Undercover Brother is an idiot

I wouldn't let this guy drive my Corolla, let alone a $1.5 million Ferrari. Of course, I will never own a $1.5 m car...at least the car's owner has some perspective: there are, in fact, "worse things happening in the world."

Hoya Saxa Baby

Finally, all the money I spent on a Georgetown education is paying dividends in the form of NCAA glory! Woo-hoo, let's go Hoyas! I'm no basketball expert (I don't even know the rules, actually, and this was probably the first game I've ever watched the whole way through), but if you missed today's game in which the Hoyas kicked UNC's ass, you really missed something special (particularly for us chronically disappointed Georgetown fans). Even a dilettante like myself can briefly tell you what happened: down six at the half (44 to UNC's 50), the Hoya's came back to tie it up at the end of regulation (81, 81), then dominated the 5 minute overtime period, earning 15 points while allowing the Tarheels only 3 (96 to 84). Kick ass!
I just have to wonder, when do these guys study for their mid-terms :o)

Spring has sprung

I know I'm becoming Californicated becuase I (like most of the Southland, judging by traffic) rejoiced in the climbing of temps over 70 degrees by immediately decamping to the beach, which was lovely. But I do know that highs in the mid-sixties and lows in the 40s for a few weeks does not deepest, darkest winter make. However, it is still quite nice to have some warm temps and not have to bring a cardigan/jacket/hoodie everywhere. I will feel completely the opposite in July and August when it's approximately a thousand and 12 degress in the Valley, and too hot to sleep without AC even at night (fortunatley, I bought a great little window unit last summer that makes it possible to get some zz's even when it's 85 degrees at midnight).
Happy Daylight Savings Time!

I hate it when this happens!

I was really looking forward to 300 (those who know me well know my love of half naked men duking it out on film), but the reviews came in and apparently it sucks ("as violent as Apocalypto and twice as stupid" is not high praise in my book). Bummer! The advertisements looked so good. I really thought they had something. Guess I'll save my $10 and wait for the DVD...

Fool for love

So, in a dumb carpe-diem kinda move not to be repeated for a good long while, I gave my number to random guy at Wang's last night (yes, there's a lot wrong with that statement, don't remind me). I should have known when he made me pinky swear to call him back, but I honestly thought it was a joke. Until I got home about a half hour later and had both a text message and a voicemail from the needy motherfucker. Come on, wait at least until the next day--it's not that hard, you'll sleep through most of the transition. Add to that he's too young and not my type and all my good intentions for being more open and less judgy go right out the window. No fucking way I'm calling a guy who's managed to irritate me within the first hour of our acquaintance. I will freely admit that had he been hot this might be a very different post, but he wasn't so this isn't. You gotta be hot or smooth (or at least not irritating), you can't not be either.

That was relatively painless

Inspired by Sara, I decided to update the look of my blog, which I've been considering for awhile, but reluctant to tackle in the new Blogger. Wow. that was pretty simple. Sticking to the provided templates for the time being, I was able to click, cut and paste to bring over the elemenst from my old template to the new. Changing text colors was a snap. I would prefer a little more control over layout and background colors, but that is beyond my willingness to dive into self-taught HTML editing right now.
This is especially encouraging as I am severly sleep deprived due to some weekend excesses and checking out Great Northern and the Pity Party at the Viper Room last night (which has the surliest doorman in the city, possibly the world).
Hope you're having a lovely Tuesday!

Random Review

I'm totally going to bash a movie I haven't seen and will probably never see, solely on the basis of it's advertising. Based on the billboards and internet banner ads I've seen, Black Snake Moan has to be the worst piece of crap out there right now. (The reviews on Metacritic bear that out, though it didn't score as low as The Number 23.) "Everything is Hotter Down South"?!? Yes, I grew up in the south and I left it eagerly. The weather is gross, the culture doesn't impress me and the accents make me nuts (not to mention the industry I work in is centered in LA). However, there are things to like about the south and it's not really that different from the rest of the country (it's the same endless wasteland of rest stops and strip malls that swarm American freeways across the country outside of cities and farmland). And I can tell you from experience that the San Fernando Valley gets hotter than most places in the south (and dry heat or humid doesn't make that much difference @ 120 degrees). "Everything is hotter down South" tries to evoke the Southern gothic cache of Tennessee Williams or Faulkner. But, while those guys certainly wrote about crazy, libidinous southerners, they never chained a mostly naked Christina Ricci to a radiator. That's overkill. I have to assume that, recognizing the risible result of their billboards, the marketing department thought "It's hard out here for a nymph" was a stroke of genius, calling to mind the (improbable) Oscar winning song from Hustle and Flow, the last movie by this director which I laughed at and never saw. In any case, from the reviews I've read, it's pretty clear the marketing department didn't have much to work with. How else are you gonna sell a movie about Samuel L. Jackson chaining Christina Ricci to a radiator by the director of Hustle and Flow?