Thanks to whoever runs What Would Tyler Durden Do? for those great pics of a glammed-up Rachel McAdams. Before today, I just thought she was cute. But now … well, let’s just say all of a sudden I actually want to see the next James Bond flick.
And by the way, if you like a daily dose of catty celeb gossip and awesome photography of said celebs — and really, who doesn’t? — this is a really good site.
I assume most of my readers have seen “Lazy Sunday,” the digital short that aired on Saturday Night Live before Christmas. Now there’s a West Coast sequel costarring Mark Feuerstein. It’s called “Lazy Monday,” and you can watch it here. Enjoy!
State of the Union Eve is always a fun night. The challenge? What will be the best option among all those channels not showing the speech. You’d think it would be easy, what with the 100 or so channels on the cable “dial.” But tonight, I settled on Ocean’s Twelve on HBO. That George is a lot more charming and believable than the one on the major networks … and CNN, and MSNBC, and FNC, and …
Gotta say, I’m really happy with the Oscar nominations this year. Really quickly … Continue reading
Anyone want to come over tonight and eat dinner off my floor? It’s just that clean. I tell you, it’s been a long time since my kitchen floor shined like it’s doing now. Getting the place cleaned by MaidPro was money well-spent.
And that, my friends, is what I hope will be the last posting about cleaning my apartment. As far as this blog is concerned, end of story. From here on out, my attention turns to actually joining the gym.
The end of the world is coming.
Here’s more proof: Ludacris is a Screen Actors’ Guild award winner (as a member of the ensemble cast of Crash).
Will Fo’ Bit be next?
Alright, now I’m done. Today I saw Transamerica, my 61st movie of all those released in 2005, and thus, those that are qualified for all the awards this year. Because I want to start (finally) writing up my top 10 list, I’ll make this quick: Transamerica is alright. Some of it is a little bit hokey and Felicity Huffman is good, but she didn’t blow me away. Here’s what was nagging at me: I just wasn’t totally buying the film, and I was continually wondering whether a man should have played the lead role, not a woman. No matter how much she uglies herself up, or tries to deepen her voice, Felicity Huffman is just too attractive to convincingly play this role. Does that mean the crux of the film went totally over my head? It’s entirely possible. Does it mean I enjoyed it any less? Not really. So I’m giving Transamerica a B.
When I first saw Brokeback Mountain at the beginning of December, I liked the movie, but I wasn’t particularly moved by it.
As a result, I thought my impressions of the movie had been tainted by the wave of hype that had preceded its release.
And I’m not going to lie, that sort of bothered me.
I felt like I had missed out on something, and that I didn’t get the full Brokeback experience. (Stop your snickering.) And if you know me at all, you know I hate to miss out on something that everyone else has experienced. Continue reading
Yes, I’m still here. You can stop e-mailing and instant messaging and calling to ask why I haven’t posted anything in a few days. Been busy at work and didn’t have anything particularly blog-worthy to post about. I mean, you tell me, did you want me to write about any of the following topics:
* How excited I am that I have scheduled the folks from MaidPro to come and clean my apartment this Tuesday morning
* How I think I’m having a particularly good hair week, despite feeling the urge to get it cut this weekend
* New Theo, same as the old Theo
* How it’s so cold out. Big deal
* How, civil liberties aside, I think the folks in Newton were lame for making the FBI get a warrant in order to seize the computer that a bomb threat was sent to Brandeis from. Town officials called it their “finest hour.” I agree with the Herald: they’re clueless.
* How, rumor has it, James Frey, author of book du jour A Million Little Pieces, was a counselor at my camp up in New Hampshire — but after I was there
* How I think cleaning my apartment has had a positive cosmic domino effect on my entire life: professionally, romantically, physically, and personally, everything seems to be going really well for me lately
* How if you haven’t done it yet, you should click on my link to EngagedGroom.com before Doug’s contest ends
* How the fact that you can now buy episodes of Laguna Beach and South Park on iTunes may just be the best incentive to buy a video iPod yet
* How The Office may just be the funniest show of all time (and episodes of that show are also available on iTunes)
* How Red Sox tickets go on sale tomorrow, and for the first time in years, I really don’t seem to care
… yeah, didn’t think so. Look for more from me over the weekend when hopefully I’ll actually have something substantial to write about.
As I said way back on November 11, UB40‘s new CD Who You Fighting For? is awesome. It hit stores today and I just wanted to post something here because I really, really like it. If you thought the band was not capable of anything more than “Red, Red Wine,” give this one a spin. Just try not to groove along with tracks like “After Tonight” and “Good Situation.” Try not to be swept into the rhythm of “I’ll Be on My Way” and “Things You Say You Love.” Especially now with it being so cold out (at least here in the northeast), Who You Fighting For? will make it feel like summer. Trust me on this one. Or, log onto iTunes and hear for yourself.
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