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.

Dr. Bennifer

Ben Affleck has a doctorate. Yes, it was honorary and he's no Mayim Bialik, but I'd like to think Reindeer Games would knock him down to a master's degree. That is all.

I Want My TWO DOLLARS!

Is it worth it to go back to a store that overcharged you two bucks? At Best Buy and getting a present for my buddy and the price that came up did not match the price on the sticker. I even mentioned it and was told it could not be changed. 

I told my husband and he told me it's against the law to do that when the sticker price is less than the price that comes up when you ring up at the register. It all boils down to the principle I suppose, but when you know you got screwed over just a little bit, when is it worth it to just let it go? I mean they price match other stores but they don't price match themselves?

Well, I did go back and thought it was just worth it to not patronize Best Buy anymore. Then had a change of heart, got a new copy from the shelf and asked a new person to price match and she did without hesitating. I guess it's the employees and that's all well and good, but still annoying. I was in the area anyway so not too much sweat off my back. Just annoyance.

No Comment

On occasion I will hear on podcasts how absolutely nasty some people can be on message boards. This goes into a very dark place and I think public judgement is why I hide behind the mask of Angie. I do, however show my support of some podcasts on Facebook, but limit to the smaller podcasts and of the ones that post something roughly once a week. 

Well, one of my favorites takes a weekly poll. If I felt I had a strong response, I would contribute. Sadly, my last one was not very well researched and I thought I made an ass of myself. Enough time had passed and this time I felt confident enough to post again. This time I spent time looking through and making sure I did not make the same mistake.

Sure enough within the day someone had posted that I had fucked up my response again. So I went back to my sources and did not see what they apparently knew. I called my husband asking him to double check for me. Then I decided that I would reach out to this person and ask them to site his source. Yep, have not heard back. I don't expect to.

Here's what's truly pissing me off. I see nothing on the internet that proves this guy right. I'm praying the information I posted will find it was in the same realm of the host's and they will comment similarly and I will be vindicated. (I promise that does not mean the host will give me a shout out. Since they go over a topic, I'm hoping that they would have the same idea I did, bring it up, and comment accordingly, thus proving my information was correct.) I'm seriously pissed that someone can cavalierly say, no you're wrong, and not mention how and then move on as if the conversation is done.

I know that compared to the fact that the first six or so comments on the feed were insulting the topic and I should calm down and accept people say whatever they want. Still, I hate that I put time and effort into my response and make sure to be contributing in a respectful and informative manner, and some jack ass can move in, say I'm wrong and then move on as if he doesn't give a shit. Actually, he probably doesn't. I just hate that amount of smarmy confidence. 

I realize that with more recent tragic events in Boston, this sound very spoiled and pathetic, but I need to hold onto my baby problems if I am not going to upset myself. That is about real things. This pointless crap can piss me off. Domestic terrorism shall not. In fact when I heard about the explosions, I went from devastated about the tragedy to annoyed at my Facebook feed within hours. I don't need all my "friends" posting these images of roses in a tennis shoe to show their condolences.

My thoughts and prayers go to the victims. But I say that knowing that no one will see it in a post. That's between me and my brain.