Morning Seditionists

February 25, 2013

Monday

Filed under: Whatever — pjsauter @ 8:38 am

I have about a half hour commute in the morning (well, in the evening, too ,I guess), which means I heard the Oscar roundup (the Academy Awards, not the guy with the fancy legs) three times (after having been inundated with it by looking at the Internets before even leaving the house). Twice on the “news” and once in a feature story that had to have lasted about 7 minutes. Besides finding out that Jennifer Lawrence tripped on her dress and that Ben Afleck hadn’t even been nominated for Best Director on Argo (oh, the outrage!), I also learned that the NPR “Entertainment Blogger” is apparently a humorless twit who didn’t like Seth MacFarlane one little bit – calling him both awkward and boring.

I didn’t watch, so perhaps he was. But I did read one of his jokes that I thought was pretty funny. After mentioning the Raymond Massey and Daniel Day Lewis depictions of Abraham Lincoln, MacFarlane said something to the effect of “but the one actor who really got inside Linclon’s head was John Wilkes Booth. OK, so maybe I’m crass and juvenile, but I laughed out loud at that one (as Seth said – “what, 150 years and it’s still too soon?”).

Speaking of Lincoln and Hollywood, Raymond Massey is a Canuck and Lewis is a Brit. Are there no Americans who can play Abe Lincoln? Or at least somebody from a country that doesn’t have a Queen?

Of course, the other “big” news from yesterday was that Jimmie Johnson won the Daytona 500. Apparently everybody kept their vehicles out of the stands, which I guess is a good thing, but you have to admit the only actually interesting part of watching a bunch of people drive around in circles is when there happens to be a fiery crash (extra points when flaming vehicle parts fly up into the crowd).

I really don’t know much about NASCAR, so I looked up the Daytona International Speedway (what exactly makes it “international” I don’t know). It’s a 2.5 mile track, so – if I’ve got the math right – that’s 200 laps. Around and around and around.

Well, to each his or her own. There are folks who are mighty passionate about their NASCAR (I guess that would be auto eroticism). It’s a good excuse to drink beer, I suppose. But I can sit out by the road and drink beer while the cars go by if I get a hankering for some exhaust fumes.

Oh well, back to work today. It kinda sucks, but it’s the only way to get to Friday.

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I don’t know what to think about the sequester. Howard Dean thinks it’s our big chance to cut the bloated pentagon. Morning Joe thinks it’s bad. The House Republicans think they can blame it on Obama so they want it to happen. Klugman thinks it will hurt the economy. I am giving up thinking for Lent.

I didn’t watch the Oscars. I haven’t seen a movie in quite a while. Huffington Post is obsessed with Ann Hathaway’s nipples. That probably covers it.

And it snowed last night. Not the rain we were promised. In fact the rain froze into a nice sheet of ice and the snow was happy enough to fall on the ice. Nice and slippery. But now there is actual sun shining. Though I haven’t seen sun for days I’m pretty sure that this is the real thing and the proof is that the snow and ice are melting into more mushy mud.

Happy Monday!

vernon Reply:
February 25th, 2013 at 11:40 am
I find Ms. Hathaway annoying even though the only vehicle I have seen her in is “The Princess Diaries”. Apparently all of the other attendees at our party more than agree as she was loudly booed throughout the night. I could care less about her nipples.

My favorite line last night during the pre-game on the maroon carpet was about Ms. Witherspoon’s dress showing off Reese’s cups. Unfortunately, it was mine.

I didn’t hear the “150 years too soon” line and said “Too late?”. I like mine better.

pjsauter Reply:
February 25th, 2013 at 1:59 pm
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a movie she was in. I do think she looks a lot better with hair, though.

Comment by Sue P — February 25, 2013 @ 11:05 am

All of the fuss about Danica! I used to follow IRL IndyCar a bit where she started in 2004. She had something of a chequered past there, not winning a lot and getting into a lot of accidents. That may have been more noticeable because she was a woman who may not have wrecked anymore than the other drivers.

My Oscar viewing parties somehow merged into one. There were noisier people there than and the volume remote was being handled by someone who kept muting when she didn’t like what was going on. I couldn’t hear all of what the host was saying or doing but he didn’t seem that great. That’s not because he was being offensive. I liked a lot of those parts. I thought his “We’ve Seen Your Boobs” song was kind of lame and stupid though. I do not think I saw a single movie that was involved this year.

pjsauter Reply:
February 25th, 2013 at 2:05 pm
Since I haven’t gone to a movie in longer than I can remember (I think the last one I went to was The Italian Job – the remake, not the original – at a movie place in Minneapolis, but as I’ve become somewhat feeble minded, it’s possible I’ve been since then), I’m pretty sure I haven’t seen any of these movies, either. When they hit Amazon or Netflix, I reckon I’ll see them then.

Speaking of The Italian Job, Charlize Theron looks a lot better with hair, too (though even with the Tasha Yar haircut, she’s still not too shabby).

vernon Reply:
February 25th, 2013 at 2:31 pm
I was about to say to your hair comment above…

I said exactly the same thing. Then again, short haired Charlize Theron was just beautiful. She looked much better than the stills show.

As for the movies, I’d like to see Argo, the Rodriguez movie, and that movie this woman is in.

Comment by vernon — February 25, 2013 @ 11:05 am

I’m facing a real conundrum this afternoon. I really don’t feel like stopping at a store on the way home, but I only have one beer in the fridge.

If I don’t get more, I’ll have to go to bed at like five o’clock.

Comment by pjsauter — February 25, 2013 @ 2:11 pm

Forgot you can’t edit replies here and you have to repost pics and embeds for them to show up. Here she is.

She’s 22, she fell on the steps on the way up to gather her statue, she dropped the ‘s’ bomb on the maroon carpet, and admitted she got a little drunk.

pjsauter Reply:
February 25th, 2013 at 4:29 pm
Yeah, I like her. She seems pretty down to earth. I have the Hunger Games recorded. I watched it, but I think I fell asleep through most of it (there may have been a little alcohol involved), so I need to watch it again.

I read all the books and liked them. When I found out they were “young adult” books, I was somewhat chagrined. Though, in retrospect, there was a definite lack of smut.

I guess kids killing each other and getting killed in all sorts of godawful ways is OK, but we have to keep them away from sex.

Comment by vernon — February 25, 2013 @ 2:33 pm

OK, so I stopped for beer on the way home. Loaded them into into my trunk, got home, and one of the six packs only had 5 bottles in it. Now, I know I’m losing my mind, but one thing I would definitely notice when I bought it is a missing bottle. If nothing else, it throws the balance way off.

I thought I heard something roll around when I started off, but the missing bottle is nowhere to be found.

This is both puzzling and very, very, annoying.

vernon Reply:
February 25th, 2013 at 5:00 pm
Missing bottle formation.

Comment by pjsauter — February 25, 2013 @ 4:33 pm

Comment by vernon — February 25, 2013 @ 5:44 pm

C. Everett Koop, anti-smoking surgeon general who spoke frankly on AIDS, dies in NH at 96

A serious religious and conservative man who was not a nut.

Comment by vernon — February 25, 2013 @ 5:56 pm