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September 20, 2004

sky captain and the collagen crew

Went to see Sky Captain with Fitz yesterday. It was visually neat-o, but the characters were kinda blah. I liked the ending though, as it was not Hollywood cliche. Angelina Jolie is to be kept away from the collagen from this point on though - a line must be drawn somewhere.

While watching the film, I made up a list of rules if one must own a Secret Base:

- Every Secret Base will have a self-destruct sequence
- Every Secret Base will be guarded by dumb or mindless minions
- ...BUT, every Secret Base, even if owned by a gay male villain, will be guarded by at least one hot chick who knows kung fu
- Restrooms need not be visible in your Secret Base
- Every Secret Base will have a Study, with bookshelves holding books that are impossibly high up, and probably too heavy to be lifted by Secret Base owner. The Study should be dusty.

After the movie I went to Best Buy to consider buying an iPod as Fitz and the Pod People have been speaking so highly of them. After looking at the price tag, I'll have to hold off on the glorified memory stick with earphones...I'm guessing the price will go down closer to the holidays.

Katie Couric needs to shut the hell up. She like flubbed her lines about six times this morning and was constantly correcting herself. I want news, not babble. But perhaps I should continue to stay away from Today, as I had not been watching it since the Olympics. Anyhow, when yer on national television, get your lines correct.

When my radio alarm went off this morning to NPR, for some reason they were playing the Queer Eye theme, which was disturbing as I usually prefer to wake up to some mellow NPR voice. Now that damn song is in my head.

Fundamentalists 0; Show Tunes Queen 1. Read the blog entry.

Posted by jimbo at September 20, 2004 9:26 AM

Comments

If you are going to watch morning tv news, at least go to CNN. I hate the Today show's Couric. She is a fluff piece. On CNN, at least Bill Hemmer is decent Eye Candy.

Posted by: tim at September 20, 2004 9:43 AM

I am sensing cynicism and a bit of hate in your words. Not at all like your usual blog. Very Good Jimbo, come to the dark side.

(insert evil laugh)
Pause, Pause,
(again, evil laugh)

Posted by: EvilCubicleMonkey at September 20, 2004 11:42 AM

Yeah, the "Queer Eye" music was awfully jarring in the midst of the NPR mellowness. A little too much of a jolt before morning tea.

Posted by: Sparky at September 20, 2004 12:44 PM

not watching the TODAY show would mean giving up seeing woof meister Matt Lauer. how could I face going to work without that?

Posted by: windreader at September 20, 2004 12:58 PM

E.C. Monkey: I didn't get much sleep last night...big presentation for school tomorrow. But I think if Katie Couric is to be on national television and get paid what she does, she needs to get more sleep than I do and get her lines straight.

Posted by: jimbo at September 20, 2004 2:38 PM

Jimbo, I agree with you on Couric. My comment was a bit of a goof...me just being silly. I think you have one of the better blogs out there because you are interesteing, and you can remain genuine. If you didn't show us a little crankiness now and again, then that may not be true.

Also, you have to ask yourself, why do people blog? ....or rather, what are they doing when they blog? People are presenting the perfect image, editorializing their daily life, and sending out their sad little rag to all their peers and asking them to vote for them as the homecoming Queen.....and this is why so many blogs suck. In my opinion, yours does not.


PS. I am crazy and bored

Posted by: EvilCubicleMonkey at September 20, 2004 3:55 PM

But I want to be homecoming queen. Just a mean, bitchy one is all.

Posted by: jimbo at September 20, 2004 4:48 PM

I don't think secret bases even have bathrooms, just as a precaution.

I think as a mastermind villan, nothing is worse than being like,'Our plan is almost complete! The brains of America is turning to mush watching our pupets Katie Couric and Matt Lauer! The world will soon be ours!!!!!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAH!!!!! Now if you will excuse me, I gotta use the poop chair'

See what I mean? It doesn't work.

Posted by: Kevin at September 20, 2004 5:13 PM

Homoclaws activate!

Jimbo, you are, .....I was just practicing my Katie Couric. Didn't ya feel flattered?

Homoclaws retract!

PS: Still crazy, still bored.

Posted by: badcubiclemonkey at September 20, 2004 6:34 PM

Lets not forget the Five giant robots that combine together to form an even bigger robot. Like Devastator or Voltron :-)

Or the obligatory pet that sits by your chair or desk, that requires you either feed it or pet it as you explain your evil plan to others.

Posted by: Dax at September 21, 2004 9:22 AM

Momentary change of topic: so I dont read jimbos blog every day... and as i was catching up, I noticed jimbo commented that I was sick this weekend. First off, Jimbo, thanks for expressing concern, I do appreciate that. Now because Jimbo is very thick skinned, he doesnt always score big points for sensitivity. Those of us that are his good friends know this (and accept it as a fact of life) and now and then we have to take out a mahout stick and jab it behind his ear to make him realize he crossed a line.

Jimbo said I had "poop shoots". I did not. I had a very upset stomach and was nauseas. Im sure most of you dont care...Im sure "gurl was sick this weekend" would have sufficed.

Jimbo probably jumped to the conclusion (a favorite Jimbo passtime) that I had lower GI problems because everytime Jimbo is sick that is what happens... various and sundry sickening semi-liquid substances pour from the nether regions of his body.
I do not usually use this medium to discuss issues with Jimbo, but I thought this would give you a window into the world of Jimbos "Posse". :)
Love you Jimbo!
Now pleasem return to your discussion of Sky Captain.
Love, GURL

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