HOLY SHIT! Has there ever been a more absurd moment in the HISTORY of television than Jason pulling up in that antique car to take LC out on Laguna Beach the other night? My brain cannot even register what was going on here. I'm pretty sure I lost conscious at some point. Was LC's first reaction really "there are no seat belts?" Not something like "Oh my God you fucking loser I'm not getting in that thing with you?" It's almost like MTV is acknowledging how ridiculous this show is to begin with and now they're making these kids do stuff like this just to fuck with the small percentage of viewers with functional brains. Picture above from TVGasm, who have an amazing LB recap up right now.
Food:
Went to Aureole for dinner with my parents last week for my birthday. I had maintained after my first time there that, while it wasn't my favorite restaurant, it was perhaps the best meal I had ever eaten. Strictly foodwise. This time however, it was perfectly good and all, but I've definitely had better. Didn't blow me away like the first time.
Video Games:
I don't play video games really anymore, but I did stay up till after 5am at a friend's house this weekend playing Mike Tyson's Punch-Out (went undefeated up till Super Macho Man, for those interested, after what was at least a three year layoff from the last time playing the game. Yes, I'm sort of proud of this) More importantly, I picked up the video game adaptation of The Warriors last night and played it a bit. It is quite an achievement. The game expands on the movie, starting 3 months before the meeting that kicks off the film and properly sets up the story. Simultaneously, it also tells the story of how the Gang formed. Extremely well done. Gameplay-wise it's rather similar to Grand Theft Auto, but it's obviously not as open ended. I don't know when I'm really gonna have time to play this much, but it's still a lot of fun.
Sports:
I don't know if any of my teams will actually amount to anything, but for the first time in my life that all three of them are really fun to watch. I guess the jury's still out on the Knicks, but I caught a bit of the preseason game last night and I like the youth. Nate Robinson, David Lee and Eddie Curry are great. As for the Giants, I love watching Eli develop, even when he looks lost (like he did last week). When I read people like Bill Simmons giving the Giants respect, saying they may have the best shot out of the NFC to get to the Superbowl, it makes me smile. (Even if it was just an effort to jinx them) The Mets were great last year too. I hope they can put together a season or two where the youngins come into their own while Pedro is still effective. 2006 - 2008 Should be good years to be a Mets fan.
Spoken Word:
I've struggled through the new Furnaces album a few more times over the weekend and I really would like to find some silver lining here, but I really just don't like it. There are moments on the album that are pretty good, but the whole thing just doesn't work. It's not just the grandmother's voice, either. The pacing of the whole thing is too sporadic. You know how I've always said that The Joggers are so close to the worst music I've ever heard? Well, this album is right on the other side of that line. It's so close to being brilliant, but every time it builds some momentum, it gets slaughtered without warning and I go back to pulling my hair out. This song's a perfect example.
Spoken word is tough for music. Remember that Air album, City Reading, that had spoken word throughrough the entire thing? And Italian no less.(No surprise if you don't...nobody bought it.) It was a good album but it's just so far from the norm that it's difficult to listen to it without certain expectations that listeners tend to have.
I like what I've heard so far. And since I'm going through a Robert Wyatt phase right now I'm used to removing expectations while listening. Gotta keep an open mind and just enjoy the artists' vision.
Posted by: Glenn | October 19, 2005 at 12:15 PM
what are you talking about? i do that on all of my dates. ok... just kidding. maybe.
Posted by: | October 19, 2005 at 05:48 PM
laguna beach is a great tv show.
Posted by: dave park | October 20, 2005 at 12:48 AM
I don't know why LC would degrade herself like that. She's pretty and rich and can do sooo much better than Jason.
Posted by: katie | October 20, 2005 at 08:59 AM