Karaoke

So, I really, really love Karaoke. I think the funnest nights I have are when I go out for Karaoke. Singing, badly, is so much fun. I don't really have anything else to say.

Trial by Error?

Today, is a Sunday. I am awake, for some reason. At 6 am. Actually, I know the reason I am awake. At 5 am, Matt phoned me, and woke me, and made it sound like he was wandering downtown, drunk, trying to walk home. I said good-bye, tried to go back to sleep, but then the guilt kicked in. I said to myself, "Myself, that is not the type of person your mother raised you to be." So I got dressed, got into my car, started it up, and phoned Matt. "Hey, Matt, I am coming to get you, where are you?" He says, with a sense of playfulness "You are beautiful, I am at the 4 Seasons." What the fuck? The 4 Seasons, 3 blocks from my god damned house? So, 8 seconds later, he is in my car, and I drive him the additional 8 blocks to his house. And now I am wide awake. But sadly, not awake enough to do anything that requires the least bit of thought or creativity. So I blog.

Bad Touch

I think that everybody needs to listen to "That Bad Touch" by Bloodhound Gang more often. And "Butterfly" by Crazytown. It will make your life so much better than it is.

Exams

So, my exams have finally started, around the same time that everyone else's seem to be ending. I am not really worried about my exams, or stressed at all, but I wish that I could be done like everyone else, instead I have exams right until the 28th, giving me very little time to look for summer work. It is very annoying.

Look, New Colours

I decided all the blues were kinda lame, and a little difficult to read. I mixed things up, earthy browns and greens, what do you think? Does it look good? Yay or Nay?

My Best Friends Girl

Sometimes, I think that I just want to torture myself. What was I thinking? I knew this could never work, but, like a fool, a went for it anyways, and now everything has turned to shit. I did the worst thing I could ever do in my life. I watched My Best Friends Girl.
I have nothing against Dane Cook, but why do we let him make movies? Employee of the Month wasn't terrible, it had some funny parts, I let it slide. This somehow warranted a second chance, but that second chance was Good Luck Chuck, possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. This leads us to My Best Friends Girl, which somehow ended up being worse than the last two combined!
I thought maybe, just maybe, this movie had some potential. After all, I like Jason Biggs, I think he is a great everyman, and I enjoy seeing him in movies. Is it his fault the movies he chooses to be in tend to be cliche and tired? Maybe, but I can't fault the guy for trying. Also, Alec Baldwin, we all love Alec Baldwin. He is hilarious every week on 30 Rock. So I figured maybe, for once, Dane Cook might have figured out how to make a good movie, maybe with these more positive influences he could do something good. Look at his new leading lady, Kate Hudson, a critical darling, replacing the garbage acting he previously shared the screen with, such as Jessica Simpson and Jessica Alba (Jessica=Bad Actress?). This is not the case, apparently Cook will never be able to make a good movie. Maybe he should go back to being the quirky friend or doing stand-up for dumb jocks.
I will admit one thing, since I hate to be completely negative. The scene where he walks down the wedding aisle wearing an all black tux, smoking a cigarette, to the sounds of "The Man Comes Around" by Johnny Cash was actually a pretty cool scene. I am no smoker by any means, but it is also nice to see a leading man be a smoker in a movie, I have always been annoyed by how villified smokers are on tv and in movies. Can I think of a third good thing? No, I can't, that's all I have to say.

Favorite Quote

I meant to post this with the little book review I did the other day, but forgot.
This is my favorite quote from I Love You, Beth Cooper.
I think it is really funny and really shows the general theme of the book.

The phone flew through the window of a passing Honda Civic and hit Harold Angell, a thirty-four-year-old nurse practitioner who had no ironic connection to anyone in the car.

It totally hits the nail on the head, making fun of how in all those teen movies, every character of victim of the rebellious teens seems to be someone they know.

Very, very famous Regina comedian and celebrity, Phil Smith, a good friend of mine—who is doing a show on Friday, April 17, and is likely already sold out—recently lent me the book I Love You, Beth Cooper. You may have seen previews for it, like I did before Hannah Montana: The Movie. The movie looks to be a happy-go-lucky sex romp for only the most immature member of the family to enjoy, but I tell you what, it is not. It is a very dark, very cool, very black comedy; needless to say, after reading the book I am quite excited to see the movie. I literally could not put the book down, reading it in a little under 5 hours, straight, in silence. I was enthralled by ever paragraph, the book is written in an incredibly creative fashion, with purposeful grammatical errors to reflect the plot through the eyes of our very unlucky protagonist. I encourage anybody who gets a chance to read this book, you may love it a lot. Or really hate it, I realize at times I have a very sick sense of humour.

I also saw both Observe and Report and Adventureland this week, two movies I have been wanting to see for a long time. These movies, while very dissimilar, will forever be connected by me by one thing. They both take the Hollywood convention for comedies, basically trying to appeal to as broad an audience as possible, and throw it out the window. I don't see many people really loving these movies like I did, both are very dark and very emotional. Seth Rogen fans should not see Observe and Report, people who enjoy dark black humour—not unlike I Love You, Beth Cooper—should though, they will thoroughly enjoy it. People who want to laugh at fart jokes and hate chick stuff should not see Adventureland, it is more for people with a refined sense of humour that don't need a joke ever 5 minutes to enjoy the movie.

While I am at it, I am going to talk about a DVD I bought a little while ago called Sex Drive. This movie, while best classified as a teen-sex-romp type of deal, is nothing like any teen-sex-romp that has come out in my adult life. Ignoring any scene with Seth Green, this movie feels very different and very original through most of the main plot. When I watched this, it felt like the first time I saw American Pie, not because it is like American Pie in any way—it really isn't— but because it felt so much more different than any other movie being made for that demographic of people. I can say, without a doubt, that Sex Drive is a truly original movie, with a lot of heart, a lot of fun moment, and more than a few dick-and-fart jokes for the lowest common denominator. If you have yet to see this movie, I really suggest it, and if you have seen it and don't agree with me, then you probably aren't who the movie was being marketed to anyways.

I write jokes sometimes, while I am drunk

Yeah, so the title speaks for itself, I wrote a whole bunch of jokes on Friday night, while drinking. World-famous comedian and close, personal friend Phil Smith, known for creating the term "booty call," informed me that they were quite funny. If you see me in the halls, I might let you read them, but there is a strong chance you will not understand them. I am still working out the many kinks before I can come even close to telling them in public.