Thursday, January 24, 2013

One Year Ago Today

this is not a single speed carbon 29er: knolly free radical

this is a bike so badass they don't even really make it apparently.  the simplicity is alluring, and it makes all that noname chinese plastic garbage cry.



birth control for everyone!

it fine, just fine that the obama folks want to tweak the nutjobs over a non-issue like birth control, and if it gives some of his base a boehner, well that's fine, just fine, too.  a better bet would be to stand up for health care and family planning and women's rights as a matter of principle instead of as cute election year stunt.

state of the union tedium

barack obama, election year, and state of the union is a toxic slurry.  yeah, obama will throw out some faux-populist shit to torment john's boehner and his troglodyte pissboys, and future vice president-elect tom coburn will go on with the tee vee with his idiot compatriot dylan ratigan to talk about how much the 1% are persecuted and how much barack obama is killing america with his hard-right wing philosophy, and misshapen, evil troll hobbit gollum mitch daniels will deliver his glorious visions of a life fully jammed up the colon of the koch brothers and the coors family as an official rebuttal to obama's speech.  all of it is just a bit tiring at this point, though, when we should be blessed with better entertainment from our miserable lying and otherwise useless political class.




fluffers gotta fluff: we don't deserve him

pathetic.  the rock-ribbed idiot class that reinforces the democratic party establishment is a sad fucking sack.  this is the class of people who think they are paying attention, not the willfully ignorant medicare scooter-riding racist teabagger retards, and they are not at all capable of any sort of honest assessment of a president or policy or anything simply because their guy is in the whitehouse.  read the comments on that linked post.  these relentless obama fluffers are a phalanx of idiot warriors blocking the most basic human progress.

virag's movie reviews: bridesmaids (2011)

judd apatow is the jj abrams of comedy.  everything he touches turns to shit.  bridesmaids was simply not funny.  putting fart jokes on the screen with women is just as boring as it is with men.  apatow has never made, or been associated with, a funny movie; apparently he made his name off a lame tee vee rip-off of my so-called life.   only sookie melissa mccarthy had any idea of what comedy was supposed to be about; she took the shit and at least made an honest effort.  rose byrne was her usual self, but the script was as useless for her as for the rest.  the problem with any of the awful sketch 'actors' is that they have no idea how plot or storytelling flows.  they get used to giving assholes like lorne michaels a boehner in 2-minute spurts.  they have no business writing scripts or playing the leads in films, even if they're women.  that's not equality; it's spreading the garbage spewed by adam sandler and will ferrell to the other half of the untalented population. 

virag's movie reviews: the housemaid (2010, south korea)

the housemaid sat itself down on my dvr, and i gave it a shot knowing it would probably be a nice change of pace from lame canadian melodrama.  it is a wonderful, superbly-crafted absurdist black comedy.  the plot is fairly disjointed, but the extremely subtle acting and comic tone make the film fun.  given that it is a sub-titled film, the translation may be a bit less than ideal at times, so you count on the set-pieces to illuminate some of the comedy.  the portrayal of the family is hilarious, and the dialog is almost over the top at times.  even if the motivations are not always well-considered, the last scene is so gloriously funny that it makes you want to watch the film again and again.  plus, the two lead actresses are extraordinarily beautiful, and that's always a benefit as well.  great movie, lots of fun, very funny and keeps you interested to the last laugh.

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