Drugs Are Bad, M'Kay?

Holy. Mother. Of. G-d.

Celebrity Rehab is a train wreck and I can’t look away. I feel dirty but I can’t look away. Jeff Conaway. Jesus. I can never watch Taxi again. I can’t even explain anything more about this show. Watch it.

http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?id=1578614&vid=201053

Drugs are bad, m’kay? M’KAY!

Why don't you draw some more attention to the stolen vehicle by dancing on it?

I completely forgot about this movie until I saw the tag end of it on Comedy Central a couple of weeks ago. I netflix-ed it and ya' know? I still really like it.

I remember liking it when it came out and maybe I'm just being nostalgic but I think it holds up. Rent it and let me know what you think.

I Must Be Seriously Ill.

Hi. My name is Dark Fury and. . . . I have a mental problem.

I realized this two days ago when I saw the above picture and thought "Damn it, he's hot!" Why is it that I find this look attractive? I don't know. . . I don't care. I know it's wicked weird but I love the trashiness of it.

I accept that I will need therapy, medication and prayer to come to grips with this difficulty and hope that you, as my friend, will be there for me in this my time of need.

Yours in Christ,
Dark Fury

PS Does anybody else hear that? Jump around......jump around.........jump........up........jump up.........and get..........down.....

“Only thing worse than watching a bad movie is being in one” Elvis Presley

It’s Elvis Presley’s birthday so, once again, the good folks over at TCM had a mini marathon of his movies. I was at work but I came home in time for “Stay Away Joe.” I couldn’t get past the first fifteen minutes. It was too depressing. Jesus. I’d have put half of Ecuador up my nose too (in liquid form, of course, soaked in to cotton swabs…little Elvis trivia for ya’.) if I was contractually obligated to be in a shite bomb like that. Also while I was getting ready this morning they were playing “Elvis: That’s The Way It Is”* a concert film of him in Vegas. Oy.

I love Elvis, I think everyone who knows me knows this, but come on! Why the later years? Why? Is it the same reason that people voted for the “old” Elvis stamp? Because both these things confuse me.

You want to watch some movies? Great! Here’s your list:

1. Elvis: ‘68 Come Back Special
2. King Creole
3. Jailhouse Rock
4. Follow That Dream

. . . . and I must admit I do actually enjoy “Double Trouble” but I recognize that it’s crap-tastic. Which is part of it’s charm, if you ask me. What? Bad movies can be great. I just object to the ones where he’s miserable, bloated and phoning it in. I’m weird like that.

*1 good point to this flick - Elvis says some girl “could suck the chrome off a Cadillac” and they try to cover it up with really bad dubbing. It makes me laugh. Why cover it? Elvis got laid a lot? The hell you say! I’m shocked!

Dennis For President

http://www.dennis4president.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYWWBwf2wHE

"This is a struggle for the soul of the Democratic Party, which in too many cases has become so corporate and identified with corporate interests that you can't tell the difference between Democrats and Republicans." Dennis Kucinich

"War can be so impersonal yet when we put a name, a face, a place and match it to families, then war is not impersonal."Dennis Kucinich

"Everyone should have health insurance? I say everyone should have health care. I'm not selling insurance." Dennis Kucinich

"We must be the party that brings our troops home, we must be the party that causes us to work with the world community. ... It's time for America to reconnect with the world in a vision of peace.” Dennis Kucinich

"It is time for us to support our troops, ... And I say, 'Support our troops -- bring them home.' ” Dennis Kucinich

"And with respect to those who happen to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered...these are God's children. They should have the same rights. Our Constitution does not provide for any differences to be established. [It] doesn't provide for a two-tiered system of justice. Everyone should be equal under the law. So of course I support marriage equality for all." Dennis Kucinich

Bad Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Insult.

I wrote this at work today. It makes me laugh.

Paging Mr. Benchley or Whither, Fred?

“Fred,” she said
(she called him Fred),
“I think I should be better dead.

For life is music lacking beats….
Fame is flitting, fleeting…brief….
People dirty, stinking cheats
& time is but a stupid thief.

Whence that joy we find in youth?
Why are bastards so uncouth?
Where can one find strength to woo…
Let alone a lazy screw?”

“Oh, shut up, Mrs. Parker, do.”

Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.

OK. Decisions have been made.

I made a list of pros and cons. Pro - I do want to help people. Con - I’m a girl. A short girl. I’m not getting beaten up (or worse) for anybody. Pro - I love to travel. Con - I love my family and friends more and don’t even want to think about what I might miss if I’m living out of a suitcase.
So, basically, the cons were a lot more convincing than the pros. Let’s face facts. If it was working for a local based in Chicago I’d be packing right now. However, it’s the national which, again, means I go wherever and whenever they tell me. It’s Christmas? Your mothers birthday? One of your best friends is getting married? Sorry. Get on the bus! While I still believe in the unions (anybody who crosses the writer’s picket line will get no box office money from me ever again) I don’t think it’s for me. At least not right now.

On the upside! I’m starting my new job tomorrow. I’ll be working for Child Support Services. I’m happy I’ll be helping kids get the money they need. I’m ecstatic that I won’t be selling anything. Never again do I want to hear anybody say “It’s ABC, Adrienne. Always Be Closing!”. How can I take such a statement seriously? It’s not even proper English.

On the downside. It’s only a temporary assignment. So in six months I may be looking for another job. Or they may decide the office can’t live without me. Either way I think I’m good.