Monthly Archives: March 2008

This Is What We Talk About: Excerpts From Online Transcripts

Posted on March 31, 2008

Sis: ok, a photog just came by and said that he read that the guy from “Weird Science” who wasn’t Anthony Michael Hall is now a professor of literature at Angelo State. i told him we should do a story on him. and then i started saying “crazy? insane? insane? crazy?”
me: hahaha
man, i wanna meet that guy
Sis: seriously

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me: earlier, my boss asked GTHM to help set up her dvd player. but guess what — IT’S A VCR
i have no idea how this escaped my boss’ notice
but it did
Sis: hahahahahaha
that’s so awesome
me: yep
her lack of technological know-how is astounding
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Roommate: man, i was just thinking how great 80s TV shows were…the fall guy, magnum pi, chips, airwolf, knight rider, dukes of hazzard
simon and simon to a lesser extent
me: Airwolf was awesome
Roommate: jake and the fatman sucked
plus i think all of the shows were on in the afternoon when i got home from school
none of this wait till 9pm at night BS
me: you should travel back in time
Roommate: i’ve been trying all morning…damn machine doesn’t work
i must have crossed the circuitry somehow
me: did you put in a quarter?
there’s your problem
Roommate: no change machine
me: damn
Roommate: only takes singles
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Roommate: ok, the guy here at work said the movie with kristen bell was pulse…so iduno…never saw it
me: me either
i mean, i could find this out in like 2 seconds w/ google
but my ass would get fired
Roommate: i just looked it up on imdb…said it was pg13…so iduno
me: yeah
your coworker is nuts
Roommate: i doubt topless…sounded more like a quick skin flash while in a tub
me: pssht
Roommate: lol
no pleasing you…even hearing that i was kind of excited for you
me: haha
thanks man
i’m not saying i’m not pleased by the idea. i just think that with my level of love for kristen bell, i would’ve heard the news
Roommate: well, by your reaction…i think you’re gay
me: well, i do love cock
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Sis: i’m watching pretty in pink
me: james spader is a badass in white pants
Sis: and wicker shoes with no socks
me: BAD
ASS
Sis: it’s true
i don’t get why people are so mean to duckie, though
i don’t remember there being nerds like that getting hit in the halls and pushed into bathrooms. maybe because i’m a girl
me: yeah, nerd hazing is more typically confined to locker rooms or sporting arenas
then again, it is john hughes
Sis: yeah
james is on!
me: you could never mention this again and call me up in 20 years and say, “hey, what do you think of spader in Pretty in Pink?” and i would say “BADASS IN WHITE PANTS”
it is an eternal truth
Sis: haha
it’s so true
Blaine?! that’s not a name, that’s a major appliance
sorry
man, i need sleep
me: what kind of appliance is blaine?
THAT DOESN’T MAKE SENSE JOHN

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Review: 21

Posted on March 28, 2008

I’ve been writing for Pajiba for close to three years now, and I think that experience qualifies me to guess that more than a few of the comments on the 21 review will bring up the issue of race, and how characters went from being Asian in real life to white in the movie. It’s just a touchy enough subject to bring people out of the woodwork, and it doesn’t have a lot to do with how the film performs as a finished product, and those two things make it ripe for commenters.
Then again, maybe I’m wrong. I’d like to be.
Click here for the review.

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“Lost”: More Stuff Happened

Posted on March 24, 2008

This is the last recap for a while. When the show returns, I should be able to return to my practice of making episode-specific references in the headlines on this blog, since by then my friends who are catching up with the series on DVD should be up to speed. (And far be it from me to point out that reading blog posts about a series you’re watching seems illogical and unavoidably spoilerish.)
Anyway: Click here for the recap.

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I Think “What Would Riggins Do?” Is An Acceptable Social Philosophy, Or At Any Rate, It’s Going To Guarantee You Have An Adventure Or Two

Posted on March 20, 2008

My second and final trip to this year’s Paleyfest was for the “Friday Night Lights” panel. The rush for the stage was stronger than it was after the Apatow panel, and there were even more collectors there, hordes of people with DVDs and Sharpies who had this weird habit of calling the stars by their first names to get their attention. Still, it was a fun night. And damn if Connie Britton isn’t something else, you know?
Also: Seeing Tyra Collette play volleyball on the screen in the Cinerama Dome is an experience I can only describe as transcendental.
Anyway, click here for the full write-up.

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Like The Man Said: It’s Judd Apatow’s World, And We’re A Better Place For It

Posted on March 18, 2008

I attended the Paleyfest panel last night called “The Comedy World of Judd Apatow and Friends,” which despite the vaguely dopey title was a fantastic, hilarious evening. Plus I got my picture taken with Paul Feig. When the panel ended, collectors made a controlled rush for the stage to get things autographed — you would not believe the way some of these bring a Buffalo Bill-level of fervor to collecting autographs — but I headed for the man in the brown suit, dapper and amiable and looking like the nicest math teacher you will ever have. It wasn’t that I was overly starstruck, but I couldn’t figure out how to thank him without running through every cliche in the book: I’m a big fan, I loved the show, etc. How do you tell someone that the story they made hit you in a place that’s indescribably important? And that their work in a way made that place possible within you?
Anyway, I had a good time.
Click here for the full write-up.

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