Slice of Life

Cult Movie Trivia

VH1 or some other channel has been playing Pulp Fiction on random nights, and I can't seem to surf away from it.  And talk about editing, holy smokes.  Some movies just aren't made for television due to the amount of editing it takes to make them legal.  In the version I've been watching, they completely remove all reference to and sight of "The Gimp."  I mean, come on, what's wrong with the Gimp?  "Bring out the Gimp" has to be one of the classic lines of all time.

But here's today's trivia question - and if you have to Google the answer and post it here, you're a douchebag.  In fact, you get a one-way ticket to the Douchebag Hall of Fame.  If you don't know, you don't know.  It just means you suck.

Q:  In the movie Pulp Fiction, how does Winston Wolf take his coffee?

I Wanted to Believe

About a month ago when I first saw the trailer for The X-Files:  I Want to Believe, I nearly jumped off the couch with joy.  Unfortunately, recent reviews for the film, like this one, have sucked, to put it mildly.

The X-Files was one of my go-to shows back in the day.  Back in college, it was a reason to hang out one more night, shake off the cob webs from the weekend, and get your mind off the upcoming week of classes/practice/studies.  I definitely incorporated the Sunday night tradition into my life in graduate school, but the show lost it's mojo near the end of its run, especially when David Duchovony took some time off from the show as a result of failed contract negotiations, then came back for select shows in the final season.  I remember when the first X-Files movie came out in the summer of '98 (ten freaking years ago, jeezus).  I was living in Washington, D.C. and a couple of my closest friends and then-girlfriend (now wife) from college came to visit me over Fourth of July weekend.  Like many of the details of that weekend, I couldn't tell you much about the movie.  Unlike the time I had that weekend, the movie was a major disappointment.  Lots of hype and excitement, but little else.  Alas, it looks like I'll be waiting another 10 years to get a resolution to all of my questions about whether other life forms in the  universe actually exist.

I'm a People Person

Big day today.  Officially decided I'm going with the "I'm a people person" philosophy for prospective interviews, of which I currently have none.

I'm a People Person

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Gold Star for Sarah C.

For quoting Office Space and making me laugh, a little something to get you through Hump Day.

Download ijustdontcare.mp3

My favorite:

Download missingitbob.mp3

Percolating in the Hopper

I still can't fucking believe what happened tonight.  When the scenario was unfolding smack dab in the middle of my reality I do remember thinking, "100% bloggable."  Gorgeous.  Just gorgeous.

The skinny:  Condo Association "open meeting" where people were encouraged to gripe about the recent landscaping project, the upcoming paving project, and a host of other ridiculous items that stunned me as to how illogical and short-sited people can be.  Oh yeah and it ended in an argument where the crazy guy of the association just out of the blue started calling Wife a "mole" and being "buried" at our end of the Association and "not being involved."  (Although there was a wonderful roundabout discussion regarding whether certain yards are "theirs" or "yours" because technically its common area.  Anyway.)  With respect to the ending, let me just tell you this:  I have never in my life been this excited about a blog entry.  I have never in my life been this at one about the decision to throw shit right back in someone's face and markedly more insultingly.  Classic.  Fucking classic ass material here.

I'm starting off with some brainstorming as to possible titles.  Too much.  Just way too much material.  The short list:

1. Won't You be My Neighbor?
2. This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land
3. Over the Shoulder Boulder Holders
4. The Empire Strikes Back
5. Bitch Be Cool!
6. 'Yeah.  Well.  You're independently wealthy.'
7. Tips for Young Attorneys:  Why Documenting Shit That Happens is Good
8. It Got Weird, Didn't It
9. Apparently His Wife is a Miserable Twat Like We Maybe Thought
10. Ending on a High Note

You won't believe the high note I ended on.  Hollywood couldn't have done it better.  "You're a mole."  Unreal.

Death in Gaza

Not that I didn't enjoy watching the American ladies take gold in beach volleyball last night, but as I did some surfing throughout the evening I was fortunate enough to come across the documentary "Death in Gaza" that is now airing on HBO. If you have HBO, make a point to watch this amazing film in the next few days. If you don't have HBO, order it.

Sobering. That's all I can say at this point.