Just a brief bit for today (he says knowing he may get a bit long winded)...
So...up until March 17th, 2005 I had a rule that has essentially never been broken before. If I start wathcing a movie, I must finish it. And with the exception of The Cat in the Hat where the DVD refused to play past a certain part (and I do thank G-d every day for that miraculously defective DVD from Netflix), I have always finished the movie...no matter how bad, boring, crappy or miserable it may be.
I have now officially ditched that rule. And we can all thank The Whole Ten Yards for being the straw that broke this camel's back.
I'm not gonna bother reviewing the 30 minutes I bothered to watch beyond saying this is easily one of the ten most useless things ever put on film (and I'm guessing the recently released Miss Congeniality 2 easily falls on that chart as well). It had no story, no humor and no purpose. So because of that (and perhaps I'm getting pickier as I get older and don't want to waste my time with things I'm not going to care much about), I have tossed this rule out the window. If I start watching a film and can't get through the first 30 minutes without wanting to gouge my eyes out with a knife, I will turn it off (or erase it from the TiVo or send it back to Netflix or use my new invention that will collectively erase the offending images from the memory of the human race).
I was going to write something on some recent events in the news, but quite frankly this week's episode of South Park did better justice to my opinion on the topic than I ever could here. That's kind of a sad statement in a number of ways, but I'll live with it. May Terri Schiavo finally rest in peace.
Also wanted to give you folks a quick update on a few things...
Update on the house:
Our Kitchen is now about 97% complete. It needs some paint, a backsplash and a few minor electrical tweaks and cosmetic bumps smoothed out...but it should be done by week's end. I hope to have at least a few photos up on our website within the next week (it's been crazy as usual).
Our master bathroom is a nice room we're currently using for storage. The room's sheetrocked, but the tub needs to be stabilized, we need countertops and the whole place needs to be tiled where we're putting tile (all the tile is here at least). The tile guys have been coming tomorrow for about two weeks now, but I've been assured once they do arrive it'll take about a week to finish everything up.
Our contractor was nice enough to send a cleaning crew on a Saturday to dust the whole house after four days of sanding and staining hardwood floors though. So he gets a few good points (though they don't make up for all the bad points which I'll detail at some later date).
Info on various shows:
Tash is part of the chorus in a wonderful production of Gilbert & Sullivan's The Sorcerer. It opened last night at New Canaan High School and was a lot of fun (except for the 25 minute "second intermission" due to a fire alarm). It has four more performances on April 2, 3, 8 & 9. Check out http://trouperslightopera.org for more info.
I'm also going to plug three shows featuring people we know either on stage or back stage...
The Pound Ridge Theater Company has Tale of the Allergist's Wife running now. Check out their website for more info.
Curtain Call in Stamford has The Wizard of Oz running through April. Here's their website for more info.
And lastly, Westport Community Theater has The Foreigner running for the next few weekends. Check out their website for more info.
And lastly lastly...don't forget I'm directing Book of Days which opens at the Darien Arts Center on May 6. More info will follow as we get closer.
Finally, lastly for today...sometime in the next week or two I will be reviewing the comic book adaptation of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. Why am I doing this you may ask? Well...with everything that's going on (mostly due to Malcolm's arrival), I have no clue when I'll actually see the finished film...and quite frankly, I stopped caring a good long while ago. I have no faith in George Lucas' story telling abilities anymore and I'm convinced that the "prequels" have pretty much drained the energy from the "sequels" at this point (so one of the most complex villains to ever grace a story had his origins as a whiny spoiled brat?? at least we know where his son gets it from in Episode IV). So I'd rather read a comic book which is adapted by writers & artists other than Lucas, than see his version right now (which will probably change in a few years when he redoes them all in 3D and decides that it's really Jar Jar who should become Darth Vader).
Anyway...there'll be plenty of spoiler warnings as I go along...but it will most likely be the last I ever have to say on the subject of Star Wars until I start auctioning off my childhood on eBay this summer as I get rid of a lot of old toys that I don't want my son to even know about. They've been tainted for me...I'm not sure I want him playing with them. He can have all my old DC Heroes when he's older (assuming that by the end of this year DC hasn't raped and murdered every B list character they have...but that's a whole other ball of wax for another time).
Be seeing you.
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