Jun 04 2007
Hot Damn, This Week Just Keeps Getting Better and Better
After resting and taking a few laps in the pool on Monday, I woke up today by visiting some of my regular online sources for news and entertainment — at which time, I was treated to even more good news.
First and foremost, I saw that finally, FINALLY, saner heads are prevailing down at Gitmo, where on Monday, military judges dismissed charges Monday against 2 Guantanamo detainees. In particular, the courts ruled that, in direct contradiction to the ever illogical position of the Bush Administration, the detainees are "not subject to this commission" under legislation passed by Congress and signed by Bush last year. Thank fucking god. Maybe this signals the first of many steps for the U.S. government to regain whats left of its dignity.
Second, I saw that there is indeed still hope that the upcoming Transformers live action movie may indeed be worth seeing (shit, I knew there was a reason I put them at the top of my MySpace friends list). If the rest of the movie has effects like this stuff, I may even be able to cleanse my mind of the crappy-CGI cryfest that was Spiderman 3.
And finally, there seems to be hope — finally — that we can all live longer, healthier lives with this great new "skin" tightening product (if the advert itself doesn't completely offend you).
I’ll admit, Spidy 3 wasn’t as good as it should have been. But it had nothing to do with the CGIness of it. It just flat out doesn’t have a story that stands up on it’s own.
Now, Transformers? I’ll be all over that shit. And living in a small town when it comes out so I can probably go to whichever showing I want.
Matt,
Glad you made it there safe and sound. Great stuff so far. The stuff about American Airlines is great. Why is it that other countries provide such superior service on their international flights as compared to US airlines? I’ve flown British Air, COPA, Lufthansa, Icelandic and all of them have been far superior to US Air, Northwest or Continental.
Mikey!! Hey, I’m glad you’re reading (and enjoying) despite the fact that (1) I made you drive me to L.A.; and (2) my writing skills, and proper grammar, are diminishing on a daily basis. And agreed, in talking with folks out here, NOBODY uses U.S. based airlines because, as you said, they suck too much. I’ll be flying Tiger Air this weekend to Krabi, Thailand - I’ll let you know how it goes. We’ve got to meet up in China later this year, BTW.
And Chris, yeah, that’s one of the advantages of small town living (right next to the Applebees and Sizzler).