Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Things That I Used to Have That I Can't Find and Want Back

1. sweatshirt-like UNCW blanket.

My sister gave me this item.  It is surprisingly warm for it's weight.  I used to have it.  But, now I don't.  Now I am cold despite living in Southern California.   If you know of this blanket's whereabouts, please call Kelley at 214-735-2492.  She will then regift.

Thanks.

Friday, December 5, 2008

Frost/Nixon

There is a movie to be released just after Christmas titled "Frost/Nixon".  It's direced by Ron Howard and looks like it will be a good movie. 

My problem is the title.  That's the worst title ever.  It's not even a title, it's just two character's names.  It's really lazy and really stupid.

I realize there are other movies with two characters names as the title.  "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" come to mind.  Those titles work though.  I think they work for two reasons.  1. They have interesting and not everyday names.  2.  The word "and".  

The word and makes it a title.  Using the slash in Frost/Nixon really doesn't work at all.  It's stupid.  I think at one point it was probably The untitled Frost/Nixon project.  Then they couldn't think of a title and just dropped untitled and project.  There's our title, Ron said.  Stupid idea, Ron.  Slashes have no business being in titles.  Neither do commas.  And that is why "I, Robot" is a dumb title, among other reasons.  

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Are we dancer? Really?

I like The Killers.  I don't own any of their albums or know a whole lot about them.  I know they are from Vegas, but that is about it.  I don't even know how many guys are in the band.  I don't consider myself a fan, but I like them to the extent that when I hear a Killers song on the radio, I think, oh sweet.  Killers.  Then I listen to it.   

But, the song "Human" might have the dumbest lyrics in the history of music.  And on top of that, the song sucks.  

It says, "Are we human?  Or are we dancer?"  What the hell is that even attempting to mean?  It is using the adjective of human.  Fine, are we human?  Dumb question, but okay at least we know what they are asking.  Then it tries to turn dancer into an adjective.  That doesn't work.  You can say, "Don't blame him, he's only human."  You can't say, "Don't blame him, he's only dancer."  That's just stupid and has no meaning.  

You can answer the question "How would you describe that living entity?"  with "It's human", but you cannot answer it with "It's dancer."  

So, let's pretend The Killers use the word dancer in its correct form, a noun.   Thereby, they add an s at the end to make it plural.  "Are we humans?  Or are we dancers?"  Okay, it is now a sentence with correct grammar and real words.  However, it's still absolutely retarded.  Dancers are typically humans, unless it's a dancing kitten.  You don't lose the fact that you are human by simply becoming a dancer.  STUPID.  What a stupid lyric.  

"Is Bryan Boitano human?"
"No, he's ice dancer."  

Wikipedia tells me that the lyric pertains to a Hunter S. Thompson quote that America is raising a generation of dancers.  Ok.  Well, still, dancers are humans.  It's still idiotic and makes no sense even when you try to put it into the context of what the Killers were apparently going for.  

This song sucks.  Take it off the radio.