The Office Recut

Hi there. Haven't been doing a whole lot lately. Thinks've been fine, I suppose. Not great though. Trying to keep busy but've fallen behind on a few things. But enough about me. Here's a funny Office trailer-ish recut clip.

Fun With Youtube IX

Sorry I haven't been around much lately. Been a little busy lately is all. To make up for the absence here's some random junk off Youtube. Enjoy.... ?

 

Here's Something Pretty Neat

Here's my all-time favorite Looney Tunes cartoon, "Scaredy Cat". It's a great Chuck Jones cartoon and really, surprisingly messed up for a cartoon made sixty years ago. There's some really twisted stuff in there, and -- if you know your Looney Tunes -- an absolutely perfect ending.

Enjoy!

More Songs I Can't Stand!

I'm so, so, so very sorry to foist more melodic abominations upon you dear reader, but there's something strangely cathartic about realizing the awful music you were bombarded with as a kid is actually awful. I mean, sure you might've listened to it and acted like all was well, but the whole time you were thinking this is garbage. It's nice to get that kind of thing out there.

Not that I expect anyone else to really care about what kind of music I dislike, but hey, isn't the point of a blog to put your pointless opinion out there for an uninterested world to see? And even if you could care less about what I've got to say, at least you get some awful music out it, right?

Three Songs I Can't Stand

Hope I don't offend anyone, but here are three songs that make me want to bash my head into a wall. For what it's worth, a few of my jackass friends really enjoy Depeche Mode. Not sure about their opinions on the other two though. Either way I'd rather eat a light bulb than listen to them another time.

And with that, enjoy!




Pretty bad, huh?

What the - - ?

Now, I'm not an English professor, and on occasion I've even been known to mispronounce easy to say words like "crayon" and "thermometer", but can someone explain what this woman is trying to say. I heard a few familiar words there, but the order in which they're spoken vexes me.



Vexing. Definitely vexing.

Fun With Youtube VIII

Here we go with the latest batch of interesting clips I've come across on Youtube, as always in lieu of actual content or insightful commentary. Enjoy.

(A warning for the easily offended out there -- some of the clips contain "language" that may shock the young and stun the elderly. I'm not going to say which ones though. Think of it as a game or something, I suppose. Although I probably could've pointed them out more clearly. But this whole post is designed to give me less work, so there you go. But just so I don't come across totally shiftless, you can probably tell which ones I'm talking about from their titles. I guess that kind of saves face for me.)

Feeling Nice and Mellow Today

Not much to say, but I'm enjoying the sun today, sitting back with some nice reading material, drinking some coffee, and leaving the TV on in the background with Saturday afternoon's constant stream of "Seinfeld", "Simpsons", "Family Guy", and "Daily Show".

Really, a perfect lazy Saturday. Nice and mellow.

Fun with Youtube VI

What I'm Up To

I reread Final Crisis #7 a second time and... still didn't get the whole thing. Still, the artwork was nice, I suppose. Saw Tropic Thunder again the other day, and it was just as funny the second time.

Got an x ray on my back today. I'm not 100%, but I doubt a healthy spine should look like a Jenga tower about to tip over.

And on that note, here's a fun video including one of my favorite things -- spontaneous and random dancing:

Happy Holidays!

Hope everyone had a nice Christmas, Hanukkah, or whatever holiday you may celebrate.

And now for your boxing day pleasure: cats boxing.

Sorry for the Extended Absence...

Unfortunately I've been grappling with a rather annoying computer virus of late. I seem to have it under control, but my computer was running ridiculously slow and my Internet was shut down because, as it turned out, the virus was sending spam out. Of course, now that it's running fine again (after I explained what had happened to my local cable/Internet provider), I have the problem of not being able to see anything further than a foot away since my glasses broke a week and a half ago while I was cleaning them. I have another pair on it's way, and used the opportunity to get my lens prescription updated since my friends have noted that I tend to squint at the television even when wearing my regular glasses. The bright side of things running fine though is that my back's been giving me problems lately and feels much better when I'm sitting. Apparently one of my lower vertebrates is twisted, which explains why it feels like I'm being poked with pins in my lower back. My chiropractor checked things out and it's been feeling better since I saw him, so hopefully it subsides.

Despite all of these annoying and painful bits going on, other things have been all right. I got down to Niagara Falls last week and won a Marvin the Martian plush toy at a midway. I was thinking of giving it away as a present, but I might hold onto it. Not that I'm into plush dolls or anything, but I like the character and I can brag about having won it to all of my jackass friends (I'm just kidding, they're great).

I got my copy of the Batman Animated Series soundtrack in the mail the other day. I missed the chance to get an autographed copy, but I'm still glad I snagged one before they sold out. The music is great, and the distributor did a great job with the insert booklet, offering all kinds of trivia and commentary by the composers and crew from the show. I was actually surprised by some of the music -- I knew the more familiar cues, but there was a lot of stuff I barely noticed with all of the visuals and sound effects and dialogue that sounds unbelievably fantastic. I'm thrilled they finally put out what hopefully will be the first of many releases, since it deserves this kind of treatment.

I finished my Christmas shopping. Got a few things for my brother and friends, sent some cards and stuff out to my mom, got espresso beans for my dad. I still need to make sure I get something to my grandmother, but even if I don't have the opportunity to get her a more personal card, I still have a few smaller cards from a multi-pack I can give her. But for all intents and purposes, I'm done and I'm glad I didn't wait to the last minute or half-ass it like I have in past years. I think I was actually at the 24 hour Walmart last December 25th at 2:00am. While I'm not saying it wouldn't be fun to go to Walmart in the middle of the night, it's nice knowing I won't have to worry about last minute shopping this year.

That's about all the interesting stuff I've been up to since my last post. Hopefully I'll get back soon to make up for the infrequent posting lately. I'd hate to disappoint my loyal audience, because, yes that's right, I actually have someone following my blog. And just in case this post didn't come across terribly thrilling, here's something to make up for that:

Thoughts at the Moment

I saw the latest James Bond film a week back and enjoyed it quite a bit. Not the timeliest thing to be blogging about I suppose -- two weeks in release is a lifetime in blog years to finally get around to mentioning it -- but there you go. Curiously I thought of mentioning it after reading a brief review of the film with wrote of it negatively, the criticism having being due to the portrayal of James Bond in the film. Granted I didn't have a problem with it, and actually enjoyed Daniel Craig as Bond quite a bit.

To be honest though, my favorite bits probably had to do with the Quantum group, which seems to be the latest Bond iteration of Spectre, albeit renamed due to rights issues surrounding that name and the Blofeld character. While, as a Bond aficionado (since TBS' 1995 "13 Days of 007", timed to the release of Goldeneye), I'd have preferred Spectre named as the group, Quantum is perfectly serviceable, and world's better than "Octopus", the fill-in name used in the "From Russia With Love" video game, and "SCUM", from James Bond Jr. (which, fittingly, I adored when I was 9 year old and had all of the action figures and vehicles for). Additionally, I find it awfully neat that there's a recurring bad guy in Mr. White, who, if wikipedia is to be trusted, was to have been killed in an alternate ending for the film which was unused to give the filmmakers flexibility for the next film, should they choose not to continue the Quantum storyline.

Anyway...

I put up the Christmas decorations the other day. I always hate having to get the trees out of storage since they're in the far part of the laundry room, tucked way down under one of the shelves. And last year, for some reason, I thought it a good idea to put the trees (yes I have two of them, since my dad wanted to have a second tree because he's a dope) in garbage bags, since the boxes they'd been kept in were falling to pieces. I've resolved to buy plastic bins to keep the trees and ornaments in when it's time to put them away this time, because, naturally, it's going to fall on me to have to deal with all that bloody mess in January.

So, terribly sorry I didn't get back sooner with these scintillating thoughts and anecdotes. I'd hate to think I've let down the folks who've stumbled on my blog, especially since I've shot myself in the foot with that pledge of new content weekly and I'm too lazy to change it. Meh.

Y'anyway.... here's some youtube stuff. Enjoy.

Three Reasons....

Here's three reasons why "The Kids in the Hall" should be better recognized than it is. I mean, after I went to their live show a few months back (which you keeners may recall me mentioning previously), the waitress at the restaurant we went to afterward asked if they were some kind of a band or something. You ask me, their show should be on more often. And not just on MTV 2, because really now, who actually watches that?

As far as I'm concerned here's what folks should be referring to when they say "Canadian humor". Hope you like them as much as I do.

My Long Weekend

Went to the Toronto Fan Expo this past weekend, and was awfully sore the next day. Most of that had to do with the four and a half hours I spent in various lines at the show (my feet and back were killing me), but my hands and left shoulder were also aching from lugging stuff around. Still, I got a few nice things including an Aquaman maquette for 25 bucks, a hardcover collecting the first Ennis/Dillon Punisher run for 15, and the Essential Godzilla for 5. Not to mention the stuff I got signed that almost makes up for time I spent in line to get them.

I also noticed that there was an almost surprising number of attractive women at the show. Granted from what I could tell they were either there for the Japanese anime stuff, with their boyfriends, or working, but curious nonetheless. After the fact I realized that both times I passed a woman in a skimpy metal bikini top handing out copies of a book titled "Looking for Group" (whatever that means), I unabashedly stared at her chest, but I can't say I feel too bad about that since, really, she wouldn't have worn that if she didn't want the attention. Still, in hindsight I could've been a little more discreet about the whole thing.

After a relatively unproductive Sunday spent soaking the tub for several hours, I wound up feeling pretty stuffed up for the first time this summer -- for all the discomfort caused by the moisture and humidity this summer, it's been nice actually being able to breath -- and slept through most of Tuesday doped up on Sinutab.

Finally here's a funny video I came across. Granted I'm not the biggest Danny Bonaduce fan (what's the deal with this guy anyway? Is he only known for the Partridge Family or did I miss something along the way) but it's kind of nice seeing him throw around that guy from Survivor.

Not Really Feeling Much Better...

But here are a few Youtube videos I've come across in the last little while:












And here's one that I thought was pretty funny, but none of my friends did:


Hope I'm feeling better sometime so I have something more interesting to say next time. Sorry.

In Lieu of Actual Content... Part V.

Hi there.

For about the fifth or sixth time, in lieu of actual content, because, let's face it, my week was so uninteresting it would bore you to hear the details of it, here're some funny, whimsical, and possibly annoying Youtube clips:







That said, I've been giving more thought to getting around to my earlier promise of writing about my dislike of people typing "ya" when they mean "yeah", especially since I had someone type that to me the other day. I may get around to that, yet.

Happy Holidays!

Hope everyone has a pleasant holiday season. I've got the latest Looney Tunes Golden Collection volume from my brother and a San Diego Comicon Grundy figure I ordered to give to myself, so I'm happy. Best of the season to you and yours.

Here's a little something keeping with the spirit of the season:

Wonderfully Twisted

I came across these TV theme remixes while checking out Happy Days clips on Youtube. A little off, true, but mostly in line with what I consider uproariously hilarious. There's a Ducktales remix that was pretty good but awfully twisted that I might post, but I'm afraid it might be a little much for the more pure of mind out there. Either way, great work who ever you guys are.




(To clarify I didn't just happen to think of Happy Days out of the blue -- it was just on TV Land and that got me thinking about it. That's all, I swear.)

More Youtube Stuff

I've been watching the first season of Flight of the Conchords on DVD and here's my favorite song of the moment from that series.

The DVD set is good. It's nice having the episodes in one collection. Would've preferred some bonus material though with the set, like the Flight of the Conchords HBO special from 2005 or something, but still.