I Recommend.

Redbox -- Movies for ONE DOLLAR per night! Well, alright it's a dollar plus tax so it's a whopping $1.06 in PA. Sign up on their website and get a free rental then you get a free rental code about once every two weeks as well. I have been seeing these kiosks all over the place lately.

The Bad: It's only new releases and "mainstream" movies. (Although, I don't know if this will change in the future though since it's a fairly new service in most areas.) You don't get the special features if they are not on the main DVD.

Hulu -- Free and legal TV! Sign up for the beta and you can watch new and old shows from NBC, Fox, USA, Bravo, E! and others. (My addictions: Arrested Development, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Always Sunny in Philadelphia) There also is some random movies including The Breakfast Club and Weekend at Bernie's.

The Bad: There is a limited amount of programs. Sometimes, they are missing some seasons or episodes from shows which can be annoying.They have "limited commercial interruptions," but they can get fucked up and take longer than they should but you can't bypass them.

Reason #533 Why I Need A New Job.

Today I went out to lunch with the other three members of my department attempting to be social and such. The topic was 9/11 and the first Iraq war and their impact on popular culture. My boss brought up the movie Jarhead and asked if anyone else had seen it. Everyone said yes or no and then looked at me. I, being my awkward self, respond with, "No, but I really like that Kanye West song."

Silence.

"You know that song, right? Jesus Walks? It's in the trailer.... It goes 'Jesus walks. Jeeesus walks with me something God show me something something devil.' ...no? The beat is like dun dun dunnnn 'Jesus walks' and there's some rapping and a choir or a gospel singer or something...?"

Dead, dead rotting corpse silence.

Somehow out there that has to be people who would love a co-worker like me, right?

Ugh!

I feel a little snobby about the rant I am about to make, but not snobby enough not to make it.

I really like to read. In fact, I would probably put reading in my top three of favorite things to do. I try to read a book a week, but it gets expensive and I am completely skeeved out by library books. But that is an equally snobby rant for another time.

I like going to bookstores (Borders has an amazing rewards program that I heartily recommend) and wandering around aimlessly to find books I want to read. I am not ashamed to admit that I totally judge books by their covers. I would buy a book because the cover is cool or if it uses the kind of paper I like. But I would also not buy a book because the cover is lame and number one in books with lame covers are books that get reissued as movie tie-ins with covers featuring the stars of the movie versions.

Example:


The book cover is now exactly the same as the movie poster! Aggravating! The original book design is completely lost to showcase whichever celebrity is in the movie. I feel like this discourages some people from buying the book since they know they can just go see the movie instead.

Here's another one that is extra annoying:


"I am Legend" is a book of short stories. There is more in there then the one that became a movie starring Will Smith! (Plus that other cover is awesome because it is creepy as anything.)

I know nothing can be done about this and it must be incredibly exciting for the writer to see their book "come to life" but seriously can we make it so books, US Weekly and People magazine are not indistinguishable? Can't we limit the movie part to something that can be removed like a sticker? Then it makes me less cranky and there will be less reissuing and more trees.

[I will admit that I own two books with movie covers, Virgin Suicides and Prozac Nation, but I don't think either lets the "celebrity" overpower the cover. Plus I don't think Prozac Nation was ever released.]

All Systems Go.

Sometimes my own nerdiness just astounds me and I am really amazed that I can function in society. Albeit, I function very awkwardly in society, but I get by pretty well.

A Clarification.

Wow, okay, so go read the post before this one. I'll wait...

Yeah, I didn't write that. Thanks to Juan for posting a comment and then to Blogger for emailing me when I get comments because I would have had no idea about the post since I don't check my own blog for updates since I am the one who usually does the updating.

"You got a fat asshole," huh? I am totally going to start saying that. I can't decide if I should use it as a compliment like "Hey, man, those shoes got a fat asshole, I love them" or as an insult such as "That [Place I work] has got a fat asshole. Those buttheads."

Hmm, I think I like it better as a compliment, but I tend to insult things more. Any thoughts? Maybe I will just have to see when it naturally comes up in conversation next. (By which I mean, when I obsessively think and try to use it in a sentence.)

Weird Internet spam rocks. Maybe I will take it as a hint to write in this thing again, but I make no promises.

Hello.

you got a fat asshole.

Pointless Complaint

You know what really really really drives me crazy? People who use "u" in work emails. Seriously, it's only two more letters, it's not that much work, you can do it.