The internet is failing to entertain me to my satisfaction. Come on, IntarWebb, you can do better!!
Phishhook is turning into an utter cesspool of filth and stupidity (nothing terribly surprising there).
The Jabberboard has been pretty quiet in general.
The online comics have brought all the entertainment they’re going to for the day.
Homestar Runner did come through with a funny bit today, but it’s used up now.
The work day has 23 minutes left, and I already accidentally said Hi to Meghan’s mom… whatever shall I do?!
(before you say ‘work’, I will point out that there is no work to be done… the calls just stop comin’ at 5pm)
I watched a bunch of South Park last night. Comedy Central has been running the ’25 Most Outrageous Episodes’ for the past few days. I saw a couple on Saturday night, too, but last night I watched about 6 in a row. You know what I discovered? Too much South Park can make one physically ill… of course, it probably didn’t help that I was getting pure concentrated WTF-style South Park (the #1 Most Outrageous episode (or at least, the last one they showed last night before switching to a really bad special on the making of South Park) involved Cartman seeking revenge on an 8th grader for selling him worthless pubes for $16.12. Cartman failed miserably several times, before finally succeeding by getting the kids parents killed, and then feeding them to him in a bowl of chili… and while I appreciate the references to Titus, it was almost too sick to be funny–and that’s something you would rarely hear me say).
Of course, the really crappy ‘making-of’ special didn’t help the overall effect either. Trey & Matt’s schtick of sitting in a hot-tub being faux-pretentious stopped being funny after about 45 seconds.f
Oh well; it’s my own fault for not being able to tear myself away from the TV.
My iPod’s batteries died about 20 minutes ago. Now I’m defenseless against the ramblings of the wedding-bound girl and recent divorcee behind me. Bah!
GABBBYYYY’S!!!
(and disc golf!!!)
Television
The Internet
Monday, July 19th, 2004Cabooze
Thursday, June 24th, 2004Jabberwocky is playing the Cabooze tonight for the first time in over two years. Whooo!!! I love that place; I’m pumped.
And, of course, I’m going to see Phish this weekend at Alpine Valley. Ben, Kerry & I will be camping at the Bong, as per usual. It’s sad that this will most likely be the last time I’ll ever see Phish live, but I’m pumped as hell about going to the show. It’ll probably kick in sometime on the drive home on Sunday. But I don’t particularly want to think about that at the moment.
After finishing Song Of Susannah the other day, I was inspired to re-read Hearts In Atlantis; although I haven’t made much headway as of yet.
I’m also looking forward to watching season 3 of Alias, which I finally finished downloading yesterday. I promised M I’d watch it with her, though, so I’m not sure when we’ll actually get a chance to watch it. Hopefully some time next week.
I’m due for a raise next week!! WHOOOO!!!
Betsy’s wedding is fast approaching. Only a week and a day to go. WOW. Then she’ll be off to California with her new hubby, and who knows when I’ll see her again. She has me convinced (yes, you heard me, CONVINCED) that I need to make plans to fly out to California sometime within the next year. I’m still working on formulating that plan. Maybe M really will come, too, but I think she may be all talk. It’d sure be a lot cooler going with her than by myself, I’ll say that.
Yesterday I watched the MST3K episode, The Beast Of Yucca Flats. The movie itself is a horrible Coleman Francis flick (a name known almost exclusively to MST3K staff and MST3K fans). As MST3K episodes go, it was a pretty damn good one, mostly for the shorts that preceded the movie. The first of which was a short film on the importance of budgeting; something I really wish I’d seen about 10 years ago. After a year of my sister handling my money, I have really learned what it means to budget, and that short film rang quite true, even if the main character was merely a shadow.
1. Estimate your income
2. Plan your spending
3. Remain flexible
4. Save for a goal
Good advice, and I mean that.
The Puerto Rico short was great, too. Especially Mike & The Bots’ reaction to the music cues. The music seemed to be on a loop, so that every scene in the short film ended with a crescendo in the music, after which Mike and the Bots would shout in unison, ‘Puerto Rico!’, or whatever happened to be the topic of that scene. The best one was something along the lines of ‘Textiles!’ (that’s not quite right, I’ll have to look it up)