the quick brown fox

so there's this movie made by an eskim--i'm sorry, an inuit, and i have to watch it for my cinema final. don't ask me why. it's called atanarjuat, or "the fast runner" and it's based on an ancient inuit legend, and the first film shot entirely in the inuit language. and it's three hours long. fantastic. i still can't figure out why i really need to watch this, especially considering the fact that the professor told us he fell asleep the first three times he tried to watch it. goddamn, that broderick fox is a douche.

it seems like a poor strategy for fox (the tv network, not the douche) to clump all their cartoons on sunday night. then it just seems like a freak show, side show, novelty act. remember when the simpsons were on sunday, then they had something that probably got cancelled but it was live action, then they had the fucking x-files? now that way, i didn't feel like i was watching the simpsons becuase it's "cartoon sunday" or whatever the hell they've dubbed it, but because it was quality programming that deserved to be alongside the x-files (though the same could not be said for whatever filled the gap between the two). but now that family guy is un-cancelled (which in my opinion is turning out to be sort of a mistake. i havne't had the slightest inclination to stay in on a sunday to watch a new family guy. i think the old ones are such classics now, i feel wrong watching new ones. plus, they just don't feel funny.) they bill it like this big return of the prodigal son from the evils of the cartoon network. you know the fox execs are kicking their own asses ("stand still larry, then you can do me next") for doing it, because i haven't heard much from anybody about how family guy was awesome last night. it seems like it's not the new water cooler phenom that it was supposed to be. i'm sure it's still funny though, unlike american dad. you know that fucking seth mcfarland has a death grip on fox now that he beat the system. he's raking it in, and good for him, he fucked the man in the ass. the man deserves it.

speaking of x-files, my friend brian got the complete series online from china for less than 100 bucks. the shipping cost more than the actual box set. sure there are typos in the packaging, but hell, there are typos on this blog, and you're still reading, so who cares? he's got like a full week of x-files, and he just bought the movie too. so he has conceivably bought every x-files episode put to film, unless there's some lost episode where mulder's sister comes back and they talk to his dad (smoking man!), and it turns out his mom is alive, and they explain everything, like the humans are all aliens! i think that was the direction they were going anyway, and plus, i think the first part of that last sentence about fox(mulder)'s family actually happened in an episode. or an episode arc at least.

man, i keep unintentionally incorporating motifs into my posts. one time i did it with the bollocks thing, and when i ended up looking it up on urban dictionary for the link, i figured out that i had used it in almost every context that was listed. it was crazy weird. and now this time, each little paragraph has something to do with some kind of fox, whether it be my douchebag professor (who describes himself as "avant garde." that's so arrogant. screw off), the television company, or the mulder. it's innate in me, it is.

now for your viewing pleasure, enjoy one of the less scary songs/videos radiohead has made. the song is called "just"


and for those more politically inclined, here's a slightly scarier video from radiohead called "sit down. stand up. (snakes and ladders.)"



and for those more Lego-ly inclined, here's that first video, "just" made "just" (haha) with Legos. it would probably help to watch the original first, just to get the impact.


hope you enjoy youtube's new video player as much as i do. let's play ball.

cubs win (like you were surprised)

sean marshall is a worthy substitution for mark prior. you heard it here first from the mouth of me, the co-number one mark prior fan (nacho!). he dominates. and he reminds me of barry zito with that bollocks-dropping curveball. can't beat that shit.

while the sunny spring days distract all college students from classes, the cool nights bring out the werewolves of creativity, or as i like to call them "demons of design," or as my close personal friend bill o'reilly likes to call them: "sins." so tonight instead of studying for finals, or finishing last minute projects, the fun half of my hallway (i.e. not my half) decided to make a slip-n-slide with clear tarp and cooking oil. i chose subway over witnessing said slip-n-slide in action, but when i returned all that remained was a miffed r.a., the smell of lubricated asshole, and a lot of greasy handprints on the wall. needless to say, i'm not entirely sure that the slip-n-slide was ever actually implemented.

of course, i say this only in jealousy, since the "other half" of the floor is the side where the "popular" kids live. all of them are in frats or have a lifestyle similar to someone in a frat. although i've heard that they are very nice people, i am still intimidated by their good-looking, well-groomed ways. and of course, now it's too late to attempt contact unless i want a week-long friendship with fugitive michael ecker (look him up on facebook). ask me about it and i'll tell you the storied history of the michael ecker facebook profile.

and finally, being the God that i am, i will lay down a commandment onto all of thee, my loyal plebians. don't give dempsey too much shit. i myself have never done a beer bong, but i imagine that if i did, i would have a similar experience to ol' half beer sean. it's a tough thing to do. don't be frat boy cunts about it. i'm sure it was very funny at the time, but let's not blow it out of proportion. poke your fun, but make sure it's still fun, you know? we don't want to enter college assholes and come out douches. let's just stay assholes, but friendly assholes. that's my aesop role play for today. i've attempted to teach my lesson. don't kill me.

boxes are piling up with my shit. and i don't know where to put them. home sounds good, despite having to work almost full time this summer. but money+cubs games on tv (and radio!)+a backyard to lay in+booze+doods=a damn good time. this summer is looking very promising to me. don't disappoint guys. quoting mark bernachea at a boylan basketball game during an opponent's free throw attempt: "SOOOO MUCH PRESSURE [on you doods]!!!!" let's make it happen.

and watch this. i've never actually watched extras, but if this is any kind of idea of what it is, i will pay any amount of money to see this on more than one occasion.

end of days

the end of the semester fastly (yes fastly) approaches. i'm good and ready for some summer fun time, not to mention cubs games, concerts, and baseball playing (followed by some "postgaming" right doods?).

speaking of cubs games, i'm going to the dodgers/cubs tonight at 7:10 p.s.t. sean marshall vs. brad penny. should be a matchup. of course, i'm doing this instead of writing a paper that's due tomorrow, in addition to the fact that i have another paper that was due yesterday that i am currently on page 1.5 (of 7). so the end of my semester (and quite possibly of my college education, assuming the worst) is even fastlier approaching. here's hoping i'm not flunking out of school.

good oldies (as in not brand new) to check out:
spacemen 3
t. rex
queens of the stone age (particularly track 4 "a song for the dead")

and on a bigger, better note, THE SECRET MACHINES are playing an acoustic set at amoeba records on sunset blvd on may 2nd. guess who won't be working that night? you're right.

that will definitely be the highlight of my finals week. then after that's all done, i spend a week in good ol' san diego wif becca, which will be sweet (althoguh i will have to go to church).

so look for a mcnally in rockford around the 16th or 17th. and lets not forget the party of the decade (mark's sister's wedding) happens not long after that. as sean dempsey would probably say: w00t.