Random theory: It's the music that makes movies re-watchable

Music is infinite in replayability.  How many times have I listened to my favorite albums?  Hundreds? That reason alone helps bolster watching a movie again.

I stopped (ok trying to stop) owning movies, because how is a guy with a job and 2 kids going to have time to watch something more than once?
Well there are 2 movies currently in my mind that have that exception. Fight Club and Scott Pilgrim. Well not only do the movies kick ass in their own right, it's the music thats the kicker.
Extra ++ for songs written for the movie too, rather than a compilation of existing ones.

I own both soundtracks! I do NOT usually own them unless there was some song from some band I had to have.
Examples:
Romeo + Juliet for Radiohead
Angus (did i even see that?) for Weezer
Ransom/Singles/Batman and Robin et al for Smashing Pumpkins (I'm a whore)

Let's thing of other movies with awesome soundtracks that I could easily watch again:

Any Tarantino movie
Trainspotting
Lock Stock and 2 Smoking Barrels
Go
Adventureland
Hedwig
Star Wars and Indiana Jones (of course)
Almost Famous
Magnolia (those 2 Aimee Mann songs pretty much made that movie)
Full Metal Jacket
Stand by Me
Watchmen (Bob Dylan beginning with the camera flashs also make that movie. Times they are ah' changin..)
Flash Gorden (see earlier post)

Cheesy 80s soundtrack alert!
Top Gun
Ghostbusters
Back to the Future (huey lewis baby: thats the POWER of luuuv)
Karate Kid (your the best, there WAAAS!)
Revenge of the Nerds
Most if not all the teenage angst movies. (not going to cover them just seek a top 10 list on the net)

Wow did not expect to write that much.  In conclusion theres nary a movie I'd watch again without good music.

I have the brain of a 10th grader

I just realized something. After watching Scott Pilgrim again and getting all fuzzy with nostalgia about old video games and rock shows and ramen every other meal i figured it out.
I will forever be culturally 16. Lets break it down:

Music:
I mean holy crap, what music do i listen to? Bands that are from or sound like the 90s. I still have all the Smashing Pumpkins albums on the idevice.
I whine that alt rock today is too progressive and meandery, and every Pandora station I have plays the Strokes.

Books:
What do I read? Hmm, let me list the last few books (in order of newest read):

Scott pilgrim volumes 1-6
Red pyramid
Percy jackson books 1-5 + lost hero
Some han solo book (yes im a nerd, please dont ask me how many star wars books ive read)
Twilight series and the Host (yes i did)
Tales of beatle the bard (of course i read harry potter)
Master and commander
I count 1 book that an adult would try to read if they weren't regressing to their teenage nostalgia (which we all know we do).

Games:
I know games are now considered OK for the bigs, but I still play when I get a chance. What games? Ones that remind me of mario kart (hell I still play it), goldeneye (FPS's like call of duty), and side scrolling marios (super meat boy)

Guitar:
Every once in a while I have delusions of grandeur and play guitar for an hour (once every 6 months!) and visualize my office a recording studio, and play songs I wrote when I was.. hey! 16.

Sports:
I run around like an idiot every Friday playing basketball pretending my knees aren't getting old (at least I can still hit a 3). 

Yep, i am in either middle school or highschool. We work all day so that we can spend our free time to relive our past. Whats keeping me back in the land of 30-something? 

• Kids. Well they keep me bouncing from being 5 and being 30. Responsible adult vs playing tickle monster.

• A good cry during a kids movie like Up! I swear just the sound of that theme gets me going.

• Shows like True Blood. Yeah thats for adults. Although I did see full metal jacket when I was like 10.

• Taxes. Hmm I have to pay those.

Btw i just removed those double spaces after each period. Ack! I just did it again. That rule (which is wrong) is still deeply embedded. (Ack! again!)

Why TV shows usually suck by the 2nd or 3rd season

Too many themes
The characters regress in order to work them in. Just put the themes down and focus on actually having coherent stories.
Example: I'm so tired of Lea Michele (Glee) being sad and singing show tunes to things i care not about cause she did it to herself because she's a selfish bitch.

Actors too popular
They write extra crap to give people more lines or whatever and it ruins the vision.
Hypothetical: we have an actor, they are really popular, but his character was only intended for 8 episodes worth of content and we have absolutely nothing to give him but lets write him in for another 3 seasons.
Example: Everything past the first season of Heroes.  Really? They couldn't kill off anyone?  Global success ruined the integrity of the writing hands down.

All the writers and producers leave
Example: Writers strike.  Almost everything (including the near untouchable Lost: season 3) not only got terrible ratings but they were terrible episodes!
I have no sources on this and its probably all theory, but after the first season everything seems to go to hell and it has to be the non participation in the original people on the project.

See also:

• Prison Break
• Desperate Housewives
• Heroes
• Glee
• Brothers and Sisters
• Heroes
• Heroes
• ..and on and on

Brad Womack is totally not writing his Bachelor blog

First off, don't judge me! I watch cool stuff like True Blood and Lost too I swear! Me and my wife need a few brain drain shows to keep the mouth foam down.
One of my few pleasures is reading the EW recaps to validate how retarded everyone is on the show and I saw a link from "I'm Chris Harrison" of Designer's Challenge fame linking to Brad's blog on People and I HAVE to share.

Some special quotes no man in their right mind would ever write, even if they were gay:

1.
"The exciting part of the date was Cirque du Soleil! Ashley and I had the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform in a live show. I'm a huge fan of all of the Cirque shows, so I'll never forget that."

Really dude?  I love shows and musicals and such but ALL of the cirque shows? Never admit something like that! It sounds like Cirque advertisement. But wait, its not you writing is it.  Also ending that first sentence with an exclamation is totally hop n clap. Tee hee! Thou art cirque du freak.

2.
"See ya next week!
– Brad Womack"

LIES! That can't be you can it? Using ya? LOL OMG wut. (im being facetious people, i dont actually say those things. GOSHDUH!)  "Later" or "Regards" would be a bit more plausible.

3.
"Let me make something clear ... in no way did my bad mood have anything to do with the beautiful country of Costa Rica! I've never seen a destination that has such beauty as well as a plethora of activities that one can do to enjoy the landscape. We were able to zipline through the treetops, rappel down numerous waterfalls, and explore a cave that is 40 million years old! For anyone that has an adventurous side, or even if you want to just relax on a beach, Costa Rica is the place to go!"
Each time I read that it gets better! Another shameless plug by a sponsor that can't possibly be written by this man.

Any way, please see all the glory for yourself.  Their navigation sucks and I had to comb through to find them. Why don't these magazines know what how to use an index or table of contents?
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20464498,00.html
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20462497,00.html
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20460174,00.html

My son turns 5

Monumental event. Already?
He who makes me old and young in tandem.
Asks the tough, epic questions no adult even dares to ask.
What child sleeps barely more than me? Mine.
5 years of cleaning his wake of chaos.
Piles of dismantled Lego, Playmobil. C3PO's head on Han Solo? Yes.
Loves his sister, fights his sister, loves his sister.
How much Caillou have I watched?
My snuggler, my tough guy, my muse, my sweet boy.
Here's to my little dude.

Mustache for a day

As we wind down No Shave November at work we thought it would be fun if we all just sported the stache for a day before Thanksgiving break. 

Boy was that a mistake.

I'd classify myself as a pretty observant guy, so I don't think it's just me being paranoid.  People averted eyes way more quickly, and were less friendly.  Younger girls practially ran away.

Pre-stache semi strangers actually complimented me on my newly budding goatee during the month, noticing and acknowledging the change.  Today I was bane.

I made eye contact with the lady at the dept store and I could see her quick look down at my stache and back up. Her chipper attitude went down a teeny notch.  Not a crazy change but it happened!

So the truth is Truth.  Wearing a mustache is just as bad as everyone perceives. 

Basically do not wear one unless you are any of the following:

An on duty police officer or fireman
Over 40 years old
Under 40 but dress like a hipster
Hiding a hair lip

Who else can pull of a mustache without being a creepster?

Foster Burger 4$ kids milk??

Bought 3 gallons worth on 2 kids milks so beware of that craziness..