Muscles You Never Knew You Had

That's the positive version of it.. I haven't physically exerted myself this much in nearly 4 years... and I'm aware of every single painful sensation being produced.


I'm entirely pleased though.. my situation has definitely improved.. for a little while.


Update- 12/30/08- 3:37pm: I feel like shit. I won't be doing this again for some time. The end.

Recap City

Christmas was delightful, I almost won at Nertz...and holy balls, breakfast was fantastical. A dream, yo, a dream. Oh, and by the way, Inchworm, inchworm, measuring the marigolds.











(Whoa. Freezeframe is gonna take over the world..Just you wait.)

Damn you, Danny Kaye, and your delightful imagery..


Have a lovely.

Seasons Greetings from your favorite Uncle..

Happy Christmas Eve,
little ones..

I'm suddenly getting the urge to watch With Honors again...

Who the hell knows why.

Go ahead.
Have a fab day on me~

The Burger King Fiasco: Highlights

Sometimes I can be such a bastard....Just went into Burger King with the intention of f'ing around with them.. Ordered a Whopper Junior-- pretty normal, right?

It gets better..

"Now, sir, this is going to be tricky.. No tomatoes, no lettuce, no nothing. Let's start from scratch, shall we? Burger. Bun. Add Cheese. Add Pickles. Add onions. Add Ketchup. Nothing else, alrighty?"

Yup. I turned the whopper into a Mcdonalds Cheeseburger.


They really shouldn't come up with such catchy slogans if they don't mean to act on it.. cause..

I'm really just one of those dudes who likes having it 'my way'.












(Umm.. Yeah, you've just been schooled.)





Having a good day too? :)

It's About Time.

Crappy football game on the tube...not much interest there..but then comes the commercial of the week for me:


Yes. I'm referring to Geico.










Normally, I wouldn't whoop it up much for the damn car insurance gecko and his zany adventures trying to hock his wares to the unsuspecting yet pop culturally in the know victims.

But...

I heard it..


That's right.. Rockwell is back, yo!














Mind you, it wasn't him singing his classic hitchcockian 80s frightfester "Somebody's Watching Me"..but someone was!

That's good enough for me...for now...you know, until Rockwell comes out of retirement and launches a full scale hasbeens tour.. though, that might not work cause he can't sing his own choruses without help, dammit..

Whoa. Hold on a sec.. That might mean MJ has to come back and start singing good stuff again...hmmmmmm.

(Michael as we might remember him..)

Hope you're all doing pretty great today~

Continuing the Theme..

Just discovered The Secret Garden: The Musical.. I've been seriously missing out for so long now.. It's odd, I've known of this for years, just passed it over, because it looked schmaltzy and overdone.

I was very wrong.

My recent Patinkin appreciation notwithstanding, the music from this show is breathtaking.

I only wish I had known how great this was sooner...shame I'm about 18 years late in seeing it. Ah well. At least the soundtrack exists. :)


Ps. If you're in need of a Mandy fix(as clearly I do..aren't I the proper whore for talent?), listen to "I Heard Someone Crying", "Lily's Eyes" and "Race You To The Top of the Morning"...these clearly define what I've been going on about..

Extra Points: "A Bit of Earth"-- lovely too. "Where in the World"-- deep and beautiful.

..hint...Drawer II.

Ahem.

Good day to you all~

Current Ear-Candy.

Patinkin doing Sondheim..what could be better...

Light baritone/tenor range, inflections at just the right moment and usually dead on.. Mandy just knows how to do his tributes.

Yes, I'm definitely a fan now.

A Bit About Bubba..

That's right, kids... Your very own Uncle S. has just found out a few more details about Bubba Nosferatu-- supposed prequel to Bubba Ho-Tep starring our B Movie Cult Favorite, Bruce Campbell.. Sadly, Mr. C. won't be in this version..He's doing his own thing, starring in tv shows, directing, yada yada(whatever bs he came up with to get out of it..).. but.. there's still plenty of reasons to rejoice(lol, really?).



Here's a definite one. Paul Giamatti. Yessir. He's one of mein own fav actors, and the idea that he'll be in a movie like this sorta thrills me....as Colonel Tom Parker no less. Get outta town!

Also, there's some scuttlebutt about Ron Perlman(of Hellboy and to a lesser extent, Beauty and the Beast tv series following..) being Elvis in this one.. Should be interesting to see how he pulls it off.. He's a good actor, though you hardly ever know it's him under all that makeup.



As for me, yes, I'm thrilled. You? Probably lukewarm on it..but who knows.. some of us have had experience with this sort of thing, and are vaguely interested at least. One can only hope. :)


But..seriously.. the idea of Giamatti going all underground to do some high paced, minimal plot, low budget entertainment like this?

It's a no brainer, folks.

SLC Thoughts

Feels surprisingly natural to be back... I'm enjoying the reacquaintenscing, seeing my friends, and comfortably settling back into the lifestyle..

Haven't much else to report..just pleased.

And then, just like that, everything changes.

I'm going home...finally.

I don't know that I've fully accepted it yet.. still in shock over it.

Parents really came through on this one, and I'm so grateful..more than that really.


It seems that no matter the circumstance, I really always do come out on top-- sooner or later.

I could use the default reasoning for it; luck of the irish and all that.. but to be honest..

Sometimes, I feel someone's truly watching over me...waiting for me to make good.

I hope this never goes away..whoever/whatever this is.

Thank you..thank you for being...just being.

Me Circa 1974.

There's only one explanation...

Jeff Lynne gets me.

I'm listening to Eldorado again... it's how I feel.

The whole album is about the life of dreams, and it's making sense to me..

Disjointed yet deep.

Beautiful.

I'm lost in it..


..and found.

Blurbs at 1:30pm.

..lost interest in collecting Smallville for the time being...albums seem more fun for now.


in other news-

..made 3 cents off of my crap from Assoc. Content..yippee.

Lookee here, buckaroo, I'm a fricken millionaire.

A little more like me..

Amazing what a few new shirts can do...Pop was eager to clear out his "fat" closet now that he's so slim... I now have a few new dress shirts, a very cool dark blue casual shirt, and a expensive suit jacket.. Very sexy stuff.

Currently enjoying said clothes.. I'd post a pic, but I suck like that...no cam, you know.