While sifting through my feeds and email today, I discovered some very intriguing spam items:
Apparently, I’m not alone. I did alittleresearch to see if I was the only one who noticed this. Here’s another guy’s spam folder with even better headlines:
I never thought I’d do this, but I must applaud the spammers for coming up with new ways to catch our attention. Of course, I’m not easy enough to give in to something like this, but I’d much rather click one of these than an email that assures me I can “make her scream all night long.”
Try it out for yourself.
(Oh, and since I run Ubuntu instead of Windows, I’m immune to the viruses that the spam links to. So the jokes on them.)
I’ll admit it: I’m a Pixar fanboy. I have yet to see a Pixar movie that I didn’t like, and while some movies weren’t as good as others (Cars), I still prefer their movies to the movies of rival companies, like Dreamworks and Blue Sky.
That’s why I’m stoked about Up, the next film in Pixar’s queue. The movie, which will hit theaters on May 29, 2009, is said to take us “to a lost world where anything can happen and will happen.”
From the Academy Award nominated team of director Pete Docter (”Monsters, Inc.”) and co-director Bob Peterson comes “Up,” a comedic adventure taking off (and lifting spirits) in summer 2009. Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest. But at age 78, life seems to have passed him by, until a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life. “Up” takes audiences on a thrilling journey where the unlikely pair encounter wild terrain, unexpected villains and jungle creatures. When seeking adventure next summer — look “Up.”
Looks pretty interesting to me. Up is said to be Pixar’s most nontraditional film to date, and probably their best. Whether or not this will be Pixar’s greatest film will be decided next summer, but even if it isn’t, I have faith that Pixar will yet again deliver a film that surpasses the standard of current animated movies.
But wait! Did you guys see the new The Dark Knight trailer? It’s fantastictal! I can’t help but salivate in anticipation! Just thinking about seeing Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, and Aaron Eckhart duke it out in an awesome orgy of chaos and carnage and coolness makes my spine tingle with exhilaration.
But I’m faced with a dilemma: which one should I be more fanatical about? All my friends are wanting to see both, but they’ve begun to pick sides.
“Batman could own Iron Man.”
“No, he couldn’t! Iron Man has a frickin’ awesome suit.”
“Batman would just build a magnet and pwn with ease.”
“Iron Man has ceramic suits, you know…”
Stuff like that. And they want me to pick a side.
I don’t really want to. I want to like them both equally, at least until I see them both. I’m not much of a comic book geek at all, so if I picked a side, I’d have no idea what I was talking about and look like a poser. So it’d have to be a decision just based on the movies. Or, because I haven’t seen either movie, it’s going to be based on movie trailers.
But both are so awesome! Honestly, I think the Dark Knight trailers have more variety and cool scenes, but Iron Man isn’t far behind in awesomeness. And Iron Man has lived up to its trailer, apparently; it’s the best reviewed movie of 2008.
So what am I going to do? I hate being forced to choose sides! Why can’t we all just get along, friends? Why must we bicker about such trivial matters? Aren’t they both heroes? Are we not allowed to get equally excited about each of them?
Ahah! Here’s what I’m looking for:
Okay, so there we go. I don’t have to pick a side. If Batman and Iron Man are comfortable with being friends, I suppose I can be okay with loving both of the movies equally. Even if I haven’t seen them yet.
I’m constantly being reminded just how screwed up the human race is. For the smartest living things in the universe, we really are quite stupid. Not only are we stupid, we’re cruel, heartless jerks who will do anything for entertainment at the expense of others.
Today I’m particularly piqued at radio hosts.
I’m sure we all remember last year’s Wii Water-drinking contest. The levels of stupidity involved in this obtuse stunt is unfathomable. It’s one thing to promote asinine, dangerous forms of entertainment if you don’t know about its harmful effects (then you’re just ignorant, or dumb), but it’s another to continue to promote such behavior after being warned of the consequences (then you’re a douche).
A more recent example (the one that triggered this post), though not fatal, is as equally repulsive as the Wii incident. A couple of inane DJs promised a woman Kanye West tickets if she would convince her husband that their 9-year child did not belong to him. Great job, guys. Way to ruin a marriage.
Of course, it would be unfair to entirely blame DJs for either of these unfortunate circumstances. While I’m sad about the death of Jennifer Strange, and even sadder for her son (he won’t ever be able to experience the joy of a Wii), she deserves a Darwin award for her foolish actions. She should have known better. The couple with an inevitable divorce were both at fault–the wife shouldn’t have been so cruel, and the husband…indeed, the husband had some skeletons in his closet. Both the hosts and the people involved share the blame in each situation. Both sides were stupid. Like all of us, they were stupid.
Actually, I take that last sentence back. We’re not all stupid. Some of us have enough sense to think through our decisions and see their consequences. I hope that you are smart enough to discern your actions. Learn from the mistakes of others. Don’t be stupid. Don’t be a douchebag.
(Yeah, I intentionally left Imus out of this one. Jesse Jackson has enough spit flying Imus’s way for me to worry/care about him.)
To celebrate Diesel Sweetie’s 8th Anniversary, Richard Stevens will “be releasing his entire webcomic archive in ten volumes.” Released under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial license, the volumes will be available on volume per week for ten weeks, with a special art book released at the end of the ten weeks. Although the official date for this ingenious project’s beginning is tomorrow, March 12, Stevens has released the first volume of his work a day early.
I admire Richard Stevens for his willingness to distribute his artwork freely. This act of kindness serves as comfort to me during my current “copyright infringement crisis.” Creative Commons works wonders; it is my wish that everyone complies to the license and uses his works in ways that will both provide laughter to many and increase Stevens’s fame.
