketShip party on Friday night. I actually forget what it was for… arrived late anyway, so I missed most of the action. Myself and MK (who was also late due to crappy traffic) ended up just chatting with Jenny and… a guy from the House of Twelve stable, nice dude, I think its Ayo? Sorry, but I’m kinda bad with names.
- Checked out a brand new burrito place. It passed the test!
- Also checked out a brand new Thai place. It too will be a new regular stop in Park Slope.
- Played a lot of Polarium Advance, which is my new fave game of the moment. That and a few other games I’ve playing for work means that I haven’t had the chance to touch Zelda in over a week, but I do intend on getting back into things once things settle down for a bit. As for the GBA iteration of Polarium, I truly love the ability to play with just one hand, which means, when on toilet, I can still play and also wipe my ass at the same time!
- Was hit with the realization that I fucked up when messing around with my Netflix que, and the movie I was supposed to get and review for this Thursday is not coming, at least until I return 24 Hour Party People or Season 1 of the Ali Gi Show, neither of which hasn’t arrived yet. Sorry Simon! I’ll figure something out, I guess…
- Watched Idiocracy, the new Mike Judge film with MK and Robin. Its about an average Joe who get put in suspended animation, and when he wakes up in the not too distant future, everyone on the face of earth has become so stupid that he’s the smartest guy alive, by default. Aside from being really funny, it was also kinda chilling, since the events portrayed could almost happen (or already is… everyone getting dumber by the day, that is).
- Also watched a whole lot of SNL. First was this past Saturday night’s episode, which was pretty decent. It had its moments, but despite having improved quite a bit since last year, Weekend Update is still too goddamn long. Seriously, cut that shit in half. Immediately afterwards I popped in the Richard Prior episode from the Complete First Season set, which arrived earlier in the week. The contrast between the episode from year one and year thirty two was pretty interesting. I definitely miss the good old days when things were far more lo-fi and (which started to fade away around the 84-85 season, far as I can tell), and the first season is the show at its most raw, when it was most definitely a variety show. Seeing the Muppets were cool, as was the Albert Brooks film (I tend to enjoy the shorts that is currently produced, so long as it doesn’t try to cash in on internet humor, and I still have no fucking idea why everyone went ga-ga for that Lord of the Rings parody from last year, which was worth two or three chuckles at most, but the need to call them “Digital Shorts” just reeks of, I dunno, pretension). As for the humor, does it still stand up? Well… one must keep in mind how things were back then, both on television and society in general.
- Unfortunately, I was hoping for a three-fer SNL-wise that evening, but I guess NBC no longer airs classic SNLs at 3am anymore. So instead, I just channel surfed for a bit, which I hadn’t done in quite a while (since I don’t have cable anymore, but Robin does!), and aside from stopping at Cartoon Network to point and laugh at the shitty animu (including one show that looked to be another Inuyasha/Full Metal Alchemist-wannabe/migraine inducer), we mostly watched Mexican wrestling on Galavision.
- Though the thing that MK & I ended up watching the most was PBS. Throughout the entire weekend we ended up catching bits and pieces of assorted programming that was on either King Henry the VII or Queen Elizabeth. I’m kinda ashamed to admit that I don’t know much about British history, and its pretty compelling stuff! See, public television works after-all.
- Met and spoke with a television screenwriter about a possible collaboration. So… I guess I might be getting involved with television! That’s all I’m gonna say about it right now. I’ll pass along more info when it becomes available.
- Saw a mom trying to pull a tooth from her fat son’s mouth (or maybe pop a zit that was inside his check) on a subway train. And he was complaining the whole time.
- Finally saw Steve Job’s presentation for the iPhone. And I must say, I am seriously impressed, and I consider myself the hard the impress-type, at least when it comes to Apple related goods. Been a user for over ten years now, and while I’m a big fan of the hardware and software, as well as the governing philosophy behind both, I’m just as annoyed by the company, though more so by its douchebag fan base. But yeah, the iPhone is mighty impressive. Enough to almost eliminate my want and desire for a MacBook, provided it does email as well it appears to (those who were already interested, and even though are on the fence, should really check out the keynote to see the phone in action). As much as I’d love a sexy little laptop, I still don’t like the idea of lugging around a delicate (and expensive) machine that might get banged up, especially when all I really need is internet and email. And having Google Maps on the road would just be too awesome. And considering all that it does, even the $600 price tag doesn’t seem all that bad! Not too thrilled with the battery life though… But, like all Apple products, I’m definitely gonna have to wait for version 3. Also, something that Mike passed along, which besides being an oldie, but a goodie, but also quite topical.
… I also discovered that Jason just got two iRobot Roombas, one for mopping, the other for vacuuming, though that was earlier this morning.
Anyway, its gonna be another jam-packed week. I’m actually teaching tonight, as well as tomorrow. That means no movie night (btw, last week was Hard Day’s Night, one of my fave b&w films ever, and dear God does it ever look beautiful in HD), nor gameNight either (though Dave Mauro is going in my place, since I know the guy loves board games). I also forgot to mention all the movies that I got from K Thor last week; as he was handing over the keys, he also pointed out a pile of VHS tapes and DVDs, source material for his Evil Video series which he was planning on chucking, and offered me the chance to take whatever. So now I have…
- Ice Cream Man (horror flick starring Clint Howard as an evil ice cream peddler)
- Inseminoid (horror flick about an evil penis that I’ve heard is just plain amazing)
- Hell House (documentary about crazy Christian-themed horror houses)
- Dead or Alive Final (the Takeshi Miike classic)
- Crazy White Boys (don’t know what that ones about… just white guys actin all crazy, I guess)
- Blind Date Uncensored (I got it mostly for MK)
- Island of Perversion (I also have no idea what it is, it didn’t even come in a box, but with a title like that, its got to be good!)
