Journey to the Center of Blockbuster:

( that meme everyone's doing )

H and I went to Blockbuster since they are having a buy 2, get one free sale of used DVD's. I almost bought 3, then I realized I didn't really need them and was just getting them because they were on sale. The ones I almost got are Gacy, Night Stalker, and 28 days later. I was also looking at Old School and Mighty Wind. Ultimately, I bought new copies of Edward Scissorhands and a cartoon compilation of Maurice Dendak's work. So now I have all the nutshell library stuff, but not, i think, the Really Rosie stuff...plus Where the Wild Things are. Mmmmm...Where the Wild Things Are...

Blockbuster is not like it was when I worked there. The VHS and DVD are all mixed together. this is not so bad I guess. but the horror, sci-fi and action movies are also mixed together. Mixing action and horror is rarely a good idea (unless you're talking about Aliens). Then if you want a certain horror film, you need to first figure out whether Blokcbuster thinks of it was action or drama. Then you have to determine if it was an oscar winner, because then it might be in that special section. In reality, it could take you 20 minutes to find films like Misery, or Silence of the Lambs--not that I don't own them...I'm just saying.

We also rented a few things since they were crazy with cheapness. For $4 (four dollars) we rented Cube, best of Will Ferrel, Microcosmos (my pick) and Cabin Fever. So even if 3 of them suck, it was still money well spent. And since I'm not babysitting tonight, I have tons of free time.

The diet news is not good. I'll spare you the details and simply say I'm not making anymore cake unless I am sure there will be hungry people around to help eat it. I cannot seem to resist my pineapple upside down cake...much to my detriment.

Television: Teacher, Mother, Secret Lover:

We watched Cabin Fever. I must confess that it was better than one would think. Cast full of no one really, uterdic tells me the main kid is from some family show I wouldn't watch. Not bad performances, not a large amount of slutty, gratuitous teen sex..plenty of drug use and drunkenness. And a hideous kid who confuses the human arm for pancakes...whyever the hell!

This movie had a lot of wierd characters that made you have to force yourself to suspend disbeleif, because they never exlpain what is up with these people. The illness and its progression thru the hapless teen cast was entertaining to watch; and the teenage boys took every opportunity to freak out. The loser gets laid scene was quite tasteful. Moral of the story: never trust the police to help you. Grade: B-

We also watched best of Will Ferrell. I must say I'm quite dissappointed with the selections. First off, they omitted certain sketches I found hilarious...like Wake Up and Smile. Anyone know where I can download that, BTW? But they also chose a sampling of his work that was not among the most funny. Not the funniest cheerleader sketch, not the funniest middle school music teacher sketch, nor the Roxbury guys, nor Celebrity Jeopardy. They did have the Cowbell sketch, and a lot of people breaking character. Jimmy Fallon never seems to stop breaking character to laugh, he's worse than freakig Jerry Seinfeld. I realize a proper Best of Will Ferrell should be a 3-5 disk set, but I still submit that they could have done a much better job selecting.

Then at long last, I got to se the first 10 minutes of Dawn of the Dead on USA. Perhaps I am biased, but it looks scary as hell! The dead are animated within seconds, and are speedy as shit when they return. I realize that this is more in keeping with 28 Days Later than the usual Romero fare, but I'm okay with that. Audiences have had over 30 years to plan how to outwit and escape from slow, lumbering zombies. Only speedy ones will scare us now methinks. It looks like we're also going to see plenty of Mans Inhumanity to Man as society slowly collapses and people get frantic and brutal just to survivs another few days, hours or minutes. No more room in hell? Fuck that, I made a reservation...

So who's up for a Friday night midnight show? I'll be needing a ride.
And BTW, only 3 more days until I see HHB in his play!
Sweet!

And I have one more thing to add Re: Sopranos
"Fucking Maserone!"