TheBilcourt

I moved my blog

2009-03-14T02:00:00.001-05:00

I moved my blog over to wordpress. So feel free to go
here to read my latest bloggings. Thanks!

Apparently I haven't blogged in a while.

2009-03-09T02:33:00.001-05:00

Apparently I haven't blogged in a while.
Haven't updated in a while. Just been busy I guess. Bloggin hasn't been on the forefront of things to do.

It's been an interesting last couple of months.

1. My sister is expecting and is due in July. The forecast is calling for girl but I'm still hoping that maybe the forecast will be wrong like it sometimes is and we'll get a boy.

2. I got to see my friends Josh and Jesse a few weeks ago. They were in town from their whole "Peace Corp in Jamaica" thing. They weren't here for a good reason but nonetheless it was still good to see them. Hopefully they'll be back in the fall. They have been such great friends to me. I wish them well and I can't wait to see them again!

3. If you haven't joined twitter yet, do it! Follow me at "www.twitter.com/billyhammock" Twitter is pretty fun and addictive. You can add tweets via different phone apps on blackberries or iphones. If you don't have a smart phone device, you can add tweets via text messages. It's REALLY easy to setup. "BrightKite" is pretty cool too if you want to join that. It's also like twitter. Go to brightkite.com to set it up.

4. I had a birthday. I still don't feel like I'm getting older but apparently my age says I am. That sucks.

5. My car got hit in a hit and run. I can't get the police to give me a report because they don't do them anymore. Geico needs a police report to fix my car. I can't give them that. Guess who isn't getting their car fixed anytime soon? I hate the Nashville Metropolitan Police Department for screwing people over like that. I really appreciate it guys.

6. I'm tentatively scheduled to go Cabo San Lucas,Mexico with my dad at the end of the month. I've never had a reason to get a passport and now I do. Too bad it cost me $207 to get one expedited. Hopefully I get it in time. You pay to have it expedited and its still not guaranteed to get here.

7. Works ok. I guess. Nothing new really. Thats about it on that end.

8. I've kind of lost two friends. One got upset that he thought couldn't bring his estranged family to a get together at a another friends house. Which was never really the case. He just doesn't understand the whole "ask before you bring people over" thing. It's not a big deal. It's just common courtesy. Everyone else agreed. Of course we all got blamed for it. He's still welcome to whatever we do. There was never any ill will intended.

My other friend publicly humiliated me at work in front of at least 6 people when we were having a stupid disagreement. At that point, I said to myself, "I'm done". It was completely uncalled for. It sucks to throw away such a great friendship. I have given and tried so hard during it. But there was no reason to get yelled at the way I did. It was humiliating. And not just for me.

9. I joined a new gym. I kind of got tired of having to play the "find a machine" game at the Y. I also got tired of all the little kids and just the sheer busyness of it. So I joined Urban Active right next door. I get a cheaper rate thanks to work and its more grown up. I like the dark room that plays a new movie everyday on a projector screen while you work out. So far theres' only been one movie that made me say, "I'm not going in there today..." The movie?? "Are We Done Yet?" Starring Ice Cube.

10. I got to go see AC/DC last month. It was pure awesomeness. Definitely my favorite rock band of all time.

11. I've decided not to go to Bonnaroo this year. There's just not enough bands this year that peak my interest. There are lots of big name people that I'm sure will put on great shows, but it will probably be like Pearl Jam last year. I've heard of them, know a grand total of about 3 songs, and am bored for 80 percent of the show. I'm not a Springsteen fan and I'm definitely NOT a Phish fan. I don't like jam bands. Period. Hopefully I'll go back next year.

12. I haven't bought any new dvds in a long time. Thats extremely weird for me. It's not that I've grown out of buying movies. I guess there just hasn't been anything out that I had to buy.

13. For the most part I'm really liking the current tv season....
Chuck- Please resolve the Chuck/Sarah storyline soon. I'm actually getting REALLY bored with the whole will they/won't they thing. 3-4 seasons worked ok for Pam and Jim, but not Chuck and Sarah.

Heroes-This show is a trainwreck that we members of the so called "Geekdom" can't look away from. Each season is a new direction. Its annoying. One week the show gets good. The next week, the show becomes stupid. It flip flops like this. It's annoying. If they were smart, they would end all 20 different storylines and have them work together as a group like X-Men or something. I don't care about the Bennetts anymore. I don't care about Matt Parkman and his quest to find Daphne. I don't care about the Petrellis except for Peter. I'm tired of Mohinder and his once a year predictable "I'm going to help the bad guys" plotline. I think the only storyline that I even really care about is Sylar. They know we'll all keep watching but really, your show is stinking up the joint.

24- Jack Bauer is the man. I love that show

LOST- Awesome. Just great.

The Office and 30 Rock- Still the two funniest shows on tv.

Smallville- I like how they're trying to comic book it up. As long as its on, I'll keep watching it.

Grey's Anatomy- Good. I'm ready for them to resolve the Izzie story for good. Overall, its a lot better than last year.

BSG-I'm really going to miss this show in a few weeks once it airs its series finale. I love that its a scifi show yet its more drama than it is sci-fi. People won't watch because its considered sci-fi, yet when you can get someone to watch it, they realize that it's so much more.

Fringe- Really great show in it's first season. I'm really excited to see where it goes.

Thats about it for now. If I think of anything else, I'll blog it.

25 Random Things....

2009-02-08T01:48:00.002-06:00

These "25 things" lists that are now popular at first were kind of dumb. Now that I really think about it and actually have done a few of them, they're actually quite surprising and revealing!

After doing this, I kind of feel like Forrest Gump! All this stuff is true. I've just never sat down and wrote it all out.

1. When I was 10, I came within 5 feet of being eaten/attacked by a Bear in New Mexico. Seriously. I can tell you the story if you wish.

2. I once won a horse in a movie trivia contest.

3. I HATE BEANS. Green beans and green peas are acceptable but no other type of bean. They taste like nasty little pimples in your mouth! Just the consistency of them makes me sick.

4. Charlton Heston once personally told me at Opryland Hotel to tell my friends to "keep packing heat". He said that to me after I told him he was my favorite actor of all time and I admired his stance on guns. To this day it upsets me that I didn't have pen to get an autograph from him.

5. One thing that drives me absolutely crazy are People in large vehicles that slow down to go over a small speed bump- You drive a big truck that (according to commercials) you can drive through a burning house, drive fast and stop just at the edge of a cliff, drive up a ramp hauling a ton of weight while withstanding excessive heat and other elements, but you can't go over one tiny speed bump. Really?! Also, I can't stand people that drive anything below the speed limit when there's no reason to.

6. One of my lifelong goals is to somehow go to a taping of SNL. It's one of the most difficult shows to get a ticket to. Its usually by chance or if you know someone working on the show.

7. One of my other lifelong goals is to have Morgan Freeman narrate just five minutes of my life. It would be the coolest thing ever.

8. When I was about 8 or so. I got my arm stuck in between the wall and that big garage door spring when I accidentally pushed the garage door opener. I was stuck there for a little while until I could finally maneuver myself back over to the opener. Needless to say, I had a spring indention in my arm for a few days.

9. One year for Christmas my uncle shaved his beard, drew a picture of himself with colored pencils on a face shaped piece of poster board, and then glued his beard to the face. He called it his "self portrait". That year I won Gerry House and the House Foundation's contest for "most unique gift" on 98 WSIX.

10. I never bothered to learn how to ride a bike until I was about 13. I just never cared.

11. When I was 7-8, I had pajamas that looked like Pee-Wee Herman's tuxedo. It even had feet that looked like his white loafers.

12. I have a knack for taking a bad step or tripping over my own feet.

13. On my dad's side of the family....All of my cousins, my sister, and I are all left handed. My grandparents, parents, and all of my aunts uncles are right handed.

14. I played baseball when I was younger and I got on base more than any other player on the team. I never hit the ball once all season. Think about that one for a minute....

15. The Rock once signed a movie poster for me thinking that it was going to be donated to a children's charity. For my defense, I didn't tell him the lie. That's what he thought though.

16. When I was in the third grade, my class was scheduled to go on a field trip. My mom signed the permission slip for me to go. A couple days before the trip, I got into trouble at school and my teacher decided as punishment to not let me go to on the field trip. I didn't tell my mom. On the day of the trip, I went to school and was stuck doing work all day in another class. When I got home, my mom asked me how the field trip was. I told her a bunch of bull and never told her I didn't get to go. To this day, she still has no idea that I didn't go. he he he....

17. Channel 4 once did a news segment on our family and our daily morning routine. It was and still is, soo embarrasing.

18. When I was a toddler, my family and I were on a plane flying from Dallas to Nashville. The stewardess thought I was a cute little kid and decided to pick me up and take me on a tour of the plane. After a while, she had not brought me back and my mom became a little worried. She decided to go looking for me. When she found me, I was in first class. I was sitting on (at the time) Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander's lap. She was speechless.

19. I once lived in a house that had been owned by Jim Varney aka. Ernest P. Worrell. You know the guy from the Ernest movies???

20. To this day, if I'm at the pool or even in the shower, I don't like getting my face wet.

21. If I had to pick my least favorite celebrity it would probably have to be Queen Latifah. I absolutely cannot stand her.

22. One year in school, one of our class projects was to write to 3 famous people. I was the only one to get a response. In fact, I got responses from 2 out of the 3 people. One was from my all time favorite baseball player, Nolan Ryan, who sent me an autographed picture. The other was a first class letter from The White House. It was a personal letter to me from the first President Bush. My mom had no idea I had written him and she was shocked when I got the package in the mail. I still have the letter in a frame and we did verify that it's a real signature,lol.

23. One time at church around 95-96, they were doing a toys for tots drive. I happened to walk by the box and I noticed that someone had placed 3 un-opened action figures from "The Empire Strikes Back" dating back to 1980. I took the toys.

p.s. Just so that you don't think I'm evil and going to hell....I did tell my associate pastor and my parents. They completely understood that it wasn't wise for an underprivileged child to rip open some rare toys. I did end up putting twice as many toys back in the box.

p.p.s. The Star Wars toys were appraised for a grand total of about $600. Cha-ching!

24. I'm pretty good at movie trivia.

25. I've gotten to meet Keifer Sutherland and Gene Hackman. Two of my favorite things are 24 and anything Superman. My personalized original "Superman: The Movie" poster is one of my most prized possessions.

Sophie Can Walk

2009-01-19T13:05:00.003-06:00

This is pretty funny, especially at the 1:40 mark.

- funny videos

Today's Links- 01/13/09

2009-01-13T08:51:00.003-06:00

This guy's face painting skills are amazing!
Check out his flickr!

Check out his flickr!

Make sure to read the reviews before deciding if the
Bic Crystal Ballpoint Pen is for you.

We've recently began teaching my grandparents how to use the internet and email. I've started getting the forwards from them. So, to me this is hilarious....
Old People News

I can't help but think of my friends Josh and Scott when I see this.

Upon further research into this movie, it's called "Hard Ticket to Hawaii". It definitely looks like the perfect 80's movie to watch when you're drunk.

This is why I love telling people I'm from the south. Not really.

Update on my lists...

2009-01-09T11:57:00.002-06:00

I had the chance to see Gran Torino and The Wrestler over the past week.

Gran Torino- At 78 years old, Clint Eastwood is still someone I wouldn't want to mess with. While the acting from most everyone else in the movie isn't that great, Clint is amazing. It's classic Eastwood to be more accurate. His portrayal in the movie just reaffirms my belief that he is still one our greatest actors. I would definitely recommend seeing this movie.

The Wrestler- I've never seen a lot of Mickey Rourke movies. I think the only thing I've ever really seen with him that I actually remember him in was Sin City. I know his whole story but I've just never cared about most of the movies he's been in. Wrestling on the other hand, I've watched my entire life. I still watch it! Yes, it can be corny but its fun to watch. I keep up with it. I know the ends and outs of it. I still think "Beyond the Mat" is a great documentary about the wrestling business. So I would like to think that if any of my friends are going to find fault with this movie, it would be me.

Mickey Rourke is absolutely amazing in this movie. He does such a good job that you actually think you're watching a documentary about Randy 'The Ram' Robinson and not just a movie. His portrayal of an aged wrestler is one of THE best performances this year that I have seen. I really hopes he ends up taking home the Oscar for Best Actor over Sean Penn. I'm sure Sean Penn was good in Milk, but I will be the first to admit, I cannot stand him. The only Sean Penn movies I have ever liked were Fast Times at Ridgemont High and I am Sam. I would probably rather sit through all three High School Musical movies than watch a Sean Penn movie. Anyways, enough about Penn. If you get the chance when it comes to town, go see The Wrestler.

My Best of and Worst of Movies 2008

2009-01-02T04:08:00.003-06:00

Hey all!

Sorry for not updating in such a long time. I guess I just haven't felt too much like bloggin or anything like that. I guess the good news is that I'm back and I'm ready for my yearly movies best of/worst of list. I usually have 4 categories for this.

List one- Movies I loved
List two-Movies I hated
List three- Movies I thought were good and you should see, but I highly doubt I will ever watch them again unless their on tv.
List four-Movies I have not seen,but want to even if their bad just so I can have an opinion.

Will everyone like my lists? Probably not. Guess what? I don't care. If you do care, feel free to write your own blog with your opinions....I'm just kidding.

On with the lists!!

First up, the 2008 Movies I loved....in no particular order really except 1-10....

1. The Dark Knight-Hands down my favorite. They took something I was unsure of how it would work and then made it epic. I just can't imagine how they will be able to make a third movie and it be better than the sequel.

2. Wall-E -Absolutely amazing movie. Everything about it is just beautiful. Pixar continues to do no wrong.

3. Slumdog Millionaire- A great story of a boy living lowest of the low in India and how his life led him to be on Who wants to be a Millionaire just for the love a girl.

4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button-A really great movie blending Forrest Gump with Big Fish. Brad Pitt always manages to make great movies.

5. Iron Man-The Dark Knight is in a league of its own this year when it comes to comic book movies, but Iron Man is easily the best adapted comic book movie of the year. When you make a movie, you want to make the audience believe that there was no one else that could have ever played the a specific character. Robert Downey Jr. did that for Iron Man. I just can't imagine anyone else who could have done it better.

6. Forgetting Sarah Marshall-Funniest movie of the year. I can watch this over and over and still find it as funny as the first time I watched it.

7. Tropic Thunder- An all-star cast that managed to be really funny and make a good movie. Thats hard to do. Once again, Robert Downey Jr. shows how great of a performer he is.

8. Quantum of Solace-I'm a sucker for James Bond movies. This one was action packed all through out and thats how I like them. No need for too much over the top techno babble. Just let Bond be Bond and save the world from evil. Can't wait for the third movie. Daniel Craig is the best James Bond in my opinion since Sean Connery.

9. Young@Heart-Best documentary I saw this year.This will make you want to go hug an older person and then sing with them!

10. TIE-Horton Hears a Who! and Kung Fu Panda-I love it when "kids movies" turn out to be smart and funny. More often than not, animated movies aren't funny. Maybe to a child who doesn't understand what all is going on, its great. But for those of us who do understand, they're usually just drivel. Crap cheaply made with not a lot of thought just to make a quick buck. Horton and Panda manage to stay funny and fresh and keep everyone entertained. I remember seeing Horton with about 3-4 other adults. I think we we're laughing harder than the kids in the auditorium were. It really has nothing to do with the actors per say, but it's just plain ol good writing and creativity that make these movies great.

My other favorites of 2008-
Step Brothers
Wanted
Get Smart
Cloverfield
Rambo
Definitely, Maybe
Charlie Bartlett
Semi-Pro
The Other Boleyn Girl
Speed Racer- I don't care what anyone says, I had a lot of fun with this movie considering how hate anime and the original cartoon.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull-The only thing allowing this to be on the list is Harrison Ford and his awesomeness. Most everything else about the movie wasn't that great.
The Foot Fist Way
The Incredible Hulk
Hancock
Burn After Reading
Marley and Me

Now the 2008 movies I did not like....or a few movies that might make having diarrhea sound possibly fun! Not all of them but some of them.....

1. The Strangers-For the love of God, one of my biggest pet peeves in movies is this. A director leads you on a story that keeps you interested the whole time and keeps you in suspense. Then the ending comes and you're expecting a payoff to make the movie great. Instead the director basically says in his own terms, "Suckers! I just got all your money and now there's nothing you can do about it. So heres a crappy ending my 4 yr old came up with!" The Strangers is that movie. I absolutely LOATHE this movie. I swear, if you watch the trailer, you now know as much about the movie as you would have if you had watched the movie. This movie gives you nothing at all. Just freaky scene after freaky scene. Then when the ending comes, you get no closure at all. Not even a hint. Nothing. Nada. Nil. Uh-uh. The people responsible for this movie should join the guys who have made Meet the Spartans and Disaster Movie and never be allowed to make anything tv/film again. Quarantine is on the verge of making it into this category due to its no resolve make you feel like you just got suckered ending.

2. The Happening-I haven't enjoyed an M. Night movie since The Sixth Sense. Mark Whalberg is terrible in this. Seeing people get killed in gory situations just for the heck of showing it isn't entertaining. Plants being the big mystery is stupid. The movie, it's just stupid.

3. The Love Guru-I love the Austin Powers movies, but this movie is awful. It's not funny. It's not even remotely funny. It's just bad.

4. College- Another dumb college movie that wants you to think that college is 90 percent trying to get laid and going to over the top unrealistic parties.

5. Disaster Movie- The people responsible for this should never be allowed near a camera and/or any kind of studio again. These bad parody movies are an insult to the great parody movies of the past (Airplane, The Naked Gun,etc...) It's like these people are preying on society's dumbest people.

6.Appaloosa- After how amazing 3:10 to Yuma was last year, this movie is just plain bad. You would think a western with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortenson might be good, but this movie is filled with bad acting and Renee Zellweger. Her character alone pretty much ruins this movie, bad acting aside.

7. The Mummy:Tomb of the Dragon Emperor- Instead of making a worthwhile next entry in The Mummy series, Universal just saw dollar signs and made a crappy movie. This movie makes the first two Mummy movies look like masterpieces. Not one time when I sat through this movie did I think this is an ok sequel. It definitely makes the other Mummy movies and Universal look bad.

8. 10,000 BC- Me watch bad summer movie. Me want to throw up. Me wish Roland Emmerich would stop making these crappy too much CGI'd movies.

9. Max Payne- Mark Whalberg is 2 for 2 on this list. I never played the video game and now I will never want to. Thanks Mark Whalberg. Say hi to your mother for me.

10. Hamlet 2- They tried so hard to make the next South Park movie here. Yes I know its live action, but the humor was very South Park'ish. It tries like South Park to be offensive yet, be offensive in a really funny way. This movie fails on that attempt. It's not funny and it just comes across as stupid.

My other worst movies of the year....

Mamma Mia
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Quarantine
Nick and Norah
Twilight
The Day the Earth Stood Still
Be Kind Rewind
Vantage Point
Zohan
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Righteous Kill
W.- I swear this really has nothing to do with me supporting W to begin with. This movie just felt like SNL trying to make a dramatic movie. It also seemed to make fun of things that really aren't all that funny in real life. Like the praying at the end of a meeting. Its not funny, but they try and make it look like it is stupid.

Now for my list of movies I thought were good and you should see, but I highly doubt I will ever watch them again unless their on tv...

27 Dresses
Fool's Gold
Jumper
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Doomsday
Drillbit Taylor
21
Run,Fat Boy,Run
Baby Mama
Made of Honor
Son of Rambow
Narnia: Prince Caspian
Hellboy 2
Pineapple Express
Death Race
The House Bunny
Ghost Town
Eagle Eye
Flash of Genius
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
Body of Lies
Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Madagascar 2
Role Models
Bolt
Yes Man

And finally my list of movies I have yet to see but I want to. These movies could possibly change either top ten list once I see them. Especially some of the Oscar movies...

In Bruges
The Bank Job
Street Kings
Babylon AD
Rachel Getting Married
RockNRolla
Changeling
Synecdoche,NY
Australia
Transporter 3
Milk-I really could care less honestly. I can't stand Sean Penn 90 percent of the time. I just want to see it for Oscar season.
Frost/Nixon-Really want to see it!
Gran Torino-Really want to see it!
Doubt
The Wrestler-Really want to see it!
Seven Pounds
The Spirit
Valkyrie
Defiance
Che
Let the Right One In
Happy Go Lucky
JCVD

There are I'm sure, quite a few movies that The Belcourt theatre here in Nashville had that I didn't get to see. I love The Belcourt and I love their place in the Nashville film community. I hope to get a list of some of the Independent films they had that I might have missed. Hopefully I will be able to add those to my favorites list.

So there are my lists. I appreciate any and all comments whether you disagree or not. Hopefully I will get a chance to start seeing some of these later movies sometime soon before the Oscars.

This is awesome...

2008-10-22T12:59:00.001-05:00

See more funny videos at Funny or Die

The Graysons? yeeaahhh......

2008-10-01T02:53:00.003-05:00

Hmmmm.....
This is some interesting news....

On one hand....I hate the character of Robin. I think it worked fine back in the day and back on the old Adam West series, but not anymore. I think the character and his background is just goofy. Yes, I know I just said that a comic book character's origin was goofy. But I think the general consensus among comic book fans is that Robin should just remain an unspoken part of the Batman mythos. We all know who he is, but most of us are fine with just not doing anything with the character. There are a lot of people to who just loathe the character. They want nothing to do with it at all. So on one hand, I have no desire to watch a show based around the history of Robin.

On the other hand....I remember when I heard about Smallville. I thought to myself, "This is going to be stupid and they're going to ruin Superman." It turned out that Smallville has become one of my favorite shows on tv today. Now granted, I don't like the character of Robin anywhere near the same as I like Superman. So I'm kind of torn on the idea of "The Graysons". I have a feeling that the suits in charge are just going after a young demographic and Robin was the best known character they could use. I also have a feeling that the idea alone of this show is going to drive comic fans away.

The New James Bond Theme...Another Way to Die

2008-09-18T14:33:00.000-05:00

I love James Bond movies....I do. I've got about every one on dvd somewhere. I've got an album of every James Bond theme song. Most of them are cool. When I found out Jack White and Alicia Keys were collaborating on the theme for Quantum of Solace, I thought this could be really cool! Well, what came out today is half cool/half awful. I love the instrumental part of it. Very cool and almost classic Bond sounding. The lyrics though...hmmm. I think it would have been better to just let Jack White sing. His part sounds ok. It sounds like Jack White. Alicia Keys though sounds at some points off key. She's trying to sing with Jack White and when she tries to sing high like Jack does, it just sounds bad. Its like hearing Alica Keys in a White Stripes song. It just doesn't sound right. I've listened to it quite a few times to try and like it more. Its a tough one though. I really really really don't like Amy Winehouse. I think she's one of the most disgusting women on the planet. Sorry if you're offended. She was reportedly supposed to do a theme before they gave it to Jack White and Alicia Keys. I'm starting to think they should have let her do it. I dunno.....only time will tell if I end up liking it.

Have a listen for yourself....

It's been a while....

2008-08-29T17:59:00.002-05:00

Hello all.....

It's been a while. I don't think I've posted since probably July sometime.

Lifes just been busy and I haven't really wanted to blog about anything.

Lifes ok, I guess. Same old same old. Nothing really new. With me, it seems like nothing ever is. Thats just to me though.

I'm alive. That's good. I'm healthy(for the most part). That's good. I have a job(not the greatest, I know). That's good.

Am I content? No. Do I want more? yes. Do I need more? yes!

I don't know. One of these days somethings gonna give and things will change. Will it be good change? I don't know. Will it be a bad change? I don't know. I just know things at some point are going to have to give. Sometimes I do wish I was in a position to just up and move somewhere far away. Start fresh. Be a different person. Go by Will instead of Billy. Change like that. Erase everything like an etch-a-sketch and start a new picture. I'm not in a position to do that though. I'm standing in front of Mount Everest wanting to climb it but I'm at the base of the mountain. And man, it's one hell of a climb to the top.

I'm too nice. I'm way too nice. I've got a problem with that. I've always wanted to feel accepted by people. I let people run all over me. Instead of voicing my opinion about it, I just turn the other cheek and stay quiet. I let people tell me things and then become a forgotten part of their lives. Instead of saying "Hey I'm here!", I just stay quiet and hope that they notice me. I'm just too nice to them. Their lives go on. They find other people to be more interested in and spend time with. I become just another person in the background. I stay quiet. I want people to want to come to me. I don't want to be bothersome and go to them. I think it's just the way I was raised. Be nice to people. The Golden Rule. Today at Panera Bread, I was getting a drink. An older lady came by and was using a walker and was trying to refill her drink. She was having a tough time so I offered to help her. She just snarled at me and basically said she didn't want my pity. I just said o...k.... and went about my lunch. I had tried to help someone and do the right thing and I still came out feeling like crap. That's happens often to me though. I try to be the nice guy and help others out. I try and make others happy. Then life in a way says, "For every good deed, I'm gonna punch you in the gut." It's just a sucky feeling to have. I just want everyone to be happy. I hate seeing people in pain or being miserable. It's just in my nature to want to do the right things for people and try to bring a bright spot to someones day. Just know that I want nothing but the best for you all. I want every one of you to wake up every morning and look forward to the day. If you're down and out, you can call me and I will be there asap to help you out. I'm here.

Enough about me for now....lets go over some stuff..... :)

Election- No. I'm not voting for Obama. No way. No how. I'm sorry but I'm not gonna drink the Kool Aid with the rest of the cool kids. Do I like McCain? Not particularly. I think he and Joe Biden are both too Washington for me. I do consider myself a conservative and I do like Sarah Palin. I'm actually pretty impressed with her from a first impression stand point. Is she the most qualified? Thats a matter of opinion. Obama's not entirely qualified either. I think Obama and Palin are both great people and I know both want whats best for America. I just believe in Palin's beliefs more than Obama. I like the idea of someone whos never been in Washington going for it. I do think Obama will win the election. I think too many people are going to vote for Obama because its the popular choice. I just ask everyone that votes to just understand the issues before you vote. Don't vote for Obama because Kanye or Oprah or because your friends are doing it. Vice versa with McCain.

TV- I can't wait for the fall tv season to start. I love that time of year! I've already got my weekly schedule planned out.

Music- Hopefully, I'm going to go see The Swell Season at the Ryman in September. I'm excited about it! Liam Finn is coming to the Mercy Lounge on September 9. That should be a great show if I can get anyone to go with me. I am still excited about Bonnaroo next year. Yes, I had that much fun at this years.

Movies-There isn't too much out right now to be excited about. Most everything new coming out is just bleh...Entertaining stuff but not great stuff. The House Bunny and Death Race are both good but neither are memorable for anything.
A few movies that I am looking forward to.....
Burn After Reading- New Coen Brothers!
Righteous Kill- De Niro and Pacino. Duh.
Appaloosa- I love a good western. Not crazy about old squinty eyes Renee Zellweger though.
Eagle Eye- Looks fun
Max Payne- Have you seen the trailer? Freaking cool! BUT, it might too cool to be true.
Body of Lies- Russell Crowe, Leo DiCaprio, and Ridley Scott. Cool Beans.
Quantum of Solace- New James Bond!

Michael Bay's Rejected "The Dark Knight" Script

2008-07-06T09:59:00.006-05:00

This is pretty funny and it totally makes sense! My personal favorite is page 3.

Part of me wants to see this made....

Happy 4th of July!!!

2008-07-03T22:42:00.004-05:00

Happy 4th of July!!!

The Muppets celebratethe fourth

Now this is something to make on the grill for your 4th of July cookout!

Worst movie of the year

2008-07-03T19:58:00.003-05:00

Somebody needs to stop this now....ugh....I hate movies like this now. These guys are completely ruining the comedy parody genre. Its not clever or anything. It just stupid reference this and stupid reference that.

Disaster Movie

Hellboy on Inside the Actors Studio

2008-07-01T16:14:00.002-05:00

I love this. All 20 seconds of it including the Boo-Yah! This is just a great tv ad. I wish more movies had creative ads like this.

The Douchiest Phone Message

2008-06-28T01:45:00.001-05:00

lol, this guy is a tool...

Here's the backstory according to the original website, "The back story on this is that a girl named Olga was out with her friends in the Marina district of San Francisco (known for being a popular hang out for douches), and she talked to this guy named Dmitri for all of two minutes. Then she gave him her card and said “give me a call.” The above is the messages he left."

Knight Rider GPS

2008-06-24T18:52:00.001-05:00

I have never really wanted a GPS system. I've just never felt that I really needed one. I want this though. How cool is this?! My luck it won't say Billy...

mio knight rider gps from knight rider online on Vimeo.

Cookie Monster on Colbert

2008-06-24T02:19:00.001-05:00

I love The Colbert Report.

I don't think they're Teenage anymore

2008-06-20T15:46:00.003-05:00

Wow, I did not realize it had been that long!

My Medicine, by Snoop Dogg

2008-06-18T16:37:00.000-05:00

I can't wait to see this hit CMT. Traditionalists are going to hate this with a passion.

Bonnaroo!

2008-06-17T14:42:00.002-05:00

My first trip to Bonnaroo has come and gone. As I said before, I was a little apprehensive about going. It was definitely going to be out of my comfort zone as far as the camping and not showering stuff was concerned. I am proud to say that I was completely wrong. The entire experience was so amazing and unforgettable. I honestly cannot wait until next year's Bonnaroo.

There is so much to talk about....Where to begin?!

As far as getting there, we totally avoided the 16 mile plus waiting line on the interstate. Some awesome THP officer decided to direct us to the opposite side of Bonnaroo to enter. We totally got into the campgrounds in just a fraction of the time that a lot of other people had to wait. We took 4 cars for the 7 of us. We got a pretty big plot of land for our campsite. We ended up being able to fill it with 4 large 10x10 canopies and 2 mesh canopies. We still had room after that for the portable shower and then some. That portable shower was dandy. It wasn't the greatest shower ever, but it did the trick of making you feel somewhat clean. I think in terms of how are campsite was all in all, we were pretty lucky. We had good neighbors who weren't obnoxious, we were close to the portajons(which were mostly clean and bringing your own tp and sanitizing wipes makes it better), and we were a decent walk from Centeroo,where everything takes place. I mean, things could have been A LOT worse.

Music wise....wow. just wow. It was worth every cent of the ticket cost. We got to see so many bands and almost all of them were amazing.

Swell Season- I was so excited to see them and they were so much better than I ever expected. Glen Hansard is just an amazing artist. I cannot wait until they come to the Ryman in September. Their show to me was worth the trip to Bonnaroo alone.

M.I.A.- I didn't get to see all of her show, but it was obvious to at least Jesse and I that she didn't sound that great. It was ok though. She kept saying it was her last show ever. Who knows if thats true?

Zach Galifianakis and Chris Rock- So funny! Zach's humor is just brilliant. I thought it was funny that Chris Rock goes off on "black people" tangents and yet honestly the Bonnaroo crowd is not very black at all. Funny yet awkward in some way.

Metallica- I like Metallica but I was kind of impartial to seeing them in a way. I think most of us were that way about seeing them. We were basically there because it was the first big show of the festival and there was nothing else going on at that time. They rocked our socks off though. For a band thats over 25 years old, they can still deliver big time. By them time their show was done we were just all in shock at how awesome they were. I hope to see them again some day. They just kicked ass.

Gogol Bordello- Heres a band that definitely works better live than on an album. Its a band consisting of about 9 members. They describe themselves as gypsy punk. Very fun stuff. Go to youtube and look them up. You'll see what I mean.

Ben Folds- It was my first time ever seeing him live unlike most of the people I know apparently. He was really good! He is a modern newer Billy Joel which is awesome to me. I wouldn't mind seeing him play with the Nashville Symphony here in a few months.

Avett Brothers- Still great to listen to!

Jack Johnson- There were a lot of people at this show. Definitely more than at Metallica. He was great. He always make me want to just sit under a tree and just chill. So, I sat in my chair and did just that. I think out of all of the artists I saw, he sounds the most like his album. He did a song with Eddie Vedder which was cool.

Pearl Jam- This was another show in which I was impartial to going to but I did because there wasn't anyone else really. That and they are a huge band even though I've never really listened to them that much. They were good but they played for almost 3 hours and Eddie liked to talk about dedicating songs and politics way too much. I don't regret seeing them at all. I just didn't know 90% of the songs they played, so in other words I was ready for them to be over about halfway through.

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss- Its amazing how great these two sound together. Really great variations on some Zeppelin songs.

Last but not least, I come to Kanye. Kanye, Kanye, Kanye.....Where to begin with him. I was definitely excited to see his late night glow in the dark show. I think we all were. We even stayed after Pearl Jam and got to go in the pit section in front of the stage. Which was awesome, BUT everything else just kind of trumps that. Kanye was supposed to go on at 2:45a. Pearl Jam was only supposed to play until 12:15a. That two hour break would then be used to assemble Kanye's tour stage. Well, PJ didn't finish until around 1:15a. Kanye didn't start until around 4:30a. By this point, everyone was tired and restless. Keep in mind with the sun and the heat, most everyone including us had been up since around 9am Saturday morning. We had all been up around 19 hours by the time he started. It also didn't help that they kept posting notices that kept pushing Kanye's show back. First it said 2:45, then 3:15, then 3:30...People were just getting mad. People started throwing glowsitcks,TP,and water bottles at the stage(note.we were not throwing stuff). At one point some guy threw what looked like a water bottle or a big glow stick and hit Kanye's LED board. It totally messed it up big time. You could almost hear all 50-60,000 plus people at the same time gasp in shock. I just remember looking at Josh saying, "Well, hes not coming out now."

You can see the busted part of LED Board...

They ended up catching a guy who they thought did it. He did end up hitting the stage around 4:30. It was really awkward. There was never an apology for the delay nor an acknowledgement of the crowd. It was just a big production of Kanye acting like he had crash landed on a remote planet and talking to his LED board, Jane. It wasn't very glow in the darkish, and most of the big set they had built was pointless. The show lasted right at an hour and by the time he was done the sun was up. I do give him the benefit of the doubt on some things though. The music was good(even though it was like Kanye rapping to Kanye Karaoke) and I think his show works a lot better in an arena where it is really dark. It just didn't work at Bonnaroo. He should have just done a basic show and that would have been awesome enough. There are all sorts of speculation on reasons why the show was so late and why it wasn't great. I have to imagine though that it had to be one of his worst shows ever though. I know most Bonnaroo didn't like the whole situation. You could hear people saying "F*** Kanye!" throughout the day on Sunday. It was spray painted on walls. I think people were just really upset that they lost a lot of the little time there is to sleep before the sun starts baking the tents. I know we all only got about 3 hours of sleep before we were all back up. I felt bad for the Sunday artists. You could just feel that everyone was just drained on Sunday. No one was getting really excited at any of the shows. Most of the crowds were just blah. I have a feeling the Bonnaroo organizers won't ever have Kanye back(nor would he come probably) and I doubt they have a "late night" show again. Kanye should have just been a grown up and accepted his original time slot and original stage. People would have been a lot happier. Anyways, enough about Kanye.

All in all, it was an amazing experience and I am so happy that I went. I cannot wait until next year's Bonnaroo. I hope to go with another great group of people. The more people, the better! Totally worth going!

Theres alot more I could go into but I'll save it for later. Anyways, thanks for reading! Feel free to look at my Bonnaroo pics on my myspace or facebook. Also, go to YouTube. They have lots of great performance videos. Especially virtually the entire Swell Season show!

Carroll Spinney

2008-06-16T21:51:00.002-05:00

Growing up, I loved Sesame Street. I always wondered about the man who portrayed Big Bird. Well, now I know...Not exactly what I was thinking but very sentimental none the less....

A couple of movies to think about

2008-06-03T03:11:00.003-05:00

New movies to note-

What happens when you put George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, and J.K. Simmons? Why the new Coen Brothers movie!

Burn After Reading

I really want to see this too. Hopefully some place in Nashville will be getting it soon.

I admit that we're all geeks in some way....but this is way too much for me. I just could never do this. I'm pretty open to "geek" type stuff like comics and Star Wars/Trek but I can't help but feel sorry for people that are into this. I don't know, its almost like this is where the line should be drawn on geekness if that makes any sense.

Blockbuster Video: A Living Museum

2008-05-31T02:27:00.001-05:00

I'm normally not a fan of The Onion but this is pretty funny...

I haven't updated in a little while

2008-05-29T23:31:00.002-05:00

It's been a while since I updated the ole blog here.....sorry for that.

I've been introduced to so much music over the past few months. Which is great...I'm one of those people that listens to a lot of older stuff or soundtracks. I don't typically get into new music and artists. I'm trying to change that though. I'm so grateful to have awesome friends like Josh and Jesse to introduce me to it. I've heard some truly great music and a lot of it isn't new. Its just stuff I've overlooked for the past few years. I'm really liking it to the point that I'm going to be adventurous and go to Bonnaroo with them and the Burkas in June. It should be interesting. I haven't been camping since I was probably in the 4th or 5th grade when I was in the boy scouts. So I have to deal with that plus the fact that I've got to do it for 3 or 4 nights. On top of that I have to be with thousands upon thousands of people that might get on my nerves. I hope not though. I'm just going to have to get over my fear of being uncomfortable and just deal with it. Thats mainly why I want to go, to be put into an uncomfortable environment and see how I deal. I think I will be okay. Theres just so much about it all that will be new to me. I am really excited to possibly see acts like Metallica, Pearl Jam, Chris Rock, Kanye West, Swell Season, MSTRKRFT, M.I.A., Ben Folds, Rilo Kiley, The Avett Brothers, and Robert Plant and Alison Krauss. What's funny is that if you asked me about 3-4 months ago who some of these acts were, I would have said "I have no clue". As of last week, I had no idea about any of the music from Ben Folds. Yes I know, weird...

This is a funny site. I've seen LOLCats but not this.
Om Nom Nom Nom!

Star Trek: That's What She Said!

2008-05-14T01:47:00.001-05:00

No, it's not called that but it could have been....lol

R2-D2 Projector

2008-05-01T12:23:00.001-05:00

This R2-D2 projector is impressive. Most impressive. and totally freaking awesome! For the uber fan I guess, seeing how its priced at $2,995. Yikes!

Speed Racer

2008-04-29T04:51:00.002-05:00

I saw this on the front page of MySpace today....I don't know about you but I really don't know what to think about this movie. I mean on one hand, I'm thinking this could be a really cool movie. On the other hand, I'm thinking this could be just a bunch of mumbo jumbo epileptic silliness. I guess if anything I'm intrigued. The movie itself is supposedly 135 minutes. I don't know if I can handle 135 minutes of this yet i'm intrigued to see what The Wachowskis have come up with. Even if the movie sucks I bet the racing scenes will still be cool as hell in IMAX. Feel free to leave thoughts!

Go Speed Racer Go Music Video

Twitter

2008-04-27T03:19:00.004-05:00

So....I'm trying out this service called Twitter. I heard about it on last weeks Diggnation podcast and again in the news when a guy was arrested in Egypt. He simply posted "Arrested" on his Twitter and people saw it and helped rescue him. I'm just trying it, but feel free to follow! If you have a Twitter page then please let me know and I can "follow" along with you.

Click here for My Twitter page

The 2008 Texas Polygamist Wives Wall Calendar

2008-04-21T17:30:00.001-05:00

The 2008 Texas Polygamist Wives Wall Calendar... This is funny. I think October is the best month. I agree with one of the comments, it does look like Tim Robbins. lol

Now this is cool...

2008-04-16T12:40:00.002-05:00

WOW.... This is impressive. I mean, we've all seen fake screens on tv that were thin and could bend and stuff like that. To see that stuff really starting to happen is cool.

You have to be kidding me....

2008-04-15T14:05:00.001-05:00

In essence from the Weekend Update bit on SNL....

Chihuahuas, Disney? Really??
Beverly Hills Chihuahuas? Really??

Lots of Complete Randomness!

2008-04-14T16:30:00.002-05:00

Wow. Its amazing how we learn new things everyday. I've been playing music since I was around 10 in some capacity. So I know my fair share of instruments and music theory. I have never seen one of these until today. A contrabass sax.... That thing is huge!(thats what she said!) I guess in retrospect, I should have realized something like this existed but I have never seen one played nor even heard of it.

In other randomness stuff of the day.....

Yes, he used a trampoline but that is still a long dunk that WAS right on. I know I couldn't have done that probably. So props to this guy...

Props to this guy as well....

How to make pop tarts-

Photoshop Disasters. This is a great site.

Luckiest woman ever on Price is Right....

The Soup is hilarious...

Lips That Touch Liquor

2008-04-13T15:38:00.001-05:00

This was taken in 1919. LOL! Man those are some ugly women! Sorry feminists, but its true....

The Last Lecture

2008-04-11T01:50:00.003-05:00

I know I've told some of you about this, but please watch it. I haven't been moved by something like this in a really long time. Randy Pausch should be an inspiration to us all. What hes facing and yet what hes done with his life in the past and in the present is truly remarkable. Please if you haven't seen "The Last Lecture", take an hour or so and watch it. If you know me and would like to borrow the book he wrote about "The Last Lecture", then please let me know.

The ABC Primetime site about Randy Pausch.

The official "The Last Lecture" book site

They don't have a phrase for "Step Up"?

2008-04-09T15:07:00.000-05:00

Ahhh, you gotta love the french. At first glance you might think this was taken at Kazakhstan’s only movie theatre. But no, this is France.

Laser Cats 3-D

2008-04-07T19:15:00.001-05:00

Saturday night at Mad Donnas

2008-04-07T16:20:00.001-05:00

Ok, let me preface all of this by saying I have NOTHING against gay people at all. I don't care how people live. Its their business. So the story I am about to tell you is mainly based on surprise and not realizing the environment I was going into.

So Saturday afternoon, I called Josh to see if he and Jesse had any plans for Saturday night. They told me that a girl we went to high school with was having a birthday party at a bar in east Nashville. I've met the girl a few times but I don't know her like Josh and Jesse do. I still thought it would be fun to tag along.

Around 8:45, Josh, Jesse, his brother Jordan, and myself headed out to the bar. We stopped along the way to get some flowers for the birthday girl and then headed downtown. We got down there to the four points area and it was a place across from another bar called "The Lipstick Lounge"o...k......

We walk in and there is a restaurant downstairs and a bar upstairs. We walked up the stairs and I immediately noticed a DJ/VJ(they had tvs with videos playing) wearing a sequined pair of headphones along with some late 30's bald guy doing a backflip on their little dance floor. o....k......

The other thing I immediately notice is that most people are dressed in fairly nice clothes. I was wearing a pair of khaki pants, a button up shirt from Old Navy, and a baseball cap. It was probably in my mind but I felt out of place kind of. Granted we were all wearing casual clothes. Nothing really nice like some of the people there. Well, Jesse looked better than the other three of us. lol o....k.....

We made our way up to the bar, which was fairly crowded, and began to wait to order. At the bar, there were quite a few attractive women there. Kind of reminded me of Sex in the City or something, even though I've never seen the show. They did have guys with them and I thought nothing really more of it. Just guys and girls at a local bar. After Josh ordered, I took the drink menu they had and began to look it over to see what they offered. They had the usual beer and wine. On the other side of the menu they had all sorts of different martinis and margaritas. I finally got the bartenders attention and ordered a Yeungling. While I was waiting, I began to look over the drink menu again. They had drinks called "Lindsay Blowhan", "Britneytini", "Whitneytini", and "Chertini". I was thinking, "thats odd". About this time I look up and notice quite of few gay and lesbian looking people walking in and standing around. The bartender brought my Yeungling over and said, "Here ya go. Thhhanks!" o....k.....

I took my beer and walked back over to Josh, Jesse, and Jordan. About this time, the D/VJ began playing Flashdance. o....k.....

As I drank my beer and chatted, I noticed more and more gay and lesbians coming in. The D/VJ started playing some remix of Madonna's "Music" and "Disco Inferno" o....k.....

About this time, I'm starting to put things together. It wasn't until we went back to the bar to order another beer and I noticed a transvestite standing in between Jordan and Jesse. The D/VJ began playing Cher's "Believe" song and I realized that we were definitely in a gay bar. I think I kind of eyeballed the others to look at the transvestite and we all kind of just smiled and laughed. I remember thinking once again o...k..... I started texting my friend and sister about all of this. lol I also around this time realized this bar was called "Mad Donnas" That probably should have given it away had we noticed.

Again the bartender came over and I ordered a big glass of Yazoo Dos Perros much to the surprise I think of Josh. I'm the guy that never really drinks and I never get drunk in front of people. So for me to have finished a Yeungling and attempt to drink another big glass of beer, probably surprised them. I remember at some point standing there that Josh and I saw the transvestite talking to Jesse. Josh wondered if he should go and save her, lol.
After I got my beer, we found an empty table which happened to be positioned directly beside the dance floor area. As we sat there, people began dancing to the music, I think Janet Jackson. We sat and talked. After a little while, I definitely noticed that this beer was starting to make me feel tipsy. I guess because I don't drink much, a bottle and a big glass of beer is plenty for me to get to the first stage of drunkeness. I was still fine, but I was certainly feeling dazed sort of.

I started to feel like I had to go to the bathroom. I had drank about 4 bottles of water throughout the day at work in addition to beer. I went to find the bathroom and there were two doors. One door was labled "Donnas" and the other labled "Dons". The Dons door was cracked open and seeing how I had never been here before, I didn't know how big the bathroom was. So I opened the door and took a step in. As quickly as I took a step in, I took a step back out. It was a very small bathroom with a toilet and sink. There was also a guy peeing. When I had opened the door and turned around I just said, "Oh, hello!" I closed the door and just waited outside pretending nothing had happened. The guy came out, I went in and did my thing(locking the door) and then went back to the table. Naturally, they laughed at me for what had happened.

We sat there again and after a while, I think we all just kind of realized it was time to go. I walked up the bar and closed my tab. I decided to take one final trip to the bathroom before the car ride back. I went, stood in line, and waited. My turn came and I went into the bathroom. This time once again, I made sure the door was closed all of the way and I turned the knob to lock the door. I began to go and after about five seconds the bathroom door swings open and some gay man just barges in. My fuzzy mind caused me to just say aloud, "Oh god!" The guy just said, "Sorry, hon!" and he walked back out. Something tells me he wasn't as embarrassed as I was. Anyways, I quickly washed my hands and walked out. I immediately went up to Josh and Jesse and told them what had happened. Naturally they laughed. I told them I was definitely ready to go whenever, lol. They all said their goodbyes and we walked downstairs and left. By the time we left, the bar was clearly 80-85 percent gay and lesbian people. We walked down the street to the car. It completely made sense to me now why it was beside a bar called "The Lipstick Lounge". I remember on the way back just laughing at how awkward everything was.

It was definitely a night I won't forget.

My thoughts on Idol...

2008-03-12T03:35:00.001-05:00

Its that time of year for me to start watching American Idol. I always tell people that I only watch from the final 12 on....

I'm just not a big fan of watching a bunch of people that I'll never see again on all the previous episodes. The final 12, in my opinion, are the ones that you probably hear from again in the future.

So tonight I tuned in to get my first impressions on who the final 12 are this year. I was sooo glad to hear that it was Lennon/McCartney night! I love the Beatles!!

There were definitely some good performances and some bad ones. If you didn't watch it, these are the 3 in my opinion that were awesome. I like it when people take risks on Idol, especially when they pay off. Two out of three of these people did that and it paid off. Chikezie and David's versions were great. Carly really didn't change her song up but she did an amazing job compared to some of the other girls. I love her Irish accent! But then again, I'm a sucker for women with accents. :)

Enjoy!
p.s. I think its awesome that they're letting them use instruments this year.

That's What She Said

2008-03-03T17:01:00.001-06:00

"You should try to work 'That's what she said' into every conversation, because it really works."- Steve Carrell

Wolverine

2008-03-01T00:08:00.004-06:00

I haven't seen a trailer for this yet, but these promo pics have me really excited to see this Wolverine movie, but I'm still a bit scared. The movie is officially called "X-Men Origins: Wolverine". I'm cautiously optimistic about this movie though. Brett Ratner made sure that X-3 was a giant turd as he does with all of his movies not called Rush Hour. Thank god, he's not directing this one. The guy directing this one won an Oscar for his film Tsotsi. You have to admit, Hugh Jackman looks badass in these pictures!

A penny for your thoughts....

2008-02-29T22:41:00.001-06:00

This is something I read tonight. I know some of you will think its a bit too deep from someone like me. I liked it though. I think it says a lot....

You know, just because I post lots of goofy blogs about really unimportant things, that doesn't mean I don't feel like I shouldn't post about things that are important to me. This says a lot about the bond between people that care about each other. I dunno, call me sentimental tonight. Just read it.... I think everyone can get something out of it. :)

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And a youth said, Speak to us of Friendship.
And he answered, saying:
Your friend is your needs answered.
He is your field which you sow with love and reap
with thanksgiving.
And he is your board and your fireside.
For you come to him with your hunger, and you
seek him for peace.

When your friend speaks his mind you fear not the
'nay' in your own mind, nor do you withhold the 'ay'.
And when he is silent your heart ceases not to
listen to his heart;
For without words, in friendship, all thoughts, all
desires, all expectations are born and shared, with joy
that is unacclaimed.
When you part from your friend, you grieve not;
For that which you love most in him may be
clearer in his absence, as the mountain to the climber
is clearer from the plain.
And let there be no purpose in friendship save the
deepening of the spirit.
For love that seeks aught but the disclosure of its
own mystery is not love but a net cast forth: and only
the unprofitable is caught.

And let your best be for your friend.
If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know
its flood also.
For what is your friend that you should seek him
with hours to kill?
Seek him always with hours to live.
For it is his to fill your need, but not your
emptiness.
And in the sweetness of friendship let there be
laughter, and sharing of pleasures.
For in the dew of little things the heart finds its
morning and is refreshed.

- Kahlil Gibran

Bacon Cups

2008-02-28T22:54:00.000-06:00

Hmm...these are interesting... I want someone to make them!

I'm live on the net!

2008-02-20T11:40:00.003-06:00

Not all the time though.... This is cool! Gotta remember to shut it off though, that could possibly be really bad if I forgot..... :)

Watch live video from thebillcourt's channel on Justin.tv

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull teaser!!

2008-02-14T02:48:00.001-06:00

Here's the bootleg teaser for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull....
I saw the real deal last night and this had me smiling ear to ear. When Indy runs on the crates, cracks the whip, and goes flying I just wanted to scream "HELL YEAH!!" I can't wait to see this movie....

It might be over!!!!

2008-02-09T10:59:00.000-06:00

This is the best news ever!!!! Let's hope this works!!!
Go Office! Go LOST! Go 24! Go 30Rock! Go Smallville!

pic courtesy of Gizmodo

Disney's Gummi Bears

2008-02-08T12:31:00.000-06:00

Sorry for all the movie posts today. I just keep seeing funny movies I want to share!

Dancin Guido

2008-02-08T11:02:00.000-06:00

What's funny is that I saw about 5 of these "Guidos" come into work a couple of weeks ago and one of them started dancing when he saw some girl. I thought it was really funny and random, but I guess it must be some sort of secret mating ritual or something.

p.s. This reminds me of someone I went to high school with. I'll let you figure out who...

Muppets for President

2008-02-08T10:54:00.000-06:00

This cracked me up...
The John McCain one is good...

The Col-Pop

2008-02-05T14:11:00.000-06:00

In the words of the first comment on this page, That's it. We can finally stop evolving. Mankind has reached its peak.

Stuff in my life

2008-01-28T06:32:00.000-06:00

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Things have been busy for me with the holidays, work, and then life in general. Things for the most part are good. As most of you that read this know, I'm on a mission to drop some weight. I really want to get down to 175. I started out at 226 and currently I'm sitting at 198. It's been tough and I still fight a daily battle of making myself go to the Y and watch the calorie intake. It is kind of amazing though what can happen when you put your mind to it. You start getting addicted to wanting to workout. You get addicted to watching what you eat. Granted, we don't eat 100% healthy all the time but you get addicted to looking at what you eat and when you do eat something non-healthy, you at least look at how many calories it has. This time last year I wouldn't have even bothered thinking about ordering pizza or what I'm ordering at McDonalds. Now though, I actually now consider what I'm ordering and how it will affect my eating for the rest of the day. I know to some of you this sounds stupid and what not, but I actually want to make an attempt to be healthier this year and also be healthier than most people I know. I've been going to the Y religiously. I usually head to the Hermitage center at least 5 times a week. Most of the time I just walk and run but I've recently started using the elliptical machines which I have found are pretty effective in their own right. I've gotten pretty good with the whole treadmill thing. I've worked my way up to jogging over 3 miles. If you know me, then you know thats a big deal. I was always that kid in elementary school who walked the curves and ran the straights. I didn't care about running the mile. I usually just chatted with friends for the P.E. class. Now though, I'm proud of myself for 3 miles. As I talk to people about it, I've realized that most people can't do it. Most of the people I've talked to about it say they can't even go a mile. I don't know if I'll be able to hit a half marathon run, but I'm at least trying my best. Who knows though? 13 miles could be in the future. The day I run 13 miles though I want it to end like the beginning of Pee-Wee's Big Adventure when Pee-Wee wins the Tour De France. I want people there to shower me with praise and goodies. I think 13 miles would be the biggest accomplishment ever in my life for me personally. Who knows? It could be in the future. For right now though, I'm totally concentrating on getting down to my target weight before I do anything else.

There's other stuff going on with me but I'm not gonna go into it here. Most of it is stuff you just need to ask me about. I will say this though, emotions kill me. I wish we had a built in way of turning are feelings off and on. Life would be so much simpler. I think this change in lifestyle was spurned by emotions. Sometimes we'll do almost anything because of our emotions and feelings. I can honestly say that the loss of 28 has been because of emotions and feelings. The loss of 23 more will be because of it too.

As is most of America, I'm a tired of the writers strike. It's not that I don't like reality shows or stuff like that, I just don't like how this is affecting the current season. I'm about 90% sure that because of it we're not going to get any "fresh" episodes of our favorite shows until the fall. Thats almost 8 months! And even then, supposedly if the strike isn't resolved soon we might not even get shows in the fall. I don't think I can handle reality and reruns until then. Hopefully though some of the networks have some stockpiled series. Terminator is pretty good so far and Fox also has some new show called New Amsterdam that looks pretty good. Its about a NYC detective that happens to be an immortal. Interesting.... Also on Fox, that new lie detector show is crazy. I don't like all the commentary by the host and contestants but the questions they have to answer are crazy. I don't honestly know if I could be that upfront with people like that. Anyways, I am looking forward to the 8 new episodes of Lost, the new season of Big Brother, and the "final 12" episodes of American Idol. Well, thats enough on the TV front.

I'm finished here. If I think of anything else to blog about I'll post it.

Thanks for reading and thanks to everyone who has encouraged me over the past few months. It means the world to me.

p.s. Anyone and everyone is invited over to my place on Thursday night the 31st for the season premiere of Lost and then again on Sunday night for the Super Bowl. Nothing like watching all that stuff in HD and on the big screen! Feel free to email me for directions and info.

This is really funny....

Best of 2007

2008-01-06T10:06:00.000-06:00

Its time for my best of 2007 movies list.....

I went by the 2007 list of movieshere. Now I don't want to do a top 10 list because I think those are stupid. Well, not stupid, but I just don't think you can pick in sequential order a favorite list out of everything released. I just don't believe in top 10 lists like that. Now, I do think it is possible to have a favorite movie of the year, but not a top 10. I just don't like them...
Anyways...here's my list of favorite 2007 movies

Smokin Aces
Reno 911!: Miami
300
Meet the Robinsons
Grindhouse
Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theatres
Disturbia
28 Weeks Later
Knocked Up
Mr. Brooks
Live Free or Die Hard
Transformers
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Hairspray
Bourne Ultimatum
Stardust
Superbad
3:10 to Yuma
Across the Universe
Lars and the Real Girl
Dan in Real Life
Beowulf
Enchanted
Juno
P.S. I Love You
Sweeney Todd
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Ratatouille(I had to watch this again to really like it. Originally, I didn't like it that much)

Now, I'm not perfect and I don't get to see everything. So here's my list of 2007 movies that I still need to see and could possibly make my favorites list. This way you can't argue with me over my original choices. HA!

Breach
Astronaut Farmer
Zodiac
Reign Over Me
Shooter
1408
Talk to Me
Sunshine
Rescue Dawn
Eastern Promises
Into the Wild
Elizabeth the Golden Age
Gone Baby Gone
American Gangster
August Rush
Charlie Wilsons War
Atonement
There Will Be Blood

And finally here's my list of 2007 movies that were good. They're not bad and I have nothing against these movies. I didn't hate them at all. I just didn't think they were the best to me.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Ghost Rider
Black Snake Moan
TMNT
Blades of Glory
Spiderman 3
Shrek the Third
Hostel Part II
Oceans 13
FF: Rise of Silver Surfer
The Simpsons Movie
The Brothers Solomon
Shoot Em Up
Resident Evil: Extinction
Michael Clayton
No Country for Old Men(I know, I know. Leave me alone about it. It had some cool moments but overall I was bored. I need to see it again for my opinion to change. I think I might just have been too tired. I love the Coens though...)
The Golden Compass
I Am Legend
National Treasue: Book of Secrets
AVP:R

I realized thanks to watching the podcast The Totally Rad Show and IMDB, that Children of Men was released on January 5, 2007. I guess it gets forgotten because of last years Oscars. Well, it is a 2007 movie, so I am placing it on my list. Not only is it going on my list, but it is going to the top. In my opinion, Children of Men was the best movie to be released in 2007. It gets The Bilcourt award for Best Picture.

Best Picture- Children of Men (if you want to be a jerk about it being in last years awards then fine, the 2nd place winner would probably Knocked Up or 3:10 to Yuma. Maybe...)

Best Comedy- Superbad

Best action/"popcorn flick"- tie, Live Free or Die Hard and 300

Best Musical- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

Honorable Mention- Mr. Brooks. If you still haven't seen this yet, do it. Yes, it has Kevin Costner AND Dane Cook in it, but its really good.

Time for TV!

Once again, this list is in no real order except for a clear winner of favorite show. So here goes...

Pushing Daisies
The Office
30 Rock
Lost
Journeyman-(I'm still pissed at NBC for canceling this show. It was so good and had so much potential!)
24
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia-(I got into this REALLY late but I've seen them all so I'm counting it)
Battlestar Galactica
Smallville
Dirty Sexy Money

The winner of my favorite show of the year goes to....... Planet Earth. It has to be one of the most amazing shows I have ever seen on tv. It just amazes me everytime I see an episode about how cool our planet is. People talk about going to Mars in the future. After seeing Planet Earth, it makes us realize how little most of us know about our own world.

Really quick.....

My favorite video game of 07'- Portal
If you're game can make me actually finish it in less than 3 days, then you have created a good game. Well done, Valve software. Well done....

I'm not going to get into my favorite music of 07'. I'm just not into current music like some people. I will let Josh handle the music part of he so wishes. I'm willing to bet someone a 100 bucks though that I don't know half of the people he lists. Thats how out of touch I am with music....

Lost Season 4 Promo

2007-12-19T01:14:00.000-06:00

Awww snap! I cannot wait until Lost starts back up!

The Dark Knight Trailer....sort of (UPDATED!)

2007-12-14T11:43:00.000-06:00

I saw this the other night... I wasn't sold on Heath Ledger as The Joker at first but I'm really starting to dig it now. After seeing this the other night, I am sooo excited to see this. The IMAX footage is really good too. I love how it uses the whole screen and not just a part of the screen like other IMAX converted films. Just like with Batman Begins, it looks like they're trying to take a "real world" like approach to The Joker. I love Heath Ledger's Joker laugh!

This truly is amazing...

2007-12-11T15:39:00.001-06:00

Honda unveiled the "smarter" Asimo robots. It's like seeing a glimpse into the future....

Green Team Enviro-Tips

2007-12-09T13:46:00.000-06:00

Walk Hard and The Cox Across America Tour!!

2007-12-09T13:15:00.001-06:00

Saturday night was so much fun....

I got off work around 4:30 and I headed over to Josh's office near downtown(thanks iphone's google maps!). After meeting up with Josh and Jesse, we headed to Green Hills to go see "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story"

Backstory time! I had heard about this screening and concert about a week ago, but the site said it was all sold out. I was totally bummed, but thanks to Jayne at work, I got passes yesterday.

Anyways, We got Green Hills and got in line and waited to get in. After a little while, my friend Napoleon met up with us in line. The movie started around 7:15 and was introduced by Dewey Cox himself, John C. Reilly! He thanked everyone for coming out and encouraged everyone to head over to the concert after the movie.

The movie started....It is hilarious! Another Apatow gem in my opinion. It is full of cameos from people from The Office and other Apatow movies/shows. Jenna Fischer: wow wow wee wa! It's nice to see her in a different role other than Pam. It's also nice to see John C. Reilly be the star in a movie. For so long he's been a "that guy". He's been great in all the roles in his other movies, but he was never the star. I think with Talladega Nights, he found a niche in comedy. It was weird because no one had ever really seen him play that kind of role. I think its great that an actor can go from being in Oscar quality movies like Chicago, The Aviator, Gangs of New York, Boogie Nights, and Magnolia to almost the complete opposite like Walk Hard and Talladega Nights.

After the movie, we quickly left the theatre(we saw Jack White of The White Stripes) and headed out towards Mercy Lounge in downtown Nashville. We made really good time getting there thanks to Josh exceptionally great downtown driving skills(I have never gone that fast in the downtown Nashville area). We found a great parking spot near the swingers club beside Mercy Lounge. We totally avoided the traffic getting in. We got up to Mercy Lounge and there was already a long line to get in. Well, Jesse did some recon work and it turned out that we didn't have to wait in the line. Because we had gone to the movie and had gotten wristbands we could go right in. Everyone else in line had not gone to the movie. We got in and found a great spot up front. We had to have been no more than 5-8 feet from the stage.

Around 9:45, John C. Reilly took the stage as Dewey Cox with his band The Hard Walkers. He played a full set with music from the movie as well as some other songs. He did a cover of Amy Winehouse's Rehab, Eric Clapton's Cocaine, and some other Muddy Waters song. He really is a great live performer. I was pleasantly surprised with how good it really was! Holly Williams joined him for a song from the movie called "Let's Duet" She took the place of Jenna Fischer. Man, that would have been so awesome if she had been there!

I took some pics and videos of the concert portion. They wouldn't let me take my iPhone in the theatre. I played by the full set of rules on this sneak. I didn't use my regal cred to bend any rules for me or anything, thank you very much!

Anyways, it was a great night and I am really grateful to Jayne for giving us the passes.

The Show Opener

I thought this was funny...

Let's Duet w/ Holly Williams in place of Jenna Fischer

Dewey's Rehab

Walk Hard

Dewey sings a Christmas song... "For Christmas, the people want Cox"

2007-12-07T09:19:00.001-06:00

Non-Crappy Starring You! eCards on JibJab

The Return of a cool breakfast cereal!

2007-12-06T03:18:00.000-06:00

Holy crap, this is soo awesome!! It takes me back to being a kid in the 80's when we used to eat all the cool themed cereals like.....

and

It came with a Batman bank attached to the box!

and

It had 2 different cereals inside!

and

and

and

and even...

But now we can hopefully add this to our breakfast's menus in a few months...

How awesome is that?! It has little skull marshmallows and some other kind of marshmallows in it. This makes me feel like a little kid again. Thanks Kelloggs!

Now this is a great marching show!

2007-11-14T23:36:00.001-06:00

My quick thoughts on the writers strike

2007-11-14T01:34:00.001-06:00

Man, this whole writers strike sucks. I completely understand why their doing it though. I am 100 percent on their side. It just sucks that its coming at such a horrible time. Why couldn't they just wait until the end of their respected seasons? Has anyone else realized that if they don't get this resolved soon, we might not see new episodes of our favorite shows until September of next year???? I can handle a couple shows doing that like Lost and Battlestar Galactica, but EVERY SHOW????? I can't handle that much reality tv. Come on studios, don't be douches. Give them their darn money. Please????

I might have more detailed thoughts on this at a later date.

You couldn't script a better technical glitch if you tried...

2007-11-14T01:20:00.000-06:00

p.s. See Beowulf in IMAX3D. The 3D is absolutely amazing. Just thought I would throw that in. It was random, I know.

in my opinion, J.K. Rowling is an idiot

2007-10-20T02:25:00.002-05:00

Why did J.K. Rowling have to go and do this???? I'm not against gay people or anything like that, but this is completely unnecessary. There is no reason at all that this should have been addressed. She has created controversy for the heck of it. I can't imagine that even 1/4 of Harry Potter fans sat in their rooms reading and thinking, "I wonder if Dumbledore is gay?" My answer is no, they probably didn't.

In my opinion, if this was an issue that directly affected the story then that's one thing, but it's not. I think if she was going to let everyone know his sexual orientation, she should have done so when she introduced the character. Even then, it has no bearing on the story. So why bring it up, except to create more controversy?

p.s. Also, on a personal note, it's hard enough to get conservatives, like my mom's side of the family, to watch or learn about Harry Potter. Now, once they find this out it's going to be an impossible task. J.K., you possibly just lost a potential future sale. Wait, what do you care? You're probably swimming in gold in you're giant safe like Uncle Scrooge and you probably don't care.

Here's another example of a wealthy creator of something great that just can't leave their already perfect work alone.

Something I noticed...

2007-10-19T15:49:00.001-05:00

Ok, I've realized something. There are a quite a few British people playing the (American) main characters on tv this season. I'm sure there might be more, but these are just the ones I realized.

- Anna Friel, Chuck on Pushing Daisies: British
- Michelle Ryan, Jamie Somers on Bionic Woman:British
- Kevin McKidd- Dan Vassar on Journeyman: British
- Damian Lewis- Charlie Crews on Life: British
- Hugh Laurie, House on House: British

Across the Universe

2007-10-15T13:30:00.000-05:00

I saw Across the Universe last night. It's not bad, but it's not amazing like I was kind of hoping deep down. I think one of its problems is that it has too much music. Yes, I know its a musical. To me, it seems that the producers wrote a story with Beatles themed characters and then they said, "How many different songs can we possibly fit into each situation/plot point?" I felt that they could have made the movie just as effective and possibly even better if it had half of the musical numbers.

Here's where things change for me though. Each individual musical number on its own is great and visually wonderful. The music sounds amazing. Universe has a great soundtrack that any Beatles' fan will love. I'm listening to it now as I type this up. I love the fact that the soundtrack has a ton of different songs on it. I loved each individual musical number in the movie, but it just didn't work all together in the movie. It was too much in movie form. I could tell that a lot of people in the theatre we're getting restless as the movie went on.

I'm going by the soundtracks and what I remember, but Universe had about 28 individual musical numbers. Grease and Moulin Rouge each had around 15-16. So you can kind of see why I said there might just be too much music in Across the Universe as a movie.

If you appreciate the music and history of The Beatles, then go see Across the Universe. You'll like it for the music like I did.

WOW. God bless people for finding old stuff and putting it on the web

2007-10-13T01:22:00.000-05:00

It's videos like this that make the internet so freaking great! Somewhere out there, I think the Star Wars Kid is feeling a little vindicated by this.

What if 300 were done with cats???

2007-10-10T16:39:00.000-05:00

This is hilarious!

Unnecessary Force

2007-10-05T09:34:00.000-05:00

I love JibJab.com. You can make the most hilarious things....HA

Holy crap

2007-10-04T15:44:00.000-05:00

This made me nauseous just watching it. There is no way you would get me on that ride. I'm amazed that people actually DO ride this thing.

glumbert - Amusement Park Ride from Hell

Two things

2007-10-04T07:01:00.000-05:00

I never really thought about it like that...

This is cute/funny...

Toddler Drinks from Hose He doesn`t quite have it down.

Best. Commercial. Ever.(well, in a long time)

2007-10-02T13:43:00.001-05:00

Japanese Race

2007-10-02T13:37:00.000-05:00

Once again, Japanese TV comes through with flying colors. I want to know what that white powdery stuff is. I guess it could be just plain old flour. Anyways, the stuff with the stairs is great.

Thoughts on Monday night's shows

2007-10-02T04:49:00.000-05:00

-Journeyman was amazing again tonight. Hands down, my favorite show of the night. If you haven't seen it yet, do yourself a favor and watch it. We're only two episodes in so its not impossible to catch up. PLEASE DON'T CANCEL THIS SHOW NBC!

-Chuck made a great Lost reference tonight. He was being probed about the government knowledge in his head. Whenever he sees certain images, it triggers his mind to recall information. At one point hes just saying fact after fact and then all of a sudden one of his facts was "Oceanic flight 815 was shot down by...." and it shifted to another fact. I was cracking up when I heard him say it.

-Heroes was definitely better than last weeks in my opinion. I liked Hiro's first foray into acting like a superhero, even though it did take place in 1600's Japan. I like shaved head Peter. He looks more badass and less whiny. Hopefully when he gets his memory back, he won't go back into whiny mode. I'm not sure where they're going with the whole Mexican twins storyline. What the heck is her power?! Does she have magic mascara eyes that get into other peoples eyes and then it burns their eyes out and they die? If you don't know what I'm talking about then I'm sorry, but her power looks like exactly what I described.

Prison Break- It was on the level of the last two episodes. No better, no worse.

I don't know if I will post blogs like this or not often, but there are some great shows on tv this year that need to stay afloat and survive. Hopefully, I can inspire some of you to set your vcrs/dvd recorders/dvrs and enjoy. I'm a sucker for great storytelling and shows that are unique.

The Red Sox need dancing lessons

2007-10-01T11:47:00.000-05:00

I'm happy that the Boston Red Sox won their division and are headed to the MLB playoffs. But I think that they need to learn how to celebrate correctly. For the record, this is not how its done...

Starring Jonathan Papelbon (in a tshirt and boxer briefs on the field) and some of the other Red Sox. I'm going to say that he lost a bet or something.

Finishing the Game

2007-10-01T11:26:00.000-05:00

I hope this comes to Nashville because it looks hilarious!

SNL-UPDATE!!!

2007-09-30T10:12:00.000-05:00

When I found out Lebron James was hosting the season premiere of SNL, I just knew it was going to stink. I thought back to last year when Peyton Manning hosted. It was god awful. BUT, I was surprised that Lebron's episode was really funny.

Here's some stuff that me cracking up...(there's a lot more that I wish was on YouTube from the show)
Lebron's Monologue

High School Musical 3

Iran So Far- SNL Digital Short- This was great once it got going and it's gets better and better.

Here's a clip of a Solid Gold parody- really funny!

Solitary

2007-09-30T09:15:00.000-05:00

This has to be the most insane reality tv/game show I have ever seen. I seriously don't think I would make it past the first couple rounds. You can be the most physically and mentally apt person in the world and you would still have trouble in this game.

It's called Solitary and it comes on the Fox Reality Channel on digital cable. There's already been one season(I haven't seen it) and I just finished watching the second season.

Here's the premise... 9 people are put into small rooms individually with no contact to the outside world except for a one last phone call. The rooms have no clocks, windows, or any other way for the contestants to know how long time has passed. These contestants never see each other and they cannot see how the others compete in competitions/tests. The only contact that the contestants have with anyone is through a computer named Val. Once in their rooms, each one of them is stripped of their name and they are given a number. That is what Val will call them and that is how the other contestants will know them. Each show consists of a challenge or test for everyone at the beginning. The winner of the test then does not have to compete in the second challenge also known as "the treatment". The tests and treatments are not easy, but are hard and mentally insane. Even when they are not competing in tests, Val makes their lives difficult. They are not allowed to sleep unless Val permits them to, which is hardly ever. My only issue with the show is that it's so difficult physically and mentally and the grand prize is only a measly $50,000. They should give away a minimum $100,000 to $500,000 for dealing with all this stuff.

If you have digital cable, go to the Fox Reality Channel and watch this show. It's definitely one of those shows that words just can't describe. You need to see it to understand, but leave it to me to help remedy that for you!

Here is the first episode of Solitary 2.0 straight from Google Video. Also below that, I have posted kind of another example video from the first season. The Val voices are different in the different seasons. I'm going to try and find video of some of the other crazy tests from the show and post them.

Season 1 video

Someone pissed off a cloud

2007-09-27T17:10:00.000-05:00

I was driving home from watching "Good Luck Chuck" and I saw this. Does anyone else think that cloud is giving someone the bird???

Some Gizmodo stories that made me say "Wow!"

2007-09-26T09:47:00.000-05:00

Wow! #1- I want to see Zack, the Lego Maniac tackle this bad boy. 5,000 pieces and a FOUR POUND binded manual.

Wow! #2- Are camcorders just getting smaller or are digital cameras just getting better?? The digital age we live in just continues to amaze me.

Wow! #3- How does this work??? These are really cool looking!

Halo 3 Stuff

2007-09-25T07:11:00.000-05:00

-After the Titans/Saints MNF game(great game! Got Titans!), I decided to head over to Circuit City to pick up Halo 3. I had my mind made up that I didn't want to wait until Tuesday morning to go and get it at Best Buy. Apparently, Circuit City didn't get their own Sunday Fliers this week. The ad clearly said that they would be open at midnight to sell Halo 3, but when I got to Circuit City it was a ghost town. The store was all locked up and no cars in the parking lot. So, I made my way over to Wal-Mart and bought it. This was karma telling me that I should have just waited and not gotten so impatient.

- I got home, played the Halo Campaign for a good 3 hours, and then got my butt kicked in the online multi player from what I presume were some really talented 12 year olds. One feature I really like is the ability to play the campaign online. I need to get some people that have the game to do that with me. I think that would be more fun than just killing each other online.

Check out this live action Halo 3 prequel video that the Discovery Channel made. They made it to advertise one of their shows called "Last One Standing". This live action clip is so freaking awesome and impressive. I can't believe they went through this much work for an internet ad. Of course you can watch the YouTube version here, or go here to see the original, much better quality version.

Also, check out this commercial for Halo 3. This was made using this GIGANTIC Diorama set. I don't remember the specs on it, but its impressive to the point where it's touring museums. Go to the official diorama site and take an interactive look through it. It's an amazing site!

Here's a 'making of' the diorama video. The 'making of' part is real, but it's made to look like it's not. Just watch and you'll understand what I mean.

Guys, only one of you will represent Toys R' Us! Fight!

2007-09-24T08:50:00.000-05:00

I said if I had more random thoughts I would blog them....

I just saw this. Have you ever seen two giraffes fight? I mean, I guess it's what I expected would happen, but I've just never seen it to confirm it or anything.

It sounds like two tree trunks hitting each other.

Some Random thoughts...

2007-09-24T07:46:00.000-05:00

I like the banners setup I have(keep reloading for new pictures). It took me a little while, but I got it done. I guess I will try and change out the images every so often. Anyways, I always appreciate feedback and helpful hints if anyone has them.

In other news, Night before last, I got impatient and pre-ordered Halo 3 from BestBuy.com. That means I have to wait until Tuesday morning to go pick it up. In retrospect, I kind of wish I had not preordered it. I think I would have rather either gone to Wal-Mart or Circuit City at midnight to pick up a copy. That way, I have more time to play. I'm such a night owl that I would enjoy playing it through the night while I'm awake than during the day before work while I'm possibly tired. I wish I knew Best Buy's online return policy. Eh well, no big deal really. It's just a video game....that's gonna be freakin awesome especially on a 12 foot projector screen in HD with 5.1 Dolby Surround Sound!!!

Also in other news, Sunday night was officially the beginning of the Fall TV season for me. I got home from work and watched the season premiere of Family Guy. It was an hour long parody of Star Wars: A New Hope and was funny, but not really Family Guy funny. They didn't try to push the envelope or anything like Family Guy has been known to do and it was really tame. I personally think it was because of Lucasfilm. The show seemed to have Lucasfilm's fingerprints all over it. It's kind of hard to explain, but as a Star Wars fan for many years, you notice these things. The Bottom Line: It was ok and I was ready to delete it when I was done. Not worth a repeat for me.

I've watched a little bit of Prison Break here and there over the last two seasons. I've watched and read about just enough to keep up with the overall story. It's not something I really have ever made an attempt to keep up with. The iTunes Music Store has the season premiere for free download(p.s. they have other shows for free download too!). So, I downloaded the premiere and watched while I was waiting to go home from work. It was really good! I added it to my dvr series recordings when I got home. I'll be interested to see if I keep up with it or if I just let it kind of go away like the last two years.

The pilot for Pushing Daisies is online. I didn't really know a whole lot about it, but the guys over at The Totally Rad Show dug it, so I gave it shot. I LOVED IT! The Totally Rad guys described it best. Visually, its like Amelie and Big Fish. It's the story of Ned, a pie maker who can bring people back from the dead. BUT, there are rules to bringing back the dead. He can bring someone back to life if he touches them. Once their alive, he has one minute to touch them again to make them dead again. If he doesn't touch them before a minute is up, then the dead person stays alive and someone in close proximity to the area of the dead person dies. Also, if he chooses to keep a dead person alive, then he can never touch that person again. If he does, they die. All sorts of scenarios play out in the pilot dealing with the rules. I'm not going to spoil any of the story for you. I'll let you watch it to see what all happens. It's from Barry Sonnefeld(Men In Black,Addams Family, Get Shorty). If you have access to a Bit Torrent downloader, then head over to Mininova or BTJunkie and download it.

p.s. It's narrated by Jim Dale who narrated the Harry Potter audio books. He has such a great narrator's voice. I think his narration is one of the key items that makes the show so good.

Nothing much else to report. If I think of something else, I'll blog it.

I'm making some changes

2007-09-23T08:17:00.000-05:00

I'm gradually making some changes to the old blog here. I figured out how to have some banners of rotating images, which is something I've wanted to have here on the blog for a while. That way every time you visit (all 2 people probably), you get a new image! You can just reload the page a bunch of times. The only thing I can't seem to figure out is how to set to show the banners in order instead of randomly. The page likes to load certain images more times than others. Oh well, I'll figure it out at some point. I'm working on the banners. I'm having to re-edit some of them due to the title of the blog. The blue space on the left of the banners was the area where the title of the blog used to be. I took that text off and now I'm just going to have the rotating banners. I'm tired of the "10 Biscuits!" title. It was never really something I came up with. I just took the phrase from some friends at work. I think I'm going to give my blog the new title of "The Billcourt".

Quick story for any random person finding the site-
I love movies. My name is William/Bill/Billy. There's an old theatre here in Nashville called The Belcourt. I have a big projector movie screen in my apartment. Mix Billy and The Belcourt and you get The Billcourt.

I don't think I'm going to change the blogger address for my blog just yet, besides, I tell people to go to BillyHammock.com anyways. It forwards you here to the blog.

Gotta run!

p.s. Anyone excited about possibly coming over to play Halo 3 on my big screen????? It's going to be AWESOME!

This is why you keep a gun in your house

2007-09-23T03:11:00.000-05:00

Here's the trailer for The Strangers. I saw this at work the other day never having heard about it before. The voice at the door and the creepy masks at the end freaked. me. out! Well, the whole thing freaked me out....

Just in case anyone needed clarification on the rules....

2007-09-20T22:43:00.001-05:00

The Official what beats what of Rock,Paper,Scissors

Kid Nation

2007-09-20T03:58:00.001-05:00

So....Jody and I just got done watching the premiere episode of Kid Nation. What did I think about it.......? Well, first and foremost, I'm not a huge reality show fan. I did just finish watching Big Brother 8, but hey, there's not a lot on during the summertime. I saw the first episode and kept on watching all summer...religiously. Anyways, I watched the first two seasons of Survivor, Big Brother, and The Apprentice. Usually after two seasons, reality shows just become dull and stale to me. You can always add twists and other surprises, but a lot of these shows just make me lose interest. Kid Nation could easily do that too in the future.

Kid Nation was a welcome surprise. There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the show and I do like intriguing controversy! I decided to watch it mainly so that I could keep up with the buzz that is(and will be) surrounding it. I didn't expect much from it to be honest, but like I said, it was a welcome surprise. Is it the best thing I've seen in a while? No. Is it the greatest reality show I've ever seen? No. It is though a nice clean show that primetime tv hasn't seen the likes of in years.

As you grow up, there's always a longing to want to be older. As you get older, there's always a longing to be younger. We all wish we could go back in time to when things were simpler and a lot more fun. I think that's part of Kid Nation's appeal. You watch these 40 kids on their own just wanting and trying hard to feel older and make people recognize them. It really does take you back to when you we're a kid. Watching it made me remember all of the pre-teen and youth trips I used to take at church. It also made me remember what it was like to hang out with my friends when I was in elementary school. It just made me remember simpler times. It does have more appeal than that though. Some of the kids and scenes are just downright funny.(see YouTube clip below). There's this real weasely looking kid that cracks me up everytime he talks. He's like Paul from the Wonder Years. Then there was a scene in which these 3 boys decided they were going to catch a Jackrabbit. They took these big sticks and ran around just trying to catch this rabbit. After a while, they gave up and they started to have a "heart to heart" talk. They all missed home and didn't know if they could make the town run like it should. They were encouraging each other like best friends do. All of sudden, one of the boys spotted some girls coming their way and the boys just started yelling "This is man country!!" It was downright funny and it made me remember all the times I had at my best friends house next door growing up.

To give you a basic overview of the show, it's like this. There's 40 kids divided into 4 groups living in a ghost town. There is one kid from each group that forms a town council and each kid is in charge of their group. The groups participate in a competition each week to decide what kind of class member they will be. There are the high class, the Merchants, the cooks, and the laborers. Each class earns a specific amount of money and is responsible for those tasks. At the end of each week, the entire group of kids convenes in a town hall led by the show's host and the town council to talk about the week's events. During each meeting, the host will ask the kids if anyone wants to go home. Tonight there was one 8 year old kid named Jimmy that wanted to go home because he was homesick. It was kind of cool that after Jimmy raised his hand to go home, all 40 kids started trying to cheer him on to stay. He decided not to stay, but it was still cool to remember the way that kids don't hate each other like adults do. There is no way that if these were 40 adults, that they would try and support each other like that. Anyways, each town hall concludes with one kid being presented with a real gold star by the town council. Each star is worth $20,000 dollars and will be put towards the kid's future. It was funny watching the older kids slack around and the younger kids working hard to prove themselves until the star was given out at the end. Now that the kids know about the value of the stars, they're all going to start busting tail to try and earn one.

I think after watching it, I think the controversy is so far unwarranted. I'm sure there we're incidents to make people kind of worry, but they're kids and things happen. I didn't see any kids being treated like Hong Kong factory workers or anything like that that has made the child labor people go all crazy. I did see a lot of kids trying hard to make things better for themselves. I think some of those kids worked harder than most teenagers work at their jobs. In closing, I think everyone should give Kid Nation a chance. It's not the next Lost or 24, but it is entertaining. It gives the "reality show" genre something to be proud of. Something that hasn't been done in a really long time.

This is an unaired scene. While, yes it is funny seeing these kids act like their drinking, it is a bit disturbing that these kids know how to act like their drinking. Who taught them about dropping the shot glasses in mugs?

More Dr. Spaceman

2007-09-13T17:10:00.001-05:00

In a follow up to my 30 Rock post below, I made this. It's my two favorite Dr. Spaceman clips....

30 Rock

2007-09-12T04:15:00.000-05:00

I think I have another Arrested Development on my hands. I never saw any of the first season of that show and boy do I regret it. To this day, it has to be one of my favorite comedy TV series ever (thank you Josh for introducing it to me!). Well, last year that series ended and the only other comedy that has been able to keep up to my sense of humor has been The Office. Reno 911! and Family Guy are different so I'm not including them, but those are brilliant shows too. Anyways for me, The Office has been that one comedy that I had to see every week. Until now... I saw the series premiere and a couple of episodes here and there for 30 Rock. I thought it was funny, but I guess with everything else I was trying to watch, 30 Rock just got lost in the shuffle. It was never intentional or anything, but already favorite shows mostly take a precedence over new shows.

This past week, I went to Best Buy to pick up The Office season 3 and there was 30 Rock season 1 sitting right beside it. Something told me that I needed to get 30 Rock and watch it. I don't get that feeling a lot and I don't like making "blind buy" purchases (purchasing a movie/show that you've never seen). But something in my mind said, "You like Tina Fey! She's a brilliant comedy writer!" Which is true. I do think Tina Fey is great. I also like Alec Baldwin when he's been on SNL. I like Tracy Morgan and I knew Will Arnett and some other SNL alum guest starred from seeing promos on NBC. So I bought the season 1 set. I just completed watching the 1st season and man, it is funny! It gets better and better as it goes along(thats what she said). I guess it was just bad luck that the pilot and the two episodes I saw last season just didn't impress me.

Let me now, offer some clips as to why I now love this show. It's definitely in a good 3rd place behind The Office and Arrested Development in my book.

There's one episode where Tracy Morgan's character finds out that he's a descendant of Thomas Jefferson.

After learning about it, he has dream about finding out the truth....

After having the dream, he realizes that he wants to make a movie about the life of Jefferson where he plays all the roles. He decides to use things at the show to make a concept trailer to show the head of the network. This is the trailer....

In another episode, Paul Reubens(Pee-Wee Herman) guest starred as Prince Gerhardt of Austria. Tina, Alec, and Jane Krakowski's characters went to a birthday party for the prince. Needless to say, there was something special about the prince...

The final clip is another compilation of probably my favorite recurring character played by Chris Parnell. This is not all of his parts. My favorite bits that he's in are not in this clip, but they're still funny.

To end things, if you haven't watched 30 Rock, watch it when it premieres it's 2nd season on October 4. This is one of those shows that I think will get better and better as time goes on.

This is a GREAT prank!

2007-09-10T17:32:00.001-05:00

The Belcourt is doing another film series

2007-09-10T01:23:00.000-05:00

The Belcourt is doing another film series that I really want to go to. I am an avid film lover as anyone that knows me knows. Would you believe that I have only seen 1 and a half of all of the movies below?! These are all going to be 35 mm prints. I think this is a perfect opportunity for me to enjoy these classics as they we're intended for the first time. If anyone wants to go with me, please let me know. This is like the Friday night movies if they went right. At least these movies won't have a bunch of people talking all the way through. At least I hope not.

I will let everyone speculate on which 1 and half movies I have seen...

from the belcourt's website-

THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD – Oct 6-7 Ages 4 and up. The first film of the series is a fun-filled, fast-paced technicolor treat is cited as a great place to start. Directed by Michael Curtiz (Casablanca) with Errol Flynn as the charismatic Robin Hood, this 1938 technicolor treat lives up to it's original tagline: "Only the rainbow can duplicate its brilliance!"

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD – Oct 13-14 Ages 9 and up - Warning: serious "tear-jerker" The story of lawyer Atticus Finch's (Gregory Peck) defense of a black man on trial for rape is certain to evoke important (if not delayed) conversations with regards to such realities as death, crime and injustice, if not at least a few tears. Parents with a weak tolerance for frankness should especially take caution.

THE LADY EVE – Oct 20-21 Ages 8 and up - It's high-seas screwball comedy when a clueless heir (Henry Fonda) falls prey...twice...to a couple of gambling con-artists posing as a father and beautiful daughter. But will she fall prey to him? This should play especially well to girls, particularly the ones with a little sass.

MONKEY BUSINESS – Nov 3-4 Ages 5 and up - Directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe, this side-splitting comedy is about two scientists, a youth potion, and the madness that ensure.

METROPOLIS – Nov 17-18 Ages 8 & up, but with a tolerance for suspense and a bit of creepiness. - A silent film from Fritz Lang? And a 2 hour one at that? Well, yes. This tale of class struggle set amidst a towering city where workers toil beneath the earth while the establishment bathes in the sunlight is as sure to draw awe from the set design as it is to make one aware of the possibilities of the silent genre. Parents, be prepared to read aloud the intertitles and do a bit of explaining. This version of METROPOLIS is recently restored and includes its original score.

WEST SIDE STORY – Nov 24-25 Ages 7 and up, but with a tolerance for knife fights! - Yes, the themes (and some of the lyrics) in here are indeed quite grown-up and, true to form, everyone winds up dead, but kids might know the star-crossed lovers from Romeo and Juliet, adapted to two gangs in control of a New York neighborhood. At any rate, the widescreen photography almost leaps off the screen as do the musical numbers and the age-old theme of young love in peril. For the adventurous...

DUCK SOUP – Dec 1-2 Ages 5 and up - It'll be hard to resist those crazy Marx Brothers, especially the buffoonish Harpo. In this one, the Groucho character is elected president and it's downhill from there. If they like this one, try Night at the Opera.

MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS – Dec 8-9 Ages 3 and up - Starring Judy Garland and Margaret O'Brien, Meet Me, about a turn-of-the-century family deeply rooted in turn-of-the-century St. Louis faced with a possible move to New York. Quite simple in plot and execution, the film is one of the most delightful and endearing musicals ever made.

THE RED BALLOON and WHITE MANE Fri - Thur, Dec. 14-20 New 35mm print! All ages. Two wordless short films at about 35 minutes each from French director Albert Lamorisse. The Red Balloon is an allegory on the power of love and friendship told through a boy and the red balloon that follows him around Paris. White Mane, equally beloved by children in France but seeing it's US release here for the first time ever, is about a boy and an escaped wild horse in the marsh region of Camargue on the French Mediterranean.

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE – Fri-Tue, Dec. 21-25 6 and up - This Christmas tale of town banker George Bailey and the angel who shows him what life would be without him is a yearly tradition at the Belcourt and serves as a proper closing film for the series. Hot Dog!

The VMA's we're really bad...

2007-09-10T00:42:00.000-05:00

The VMA's are to the point that they just need to stop doing them. They are soo bad these days. Well, MTV is just plain awful these days. For a while, I could watch it. But now, it's all scripted "reality" shows, The Real World which features nothing but young people getting wasted, arguing, and making out with people, and shows which features portions of music videos(TRL). They don't play full videos at all anymore. At least they used to play SOME videos. I know that what I'm saying is pretty much common knowledge, but it still sucks. At least you used to be able to at least watch the VMA's and Movie Awards(sarah silverman was funny) and be entertained, but I guess not anymore.

Poor Britney Spears....She gets worse and worse everytime shes out in public. Her performance was soo bad. The look on 50 Cent's face at about 2:38 into the video is almost priceless. You can tell he's dumbfounded by how to react to her performance. I use the term performance lightly. I think it would have been a great performance if at the beginning, she game out of a trailer on cinder blocks. Then we would have bought the trailer trash stripper act she was going for.

mk...I will make TWO exceptions to all of this....

This was entertaining-

As was this, but mainly the Timberland part. I liked the music playing and the set during his part in the middle-

I think Steve got my letter....

2007-09-06T14:57:00.000-05:00

I think Steve got my letter. No, I didn't send it to him personally. I just know he reads my blog everyday in his office up in Appletown USA. He and I are back to being best friends.

Steve's response....

I have received hundreds of emails from iPhone customers who are upset about Apple dropping the price of iPhone by $200 two months after it went on sale. After reading every one of these emails, I have some observations and conclusions.

First, I am sure that we are making the correct decision to lower the price of the 8GB iPhone from $599 to $399, and that now is the right time to do it. iPhone is a breakthrough product, and we have the chance to 'go for it' this holiday season. iPhone is so far ahead of the competition, and now it will be affordable by even more customers. It benefits both Apple and every iPhone user to get as many new customers as possible in the iPhone 'tent'. We strongly believe the $399 price will help us do just that this holiday season.

Second, being in technology for 30+ years I can attest to the fact that the technology road is bumpy. There is always change and improvement, and there is always someone who bought a product before a particular cutoff date and misses the new price or the new operating system or the new whatever. This is life in the technology lane. If you always wait for the next price cut or to buy the new improved model, you'll never buy any technology product because there is always something better and less expensive on the horizon. The good news is that if you buy products from companies that support them well, like Apple tries to do, you will receive years of useful and satisfying service from them even as newer models are introduced.

Third, even though we are making the right decision to lower the price of iPhone, and even though the technology road is bumpy, we need to do a better job taking care of our early iPhone customers as we aggressively go after new ones with a lower price. Our early customers trusted us, and we must live up to that trust with our actions in moments like these.

Therefore, we have decided to offer every iPhone customer who purchased an iPhone from either Apple or AT&T, and who is not receiving a rebate or any other consideration, a $100 store credit towards the purchase of any product at an Apple Retail Store or the Apple Online Store. Details are still being worked out and will be posted on Apple's website next week. Stay tuned.

We want to do the right thing for our valued iPhone customers. We apologize for disappointing some of you, and we are doing our best to live up to your high expectations of Apple.

Steve Jobs
Apple CEO

A letter to Steve Jobs

2007-09-05T14:25:00.000-05:00

Steve,

you and I need to talk, BIG TIME! Do you remember about TWO MONTHS ago when you're iPhone went on sale? You remember all the people that waited in line for it for HOURS AND HOURS? I, myself, went along with the hype and waited for 6-8 hours for you're phone. Why? Because I have fallen in love with Apple products and until today I have always had faith that Steve Jobs knew how to treat customers. Well Steve, today you proved me wrong. By lowering the price of the iPhone to $399 for the 8gb model, you sent a big FU to all of your loyal customers. Now I understand that at some point the price was going to be lowered. Thats not my main issue. My main issue is that you did it after only TWO FRICKEN MONTHS!!!!! Steve, I paid you an extra $200 bucks for what??? The honor of getting to have the iPhone two months before anyone else? Do you realize that you have just made all of us that waited outside and stood up to all of our friends and families for spending $600 on a phone, LOOK LIKE COMPLETE IDIOTS! Thanks Steve. I really appreciate it. Now all of your loyal fanbase that got an iPhone, will get to be teased and ridiculed by everyone. Steve, you and I have always seen eye to eye on everything since I became an Apple fan, but this dude is LOW. If you want to save face with any of us, you need to pony up and either pull a Microsoft(refund the difference cause you know you screwed up) or give $200 worth of goodies of something to those people who bought iPhones. Steve, I just don't know if I'm going to be able to trust you again. This is like one of those episode of Full House where DJ sneaked out of the house and the got caught by Danny, Joey, and Uncle Jesse. They'll still love her, but they won't be able to trust her until she proves herself to them. That's where we're at Steve. That's where we're at.

Fall TV Premiere Dates and Info!! Who's Excited?!?!

2007-09-02T03:14:00.000-05:00

Hey all, it's that time of the year again! We are just a mere 3 weeks away from the beginning of my favorite time of the year, the new fall tv season. Here is a list of premiere dates for a lot of shows. Some of these are new shows that I think look really good and some are shows that I don't watch or even care for. I know that everyone has different tastes and not everyone is going to like what I like. From what I have seen so far, NBC has made the best impression on me with their new shows. Chuck, Journeyman, and The Bionic Woman all look really good. I've seen the pilots for The Bionic Woman and Chuck and they are both extremely entertaining. I am very anxious to see where the producers take both of these.

Here's a little summary of new shows...

-ABC has Pushing Daisies(looks really creative), Cavemen(I like the Geico commercials), and Private Practice(I like Grey's Anatomy and this is its spinoff).

-CBS has Kid Nation(I'm a sucker for hype), The Big Bang Theory(This fall, nerds are a trend and nerds are funny), Moonlight(vampire detectives make for cool shows, see Angel), and Viva Laughlin(Hugh Jackman produced show touted as part drama, part thriller, part musical?)

-NBC has Chuck(once again,I've seen it. It's hilarious and cool. Also deals with nerds), Journeyman(guy travels through time to help people), and The Bionic Woman(again, I've seen it too. Cool premise and great future episode outlook.). They also have The IT Crowd coming midseason which is another show about nerds starring Joel McHale(he's hilarious on The Soup). It's also another british crossover ala The Office.

Here's the list for everyone!

Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Sept. 9
Prison Break (Fox) Sept. 17
Beauty and the Geek (CW) Sept. 18
America’s Next Top Model (CW) Sept. 19
Kid Nation (CBS) Sept. 19
Survivor (CBS) Sept. 20
Family Guy (Fox) Sept. 23----->Billy Favorite
King of the Hill (Fox) Sept. 23
Shark (CBS) Sept. 23
Simpsons (Fox) Sept. 23
Big Bang Theory (CBS) Sept. 24
Chuck (NBC) Sept. 24----->will be a Billy Favorite
CSI Miami (CBS) Sept. 24
Dancing With The Stars (ABC) Sept. 24
Heroes (NBC) Sept. 24----->Billy Favorite
How I Met Your Mother (CBS) Sept. 24
Journeyman (NBC) Sept. 24-----> could be a Billy Favorite
Bones (Fox) Sept. 25
Boston Legal (ABC) Sept. 25
House (Fox) Sept. 25
Law & Order: SVU (NBC) Sept. 25----->Billy Favorite
Bionic Woman (NBC) Sept. 26----->will be a Billy Favorite
CSI: New York (CBS) Sept. 26
Private Practice (ABC) Sept. 26
CSI (CBS) Sept. 27
ER (NBC) Sept. 27
Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) Sept. 27----->Billy Favorite
My Name Is Earl (NBC) Sept. 27
The Office (NBC) Sept. 27----->Billy Favorite
Smallville (CW) Sept. 27----->Billy Favorite
Ugly Betty (ABC) Sept. 2
Ghost Whisperer (CBS) Sept. 28
Las Vegas (NBC) Sept. 28----->Billy Favorite
Moonlight (CBS) Sept. 28
American Dad (Fox) Sept. 30
Brothers & Sisters (ABC) Sept. 30
Desperate Housewives (ABC) Sept. 30
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC) Sept. 30
Everybody Hates Chris (CW) Oct. 1
Cavemen (ABC) Oct. 2
Pushing Daisies (ABC) Oct. 3
Sarah Silverman Program (CC) Oct. 3
South Park (CC) Oct. 3
Drawn Together (CC) Oct. 4
Supernatural (CW) Oct. 4
30 Rock (NBC) Oct. 4----->Billy Favorite
Friday Night Lights (NBC) Oct. 5
Men in Trees (ABC) Oct. 12
Viva Laughlin (CBS) Oct. 18
American Band (Fox) Oct. 19
Scrubs (NBC) Oct. 25----->Billy Favorite

I think these shows can hold me off until January when Lost, 24, and Battlestar Galactica come back!

p.s. I already miss Veronica Mars. It was such a great show! Stupid CW for canceling it!

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2007-08-27T03:21:00.000-05:00

I am really confused about this.... I saw this on Digg and it does work. I don't understand how this is happening! This will make whatever you type appear backwards.

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See what I mean????? Someone please explain this to me!

If I had a bad 80's show

2007-08-24T15:48:00.000-05:00

I think if I could travel back in time to the 80's and host a variety show....

I think I would have these people on as my guests....

Commercial Break...

and a bad comedian...

American Gladiators is coming back!

2007-08-24T05:16:00.000-05:00

Awwww shoot.... I cannot wait to see this show back on the air. I used to watch this every week when it was on when I was younger. They have to bring back the tennis ball gun and Malibu....

Flush Gordon down the toilet!

2007-08-11T06:20:00.000-05:00

Ughh.... I think I have just have seen one of the worst new shows in a long time. Flash Gordon.

Yes, I know it's the Sci-Fi Channel. If it's not called Battlestar Galactica or Doctor Who, then odds are it is really really bad show. The idea of the Sci-Fi Channel is great, but then again, so is Cartoon Network. Both of the networks show some of the absolute worst programming available on tv, but both have tiny bits of greatness. It is truly amazing that Sci-Fi can produce a show that is so amazing like Battlestar Galactica, but yet 90% of everything else they show is worse than watching a monkey play with its own poo. Doctor Who isn't produced by Sci-Fi, so I'm leaving it alone. Cartoon Network is the same way. Adult Swim is brilliant, but everything else on that channel is the one of the reasons kids have ADD today. I wish I had the money to make my own Sci-Fi channel and cartoon channel. It would blow those other two channels out of the water.

I am not a huge Flash Gordon fan. I have seen the original movie and yes I thought it was campy. It's not a movie I own and it's not a movie that I have any urge to really watch if it's on tv. This new show though is so bad though.
Normally, when I see a pilot of a new tv show, I expect it to be kind of dull and lacking. It's natural when it comes to pilots. You can usually tell if a show has potential though. You just get a feeling like the show you're watching could possibly become great. That is not the case though with Flash Gordon.

Some short reasons why the show sucked:
1. Bad acting
2. Ming went from a cool looking bald Max von Sydow with a goatee to a short blonde guy thats as menacing looking as a blank wall.
3. Zarkov went from the guy from Fiddler on the Roof to the guy who looks like Jason Alexander's stand in.
4. Bad plot. They're looking for the imax. In the show it's spelled imex, but they constantly say imax. It ridiculous sounding.
5. Flash went from being a star football player to a small town guy who has won 3 hometown marathons.
6. Bad acting(Yes, i know i put it on here twice)
7. There are fan films(any genre. pick one.)that are 10 million times more impressive than this show. It seriously made me think that maybe Sci-Fi had run a contest along the lines of,"Make your own home movie! We'll put it on the air!"

There are more reasons why the show sucked. I just decided to use this arena to vent. I hate it that there are corporate retards running these channels and their wasting money and a lot of peoples time to make shows this bad. How on God's green earth, did someone at Sci-Fi not see this pilot and go,"We need to do something about this immediately!"??? Do they actually expect people to watch this, take it seriously and keep watching? Just because you take a turd and call it something people are familiar with, it doesn't mean its not a turd. If NBC Universal we're smart, they would move Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who to one of their other networks(USA Network) and shut down Sci-fi if they're not going to care about what they're showing.

Ughh... Congrats Sci-Fi. You managed to make a campy 80's movie look like Batman Begins next the crap you produced.

Sorry again. I had to vent.

Lars and the Real Girl

2007-08-09T05:18:00.000-05:00

Mk. I want you to pretend that you are a big time Hollywood studio boss. I am going to play someone describing a movie to you. What's the first thing you think?

Here goes.....

Here's the story of a small town man who has emotional problems and cannot seem to find someone to love. There are people who care about him and want to set him up, but he just doesn't recognize the signs. So what does he do about this? He buys an real life looking sex doll on the internet named Bianca and begins to have a real relationship with her. Soon after buying her, he gets his friends and family to recognize her as a real person. They do in order to try and help him.

So what do you think so far???

When I first heard this premise, I thought, "Someone actually got a studio to make this? AND they got Ryan Gosling to be in it?" But then I thought, "Well, it is Hollywood. They've produced worse." After seeing the preview though, I honestly think this could be a great little movie. I'm definitely looking forward to giving this movie a shot.

Improv Everywhere

2007-08-08T02:47:00.000-05:00

This is great. I've heard of this group before, but it's been a long time since I looked at their site. Everytime I visit, it makes me wish we had something like that here in Nashville. If I lived in New York, I would totally participate in these events. Check out their site for more videos of their missions. There are so many more I want to post, but these are great. Take some time and watch them.

This stuff is just brilliant.

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