The Hairy Eyeball

...in honor of this being my 101st post.

Thanks for suffering through another long hiatus of yours truly at the keyboard. I'm back now, and totally revamped with some hype new bling and all the hot moves the kids are talking about.

Yeah.

Time for a random bulleted list of shit. I know you love it, because bulleted lists are easier to find new ideas, as opposed to those meandering paragraphs your English teachers used to get all lathered up about.

• I finally saw "Star Wars: Episode Thank God It's Finally Over, and I Can Get on With My Life Without George Lucas Ever Having to Fuck With it Again". While most reviews were very positive, I have to say that those reviews were almost universally comparing it to the previous two travesties. On that scale the latest was indeed an improvement. However if we review it in the scope of Film as a whole, or even just Sci-Fi films, our review would have to conclude that it is one of the shiniest pieces of shit to hit the cineplex. Reruns of Buck Rogers are like fucking Mmasterpiece Theater compared to the latest effort from Lucas.
  
• Where film lets you down, music may be able to pick you up. The latest efforts from Beck, Mike Doughty (formerly of Soul Coughing), and Gorilaz, are all quite refreshing in their own ways.
  
• Part of the reason for the light posting did actually involve me not being near a computer (which is a very very rare occurence in my life these days). I headed to Glenwood Minnesota for a week at Pellican Lake, with some of the fine folks I know via the interweb. It was the third get together for the group, and the second I've attended. fantastically refreshing, and relaxing. Ann decided to find out exactly who the hell I've been talking to on the PC for the last few years, and amazingly has not revoked my on-line privilages. I suspect that the fact she spent 5+ years with the Red Masquers helped immensely. Although I have to admidt, I don't ever remember anyone at a cast party blowing fireballs.
• If televised news is your primary source of information about what goes on in the world, please let me assure you that you probably haven't a clue about much of anything. Of course, if you are reading this blog, chances are good that you don't watch TV news. If you do watch, stop it. You are so much better than that.
• Well those are a few things popping in and out of my mind lately, hopefully I'll tray and flesh some of them out soon.

As always, thanks for playing.
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