"Nobody gives a shit about my opinion of the latest political scandal, anyway," I said, referring to my lack of writing this column for several months.
"I do, or I thought I did. But if you say that I don't, than I guess I don't," my friend said.
There are several things I want to point out about this exchange. First, I am a whining bitch sometimes. Second, my friend is clearly much funnier than I
am, even when he's barely trying. And third, my premise was all wrong. I know that most people don't care what I think, but that's not the point. The
point is that I enjoy writing. So, contrary to what I said above, I am going to continue to write this column. Those of you that do care, or want to make
fun, please enjoy. Those of you that don't care can just change the channel to whatever reality t.v. show you were previously watching.
I don't feel like getting particularly deep today, I'm just kinda knocking the rust off after my long absence, so here's some more lighthearted things to
entertain me... er, you.
I think this photo is doctored, but I'm not sure:
This website is completely ridiculous and absurdly funny. I've been told that the guys that do the show The Family Guy are somehow responsible for
this. You should start with Episode Two, because it is the funnier of the two.
I finished reading War of the Worlds this week (thanks to www.bartleby.com). I've not yet seen the Tom Cruise movie that is based off of the book,
and while reading the book, I tried to imagine how it could work as a Cruise movie. The answer is that it can't. I will probably end up seeing that
movie at some point, but there is no way that the plot can follow the plot of the book. Mainly because the protagonist in the book in no way "saves the
day" for mankind and I just can't imagine that they didn't somehow make Tom Cruise into a hero that defeats the alien invaders in the movie.
As a follow up to one of my previous articles, in addition to War of the Worlds, two more movies came out this summer that are remakes: Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory and The Bad News Bears. I haven't seen either of these, either, and I'm very hesitant to do so. I consider both of the original
movies to be classics and I can't imagine a remake that could do justice to either one. I've heard that 'Bears' is really bad, but 'Charlie' has received
somewhat better reviews. Supposedly 'Charlie' follows more closely to the plot of the book upon which the original movie was based. Die hard fans of
the book, then, are more likely to approve of the remake. However, those of us that have been watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory for
years and have no particular love for the book will probably hate the remake. Oh, and then there is the movie version of The Dukes of Hazzard that
came out this summer, but it is horrible from all accounts and we are just going to pretend that it never happened (along with Rocky 5, Godfather 3,
Smokey and the Bandit 3, and The Whole Ten Yards).
A few months ago I went to a CD release party for a local band called Doris Henson. I had never seen them before, but had heard really good things
about them. Well, they were great. They played really well and had a stage presence that you don't see in a lot of local bands. They had been signed
to a minor record label and were preparing to go to the SXSW festival. Since that time they've been on tour with Billy Corgan (frontman for Smashing
Pumpkins) and have been the Spin.com band of the day. I guess you never know which band you see might be the next big thing.
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