I crashed with college buddy Sussmaniac, with whom I talk music and books and TV and life for extended, rewarding periods every time we chill. Could not have predicted I'd still be as tight with him three years out of school, but I'm glad we do.
Friday night, I caught up with a few other Tar Heebs, including normal crash-pad offerer Stevie Blueshirt. Got HAMMERED off three beers (three!) at James Hoban's. I don't know what they put in their house ale, but good golly is it potent. I drink enough to know what's good with my tolerance (hint: it's high), and I was halfway through the second one when I realized I couldn't focus on a text message. I recommend that place wholeheartedly, assuming they learn the meaning of "temperature control."
Saturday was spent sleeping til the afternoon and then seeing Wall-E, which gets two thumbs up. The story wasn't mind-blowing and the message was a little heavy-handed, but it was cute, and made me lol more than a few times. Note: The short preceding the flick, which features a carrot-hungry rabbit besting his stingy magician owner, was high comedy. Also, I saw the trippiest trailer I've ever seen sober. I seriously had to ask Sussmaniac if I was on drugs. He confirmed a) I was not and b) that trailer just happened. "Oh, chihuahua" is right. Yikes.
That night I caught up with this kid, her BF Gael, and her running mate (and former blogger) mm. We bar hopped it up, starting in Dupont and ending up in Adams Morgan (though not at the wonderfully named Madam's Organ.) I had a grand old time swapping stories and commenting on bar randoms with unfortunate senses of "style." We'll all do it up again next time, I'm sure.
Oh, and after taking the DC2NY bus, I saw How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, which was surprisingly watchable and contained this wildly fitting-for-me-to-witness exchange:
--What? Were all of his other girlfriends bad at (the card game) Bullshit?Yeah ... I'm still not there yet. All in time, I suppose.
--What other girlfriends? You're the first one he's ever brought home ...
On the way back, they showed Rush Hour 3, which was unsurprisingly obvious and unfunny, though tolerable. So in brief, I'd take the L and watch 10 Days if it resulted in making some uh ... non-movie magic happen, but I'm never again watching Rush Hour 3.
Beyond that, Daily Show writer (and "Jewno" co-writer) Rob Kutner inexplicably a) found my blog and b) decided I was someone with some taste-making ability, and thusly got at me to let me know he's got a book coming out: Apocalypse How: Turn the End-Times into the Best of Times!
While I've yet to purchase/read the book (I'm getting there, I swear! Blame this kid and her team meetings) he forwarded along the following preview, titled "Fashion Trends for the End." Enjoy it.(UPDATE: Rob let me know that Daily Show correspondent Aasif Mandvi and Kristen Schaal -- Mel of Flight of the Concords -- provided the voices in the vid. For the record.)
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I feel so lowbrow. I own both of those movies, and I watched Rush Hour 3 last night and laughed. I was thinking about watching it again tonight! I guess one man's tolerable is another woman's "see-the-midnight-premier," huh?
Don't feel lowbrow -- I own more than a few ahem ... questionable DVDs (See: Heartbreakers). As for RH3, I chuckled a few times, but felt the most effective gag in the flick was the "Me/You" Asian name confusion, which was a complete "Who's on First?" homage. Everything else felt predictable/familiar/tired.
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If really you saw the midnight premier ... well, I think our budding blog friendship is on thin ice, ha. ;)
"the most effective gag in the flick was the"Me/You" Asian name confusion, which was a complete "Who's on First?" homage. Everything else felt predictable/familiar/tired."
explain how hat makes sense.
Ha. Unfortunately, I have other "questionable" midnight showings under my belt, just 'cause I like the idea of them (midnight showings, not necessarily borderline-bad cinema).
TLS - The "Me/You" thing was, to me, the funniest part of the movie ... though clearly a "Who's on First?" homage. Everything else was either lame or predictable - they went for the most obvious joke to make in every spot, which is not conducive to belly laughs.
lucky - Well that's a more rounded explanation than making it seem as if your Rush Hour 3 anticipation was so tightly wound that you camped out to see the first showing so you could run out and tell everyone how AMAZING it was. Well done.
LOL i didn't even know you wrote this post until now. wow @_@
it was super cool meeting you! i think i've already said that but :D
Gen - Good job, ha.
It was quite a good time meeting you and your (soon-to-be) husband, but you knew this. Oh, and that MM kid was pretty entertaining, too. ;)
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