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Actually, Black Flag called it 30 years ago:

Gonna be a white minority
Dont believe theres a possibility?
Well, just wait and see
We're gonna be white minority

--why is everyone acting all surprised? ;)

If you're not watching Tim & Eric...why the hell not??

We saw The Dark Knight today. And it was as good as I'd hoped.

But our journey, our odyssey, to see this film left us feeling still more alienated from the smug assholes that populate this otherwise wonderful city. We've often joked about running off to live in the hills (or Arcata), since there doesn't seem to be anywhere among humanity that we feel comfortable with.

After coming home from the movie, I ran across this infamous recording of Orson Welles flipping out over having to read stupid ad copy for frozen peas. I turned to Des and said, "This is us in 20 years."

( God help us! )

And now a bonus clip to lighten the mood:

( The Critic was a great show. )

First Will Arnett, then Zach Galifianakis:

Just replace "Jesse Jackson" with "Obama" and this bit is still completely relevant:

Des, Ashanta and I had a bit of a movie marathon last night, and we capped it off with a movie I hadn't watched in years: Better Off Dead. Neither of the ladies had seen (or even heard of) the movie, so I knew they were in for a treat, but even I had forgotten how insanely awesome that movie is.

First, it's full of good-looking 80s people, John Cusack first among them. Then we've got this scene, which has now become infamous in my mind, both for the fact that Ricky's dance left Des in stitches and that atomic_star has a huge crush on the singer of the band, who you may recognize as Dottie from Pee Wee's Big Adventure. She's credited as "Herself" in this movie, so I guess she was a bit of a songstress in real life.



The subject of the movie had come up over dinner earlier that evening when I made a joke about "Where's my two dollars?" that fell flat, and I had to explain its origin.



God I love this movie.

Jeff Goldblum has had some amazing turns on both Tom Goes to the Mayor and Awesome Show, but this little bit from the latter's Season 2 is my hands-down favorite, both of his appearances, and of all the Tim & Eric material I've seen:

So ever since learning about RiffTrax last year, we've downloaded and watched our fair share. The Willy Wonka track (with guest Neil Patrick Harris) has been our perennial favorite...until this weekend!

We watched the Jurassic Park track (with extra-special guest "Weird" Al Yankovic) and it was...simply amazing. YouTube comes through with a short clip:



We also watched Transformers with RiffTrax. I can't really comment on the track itself. It seemed funny, but frankly I was overwhelmed by the sheer slab of utter SHIT Transformers is. Watching it with RiffTrax made it barely tolerable, but I definitely felt stupider for having watched it. Maybe it's because it's the first Michael Bay movie I've seen since Armageddon, but my god. My god. Just an awful, awful movie.

But yeah. If you've never watched a RiffTrax before, Jurassic Park would be a great place to start. If you're already a fan, download it now.

* I went to the Post Office on Market after work to mail a couple things and saw two (2) men with shaved heads, both of whom had missed little tufts of hair at the nape of their necks. These men did not know each other, nor did they seem to have anything in common other than a lack of someone in their lives to tell them they missed a spot. Either that, or it's a new fashion trend.

* There are, as the news insists on calling them, "oral arguments" being presented today regarding gay marriage. I was having a mid-morning snack in the library cafeteria when I look over and see none other than Bruce Wayne's dad, er, our Mayor, Gavin "Privileged Boy" Newsom talking to the press after some sort of talk at the library auditorium regarding the issue. It's sort of weird to work somewhere where that sort of thing can happen.

* I had to take a picture of a library catalog search this crazy patron entered. He was dressed like a crazy Vietnam vet, but I don't think he's old enough to be one. He told me all about how the LA Unified School District owns Compton and paid gang members to open fire on a liquor store while super-expensive "gene splicing" cameras were rolling. Then he went over and typed his search into the computer, hunting and pecking the letters. After he left I mosied over and saw this:

( cia director 18002001445 congress senate house represent... )

Amazingly, we do NOT carry a book by that title. Surprising, I know.

* Somehow, after I got home, I started watching a bunch of Andy Kaufman clips on YouTube.

( Tony Clifton on the Muppets! )

( The infamous slap )

( Andy shows off his wrestling prowess )

( Rose Marie )

I MUST find some sheet music for that song to play on my uke.

But seriously, that man was so far ahead of his time it's sad and scary.

*Last item: we are so very, very screwed.

I know at least a couple people on my friends list who will appreciate this:

http://www.cracked.com/article_15853_6-cutest-animals-that-can-still-destroy-you.html

(Slighty NSFW--the "S-word" appears a couple times in slightly bold type.)

Best Craigslist ad I've seen in a while:

( Very Complicated Request, Please Kindly Read!!! )

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