I edited this post to take out all the good parts. Can you tell?
If I ever met some dude who was like, "4 day weekends suck" I think I could totally defeat him in a point by point debate about it.
For instance, this current 4 day extravaganza is only halfway done and already:
-I've played basketball (indoors) and played well enough that one of my opponents asked if I had my own instructional video out
-I've played softball under the cool refreshing rain and I've seen BJL hiding under the pitcher's mound to stay dry. Awesome joint recap on the way from PBdotC and Dan K., btw.
-Baby Bungle turned a year old and completed her analysis of the intelligence failures and intentional misrepresenation of facts that helped lead us into the Iraq War
-We ate some damn fine brunch on the UWS at one of our old neighborhood favorites
-I've done 9 loads of laundry
-I've consumed about 5 beers of assorted flavors
-I yelled "Soul Patrol" after hitting a CSHR in softball and nobody heard me
-I rode my bike
-I ate ice cream
-I sang all the words, from memory, to "Highway Patrolman" as I walked to the store, and thought I did an excellent job.
Remember the old line "Cocaine is God's way of letting you know you have too much money"? I'd now like to amend it to "Cocaine and in-car DVD players are God's way of letting you know you have too much money."
I have been toying lately with the idea of adding a 5th blog to the Bungle empire and I want to gauge your interest. It would be called the Bruceblog or something, and it would pretend to be the day to day musings of a pre-fame Bruce Springsteen as he hustled his way around the Jersey shore in 1971. I would base it on a combination of my strong knowledge of Springsteen lyrics and my vague understanding of his life history. It might be good. You know, chasing the factory girls under the boardwalk where they all promise to unsnap their jeans and stuff like that. Whattaya think?
Every once in a while I allude to the fact that I only have like 5 DVD's to my name. And I will almost get up the nerve to list them, but then I get too embarrassed. So instead I just let one slip out every now and then.
Today I am letting it slip that I own Go, Doug Liman's 1999 kids-on-the-run action-comedy. I loved it when I saw it in the theater, just a pure smile from beginning to end, the same way I felt when I saw Dazed and Confused. And Go is never on TV. So I bought that shit. And tonight I finally watched it for the first time in 7 years.
The good news is that it's still a well-above average movie. The plot, a multi-character, multi-storyline Tarantino knockoff, is very neatly executed and there are lots of really good performances. Taye Diggs, William Fitchner and Timothy Olyphant in particular just completely dominate.
But as I prepared to watch it again, I worried about two things:
1) that the movie would be hopelessly stuck in 1999
2) that the movie would be a middle-aged man's embarrassing attempt to understand and portray youth culture.
Neither of those were really the problem. The problem is that for a fuel-injected, high-octane thrill ride, it ain't that exciting. It just kind of happens. There are some great great moments, and it never drags, but it's really just a collection of good to very good scenes. You never get fully involved in any of the characters or their stories.
I still love it. In fact, I think you could say that I have a soft spot for this type of movie:
-young characters coming of age
-people getting their drink and/or drug on
-little to no meaningful action
-the entire movie taking place within a 24 hour period
In this case, things got even better because they had "Steal My Sunshine" on the soundtrack. I am surprised this movie never became a cult hit with stoners. Maybe it's because there aren't that many great lines; most of the characters talk like real people and interact in somewhat realistic ways. Maybe it's because it's just not that good. I dunno.
I give it a 22.7 on the VRS and I offer to lend it to anyone who's interested.
Remember when we used to make lists? I do. That shit was fun. So I've made a new one today. It won't take you long to read it.
Four GP's for every item you can name that I've stolen or tried to steal when drunk.
For instance, this current 4 day extravaganza is only halfway done and already:
-I've played basketball (indoors) and played well enough that one of my opponents asked if I had my own instructional video out
-I've played softball under the cool refreshing rain and I've seen BJL hiding under the pitcher's mound to stay dry. Awesome joint recap on the way from PBdotC and Dan K., btw.
-Baby Bungle turned a year old and completed her analysis of the intelligence failures and intentional misrepresenation of facts that helped lead us into the Iraq War
-We ate some damn fine brunch on the UWS at one of our old neighborhood favorites
-I've done 9 loads of laundry
-I've consumed about 5 beers of assorted flavors
-I yelled "Soul Patrol" after hitting a CSHR in softball and nobody heard me
-I rode my bike
-I ate ice cream
-I sang all the words, from memory, to "Highway Patrolman" as I walked to the store, and thought I did an excellent job.
***
Remember the old line "Cocaine is God's way of letting you know you have too much money"? I'd now like to amend it to "Cocaine and in-car DVD players are God's way of letting you know you have too much money."
***
I have been toying lately with the idea of adding a 5th blog to the Bungle empire and I want to gauge your interest. It would be called the Bruceblog or something, and it would pretend to be the day to day musings of a pre-fame Bruce Springsteen as he hustled his way around the Jersey shore in 1971. I would base it on a combination of my strong knowledge of Springsteen lyrics and my vague understanding of his life history. It might be good. You know, chasing the factory girls under the boardwalk where they all promise to unsnap their jeans and stuff like that. Whattaya think?
***
Every once in a while I allude to the fact that I only have like 5 DVD's to my name. And I will almost get up the nerve to list them, but then I get too embarrassed. So instead I just let one slip out every now and then.
Today I am letting it slip that I own Go, Doug Liman's 1999 kids-on-the-run action-comedy. I loved it when I saw it in the theater, just a pure smile from beginning to end, the same way I felt when I saw Dazed and Confused. And Go is never on TV. So I bought that shit. And tonight I finally watched it for the first time in 7 years.
The good news is that it's still a well-above average movie. The plot, a multi-character, multi-storyline Tarantino knockoff, is very neatly executed and there are lots of really good performances. Taye Diggs, William Fitchner and Timothy Olyphant in particular just completely dominate.
But as I prepared to watch it again, I worried about two things:
1) that the movie would be hopelessly stuck in 1999
2) that the movie would be a middle-aged man's embarrassing attempt to understand and portray youth culture.
Neither of those were really the problem. The problem is that for a fuel-injected, high-octane thrill ride, it ain't that exciting. It just kind of happens. There are some great great moments, and it never drags, but it's really just a collection of good to very good scenes. You never get fully involved in any of the characters or their stories.
I still love it. In fact, I think you could say that I have a soft spot for this type of movie:
-young characters coming of age
-people getting their drink and/or drug on
-little to no meaningful action
-the entire movie taking place within a 24 hour period
In this case, things got even better because they had "Steal My Sunshine" on the soundtrack. I am surprised this movie never became a cult hit with stoners. Maybe it's because there aren't that many great lines; most of the characters talk like real people and interact in somewhat realistic ways. Maybe it's because it's just not that good. I dunno.
I give it a 22.7 on the VRS and I offer to lend it to anyone who's interested.
***
Remember when we used to make lists? I do. That shit was fun. So I've made a new one today. It won't take you long to read it.
Four GP's for every item you can name that I've stolen or tried to steal when drunk.
posted by hans q. bungle at 00:21
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