Does that not scare anyone? After you watch these you will.
Monday, March 31, 2008
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Arrested Development
Today I finished watching one of my new favorite shows. The only problem is that it went off the air a couple of years ago. Good thing they may be making it into a movie. The show had great writing and acting. Each character was unique, and the 53 episodes all interwove and completed each other. The show has its quirks. The family lives in a model home, and drives an airport staircase. The only way to describe the show is to describe the characters.
Michael Bluth(Jason Bateman)- Michael is the middle son and Lindsay's twin brother. The shows straight-man. His wife has died previous to the show, and he has trouble with love, including his brother's girlfriend, a lawyer faking blindness, and a woman who was unknowingly mentally retarded. He took over the company to try and save his family.
George Bluth Sr.(Jeffrey Tambor)-The matriarch of the family. Is in prison for possible light treason, involving making model homes for Saddam Hussein in Iraq. He is imprisoned, breaks out of prison, and lives in the attic of the model home. He finds religion in Judaism and has a twin brother named Oscar.
Lucille Bluth(Jessica Walter)- George's alchololic wife, and mother of the family. Holds many family secrets and is not the best mother. She adopts a Korean boy.
G.O.B. Bluth(Will Arnett)- The older brother. G.O.B. is a "magician", who usually has lighter fluid or a dead dove shooting out of his sleeve. He is a patsy for his dad, and usually tries to one-up his brother with a stupid idea.
Lyndsay Bluth Funke(Portia de Rossi)- Michael's "twin" sister. She never has a job and is living in a failed marriage. She joins advocacy groups for weird special interests groups.
Dr. Tobias Funke(David Cross)- Tobais is Lyndsay's husband. He aspires to be an actor with help from Carl Weathers. He is a never nude, who can never be naked, even alone, and wears cut off bluejeans to help with that. He tries to join the Blue Man Group and gets hair plugs that reject his body.
Buster Bluth(Tony Hale)-The youngest Bluth sibling, Buster suffers from horrible panic attacks. He may be in love with his mother and dates her older best friend, also named Lucille. He gets his hand bitten off by a seal and gets a hook for a hand.
George Michael Bluth(Michael Cera)- George Michael is Michael's son. He works at the family's frozen banana stand. He is secretly in love with his cousin Maebe, but has a Christian girlfriend named Ann.
Maebe Funke(Alia Shawkat)- Lyndsay and Tobias' daughter. She is mostly forgotten by her parents. She was pretending to be a handicapped girl at her high school, and was later secretly working at a movie industry as an executive.
Running gags like how each family matter does a chicken impression make the show so much funnier. Another thing is how every character has a unique characteristic. The lawyer who is secretly gay, the competition who has no hair, the rich uncle who can't use his legs so he has a strong man carry him around instead of using a wheelchair. Celebrity cameos also don't take away attention from the show. This has to be one of the best and funniest shows ever, and its a wonder that it was cancelled.
Michael Bluth(Jason Bateman)- Michael is the middle son and Lindsay's twin brother. The shows straight-man. His wife has died previous to the show, and he has trouble with love, including his brother's girlfriend, a lawyer faking blindness, and a woman who was unknowingly mentally retarded. He took over the company to try and save his family.
George Bluth Sr.(Jeffrey Tambor)-The matriarch of the family. Is in prison for possible light treason, involving making model homes for Saddam Hussein in Iraq. He is imprisoned, breaks out of prison, and lives in the attic of the model home. He finds religion in Judaism and has a twin brother named Oscar.
Lucille Bluth(Jessica Walter)- George's alchololic wife, and mother of the family. Holds many family secrets and is not the best mother. She adopts a Korean boy.
G.O.B. Bluth(Will Arnett)- The older brother. G.O.B. is a "magician", who usually has lighter fluid or a dead dove shooting out of his sleeve. He is a patsy for his dad, and usually tries to one-up his brother with a stupid idea.
Lyndsay Bluth Funke(Portia de Rossi)- Michael's "twin" sister. She never has a job and is living in a failed marriage. She joins advocacy groups for weird special interests groups.
Dr. Tobias Funke(David Cross)- Tobais is Lyndsay's husband. He aspires to be an actor with help from Carl Weathers. He is a never nude, who can never be naked, even alone, and wears cut off bluejeans to help with that. He tries to join the Blue Man Group and gets hair plugs that reject his body.
Buster Bluth(Tony Hale)-The youngest Bluth sibling, Buster suffers from horrible panic attacks. He may be in love with his mother and dates her older best friend, also named Lucille. He gets his hand bitten off by a seal and gets a hook for a hand.
George Michael Bluth(Michael Cera)- George Michael is Michael's son. He works at the family's frozen banana stand. He is secretly in love with his cousin Maebe, but has a Christian girlfriend named Ann.
Maebe Funke(Alia Shawkat)- Lyndsay and Tobias' daughter. She is mostly forgotten by her parents. She was pretending to be a handicapped girl at her high school, and was later secretly working at a movie industry as an executive.
Running gags like how each family matter does a chicken impression make the show so much funnier. Another thing is how every character has a unique characteristic. The lawyer who is secretly gay, the competition who has no hair, the rich uncle who can't use his legs so he has a strong man carry him around instead of using a wheelchair. Celebrity cameos also don't take away attention from the show. This has to be one of the best and funniest shows ever, and its a wonder that it was cancelled.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Rev. Wright
I am finally going to discuss my take on the Rev. Wright situation. I do not understand why this is as big of an issue as it is. First off, why does what Obama's pastor says have any effect on him as a presidential candidate. Just because that is what the pastor believes, it does not mean that that is what Obama believes. I know in my church, everyone has a different idea of what is going on, though we all get the same message. Second, first Obama is a Muslim so he shows the public his church life to prove he isn't, then his pastor has said some controversial statements in his time and Obama gets hit on that too. No one even knows about Hillary and McCain's church life at all. There are Republicans who are mad about Rev. Wrights statements that listen to Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell. I actually agree with Rev. Wright about his statements on 9-11, how we attack other countries and now they have attacked us. I do not agree that gays caused Hurricane Katrina.
It seems like all the little things that could be bad for Obama are stretched to be really bad things, when all the real bad things that should be bad for Hillary are not to be talked about.
At a recent college meet and greet. A man asked Chelsea Clinton if she thought the Lewinsky scandal had hurt her mother's credibility. Chelsea told him it was none of his business. Okay, so he should not have asked the daughter about it, but I think that it is his business. Why it is it not to be talked about. It seems like a big elephant in the room. But if Obama was to point out the elephant, he would ripped apart. Yet, Obama's preacher makes a comment a couple of years ago and Obama is hurt because of it.
Obama has been open about his taxes and schedules and life, yet Hillary is very secretive and will not release stuff until she has to. What is she hiding? We really don't get much of Hillary's personal life, but you get all of Obama's.
Obama now has to keep his distance from Rev. Wright, and Rev. Wright's credibility has been hurt. Yet Hillary has said nothing about the fact that Jim Carville called Bill Richardson "Judas." And she continues to make comments about Rev. Wright, when it should now not be an issue.
It seems like all the little things that could be bad for Obama are stretched to be really bad things, when all the real bad things that should be bad for Hillary are not to be talked about.
At a recent college meet and greet. A man asked Chelsea Clinton if she thought the Lewinsky scandal had hurt her mother's credibility. Chelsea told him it was none of his business. Okay, so he should not have asked the daughter about it, but I think that it is his business. Why it is it not to be talked about. It seems like a big elephant in the room. But if Obama was to point out the elephant, he would ripped apart. Yet, Obama's preacher makes a comment a couple of years ago and Obama is hurt because of it.
Obama has been open about his taxes and schedules and life, yet Hillary is very secretive and will not release stuff until she has to. What is she hiding? We really don't get much of Hillary's personal life, but you get all of Obama's.
Obama now has to keep his distance from Rev. Wright, and Rev. Wright's credibility has been hurt. Yet Hillary has said nothing about the fact that Jim Carville called Bill Richardson "Judas." And she continues to make comments about Rev. Wright, when it should now not be an issue.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Hillary Uncensured
http://thepage.time.com/obama-camp-memo-on-clinton-misleading-voters/
Honestly, after watching and reading this, I wonder how ANYONE can support Hillary Clinton, and how anyone can argue with me about the fact that I will vote for John McCain before her.
Bill Richardson endorsed Barack this week, and after 8 weeks of courting him, the Clinton campaign said that his endorsement wasn't a big deal. Jim Carville compared it to Judas betraying Christ. Hello! Not only is he comparing Bill Richardson to Judas, a man who has saved hostages and done a lot for our country, but he is also comparing Hillary to Christ.
How can anyone trust that woman? How does she have supporters. I want someone to give me an actual good reason to vote for her. Just one. I have not heard one yet.
In my opinion, gathered by my experience in the field, the only reason people are voting for her is a)she is a Clinton, and b) she is Bill's wife. And people are telling me to do research? Dear lord. This crap that she is pulling should be front page news and spread around. People need to know how bad this woman is.
Front Row Tickets to Wicked!
On Thursday, my friend Brandon and I went to Chicago for the day.
We went to the Oriental Theatre to check tickets prices and they wanted 70 dollars for a seat with an obstructed view. We were leaving and a man stopped us and told us about a hat that you put your name into and at 5:30 they draw for 20 front row seats. I asked this man if he was part of the show and he told us he played Elphaba's father. At 5:00 we came back to the theatre and put both of our names in. I started talking to a family that had 5 members and they told me that they lived nearby and were just up to try and get tickets. I told her we were from Iowa and were in for the day, and we talked a little more. When they called the names, one of the family's daughters got drawn, but they needed three more tickets. When the drawing got over, the lady tugged on my sleeve and told me not to leave yet. We gave them the 25 dollars apiece for the tickets, and the little girl waited in line to get them. We had front row seats to Wicked. Considering both times I've seen Wicked I was in the absolute last row, this was a major improvement. And it was awesome.
We went to the Oriental Theatre to check tickets prices and they wanted 70 dollars for a seat with an obstructed view. We were leaving and a man stopped us and told us about a hat that you put your name into and at 5:30 they draw for 20 front row seats. I asked this man if he was part of the show and he told us he played Elphaba's father. At 5:00 we came back to the theatre and put both of our names in. I started talking to a family that had 5 members and they told me that they lived nearby and were just up to try and get tickets. I told her we were from Iowa and were in for the day, and we talked a little more. When they called the names, one of the family's daughters got drawn, but they needed three more tickets. When the drawing got over, the lady tugged on my sleeve and told me not to leave yet. We gave them the 25 dollars apiece for the tickets, and the little girl waited in line to get them. We had front row seats to Wicked. Considering both times I've seen Wicked I was in the absolute last row, this was a major improvement. And it was awesome.
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