CRS
Chandler, Arizona, United States

There's an old saying. If you don't want someone to join a crowd, you ask them, "If everyone were jumping off of a cliff, would you?" Well, I have. So my answer would be "Yes". True story.
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POLARITY 148

Monday, June 06, 2005

this entry brought to you by the yeah yeah yeahs, "maps"

because my schedule has changed and i have to work every sunday, polarities have been pushed over from sunday to mondays now. i'm sure this won't make a difference to anyone.


THE GOOD

Death to Smoochy For some reason Danny DiVito's parody of the behind-the-scenes action of children's programming was not critically appreciated at all. Which is weird, because I loved it. The world the Smoochy lives in is a surreal, backstabbing place where charity organizations are run like the mafia, and kid's shows have bigger budgets than the Day Time Emmy Awards. Robin Williams is his usual manic, funny self, but you already know what to expect from Williams, and he delivers the laughs. What's surprising is Edward Norton as Smoochy. Not surprising that he can be funny, because at this point I'm sure he can do anything, but because just how gullible, innocent, and charming he is here. The movie isn't as dark as I expected it to be, but the Smoochy character is absolutely so damn lovable and funny that I definitely feel like I'd watch this again.

Music this year Dear lord. First Queens of the Stone Age drops a heavily anticipated album. Then Beck. Then Nine Inch Nails. Then Weezer. Then Gorillaz. Then System of a Down. Then Audioslave. Then Sleater-Kinney. Then The White Stripes. All within weeks of one another. If you don't like alternative music, let me just tell you, this is like dying and going to heaven. Which kind of explains my preoccupation with music since I've been back on-line.

The White Stripe's "Blue Orchid" My vote of the best single of the year so far, and while one could say that this isn't a big surprise coming from me, this is said in a year with some pretty fierce competition (see above). When I first heard this song, it blew me the fuck away. My mouth was agape and I couldn't say anything, literally, for nearly two minutes afterwards, other than just "What the fuck?"

Queens of the Stone Age opening for Nine Inch Nails Just about two weeks ago Michelle and I were pondering how awesome it would be if Queens opened for NIN. And then they freaking announce it, as if taken directly from our heads. It's difficult to explain my excitement. It's one of the best bands of the past ten years touring with one of the best bands of all time. This is un-fricking-believable.

Star Wars: Episode III, Revenge of the Sith Psst! Don't tell anyone, but I want to see this movie. And I'm the guy that doesn't like Star Wars!


BAD

Not being able to buy The White Stripes' Get Thee Behind Me Satan tomorrow when it comes out In case you don't recall, I belive Elephant to be the best album of the 21st century so far. So it is with great anticipation that I await Get Thee Behind Me Satan, the follow-up. And I can't buy it, because funds are so short. I'm not sure if I can pay for anything this month. And it's really damned depressing that other people will be hearing it and I won't.

My hand hair I'm not an especially hairy person, and I'm glad for it. I've got curly hair. If I was very hairy with curly hair? Ugh, I don't want to imagine. Well, like most men, I have hair on the backside of my hands. It's all on the side furthest from my thumb, as if swept by some sort of hair broom. It's not the amount that bothers me, it's that on this particular spot on both hands, the hairs go every which way. They're erratic. Some are straight, some are very curly. I really want to shave them, but I won't, not because I'm afraid that that's metrosexual, but because of the upkeep. As it is, I'm lazy shaving my face, why would I was my time on my hands? Still. I hate it!

The storage room Because of the car, expenses are very, very, very short this month, and I'm unable to pay the storage room. We've had the thing for about three years now, and after all the money I've put into it, several thousand dollars, it's all just going to disappear and be gone forever. I can't tell you how depressing this is.

Alla these fricking reviews I know that you hate it when I review movies and music. Nobody ever seems interested when I do. But see, I really like reviewing things. I love descriptive words for music. I love listing to a song and asking myself, what does this sound like? I love watching movies and asking, how does this make me feel? And I like posting them because one, I hate to have thoughts that I think are interesting bottle up in me and not share them with anyone. For another, I love reading other people's opinions. I love it when I go to someone else's site and they have an articulate, thoughtful review on something other than "this sucked" or "this ruled". And I've always hoped my reviews would invoke some sort of discussion. But they never really do. Oh well, I like 'em either way, and I know everyone else doesn't, so I apologize that there were two in the last week alone, and there are a bunch more than I have to go through. So just skip 'em when they come up. You have my permission.

Blonde streaks and/or highlights Your existing hair color, inexplicably with blonde lines running through it. Maybe I liked it the first time I saw it, but every single girl between the ages of 14 and 24 has to have it, individuality be damned. And what's worse is they rarely make an attempt to have the hair look natural, and it's never any color but blonde. It's officially out of control.
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with love from CRS @ 6:49 PM 

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