Seems like only last month my transmission went out and I had it fixed for about $500+. That’s right, it was last month. The car’s dead again, and this time I’m letting it stay that way. Makes my goal of seeing every major movie by Dec. 20 a bit more of a challenge, especially since bus routes to the Sony lot in Culver City SUCK MAJOR ASS.
But there’s a bright side. As any wino can tell you, one can get drunk and still ride a bus home. Not always a bed of roses tho’ — depends upon one’s bladder strength sometimes. [Continue reading Vehicular Vehicide...]
I forgot to mention, I actually came up with a new drink at the Colonial party: The LYT.
Here’s what you need:
Red soda (Safeway red twist, in this case, which tastes like Red Vines…mmmmm!)
vanilla Stoli
Blue soda (Safeway Razzberry Blast)
Lotsa ice cubes.
Fill glass with cubes. Fill about 1/3 of remaining space with blue soda. Next third with vodka. Next red soda. If there’s enough ice, the red and blue should stay separated by a white mass of ice. Thus the drink looks like my hair.
Hey, you come up with a drink that looks like you! Betcha can’t.
It's been a party hardy kinda holiday weekend. Let's see if I can remember any of it. Thursday was spent at Chez Campbells in Malibu, where many a good holiday has been held. Featuring ample food and booze, as well as the usual nude hot tubbing, though the casual skinny-dipping atmosphere was often broken up by a gentleman dubbed "Count Sack-ula" who felt the need to dive underwater with a flashlight for close-up looks at crotches, in addition to various exhibitionist prancing displays on the lawn. My farewell to New Times video was screened twice — it's a parody of a New Times LA staff meeting, conducted by action figures with me voicing all the roles. Very well received by those who got it. [Continue reading Jivin’ Turkeys...]
Whatever the questionable, genocidal origins of the holiday we celebrate today, I do believe we can make it into what we want it to be by our celebration, and what I always like about it is what the name says — a time for giving thanks. [Continue reading And I-I-I wanna thank you…...]
My review of the sci-fi “remake” Solaris is up at Clevescene.com: http://clevescene.com/issues/2002-11-27/film3.html/1/index.html
Due to a font that makes upper-case i and lower-case l look the same, I should clarify that the title of the piece is “Ocean’s ill heaven.”
UPDATED: miaminewtimes.com has the most readable headline of them all. Around 1/3 of the papers changed it altogether, rightly figuring that “Ill” looks too much like the Roman numeral three (as seen in those that kept the original head), even though it’s supposed to be a synonym for sick beginning with the letter i. I love the header too much to relinquish it to fonts, though, and Miami did the best by slightly cheating on capitalization rules in order to render the word legible. Go Miami!
Killer winds whip through the Southland! It’s usually a safe bet that whatever L.A.’s weather is, the rest of the state is experiencing ten times that and people are dying of it. Windy? Trees fall over, people die. Raining? Mudslides send houses into the ocean? Hot? Brush fires, of course.
Last night, though was insanely windy. Loud, shrieking wind that battered my windows all night. Yet it’s still warm, and there are very few clouds in the sky. Dirt and dry dust flies everywhere, and my sinuses don’t like that. [Continue reading This weather really blows...]
Christmas lights up already? I’m waiting until after Thanksgiving, danke schoen. Scientology Santa’s house is being rebuilt again on Hollywood Blvd as we speak. Pity the kids who go to him: [Continue reading Merry Crass-mas...]
The shirts are coming. Five days from now. Once they’ve arrived, I’ll officially be the most shameless self-promoter I know (where’s your T-shirt line, Amy? Gotta catch up!). We’ll have details on how you can get one soon, as well as an official site launch party with giveaways!
Also in the works is a video guide cobbled together from over 300 old reviews. This will be a monstrous task that’ll likely take a couple of months to complete, but should be mighty impressive when we’re done.
And even that’s not all! If I could just get some of the folks I want to really kick this thing into high gear to return my calls, I’ve got many more ideas to improve this site and make it a must-visit location. In the meantime, I’d like to encourage all of you to post on the message boards. I know it’s intimidating the first time, but don’t be shy. This site can really rock, and be for you guys as much as for me — OK, maybe never quite as much as it is for me, but without you, I’m just a voice dying my hair in the wilderness, or something…
Also there’s a new picture of me as Robby the Redneck in the Photos section.
