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LOL you guys are black.

Yeah, I don't know them either. And I worked in a sporting goods store for a year. I knew the names of guys who endorsed products, but... hell, I thought Michael Vick was a basketball player for a long time.

As weird as it sounds, I get the feeling that Matt Young and I would be good friends if we knew other in real life.

David Bowie - Hunky Dory I'm glad this stayed unpicked until round three. I'm actually surprised nobody's taken any Bowie yet. Anyway, I can listen to this any time, anywhere. There's so, so much awesomeness going on. A pop music kaleidescope, it's been called, and that's a good metaphor for it. Beautiful, sunny and very happy sounding in some ways. Some of the best lyrics of Bowie's career, too. This is an album that can cure me of a bad mood. Getting harder now. There's about four albums I want next, I like them all about equally. There's just no way I'll get all or even most of them.

Wrestling fans can become pretty self loathing. Like johns. Wrestling is a difficult business to be in. Like hookers. Some girls despise themselves every time they turn a trick. Some are proud of their work, and as any pimp will tell you, there are some girls who always wanted to be a hoe. I'd say most are somewhere in the middle. Wrestling's kind of like that. It's kind of like rock and roll, too. Wrestlers are people like anyone else. Chris Jericho wanted to be a rock star, Mick Foley wanted to be an author, and apparently Rock wants to be an actor. And they are all those things. And wrestlers too. Or like Bradshaw. He's some kind of financial genius, right? But he worked primarily in wrestling... because he wanted to. Like how Cat Stevens quit being a rock star to basically be a full time Muslim. Is being a rock star a more prestigious and better paying and frankly easier career? Absolutely. Is he stupid for doing it? No, because he wanted to. I don't know why I'm arguing twiztedmind's point, except that he is, in fact, right.

Nothing dumb about that.

Now that's awesome.

Yeah, I totally jerked off to Thirte... oh, you already know it. Rose McGowan and Marilyn Manson made such a good couple. Too bad.

You might also be interested to know then, that in the original opening of Family Matters, the Winslows bike across the Irv Kupcinet bridge, which Larry and Balki are boating under in the Perfect Strangers opening. I didn't watch too much Family Matters after the first season or so. Anyone remember any Perfect Strangers references being made on it besides that? Dare I say, an appearance? Urkel on Full House was the most surreal shit ever.

I love Eddie Izzard too. He's probably at or around overall favorite with David Cross. Eddie's not much of influence on my own style though, except if I had an hour to work with, I'd jump all around in subject and chase random thoughts like he does. You know, I could talk for hours about stand up. Should keep this thread going. Here's an interesting one: ever seen Steve-O do stand up? He's actually alright. I enjoy his delivery. I'm going to see Paul Mooney live in April. He's a legend, and he's almost 70. Gotta see him before he croaks.

Nah, I remember that.

Fucking awesome episode. So fuckin' funny... *Will in Freddy Krueger outfit* "FOUR, GET THE STICK OUTTA YOUR BUTT!" "Yeah, we done it! Word to Big Bird..." "I won't get into Princeton, I won't be admitted to the bar." "Neither will I, the cops took my fake ID." "What do you say to an Oreo?" "I say 'Wassup, Carlton!'" I like all the Full House ones. I unironically love that show, partially because it's so dumb and safe and perfect. It's comforting in its way. The best is probably the one where Steph is tempted to start smoking. I just find it very quaint and cute. It's funny, in that episode, Gia was the bad influence, and Steph was friends with Mickey, and after that Steph and Gia were best friends and you never saw Mickey again. I'd have liked to have someone ask what happened to Mickey later on: "Eh, she hit the bottle pretty hard and got kicked out of school."

Hey Gene, I remember you listening to Ascension based on my recommendation. I'm proud.

He is a sociopathic nutcase. That's part of why I love him. I love Gummo. I like Juno. I like both writers as writers, though I don't respect them as writers. But that's just my opinion. I know a lot people hate him. And while I'm here, I want to give JK Simmons props too. He's good in everything. I met him once and he was a dick, but I don't fault him. Might have just been having a bad day.

Fucking sold.

I've just realized that if given the choice, I would rather fuck Chris Crocker than Britney Spears. Not that I wouldn't kill to fuck Britney. It's really more of a statement of how attractive I find Chris Crocker. He's got that trainwreck appeal like Amy Winehouse.

Hm... I'll fast for a day and then try one.

The thing to order at Chili's is the chicken crispers. I think it's like tempura batter or something, and the dipping sauce is aces. Those alone are what make me defend Chili's. You can get them as an appetizer or a meal, in which case you get side dishes. Chili's also has good mashed potatoes. Not unique, they're the same as a lot of places, but good. Has the skins still in it, which I like.

That's actually a very good point. I've heard a few times, but I'm not sure if it's an urban legend or something, that killing a police dog (or horse, I suppose) can get you charged with murder. That's an insult to actual murder. Not that I advocate killing police dogs. The dog in the Jim Belushi movie K9 ended up getting killed in the line of duty, which just bummed me out to no end. I loved that movie as a kid. Until I saw Turner and Hooch, which was exactly the same movie, but with Tom Hanks, who is better than Jim Belushi. The dogs were about equal to me. Except in K9, the dog got a cue ball thrown at him, and he caught it and bit it in half. That's badass.

I think Juno (the character) getting her pop culture references wrong several times sort of humanized the movie. Diablo Cody sort of makes me think of an elseworlds Harmony Korine. I'd love to see them collaborate.

Yeah, that's actually more what I meant. I just think I can come up with a collection of albums I like just as much that would be more appreciated. For example, I could just go, Spice In the Zone I Like It When You Die Frozen Corpse Stuffed Full of Dope Me & My Brother ... and so on, and it would make a legitimate desert island collection for me. But with the contest factor, I can keep it more straightforward, without compromising my taste.

Yeah, it's not homogenous. I'd most assuredly have like, Spice Girls and GG Allin and grindcore on here, except it's a contest and those won't get me any support. Which, by the way, is possible because I also like enough music that's more universally enjoyed. But I can tell you I'm going to start veering away from the classics at around the teens or so.

They pee in a cup and throw it on you! I saw it in a movie...

Keller won the show. I liked that, he was awesome. I liked it when Keller and Ryan teamed up... that's a pretty unfuckwithable team. I also liked the gays starting to become a formidable gang... but they did nothing with it.

Don't do it, man. I think he's funny.