unmotivated doesn't even begin to cover it.
it has nothing to do with the mild hangover.
some days, i really have a lot of trouble getting going in the morning SOLELY because i'm too busy "dancing" (id est, air guitar-ing) around my room to albums i haven't heard in what seems like forever.
i LOVE music. i love "discovering" music. but i love RE-discovering music the most.
some things to queue up if you have the time or interest:
A Wilhelm Scream - Ruiner
Spoon - Gimme Fiction
Spank Rock - YoYoYoYoYo
Sam Cooke - Portrait of a Legend
Jawbreaker - Dear You
happy super sunday! if you're eating something that can't be dipped in something else, YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
recipe for success
i take illness as an excuse to experiment with cocktails.
don't make that face at me.
seriously, i just don't like the way most medicine makes me feel. robitussin makes my heartbeat syncopated. benedryl makes the inside of my head (and mouth) feel like the mojave desert. nyquil robs me of any sense whatsoever. tylenol is for sissies.
i try stick to traditional (non-combustible) medicines. can't sleep? two shots of jim beam will fix that. anxiety? try half a bottle of red zinfandel.
when i'm just run-over-by-a-truck sick, i drink brandy. usually in the form of a hot toddy, but today is different: today i am adventurous and not 70.
toward the end of his first book, chuck klosterman, one of my FAVORITE AUTHORS EVER, mentions a drink HE calls the "witty chuck." it's brandy and ginger ale. simple. supposedly, after a few of them, it makes you flat-out hilarious. right now, i don't want to be funny; i want to NOT feel like ass. so i added another one of my favorite cure-alls to his recipe: honey. honey is awesome for sore throats, allergies, and the dreaded "sweet tooth." observe:
flu season stinger:
in a pint glass,
1.) pour brandy LIBERALLY. i cannot stress "LIBERALLY" enough. i'm talking like... 3-4 oz., people. or half-glass it if you're really sick.
2.) add honey. a tbsp should do.
3.) stir brandy and honey until mixture becomes cloudy and no honey is settled on the bottom of the glass.
4.) add ice
5.) top with ginger ale
6.) garnish with lemon wedge (i skip this because i generally hate lemons. unless they're in pie. the meringue-y kind.)
drink four of these to forget that you're sick, along with your dad's name, your work schedule, and most of your social security number.
L'chaim.
i just realized how crooked my glasses are. shit.
don't make that face at me.
seriously, i just don't like the way most medicine makes me feel. robitussin makes my heartbeat syncopated. benedryl makes the inside of my head (and mouth) feel like the mojave desert. nyquil robs me of any sense whatsoever. tylenol is for sissies.
i try stick to traditional (non-combustible) medicines. can't sleep? two shots of jim beam will fix that. anxiety? try half a bottle of red zinfandel.
when i'm just run-over-by-a-truck sick, i drink brandy. usually in the form of a hot toddy, but today is different: today i am adventurous and not 70.
toward the end of his first book, chuck klosterman, one of my FAVORITE AUTHORS EVER, mentions a drink HE calls the "witty chuck." it's brandy and ginger ale. simple. supposedly, after a few of them, it makes you flat-out hilarious. right now, i don't want to be funny; i want to NOT feel like ass. so i added another one of my favorite cure-alls to his recipe: honey. honey is awesome for sore throats, allergies, and the dreaded "sweet tooth." observe:
flu season stinger:
in a pint glass,
1.) pour brandy LIBERALLY. i cannot stress "LIBERALLY" enough. i'm talking like... 3-4 oz., people. or half-glass it if you're really sick.
2.) add honey. a tbsp should do.
3.) stir brandy and honey until mixture becomes cloudy and no honey is settled on the bottom of the glass.
4.) add ice
5.) top with ginger ale
6.) garnish with lemon wedge (i skip this because i generally hate lemons. unless they're in pie. the meringue-y kind.)
drink four of these to forget that you're sick, along with your dad's name, your work schedule, and most of your social security number.
L'chaim.
i just realized how crooked my glasses are. shit.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
a tirade regarding the academy award nominees
disclaimer: this (of course) only relates to the movies i have SEEN. i only prejudge movies that are lauded with the line, "the family film of the year." i am positive i will hate that movie.
a word (or two) on avatar:
i am completely sick of everyone's strange fascination with EVERYTHING james cameron directs. avatar was a LACKLUSTER TRAIN WRECK of a film. horrible acting. predictable plot. pathetic love story... BUT... like a train wreck, you just couldn't look away. using nothing but beauty, avatar hypnotized people into thinking it has cinematic value, much like scarlett johansson. a lot of work went into avatar. there's no doubt about that.
a lot of work went into waterworld, also.
give it EVERY VISUAL EFFECTS AWARD. but putting it up against movies like a serious man and the hurt locker is just insulting.
cameron already pulled the wool over our eyes once before. remember the 1998 academy awards? titanic won. you know what it beat?
1.) as good as it gets
2.) good will hunting
3.) l.a. confidential
4.) the full monty
numbers 1-4 were BETTER MOVIES. i understand that garbage like avatar (which is even worse than titanic) is hollywood's lifeblood, but rewarding a movie with the film industry's most prestigious award just because it's making a shit ton of money is just silly.
ten "best picture" nominations and other communist plots:
in case you hadn't heard, there are a LOT of movies nominated for the top prize this year. they are: avatar, the blind side, district 9, an education, the hurt locker, inglorious basterds, precious, a serious man, up, and up in the air. of these, i have seen all but the blind side, an education and precious, so i won't talk about those. SO, discounting the ones i have no business talking about, here is my UPDATED list of nominees... you know... movies that were good and DESERVE such an award:
1.) a serious man
2.) the hurt locker
3.) up in the air
4.) star trek
5.) 500 days of summer
"whoa whoa... hold on a tic... 4 & 5 weren't even nominated!"
oh man... you're right... sorry, i totally thought for a second that the academy awards AREN'T TOTAL BULLSHIT. i'm going to reference rottentomatoes.com for a moment. this is a website that collects all the reviews from every critic that submits one, and sees whether the review is positive or negative. movies are then graded by a percentage that depends on the number of positive reviews. SO, in the world of professional movie critics, let's see how numbers 4 & 5 fared:
star trek: 94%
500 days of summer: 87%
wait... so, people who WATCH AND REVIEW MOVIES FOR A LIVING thought that star trek was better than every nominee except the hurt locker and up, and JUST AS GOOD as an education? (500 days of summer was only better reviewed than the blind side [70%] and avatar [82%]) something fishy is going on here...
travesties abound, but what did i expect? the golden globes are usually a pretty good indicator of how the oscars are gonna go gown, even though they bear as much significance as a freakin' cable ACE award. but why do i care? i haven't watched the oscars since the great sideways snubbing of 2005. to quote my lovely girlfriend on the topic of up being nominated for best picture AND best animated picture (which should absolutely go to the fantastic mr. fox):
"well good thing I already think the oscars are rubbish... otherwise I would be upset."
a word (or two) on avatar:
i am completely sick of everyone's strange fascination with EVERYTHING james cameron directs. avatar was a LACKLUSTER TRAIN WRECK of a film. horrible acting. predictable plot. pathetic love story... BUT... like a train wreck, you just couldn't look away. using nothing but beauty, avatar hypnotized people into thinking it has cinematic value, much like scarlett johansson. a lot of work went into avatar. there's no doubt about that.
a lot of work went into waterworld, also.
give it EVERY VISUAL EFFECTS AWARD. but putting it up against movies like a serious man and the hurt locker is just insulting.
cameron already pulled the wool over our eyes once before. remember the 1998 academy awards? titanic won. you know what it beat?
1.) as good as it gets
2.) good will hunting
3.) l.a. confidential
4.) the full monty
numbers 1-4 were BETTER MOVIES. i understand that garbage like avatar (which is even worse than titanic) is hollywood's lifeblood, but rewarding a movie with the film industry's most prestigious award just because it's making a shit ton of money is just silly.
ten "best picture" nominations and other communist plots:
in case you hadn't heard, there are a LOT of movies nominated for the top prize this year. they are: avatar, the blind side, district 9, an education, the hurt locker, inglorious basterds, precious, a serious man, up, and up in the air. of these, i have seen all but the blind side, an education and precious, so i won't talk about those. SO, discounting the ones i have no business talking about, here is my UPDATED list of nominees... you know... movies that were good and DESERVE such an award:
1.) a serious man
2.) the hurt locker
3.) up in the air
4.) star trek
5.) 500 days of summer
"whoa whoa... hold on a tic... 4 & 5 weren't even nominated!"
oh man... you're right... sorry, i totally thought for a second that the academy awards AREN'T TOTAL BULLSHIT. i'm going to reference rottentomatoes.com for a moment. this is a website that collects all the reviews from every critic that submits one, and sees whether the review is positive or negative. movies are then graded by a percentage that depends on the number of positive reviews. SO, in the world of professional movie critics, let's see how numbers 4 & 5 fared:
star trek: 94%
500 days of summer: 87%
wait... so, people who WATCH AND REVIEW MOVIES FOR A LIVING thought that star trek was better than every nominee except the hurt locker and up, and JUST AS GOOD as an education? (500 days of summer was only better reviewed than the blind side [70%] and avatar [82%]) something fishy is going on here...
travesties abound, but what did i expect? the golden globes are usually a pretty good indicator of how the oscars are gonna go gown, even though they bear as much significance as a freakin' cable ACE award. but why do i care? i haven't watched the oscars since the great sideways snubbing of 2005. to quote my lovely girlfriend on the topic of up being nominated for best picture AND best animated picture (which should absolutely go to the fantastic mr. fox):
"well good thing I already think the oscars are rubbish... otherwise I would be upset."
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