We're going old school tonight in the mj15 blog. By that, I mean a post that features more than one segment of my blog at one time. Since it's the final day of November, the usual "End of the Month" segment will be in a short while. But first, here's the long awaited return of "random thoughts" (by "long awaited," I mean, of course, seven days):
RANDOM THOUGHTS:
The following were on my mind between Monday, November 23rd and Monday, November 30th:
- Watched some old clips of the WWE (or the WWF as it was called back then) from 2000-2002. Man, I miss those days. Nothing in the WWE comes close to the greatness from then, like the wrestlers, the fueds or even the crowds.
- Damn you, Larry David! Thanks to your season 7 finale of "Curb Your Enthusiasm," you have me saying "having said that" in most of my conversations. I never used it in my life before the episode!
- Yay, the Bill Simmons in now un-suspended from his Twitter account! The national nightmare is officially over.
- "I Love You, Man" has more made-up language slang then a improvised Snoop Dogg song.
- How come everytime I watch Deion Sanders on NFL Network, he's always arguing with someone?
- Man, did the Thanksgiving games suck! Watching the turkey get roasted was more interesting then the 20+ game blowouts that were seen on Thursday. And, what sad is, is has been that way for year's now. Here's how I believe it should be fixed:
1. For the Lions games: instead of making them play against teams they're going to get blown out, make them play teams that are at their level or worse then them? Remember week 11's Lions game against the Browns? Freakin' classic! That's basically the only way people will stick around in the 4th quarter.
2. For the Cowboys games: Come on, the Raiders?! Did you really think they'd be good at this time of year? I don't think so. Of course, this isn't the first time it's been the case in which Dallas has had to play mediocre teams on Turkey Day. Last year, it was the Seahawks. The year before that, it was the Jets and the year before that it was the Bucs.
So, instead of having 'dem Cowboys face mediocre teams, how about scheduling them against good teams. For example, next year when their game will be on FOX, why not have them play against good teams like the Vikings or the Cardinals. Also, I wouldn't mind a divisional mathchup against either the Giants, the Eagles or the Redskins.
3. For the primetime game: Flex scheduling wouldn't hurt?
END OF THE MONTH:
It's that time of the year again. It's the time when another month of the year ends and another begins. But before that happens, here are some of the moments that will give the past 30 days a place in history (or not):
Stories of the Month:
- The Saddest: The Fort Hood Shooting
13 unnecessary and unwanted murders. Make you think about how bad our society really is.
- The Most Stereotypical: South Korean Woman Passes Drivers Test on 950th Try
I'm pretty sure you know why.
- The "Is This Really News?"-iest: Tiger Woods Injured in Minor Car Crash
It was a crash a few hundred yards from his house. It's not like he was charged for dogfighting or raping someone. Still, though, I think he should say something about it in some press conference, and not on his website.
- The Most Exciting: Chuck Season 3 Premieres on January 10th
It may not be the biggest news for you, but it is for me. I mean, "chuck" may not be the best show on television, but it's fun to watch, dammit! And I've missed watching it the past six or so months, so there.
Movie of the Month: Fantastic Mr. Fox
Best animated movie of the year and probably the best animated movie I've seen in years. Nearly everything about it was great, from the stop-motion animation to the directing by Wes Anderson to even the voice actors.
Revelation of the Month: Via one contributor to F My Life.com:
"I realized our generation will be remembered as the kids who liked sparkly vampires."
While that may not be entirely true (Harry Potter comes to mind) its is one way our generation will be remembered, which sucks,
Videos of the Month:
- The Funniest: "Beatles 3000"
Scottie Pippen, by far, was my favorite Beatle. Screw you, fans of Paul McKinzie!
- The Saddest: "Oprah Announcing The Date of Her Final Show"
No, don't cry Oprah! It is us who should be doing the crying! Just be strong. You're going to make it through the next two years!
- The Most Epic: "Muppets Bohemian Rhapsody"
I'm not sure how Freddie Mercury and the rest of Queen feel about it, but it's still one of the best things the Muppets have ever done. And they had their own primetime show!
Person of the Month: Summit Entertainment
Well, it looks like their gamble paid off when they purchased the movie rights of "Twilight" in April 2007 and then the rest of the series of books following in November 2008. As of now, their newest Twilight movie "New Moon" has made a whopping $432 million worldwide, including $140 million on opening weekend. Add the merchandising and companies using the brand to sell stuff (like Burger King) and they now have about $1 billion, and they're feeling good. Not bad for an independent movie studio that launched in 1996 and whose best movies before the "Twilight" series was "Step Up"
All right, so I guess that's it. Unlike last week, I will be back with more random thoughts on Thursday. And as always, the next "end of the month" will be whenever December is over.Until then, enjoy the first couple of days of December coming up.
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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