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Saturday, June 21st, 2008
11:06 am	Where Art Thou, Meatloaf? Here's how it works. 1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, iPod, etc) 2. Put it on shuffle 3. Press Play 4. For every question, type the song that's playing; for extra cool points, add descriptions. 5. When you go to a new question, press the next button 6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool.. ( Read more... ) (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, February 28th, 2008
10:27 am	Meme Rules: + Pick 10 of your favorite movies. + Find a quote from each movie. + Post them here for everyone to guess. + Strike it out when someone guesses correctly, and put who guessed it and the movie. + Looking them up is cheating, please don't. 1. I seem to exist largely on heat like a new born spider. 2. Like I told my last wife, I said, "Honey, I never drive faster than I can see, and besides... it's all in the reflexes." 3. Mr Inside-Outsky just like some God-damned Bolshevik picking up his orders from Yegg Central. 4. When the chimes end, pick up your gun. Go ahead and shoot me Colonel. Just try. 5. Lately she's been making these Plaster of Paris bagel and cream cheeses. 6. You know, even though all 618 of us were wearing caps and gowns out there today, I couldn't help but think it was a coincidence that we were both wearing black. 7. I can't lie to you about your chances, but... you have my sympathies. 8. You wanted to tussle. We tussled. Out of Sight, guessed bylula_fortune 9. Oh, that's Cosmo... he's Chinese. 10. Hello, my name is Rags. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, February 17th, 2008
12:18 pm	Love Is All Around This weekend I received a Valentine's Day Card. From Larry The Cable Guy. Who gave me handy romantic tips like, "If she kisses you on the first date while you've got a dip of Skoal in your mouth, she loves you. If there's a dip of Skoal in HER mouth when ya kiss ... make wedding plans!" This is a weird business. Current Mood: A little bit country (Comment on this)
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
1:24 pm	While my Zantac gently weeps Djan's Modern Thai Restaurant Tel. 206.633.3526 Duck a la Funk Fried Roasted half duck with chili peppers, chopped onions and topped with three flavor Djan's special garlic sauce. I think I've just discovered the perfect delivery food. Well, aside from the whole weeping tears of lava thing. Current Mood: Too Duck to Funk (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008
9:19 am	I Declare This The Year Of Hilarity Stumbling out of bed this morning, I was greeted by the sight of my next door neighbor passed out on my porch, with his keys in his hand and the word "Dick" sharpied on his forehead. (Given that he was lying on the paper, I can only deduce that he'd been there for the past few hours.) Suddenly my headache seems decidedly bush league. (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, December 16th, 2007
8:59 pm	I Can Has Frostbite? The following is reproduced verbatim from actual onscreen text on a promo for an actual Discovery Channel program about mountain climbers: "They've past the last camp." That slight whirring noise you hear is from E.B. White doing donuts in his grave. Current Mood: migrainy (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Friday, November 30th, 2007
2:56 pm	Tales of a Third Grade Something or Other Andrew Louis Wright Book Report Sister Thornton’s 3rd grade class Assumption School The book that I am reporting on today is called The Man-Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag, which is a very exciting true story about a fameous hunter who battles a Man-Eating Leopard in Rudraprayag, which is a place in India where there are many venomous creatures. This book was written by Jim Corbett, who is also a hunter who has written many other books about shooting animals with his shotgun. This story begins with Jim coming to Rudraprayag to fight against a big cat that has eaten at least two hundred and fifty people. The leopard is very sinister and very sneaky, kind of like Garth Knight, Michael Knight’s bad twin brother on the tv show Knight Rider. Anyway, Jim even tries to poison the leopard with with the very fatal poison cyanide, which only makes the leopard’s tongue turn black and turns him even meaner. There are many scary pages in this book and a lot of true nature facts, like that when a leopard kills a man he does so by biting through his skull! Conclusion, this is a very good book that everyone should read, especially ones who like stories about animals eating people. There are some big words, though. Current Mood: nostalgishy (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
10:04 am	The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Exploding Runner I don't normally cross-post from my other blogging type deal (mainly because it would mean that, um, I'd have to actually post something here), but I'm honestly amused/scared by the responses to this entry: http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/10/happy_little_trees Any budding Rembrandts out there have anything to add? Current Mood: awake (1 Comment |Comment on this)
12:12 am	The Gray's No Longer Premature 35 today. Gah. I'm at a loss for words (other than "gah" again), so please join me in saluting two other birthday boys/men/dudes: Diamond Dave and Edward D. Wood, Jr. Long may they reign. Oh, and hey, you kids, get off of my lawn, etc. Current Mood: olllllld (Comment on this)
Monday, August 20th, 2007
11:03 am	Gross Wiki Find of the Day Brain Licker is a type of confectionary produced by Spanish company King Regal. Brain Licker is sold in small, green "deoderant style" bottles, having a ball which revolves when licked to deliver its sour liquid content. Although the acid content is about the same as lemon juice, excessive consumption can lead to burns, blisters or cuts in children's mouths. In 2003 the British Food Standards agency issued warnings to parents regarding this as well as possible choking hazards. There are several different flavours of Brain Licker, the most popular of which being strawberry, peach, apple, blue raspberry, grape, blackberry, lemon and watermelon. Er, yum? (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
11:58 am	You know the part where the guy does the thing with the thing? In an attempt to stave off boredom perform a valuable public service, I've started a daily Great Bits in Mediocre Movies series on my work blog. #1 #2 #3 Any suggestions for future installments? (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, August 10th, 2007
2:50 pm	Mud slinging My job has some definite deficits -- lousy hours, worse pay, being forced to see films directed by Brett Ratner, etc. On the other hand, I get paid to blog about fart scenes in 80's T'n'A movies, so I guess it all cosmically balances out. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
4:58 pm	Streaming, flaxen, waxen Ok, so I haven't had a haircut in nearly 3 months. (Those that have actually seen me in person before, please stifle your gasps.) Anyway, in terms of sheer, explosive growth, this places me somewhere between 70's era Lindsey Buckingham, and Count Dante, the deadliest man alive. But here's the thing: I'm finding that the level of surrounding female interest (and, weirdly, high-profile writing jobs) seems to be increasing exponentially with each cubic meter of 'fro. The laziness noble experiment must continue, methinks. Oh, and the goatee? Fierce Current Mood: Bushy (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, July 17th, 2007
12:48 pm	Breadkata! Topic: After watching this video, should the viewer feel A)more or B)less inclined to adopt the Atkins Diet? Discuss. (Cross-posted from my regular stomping grounds at http://slog.thestranger.com/) Current Mood: mildly skeeved (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, July 13th, 2007
10:42 am	TGIFt13th Ch Ch Ch Ah Ah Ah (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, July 5th, 2007
10:58 pm	Baby, I'm a star Dear California-type folks, Are any of y'all familiar with a paper called the District Weekly? I think it's distributed around the Long Beach area, if that helps any. Anyways, I'm asking because I've started receiving checks from them for reprinting my reviews, but a search on their website turns up zilcho. If you get a chance, could you possibly pick one up sometime and give a look-see for my name? (cough Andrew Wright cough) I just want to make sure that they're not using my stuff to advertise sexxy she-male jello massage types of things. Because, you know, if they were, I'd want a bigger cut. (Comment on this)
Friday, May 18th, 2007
12:10 pm	One week early; most brain cells gone Extra, extra, read all about it! The official SIFF 2007 Catalogue - all 360 record-breaking pages of it - is available for purchase STARTING TODAY at the SIFF Box Office at Pacific Place (2nd level, 6th and Pine). This is The Big Book - usually not available until Opening Night of the Festival! I need a nap. Current Mood: Dead, dead, deadsky (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, February 26th, 2007
3:32 pm	Mr. Roboto Just composed my first ever inter-office memo, complete with terms like "Re:", "Budget", and, most terrifyingly, "Thus." Thankfully, I wrote a movie review earlier today that contained the phrase "Day-Glo Bugfuck", so hopefully I can stave off turning into The Man for a few more days. God help me, I'm starting to understand Dilbert. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, February 24th, 2007
1:58 pm	I Sing The Ego Electric Remember when Steven Seagal was an Oscar presenter? That was awesome. Anyway, for those folks who just can't get enough pre-award buzz, the Seattle Channel has put together a special Oscar Night Preview, complete with a replay of last December's Film Critic Wrap Show, of which I was bloody terrified honored to be a part of. Those wishing to behold my, er, glory can do so tonight (Saturday) at 10:00, or tomorrow morning at 11:00. Seriously, Steven Seagal once presented an Oscar. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
4:17 pm	Ninjas, Moon Boots, and Mullets. Oh My. Gymkata! Current Mood: geeky (Comment on this)