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Couldn't think of anything to write about today, so I thought I'd give you my review on a few recent experiences I've run across:
"American Splendor" = movie about the life of underground autobiographical comic book writer, Harvey Pekar. An excellent film, and another reason NOT to write that comic book about your own life.
"Well to the Bone" = solo album by guitarist Scott Henderson. Positively great when no one is singing, totally unlistenable when someone IS.
"Anatomy of a Murder" = classic film with Jimmy Stewart. Pretty good, although you'll chuckle at their gritty, cutting-edge (and oft-repeated) use of the word "panties".
"Battle of the Sexes" = boardgame that- well, the name speaks for itself. Unfortunately, the questions aren't always all that even: guys get questions like "What is Palmolive?" (answer: "soap"), and women get questions like "What is the exact distance from the pitcher's mound to home plate?" (answer: 60 feet, 6 inches). The good news is that we CREAMED the girls, but victory can turn bittersweet as an evening progresses. So for the sake of fairness to the ladies, I'm going to say "pure crap". Now if she'll only forgive me for the repeated touchdown dances in the living room that evening...
"Jaws" = classic movie by Steven Spielberg that still occasionally makes me do a flying leap into bed at night (in case there are any sharks lurking underneath). Sadly, this movie doesn't appear to be withstanding the test of time with new viewers, but I still say it gives me the willies, so I'm going to give it a very defensive "totally awesome, and I don't care what YOU think!".
"Hot Doug's" = new restaurant that's opened up across the street from work and whose menu sticks close to the clotted arteries of every native Chicagoan's heart -- they only serve hot dogs and sausages. It's wreaking havoc on my Pescatarianism... translation: it's good. It's very, very good.
"snow" = pretty white stuff that falls from the sky and turns to heavy, wet brownish-grey stuff that freezes to your car and makes it difficult to find a parking space. For the uninitiated, "snow" is absolutely lovely under three conditions: 1. You're indoors, snuggly-warm, with a large mug of hot chocolate, and you're watching it fall because you don't have to go to school that day. 2. It's Christmas Eve. That's it. Did I say there were three conditions? Ummm, yeah -- I was wrong -- there are only two.
"American Splendor" = movie about the life of underground autobiographical comic book writer, Harvey Pekar. An excellent film, and another reason NOT to write that comic book about your own life.
"Well to the Bone" = solo album by guitarist Scott Henderson. Positively great when no one is singing, totally unlistenable when someone IS.
"Anatomy of a Murder" = classic film with Jimmy Stewart. Pretty good, although you'll chuckle at their gritty, cutting-edge (and oft-repeated) use of the word "panties".
"Battle of the Sexes" = boardgame that- well, the name speaks for itself. Unfortunately, the questions aren't always all that even: guys get questions like "What is Palmolive?" (answer: "soap"), and women get questions like "What is the exact distance from the pitcher's mound to home plate?" (answer: 60 feet, 6 inches). The good news is that we CREAMED the girls, but victory can turn bittersweet as an evening progresses. So for the sake of fairness to the ladies, I'm going to say "pure crap". Now if she'll only forgive me for the repeated touchdown dances in the living room that evening...
"Jaws" = classic movie by Steven Spielberg that still occasionally makes me do a flying leap into bed at night (in case there are any sharks lurking underneath). Sadly, this movie doesn't appear to be withstanding the test of time with new viewers, but I still say it gives me the willies, so I'm going to give it a very defensive "totally awesome, and I don't care what YOU think!".
"Hot Doug's" = new restaurant that's opened up across the street from work and whose menu sticks close to the clotted arteries of every native Chicagoan's heart -- they only serve hot dogs and sausages. It's wreaking havoc on my Pescatarianism... translation: it's good. It's very, very good.
"snow" = pretty white stuff that falls from the sky and turns to heavy, wet brownish-grey stuff that freezes to your car and makes it difficult to find a parking space. For the uninitiated, "snow" is absolutely lovely under three conditions: 1. You're indoors, snuggly-warm, with a large mug of hot chocolate, and you're watching it fall because you don't have to go to school that day. 2. It's Christmas Eve. That's it. Did I say there were three conditions? Ummm, yeah -- I was wrong -- there are only two.
1 Comments:
Yeah...Battle of the Sexes blows. in fact, I'd rank it up there as one of the three worst "party" games I'd ever played. The other two?
"Friends: The Trivia Game" This wouldn't have been so bad except that I nor anyone else playing the game watched very much of that show--and we weren't able to answer very many questions correctly. The final score looked like something out of a soccer match.
"Mad Gab" Ever play it? Don't. Just trust me on this one. You don't trust me? Okay, basically, you take a bunch of unrelated words and try to make them sound like a phrase (this was hijacked straight out of "You Don't Know Jack"--the 'Gibberish Question'). Only thing is, you cannot possibly make the words sound like the mystery phrase. Torn-out hair and coronaries soon follow.
I've heard nothing but good things about American Splendor. I'll have to go see it.
-Howlett
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