Celebrity Sighting #CFN

My husband was kind enough to let me drag him to Lake Tahoe to see Graham Elwood and Chris Mancini do stand up. Holy crap it was awesome. I will not go into details because I want to keep this amazing experience to myself, but I'll just leave you with these two words: gang bang. Wait no, that's wrong: palm strike!

License Plate Game 2013

Since I was young I would start the game when I got out of school and it would end when school started, and it was usually around the middle of August when I did start school, but I saw a commercial that claimed that August 15th was National First Day of School (fascinating marketing for school supplies), but so many schools start after Labor Day, and also I haven't been in school for almost a decade, so I'm just calling today the end of my quest.

Here are the elusive states I did not cross off my list: Rhode Island, South Dakota, and Vermont. My trip to Las Vegas was a huge help since we were in the car for about ten hours each way. So until next summerish, the game is over.

What Does Rhyme With "Hug Me"?

I have two friends on Facebook that posted about their time at the Train concert. SIGH......Now I know the bible says not to judge and everything. Granted, that's like a part time hobby of mine. Still I think about how I unironically enjoy Lada Gaga, Maroon 5, and Taylor Swift songs.

This past week I switch the radio stations from Hey You to I Knew You Were Trouble and from Hotel California to Blurred Lines. 

I do not support the Blurred Lines video. At least not the rated version. The one with naked ladies is okay and all. It's no Take on Me or anything. But I heard the song on the radio and like it.

Now for those who think Blurred Lines is "rapey", maybe you should realize that you have to take this song as the joke that it is. My interpretation is this is a guy hitting on his long time girlfriend or wife at home and no one is in on this joke but him and her.

For those who think he's seriously complementing her by saying she's "the hottest bitch in this place" I worry about your relationship history. I have a friend badmouthing this song after the recent Colbert Report (Great episdoe by the way! Watch it now on Hulu!) and I had to take his words with a grain of salt.

He's allowed to badmouth songs he thinks are annoying and I get to do the same. Ewww, Train. But I hope that my friends got their money's worth at the concert.

RIP Fontana

Okay, I had to look up his character name on Law and Order because he was no Lennie Briscoe, but I am here to pay my respects to Dennis Farina. The fact that he was Dennis Farina in all of his roles just shows that characters are irrelevant. He was an awesome presence that's all you need to know. Thank you for your wonderful contributions to film and television.

Donating Wind to Pirate Ship

Last week I made my donation to help fund Adam Carolla's next movie Road Hard. I like that he is trying to side step the crap of Hollywood financing and is in essence pre-selling his own product. I posted the link onto my Facebook timeline and hoped to spread the word.


The same time I do this, I see friends asking for donations for AIDS research, a post for a blood drive for a local dying boy, and some comments on the recently reinstated availability of gay marriage. Yeah me and my priorities. GET IT ON!

Bernie Lean?

So at my first baseball game of the year and apparently I didn't fully process the crowds of fans doing a dance type thing. The previous year it was the Harvard baseball team so I guess it was relatively related to the game. The best part was my father-in-law trying to Shazam the song ignoring the fact that I told him the name of the artist and song six times during the course of the song.



So this year it was something made espcially for the Oakland A's. I didn't realize this at the time and only know now because I had to Google it.




I can't believe my pop culture knowledge is so extensive that just from the context of the song, I was able to figure out the reference. Bernie Lean? You're reaching into your pocket and singing a song that is referencing Weekend at Bernie's II? Full disclosure: I know that movie inside and out because not only did I watch it a lot when I was younger, when it was time to return it to Blockbuster, I recorded it onto a cassette tape so I could listen to it on my Walkman.

Now that I've successfully shown my age and pathetic taste in movies, I will leave stating that I hope this does amazing things to Terry Kiser's career. And for the record: This movie can be watched in it's entirety on Crackle. Enjoy (or something) while it's still free.

Summer Blockbuster Weekend

There is an explosion of movies every summer and I hope I do not sound like a hipster when I say this, I am only excited about a low budget one based on a play. I'm tired of loud action movies that are meant to be a feast for the corneas. Instead, I am looking forward to Joss Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing.

His passion project that he filmed in his home, this movie looks great. It doesn't hurt that I enjoyed the 1993 version (despite a waxy Keanu Reeves attempting to cry). Yes, I am a Whedon fan and have seen every episode of his shows minus the finale of Dollhouse. (I'm saving that for a special time.) Yes, I am hoping this would be a chance to finally see the Wesley and Fred happy ending I crave so much.

Here's the rub, though. This is a JOSS WHEDON creation. He gives the audience what they need, not what they want. Buffy and Angel, Fred and Wesley, Giles and Jenny, the man destroyed so much. My concern is Shakespeare is in the public domain. He's able to do with it what he wants. Will he turn the fun and joy of this story and turn it upside down and make it on par with Macbeth and Hamlet? The asshole is capable. When he has the power, he can break so many hearts.

I considered traveling longer than the running time of the movie to go out and see it, but it turns out it opens wide June 21st. Even though this is my most anticipated movie of the summer, I'll hold off. I don't want to spend the car ride home fixated on how I got screwed again.