It’s USC Week…

…which means I’m obligated to show this picture.  Sorry for the crassness.

Go Tribe

Just because I like being as obnoxious as possible, please watch this:

That is all.

Pulp Muppets

Hadn’t seen this before.  I thought it was pretty clever.

Latest Movie Rental: Predator

You know those 80’s movies that they always show on TBS, TNT, or USA?  They’re on all the time, and you’ve seen bits and pieces of all of them, but never the entire thing.  Well, I went to Blockbuster the other night and happened to see Predator sitting there on the shelf.  Since the wife was working that night, and it was one of those aforementioned 80’s movies, I decided, “What the heck?”

Released in 1987, Predator stars Arnold Schwakljgnkjaadfnb and boxing champion Apollo Creed.  It tells the captivating tale of a group of 6 nondescript, special opps Army guys who basically go around the world rescuing people.  Arnold is quick to make the distinction between rescuers and assassins.  His group is NOT of the assassinating persuasion, which seems odd since after this line his group proceeds to kill about 2,000 people.  Each member of the group has a special ability:

- Ahnold is the leader of the group and has huge biceps
- There’s an Indian guy that is good at tracking Predators
- There’s a nerdy guy that stinks at telling crude jokes
- There’s a huge guy that chews tobacco and has a Gatling gun strapped on his back (played by Jesse “The Body” Ventura)
- There’s a black guy that loves the tobacco-chewing guy and kind of loses his mind by the end of the movie
- There’s a squirrely looking guy that is able to speak a little Spanish

Let’s see if I can sum up the plot in three sentences: Apollo Creed brings in Ahnold’s elite group of butt-kickers to supposedly rescue a foreign dignitary, but in actuality he just wants Ahnold to kill a bunch of Commies in one fell swoop, which Ahnold obviously does.  On their way back to the chopper, the group is attacked and systematically killed by a “Predator” from outer space, until Ahnold eventually gets pissed enough that he comes up with an elaborate plan to terminate the Predator and successfully accomplishes his mission.

Ok, so that only took two sentences.

There are some 80’s movies like this that you just have to love.  Rocky IV, Bloodsport, and Urban Cowboy come to mind.  This is not one of them.  It was just bad.  Now I know why I never saw all of Predator. 

The thought that stimulated me during the movie more than anything was, “If there was offshore betting in 1987, what would the line have been on ‘There will be two future U.S. Governors starring in Predator, and neither of them will be Carl Weathers’.”  I swear, you could hire Bill Gates as your butler if you had bet on that action.

Grade: D.  Carl Weathers saves this one from an F.

The Predator is the one character in Predator that didn’t end up becoming a governor

Wow, it’s been awhile…

…since I posted here, partly due to my self-imposed ban on talking about football.  Now that I look at it, it’s been almost a  month since I wrote anything here!  Truth be told, most of my thoughts go directly to Twitter, and consequently, Facebook.  As it turns out, most of my thoughts are simple, lacking profundity, and can be summed up in 140 characters or less.  Here are a few highlights during the past 3 weeks or so since I’ve blogged:

- 12:19 PM September 15, 2007 Watching MSU/Pitt while the wife mows the lawn

- 07:19 PM September 23, 2007 The Indians just clinched the AL Central.  Huzzah!

- 10:01 AM October 01, 2007 Twitter can now update your Facebook status automatically. Sweet! http://tinyurl.com/22n4p9

- 04:51 PM October 01, 2007 My thoughts exactly: http://tinyurl.com/yrblku

- 03:30 PM October 04, 2007 Setting up the new track feature on my Twitter account http://tinyurl.com/2a4ggh

- 09:22 PM October 04, 2007 Hafner homers! (following on Gamecast while watching Grey’s Anatomy w/ the wife)

- 09:38 PM October 07, 2007  I love the fact that ARod sucks in October

- 09:55 AM October 08, 2007 Was hoping for an ND win and for the Indians to close out the series vs. Yankees this weekend. Turns out the more unlikely thing happened.

- about 15 hours ago Yankees lose…ahhhhhhhhh…Yaaaankees lose!

- 14 minutes ago
Good Bye Lenin is the second German movie I’ve watched in the past two weeks (The Lives of Others, the other)

One thing I want to emphasize is Twitter’s new “track” feature.  It’s sweet.  When I’m watching the Indians game, I can just IM Twitter “Track Indians” and “Track Yankees”, and then every tweet that someone posts containing the words Yankees or Indians comes right through to me.  It’s like watching the game with dozens of other people.  Lots of fun.

That’s all for now, kids.  Take care!