Saturday, March 28, 2009

Random Thoughts

I was very excited to watch Michigan St beat Kansas last night. My feelings for Bill Self and Kansas are well documented, plus it was nice to have a Big Ten team in the Elite 8.

Watched the Battlestar Galactica series finale last week--it was amazing. Definitely a show that not enough people watched--go out and get the dvds now people.

I really want to get back to my writing--the blog was supposed to help that. I had an idea a while back for a collection of short stories called "The End" - basically the last page of stories for those people who always read the end before the rest of the book. I think that will be my next step - sort of a step up from the old Flaming Pizza Pans, I'm hoping to start posting these to the blog soon.

Let's be honest, I need to do something on here...

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Gimme that Filet-O-Fish

So, how great is that commercial with the singing fish from McDonalds? I think my favorite part is the guy with the beard eating the sandwich nodding along. I don't want the sandwich but I want to sit with these guys and hang out with the singing fish.

And after I accept my award for segue of the year, here are my NCAA picks:

Final Four - Wake Forest, UCONN, Pitt and North Carolina
Pitt takes UCONN in the finals

My two wishes for the tournament - Illinois wins at least 1, although I'd gladly take 2

And Kansas....must....lose....I want to see Bill Self's toupee flapping around in frustration. Is that too much to ask?

Friday, March 13, 2009

The People Who Ride the 10:40pm Train

Last night, I stayed in the city late after work - Jordan and I went to see Watchmen, which was a good, but ridiculously long movie. In doing so, my train options were limited to the 10:40pm train, which I don't take that often. As I got on the train last night, it was definitely a case of the normal people being severely outnumbered by the weirdos. So, as I ate my McFlurry, I compiled a mental inventory of exactly who does ride the 10:40 train.

I couldn't start this list without the weirdo 20 year old couple on the level below me. These two decided that a public train was the perfect spot to make out for an hour. These two were pretty much all over each other and in the moments they weren't making out, they were texting each other. The girl was wearing a bizarrely low cut top and was literally pouring out of her shirt. And believe me, not in a good way.

Then you had weird quasi-terrorist guy. Sitting by himself and yet every so often I'd catch his eye and feel the icy chill of death. There was pathetic beard guy wearing leg warmers and I swear to God - tap shoes. Across the top row from me were Morlock guy and his friend Hobbit Boy discussing nerd things.

It was a strange night and I think it was topped off perfectly well when I was waiting to get off the train and heard a guy make a "One time at band camp..." joke reference. How old is that movie again?

Final reviews for the night:
Watchmen ***
10:40 train people watching ****