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January 30, 2006
Still no vroom vroom
My parts haven't arrived, so no progress on the motorcycles. It's really bugging me. It's approaching the irrational.
On Saturday night we started to watch The Brothers Grimm but gave up about 15 minutes in - it was pretty bad. Disjoint, rushed, not at all what I've come to expect from Gilliam. Instead we ended up watching The Aristocrats - which had funny moments, but like Deadwood, I found the message lost in the vulgarity. (Yea, I know that's the point of the joke, doesn't mean it's a good joke.) Probably the most interesting observation I made was that at some point, a comedian's material becomes secondary to the comedian. There are comics, like Eddy Izzard, Paul Riser, and George Carlin, who I've decided are generally funny, and I'm predisposed to react accordingly.
Interesting.
Sunday we finally took down the Christmas decorations, though the tree is still sitting in the living room. It was raining pretty heavily through the day, and I wasn't interested in wrestling with a wet tree.
After dinner we watched Constantine, which I enjoyed much more than I expected. The story held together well enough, the effects were good, and while I didn't think Keanu was exactly right for the role, his Bladerunner-like delivery was adequate.
Somewhere in there, I managed to tweak my back - so I'm sitting on the ferry after a less-than-great night of sleep, wondering if I'll make it through the work day without having to spend it lying on the floor of my office (blech).
Posted by dberger at January 30, 2006 7:57 AM