Guest Vocals by Robert Smith?

While I was screwing around on YouTube today* as I am wont to do, I stumbled upon the song "All of This" by Blink 182, only I had no idea it was Blink 182 because the chorus sounds JUST LIKE the Cure. Actually, most of the song sounds like the Cure (I mean, not as good, obviously). I'm not a Blink 182 fan, but I must say, it's an excellent song. Does anyone out there agree that WHOEVER is singing (maybe not the regular dude?) does some serious Robert Smith channeling?

*Oddly, the song accompanied a fan-made reel of clips from Italian horror film director Dario Argento's excellent Deep Red. Oh yeah, along with "Mr. Brightside," by the Killers. For the uninitiated, this is TOTALLY WEIRD. It would be like putting together a bunch of clips from Nightmare on Elm Street and then making it into a music video with, like, "Time of Your Life" by Green Day playing in the background, and then like, the Strokes or something. ZUH? It's not a romantic comedy, dude. It's a movie about a hatchet murderer. YouTube is weird. As an internet junkyard, though, I like it.

UPDATE: Why don't I just show you (spoiler alert):




UPDATE, AGAIN:

Doesn't David Hemmings look just like Stewie from Family Guy?

Today In Sports: Loges Are Wasted On The Undeserving

Saw the Yankees beat the Sox from a free seat in the air-conditioned Hollywood Suite # 19 Loge at Yankee stadium. All this courtesy of my friendly friend. You just don't pass up an opportunity like that, even if you're barely into baseball and you're kind of a Mets fan anyway. Um, don't tell?

Italy Wins World Cup, My Heart

Good game, but totally surprising that:

a) Zidane headbutted Materazzi out of effing nowhere and totally away from where the ball was in play, thus getting him a red card and thrown out of the game, and
b) Even a man down, France still kinda dominated, with Italy ultimately winning by scoring more penatly kicks.

Yay Italy!

PS: Soccer is my favorite sport.
PPS: Italy is my favorite country.
PPPS: This World Cup montage set to U2's "One" totally manipulated me and now I'm crying.

UPDATE: I neglected to mention in this post that penalty kicks are totally RIDICULOUS.

Geraldo Struggles to Be Relevant, Intelligent

I accidentally watched a couple of minutes of Geraldo At Large today, which included a vintage clip of Geraldo running with the bulls in Spain. During the report, Geraldo explained that the smart thing to do after the first day of running with the bulls would have been to go home. But, Geraldo said gravely,

"...pride foreclosed that option."

Really? It did? Did arrogance mortgage your ability to write a sentence that doesn't make my ears vomit blood?

What I also got from this episode is that Geraldo used to hang out with "The Beatles," a band that was apparently very important, according to Geraldo. Really, Geraldo? You don't say...What a newsman.

The Answer Might Surprise You

If I could have one thing in this world, one wish, what would it be? Eternal life? The cure for every disease? Or maybe just...

NO MORE PEEING ON THE TOILET SEAT, LADIES?

I'm serious. Stop it. NOW. If EVERYONE would just stop peeing all over the toilet seat, I'd really be ecstatic. Seriously, why do you do it? If everyone actually sat down on the toilet seat, there would be no reason to squat...like a jerk.

IT MAKES ME VERY ANGRY.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN TELL.

I will say that something totally weird I enjoy doing for no partic reason is throwing out "food garbage," i.e., garbage clearly composed of or associated with food items, in restroom trash cans, because it's JUST WEIRD AND CONFUSING. "What...was she having dinner in here?"

What can I say: I'm a weird bird.

The Devil Wears Prada, Blows My Arms Off

Apparently I see movies a lot.

The Devil Wears Prada: about as good as you would guess. I must say, though, that my two fave people in the world are Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. Both are amazingly gorgeous and talented. The movie, though... feh.

More notable are the following:

Though it is not yet the 4th of July (not even the 3rd), I noticed while waling home from the movie that there were a couple of "really intelligents" setting off fireworks ON THE SIDEWALK WHERE ANYONE COULD JUST WALK RIGHT INTO ONE AND BECOME SERIOUSLY INJURED. No big deal, right? Except that, you know, THEY'RE ILLEGAL AND EFFING DANGEROUS. It was during this walk (after crossing the street, natch) that I realized I don't have the non-911 number for the police, like the one you call for non-emergency but still dangerous/illegal/desperate situations. Like, the standard, unglamorous police number. I informed the security guard in my building of the firworks d-bags, effectively passing the buck to him to call the police (I did insert appropriate outrage when telling the story to him though, like exclaiming "THEY COULD REALLY HURT SOMEONE!") and then went on my way with no follow-up, which is always my preferred way of doing things. Hope it works out! But it did get me thinking. If I ever notice a cat in a tree, I still won't know the right number to call.

I also passed a bum sleeping at one of the NYU shuttle stops and it reminded me of oh, I don' know, one of my fave movies:



For Honor!
With honor!
For Honor!
With honors! For honor!

Don't know which movie I'm talking about? Here's a hilarious review of it from IMDB:

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Delightful, 15 January 2003
Author: marguerita29 from Sao Paulo, Brazil

I´m one of those people who knows what to expect from a movie and the best part of it is that you can be surprised.

"With Honors" is certainly one of my favorite little movies so far. There are times when one gets tired from blockbuster-movies and cars blowing up and heros and spies and guns and the all-so-great 'wipe out the world ploy' (yes, I am quoting The Mummy Returns). I stopped by Blockbuster and decided I´d watch old movies and simple ones, so I got what I wanted but it was more than satisfying.

I love Joe Pesci and as surreal and unreal as his bum version was, you can´t help loving the guy. There was something very ´common place´ (the poor but incredibly wise man that is) about it, but the movie has it´s merits.

I knew Brendan Fraser could kick ass and look hot but I was pleased to see him act. The guy´s good and his character was really captivating, which gets the movie going.

There is a lesson coming from the movie, but it´s not one that will make you want roll your eyes (although it´s perfectly acceptable).

I watched it twice, and I´d watch it again.


If you can a) decipher that, or b) read it without laughing or putting a fork in your eye, you should get an honorary degree from Haaaaaaaaahhvaaaahd.

Too bad I can't log in to IMDB (I don't feel like registering) because someone left a comment titled "One scene that could have been different." OMG, what scene are they talking about???? As if.

I gotta buy that movie, now that Im thinking about it. And I totally have to make people start calling me Harvard, like ASAP.

What Would I Find There?

Accidentally typed www.cragslist.org.

Art School Confidential

Good. Not what I was expecting. Not UH-MAZING, but funny.