March 5, 2010
OK, so it’s been a while since I posted anything and there’s no good reason for it. I’ve got 4 drafts sitting here and none seem worthy of publishing so I’m starting a new one from scratch.
I don’t even know what that means… “from scratch”. Does it mean I’m starting by relieving an itch? Does it mean the devil’s involved? I don’t know. English is a stupid language.
So today marks the release of Tim Burton’s “Alice in Wonderland”. I really, really want to like this movie. I do, I do, I do. The Alice mythology is very interesting to me and I’d love for it to reach the screen in a format sans Disneyfication. Big fail there. Disney is producing this film too. But it’s Tim Burton and if there’s a director out there that can do insane absurdity, it’s him. I’d still like to have seen Terry Gilliam’s version, but the Disney execs probably don’t want the occupants of Wonderland killed off by a plague, Alice lobotomized, or the Queen of Hearts being chased through time by midgets. When word came out months ago about the project, I was giddy.
The casting sounds great on paper.
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February 26, 2010
“Maybe the trainer ought not have used that cheap, Wal-Mart knock off shampoo called “Head & Tuna.”
February 16, 2010
Did you know that in Arlington, VA you can still get a parking ticket even if you’re physically unable to reach the parking pay booth-thing due to a small glacier having swallowed it?
No, I didn’t get a ticket. But in my 45 minute quest to find street parking I witnessed lovely Rita wandering the avenue with ticket book in hand trying to extract more fines from put upon parkers. (I spit on my screen just typing that.) For those people not in the region, the Washington DC Metro area (aka The 9th Circle of Hell) received about a bazillion inches of snow last week. OK, it was closer to 35-36 inches, but around here it may as well have been a bazillion. (Bazillion: A million gwadzillion) The temperature has tap danced around 32 degrees ever since… sometimes falling off the stage and landing in the orchestra pit of the upper teen temperature range. I needed to go to the bank today and even though I only needed to run in and run out, I opted not to do the “DC thing” and just leave my car in the street. I stopped in a two hour parking space and then stared blankly at a mountain of snow. Somewhere inside the mountain was a coin slot. If I could find the coin slot and deposit a bit of her majesty’s bling bling I’d be saved from Rita at the end of the row. I couldn’t find it.
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February 16, 2010
“It’s not a glandular disorder. You like pie!”
February 15, 2010
Wolfman – Del Torro is awesome! Story somewhat predictable but fun and enjoyable. Love the classic werewolf look with great make up! Yes!
