haha, check this out
what he attempts to draw from this afterward in his remarks is borderline retarded, I'm glad this fucktard is gone soon, Obama probably has pretty good reflexes too.
12/15/08
12/13/08
Winter
This is the time of year when I sit around my house with all the lights off staring out at the falling snow and listening to Philip Glass' Metamorphosis album. Snow and music have an odd combination in my brain. If snow is falling at a steady clip, it kind of shrinks the world down to a smaller size. I often think when I'm staring into a snowstorm what my life, my thoughts, etc. would be like if my entire existence was contained within my field of vision. Like living in a snow globe I guess. Anyway, the Philip Glass has an odd effect on your brain too. Just like the snow, it really prevents you from thinking about anything else. Combine falling snow with Philip Glass and you get a bit of what nature really fucking is. Deep down in the shit, like ants crawling all over a dead carcass. The harmony of it.
I got this fun trick from Bike Snob NYC.
Open this Youtube window and turn the volume of the clip all the way down. (Not the volume of your computer.) Now open this Youtube window and skip two minutes into the song. Once the music is playing, go back to your first window and you'll witness a bit of what I'm trying to describe.
I got this fun trick from Bike Snob NYC.
Open this Youtube window and turn the volume of the clip all the way down. (Not the volume of your computer.) Now open this Youtube window and skip two minutes into the song. Once the music is playing, go back to your first window and you'll witness a bit of what I'm trying to describe.
12/12/08
Best Movie Villain: NIXON!
Last night I watched Ron Howard's new film Frost/Nixon, based on the play of the same name. I am not going to bother describing the story because it is your very background in the subject of Nixon-era US history that will determine whether or not you're going to enjoy the film.
So with that in mind...
Frank Langella as Richard Nixon is the best villainous performance ever committed to film. Forgot about last year's wicked Bardem and Day-Lewis performances, forget about this summer's Heath Ledger. Forget about Nazis and Zombies, about Aliens and Predators, about Darth Vader and Dr. No. Forget about Jaws, Hannibal Lector, Simba's uncle Scar and every other scary antagonist you've ever seen.
Richard Nixon is the greatest movie villain of all time.
My favorite part is how, during this period especially, Nixon was one of the most universally reviled people in the world and yet Langella still manages to depict a man fully in charge. Dictating the circumstances of his situation like a mafia don locked up in prison... Damn he's good. And on an unrelated note, Kevin Bacon is very good too.
So with that in mind...
Frank Langella as Richard Nixon is the best villainous performance ever committed to film. Forgot about last year's wicked Bardem and Day-Lewis performances, forget about this summer's Heath Ledger. Forget about Nazis and Zombies, about Aliens and Predators, about Darth Vader and Dr. No. Forget about Jaws, Hannibal Lector, Simba's uncle Scar and every other scary antagonist you've ever seen.
Richard Nixon is the greatest movie villain of all time.
My favorite part is how, during this period especially, Nixon was one of the most universally reviled people in the world and yet Langella still manages to depict a man fully in charge. Dictating the circumstances of his situation like a mafia don locked up in prison... Damn he's good. And on an unrelated note, Kevin Bacon is very good too.
12/10/08
Purpose
I like running. I've liked running since I started doing cross country and track my freshmen year of high school and I still enjoy it although to a much lesser extent time and distance-wise. Why I enjoy it is often beyond me, it hurts and over time will probably permanently cripple my joints.
The thing that has been pissing me off lately is that running as we do it today, putting on short synthetic shorts and shirts and clicking our watch on could not be more removed from our historical animal past roots to running.
In the motherfuckin good old days running was from predators or after prey, it was a desperate, visceral act, with ones survival depending on it.
I yearn for a return to those days, when the stakes were fucking high and shit meant shit.
As a result I'm incorporating way more nuts and berries into my diet in a slow, but determined effort to turn into a bear, a predator worthy of anyone's appreciation.
The thing that has been pissing me off lately is that running as we do it today, putting on short synthetic shorts and shirts and clicking our watch on could not be more removed from our historical animal past roots to running.
In the motherfuckin good old days running was from predators or after prey, it was a desperate, visceral act, with ones survival depending on it.
I yearn for a return to those days, when the stakes were fucking high and shit meant shit.
As a result I'm incorporating way more nuts and berries into my diet in a slow, but determined effort to turn into a bear, a predator worthy of anyone's appreciation.
Smart move of the week
Rod Blagojevich, the governor of Illinois is retarded.
That being said, it's not really his fault because he comes from a line of retarded Illinois governors.
In case the Monstro Bog readers haven't heard, Blagojevich (say that ten times fast) was arrested a few days ago on corruption-type charges centering around his desire to sell off Barack Obama's senate seat for money and perks for himself and his wife.
This is certainly pretty appalling but what I found sickly amusing is that he is now the second Illinois governor IN A ROW to be arrested, his predecessor, George Ryan is currently in jail on some corruption type shady shit charges as well.
I guess that flowery, happy and hopeful mood in Grant Park on Election Night for Obama has turned bad for his adopted home city, albeit this is the place of Capone et al so maybe we just all need to lower our expectations a little, take a kickback or two and straight chill the fuck out.
That being said, it's not really his fault because he comes from a line of retarded Illinois governors.
In case the Monstro Bog readers haven't heard, Blagojevich (say that ten times fast) was arrested a few days ago on corruption-type charges centering around his desire to sell off Barack Obama's senate seat for money and perks for himself and his wife.
This is certainly pretty appalling but what I found sickly amusing is that he is now the second Illinois governor IN A ROW to be arrested, his predecessor, George Ryan is currently in jail on some corruption type shady shit charges as well.
I guess that flowery, happy and hopeful mood in Grant Park on Election Night for Obama has turned bad for his adopted home city, albeit this is the place of Capone et al so maybe we just all need to lower our expectations a little, take a kickback or two and straight chill the fuck out.
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