I hardly ever watch commercials anymore thanks to TiVo, and I can't remember the last time I saw a movie in a theater, where the commercials aren't so easily avoidable, so I don't even know if this Wes Anderson American Express commercial is old news or not. But here it is regardless.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Come Summer, That Page Ain't Gonna Change
If you spend most weeks wondering if there's going to be a new "Lost" or not, then Is Lost a Repeat? is the place for you. One click, and you'll have your answer.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Ho My Goodness! I Said 'Sex!' I Meant to Say 'SIX!'
From my early teens to my mid-20s, I used to listen to the Alex Bennett show in San Francisco every morning. I can't remember why his show disappeared, but I'm sure it had something to do with Howard Stern. (Doesn't it always?) The appeal of the Alex Bennett show was never Alex Bennett. He wasn't very funny himself, but he always had really good comedians on his show. (It was on his show that I first heard Bobby Slayton, Dana Gould, and Patton Oswalt.)
Apparently he's in New York now, and doing a show for Sirius satellite radio (and I think his former newswoman, Lori Thompson, is doing some kind of Christian music show, which is hard to believe!)
On his site he's got some RealAudio from his show, recorded in 1997. (Click on the Live 105 link in the middle, found here.) The beginning is pretty lame, but pretty soon Kevin Meaney shows up, and it gets out of control. I laughed and laughed.
Apparently he's in New York now, and doing a show for Sirius satellite radio (and I think his former newswoman, Lori Thompson, is doing some kind of Christian music show, which is hard to believe!)
On his site he's got some RealAudio from his show, recorded in 1997. (Click on the Live 105 link in the middle, found here.) The beginning is pretty lame, but pretty soon Kevin Meaney shows up, and it gets out of control. I laughed and laughed.
He's So Crazy, It Just Might Work
The Palladinos talk about why they're leaving "Gilmore Girls." Part of me thinks they're just a bunch of Hollywood whiners who should have just stuck it out for a final year with the show. And another part of me still thinks their leaving could be a good thing for the series--if they are, indeed, to blame for some of this season's suckiness. (And if the spoilers in the above interview are true? They are dead to me.)
But then I read about how the new showrunner, Dave Rosenthal, is almost certifiably insane, and I begin to worry all over again...
But then I read about how the new showrunner, Dave Rosenthal, is almost certifiably insane, and I begin to worry all over again...
Monday, April 24, 2006
Sunday, April 23, 2006
The Perfect Parking Space
I had a rental car this weekend because I had a free day and I needed to get to a friend's going-away-party in Oakland. The bad thing about having a rental car, as opposed to a Zipcar, is that I have to find a parking space for it. This isn't easy for two reasons. First, I live on Nob Hill and there's no parking here. Or there. Or over there. Or over there, either. The other problem is I can't parallel park, so even if a space opens up, unless it's on a block that has horizontal parking, or is a spot I can just pull into, I have to pass it by.
Tonight I started the quest, a quest that in the past has taken me over 90 minutes, but after only 10 minutes of circling, I came across the perfect spot, and only one block from my apartment. Sweet.
On my quest, however, I drove past the above-pictured car, which is proof that there's someone out there who's a worse parker than me. It might also be proof that circling around looking for parking can lead to a certain kind of insanity wherein you eventually think that just pulling onto the curb, even though you have plenty of space behind you (there's no car behind that car, just the entrance to an alley), is good enough.
I really can't fathom how someone could think this was ok. Unfortunately, the picture doesn't do it justice--it's not just the front tire that's on the curb, it's the whole front-end of the car. And that's not a driveway, that's the sidewalk.
The only times I could find a parking job like this reasonable is if the person parking was totally drunk, and really thought they had done a fine job, or if this was the front of a hospital, and a husband had just pulled up on to the curb to get his pregnant wife inside as she was going into labor.
That's not a hospital, and it was only 9:45pm when I first spotted this car, not 3am. So seriously, WTF?!
Tonight I started the quest, a quest that in the past has taken me over 90 minutes, but after only 10 minutes of circling, I came across the perfect spot, and only one block from my apartment. Sweet.
On my quest, however, I drove past the above-pictured car, which is proof that there's someone out there who's a worse parker than me. It might also be proof that circling around looking for parking can lead to a certain kind of insanity wherein you eventually think that just pulling onto the curb, even though you have plenty of space behind you (there's no car behind that car, just the entrance to an alley), is good enough.
I really can't fathom how someone could think this was ok. Unfortunately, the picture doesn't do it justice--it's not just the front tire that's on the curb, it's the whole front-end of the car. And that's not a driveway, that's the sidewalk.
The only times I could find a parking job like this reasonable is if the person parking was totally drunk, and really thought they had done a fine job, or if this was the front of a hospital, and a husband had just pulled up on to the curb to get his pregnant wife inside as she was going into labor.
That's not a hospital, and it was only 9:45pm when I first spotted this car, not 3am. So seriously, WTF?!
Friday, April 21, 2006
Mind the Gap
Another elimination, another conference call, this time with Brooke, who wasn't given any more chances. I kinda liked Brooke, mainly because her looks were unique and quite strong. But I guess they're just going for flat-out ugly this year, as Jade remains in the running.I asked Brooke if she had done anything to conquer her apparent stage fright (she chocked during the commercial, and seemed downright terrified during the improv classes). She said she hasn't been in any situations recently where she could test herself out, but that she thinks she's better now. I also asked her who she's rooting for, and she said Danielle.
I like Danielle well enough; I think she takes good pictures, and she's certainly got a more pleasant personality than Jade. But it looks like next week she's going to succumb to the judges pressure and have the gap in her front teeth fixed, even though she's perfectly happy with it. Granted, it is a huge gap, but couldn't she just get a cap or a bridge or something that she could wear during photo shoots? A gap-toothed smile hasn't hurt the careers of Madonna and Lauren Hutton any!
Image courtesy UPN
I Think I'll Dine on Chocolate Chip Cookies Tonight
I find one of the few thrills of being an adult is being able to do things that as a child you would have killed to do. Like eating chocolate chip cookies for dinner.Of course the thrill is lessened somewhat by the fact that I don't have someone who will just magically make them appear in front of me. Instead, I have to buy them, or make them, and I can't do either of those things until I get my ass home and retrieve my ATM card, which I left in a different pair of pants, which means I'll have to trudge up the hill to get home tonight, and then get the ATM card and then go back outside and to the store in search of chocolate chip cookie dough, and by that time it will be 8 p.m. and the novelty will have probably worn off completely by then.
See? Being an adult sucks.
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