One other Thursday night note: Thank you to Mark, the Clear Channel intern. Even though Clear Channel is the epitome of corporate greed and monopoly, I am willing to forgive and overlook that, since they were kind enough to provide us with free beer.
Thoughts after watching hours of the Real Word: New Orleans marathon: I'm in love with Kelly, David is unitentionally hilarious, and Julie's father is one of the scariest humans ever.
It is a good thing that I wasn't in Vegas this weekend: A few of my bad picks...I was certain the Titans would cover (They lost to the Cowboys) , Miami was sure to beat Temple by more than 38 (Final: 44-21), and Nebraska would win comfortably (Penn St 40, NU 3). At least I picked the De la Hoya-Vargas fight correctly. All of it was enough to convince me not to move to Vegas to become a professional gambler.
I want to go see Igby Goes Down when it comes out this weekend. It looks pretty quirky (always a plus) and is one of a growing trend of indie movies with all-star casts (Susan Sarandon, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Amanda Peet, Claire Danes, Ryan Phillipe, Kieran Culkin). You can tell that working for scale is becoming one of the things to do in Hollywood..
One other note on that: I like what Ryan Phillipe is trying to do with his career. After doing the leading man thing briefly (54, Cruel Intentions, ugh, Antitrust) he has taken some interesting character roles in The Way of the Gun, Gosford Park, and Igby. He's at least trying to be an actor, instead of trying to be Freddie Prinze, Jr.
My overrated/underrated list from the summer:
Overrated:
1) Road to Perdition
2) American Idol
3) The Marquis
4) Schlitterbaun
5) Dashboard Confessional (They won the MTV2 award at this year's VMAs over The Hives, Nappy Roots, The Hives, The Strokes, and Norah Jones. Come again? Doesn't anyone else realize that they are self-obsesssed, whining wimps who only serve to inspire self pity. I was besides myself with anger...This is roughly the equivalent of giving Justin Timberlake an award in a hip hop or hard rock category..)
Underrated:
1) The Hives
2) About a Boy
3) Scrubs
4) Tadpole
5) Being unemployed, employed in a dead end job, or being directionless in any way.
Every time that I hear that Avril Lavigne song "Complicated" I find myself tapping my toes and it sticks with me all day. And I am totally ashamed.
Although I just championed The Hives and railed on Dashboard Confessional, I realize that all music is personal taste. I think you can say that something is a good movie, a good book, or a good television show, but I don't think that it is ever as cut and dry with music (although I try to make it that way all of the time). People, including me, just perpetuate the myth that there is a huge distinction in the quality of bands such as U2 and, say, N'Sync. Sure I might like one more than the other, but tastes are so different, it is good to have the variety to serve all tastes. I'm sure there are thousands of undiscovered bands out there that could be all over the radio with the right producers and exposure. But, I'll continue to judge, because that is just the kind of person I am.
It is really silly that guys are so obsessed with breasts, but I think it is easy to see why. Society makes it so that women have to cover them up in public...this is a ridiculous double standard. I'm sure that if women were allowed to go out in public topless, breasts would lose their mystery, and hence, some of their allure to men. Am I making a serious sociological argument, or just making a small case in order to see more boobies? You decide.
9-10-02 - Cheating on My Wife
9-9-02 - How to lose Money W/O Even Trying
9-8-02 - Summer Recap
7-25-02 - Randomly Collected Thoughts
7-23-02 - Rice Standards
7-18-02 - Thursday Musings
7-17-02 - Life Decision
7-16-02 - GAY CLUB Rules
7-15-02 - Cell Phone Roulette
7-12-02 - Friday Thoughts
7-9-02 - Vacation Rules
7-5-02 - Threesome Etiquette
7-2-02 - More Reader's Mail
7-1-02 - The Tubing Trip
6-28-02 - Guest on Cheating
6-27-02 - Semi-Political Ramblings
6-25-02 - Ode to the Marquis
6-21-02 - The It Factor
6-20-02 - Some More Ramblings
6-17-02 - Reader Mail
6-14-02 - Encore, Please
6-13-02 - Birthday Thoughts
6-11-02 - Soccer Masturbation
6-8-02 - Objective Ratings
6-6-02 -Thursday Thoughts
6-5-02 - World Cup Bandwagon Jumping
6-4-02 - Mayer, Comfortable
6-3-02 - Mayer, City Love
ARCHIVES
1) "Bullets" - Bob Schneider
2) "Girl Like You" - Pete Yorn
3) "Fast Car" - Tracy Chapman
4) "Brown Sugar" - D'Angelo
5) "Brown Sugar" - Rolling Stones
6) "The Factory" - The Vines
7) "Blues Music" - G. Love and Special Sauce
8) "Criminal" - Eminem
9) "My Ride" - Nappy Roots
10) "Come Away with Me" - Norah Jones
