Random Thoughts: 03/21/11- 03/29/11

(I think this is the same reaction that Dick Vitale felt)

RANDOM THOUGHTS:

Another year, another Kodak moment of a Kansas Jayhawks fan lamenting the failed dream of seeing his beloved college basketball team win the NCAA tournament. Last year, it was this little guy crying after seeing the #1 overall team of the nation in 2010 lose in the round of 32 to Northern Iowa. Yesterday, it was Matt Rissien, better known in many parts of the Internet as simply "Sad Jayhawk," who couldn't help but feeling a sense of anguish as his #1 seeded favorite team lost to a #11 seeded team from the Colonial Athletic Association in the Elite Eight. At this point, taking a picture of a Kansas fan crying has become a nice little tradition of the tournament, like last second buzzerbeaters, cinderellas, and the Big East showing itself to be overrated in the first two rounds. Can't wait to see which fan of the black and blue steps up to becoming the poster child of another Jayhawks upset loss twelve months from now.

Anyways...what was I going to get to? Oh, yes, the random thoughts! The following were on my mind between Monday, March 21st and Monday, March 28th:

- The NCAA tournament at its most parodied, ladies and gentlemen! For the first time since 2006 we have a tournament in which zeros #1 or #2 seeds advanced to the Final Four. Instead, we have a #3 seed, a #4 seed, #8 seeded Butler who did the improbable and actually advanced to the Final Four for the second year in a row despite not having the presence of last year's start point guard, Gordon Hayward, and, of course, #11 Virginia Commonwealth, who proved basically every major college basketball analyst wrong when they stated that they shouldn't have been part of the field of 68 in the first place by winning their play-in game with USC, win against Big East powerhouse Georgetown and Big Ten powerhouse Purdue over the first weekend, and then Florida State and Kansas last week. And the way things have been going in this tournament, we should see one of the most exciting conclusions in NCAA tournament history! Now, tell me again...why does Div. 1-FBS college football continue to remain obstinate with the BCS system?

- Cubs fans and Indians fans with some hope? The Phillies and Red Sox hype machine kicked into full gear? Teams telling the media that veteran players are looking healthier than ever? Mark Reynolds promising to limit himself to hit over .220? God, it's good to have the 2011 MLB season beginning this Thursday!

- Its amazing how many comedy films and TV shows tend to age dramatically overtime, more than any other art form it seems. Take "Rowan and Martin's Laugh In" for instance. I was watching their "best of" special on my local PBS station this past Saturday, hoping to see just what made this TV show the great American comedy program of the late '60s and early '70s. And don't get me wrong, I did get a few slight chuckles through the program, even having my jaw hanging from my mouth at times in amazement at how dead-on accurate some of Dan Rowan's "News of the Future" predictions were ("President Ronald Reagan," the Berlin Wall falling down in 1989). However, most the most part, I just found their humor to be more zany and absurd than funny. Most of the time, I kept thinking of what kind of drugs they were taking to pull off the program. And to think, this show was basically the "American Idol" of its time, ranked #1 in TV ratings from 1968-1970 (the Goldie Hawn years)! I wonder how long before some of today's great comedy TV programs like "Modern Family," "South Park" and "30 Rock" (especially the latter two, as much of their humor tends to revolve around topics and news stories during the time their episodes were made) will join "Laugh In" as these TV shows that future generations will watch and ask themselves "this is what was considered funny?"

- Stacey King (Chicago Bulls TV color analyst) is like the John Madden to Derrick Rose's Brett Favre. The only difference is I'm actually not annoyed by King's verbal fellatios.

- Damn you, TV gods! Just when you announce that "Fringe" is going to be renewed for another season you tell me that "Lights Out" is going to get canceled after the completion of their final two episodes! Why must thou be'ist so mischievous!

-What a great week it was for the big four NBC comedies! It was just one of those weeks where each show seemed to bring their A game into one two hour span, either by going the ambitious direction like "Community," returning to the aspects of the show that has really worked for them earlier like "30 Rock," or, in the case of "The Office," airing one of their best episodes this season and in the show's history. It was one of those weeks where you realize that this power ranking idea is even more pointless than it already is. So, let's get straight into the power rankings so I can give each show lengthier praises:
1. "Community"- "Critical Film Studies" (40 points)
This was one of those episodes where it made you glad as a fan of this show that NBC renewed it for a third season. Was it hilarious from start to finish? No. In fact, it was a continuation of what the show has done for the majority of season two, which is trying to introduce bold new areas of telling stories and further creating character development. However, what it lacked in gut-busting hilarity it made up for it with sentimentality, poignancy, a great twist in revealing which movie was the actual one being given a tribute of, wonderful "Pulp Fiction" attire, and stellar acting from both Joel McHale and Danny Pudi.
2. "The Office"- "Garage Sale" (35 points)
And so, we finally have the Michael Scott leaving Scranton storyline set. (Spoiler) Michael is going to marry Holly, and will go ahead and move to Holly's home in Colorado where she will take care of their mentally deteriorating father. (End spoiler). And with this announcement, this show also gave us a really sweet episode to boot. Sure, the proposal seemed to be to much (and too inconceivable) depending on how you'd like to look at it, but almost everything else clicked. Carell was exceptional (proving once again why he finally should get that Emmy this summer), both the A-plot and B-plot clicked, and it overall seemed like an episode of, well, "The Office," or at least the ones that I (and millions of others) watched and made us love the show in its early days.
3 (tie). "30 Rock"- "Plan B" (30 points)
Overall, I found this episode to be the best one of the four in terms of laughs. Will Arnett was great one again in his return as the cartoonish Devin Banks, and Baldwin's Jack Donaghy proved to be a great nemesis (as always). Also, the plot involved the happenings of "TGS" and NBC under their new Kabletown leadership (a gold mine for the show's writers), so of course it was going to be one of their better episodes.
3 (tie). "Parks and Recreations"- "Camping" (30 points)
It wasn't so much that this episode is bad. In fact, I found this episode as a whole to be very enjoyable and, obviously, very funny (the line about the beautiful red skyline in Pawnee was one of my favorites of the night and Ron Swanson has now gotten to a point where everything he does seems to make me laugh). On most weeks, this episode would have gotten at least a 35. But, as mentioned earlier, this was a hell of a good Thursday night, and...well, I felt that "The Office" and "Community" ended up having better episodes in the end. Again, don't take this too personally, people who loved this episode. These rankings are too subjective and unscientific for you to get too riled up about it.

The new tally:
1. "Parks and Recreations"- 260 points
2. "Community"- 230 points
3. "The Office"- 205 points
4. "30 Rock"- 195 points
No new episodes for either one of these shows until April 14th for some reason. Until then...I don't know, read a book or something. Go outside. Watch "Dora the Explorer." Just be well prepared for the returns when they do happen.

And...that'll do it! Sorry to the four or five of you who were patiently waiting for this to get published, only to realize that you had to wait another full 24 hours. I guess you could call it a preview of next week in that I will also post the newest installment on a Tuesday night for reasons that will either be explained or become evident later on this week. Now, go enjoy the workweek, why don't ya!

Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15




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End of the Week: 03/20/11- 03/26/11

END OF THE WEEK:

Hello, again! I hope that you have enjoyed your weekend so far. Now, let's get right down to business. With a new week passing like this one brings a new slate of interesting stories and memorable moments (good or bad) to remember it by. Here are my choices for those types of occurrences of this, the twelve week of the 2011 calendar:

Death of the Week: Elizabeth Taylor
Winner of two Academy Awards for her performances in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and "BUtterfield 8" as well as a sensation among media tabloids for her intriguing and scandalous personal life before her death this past Wednesday, Taylor was one of the few remaining great actresses of Hollwyood's "golden age," and definitely one of the most gorgeous women to ever grace herself as the leading actress in a motion picture. She will be missed.

"Friday" Parody of the Week: The Cover by Matt Mulholland
Who knew that such a horrible and incredibly generic pop song could become such a comedic goldmine!



Stories of the Week:
-The Actual Story of the Week: US Fighter Jet Crashes During Libya Mission
-The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: Chris Brown Has Meltdown on 'Good Morning America' After Question About the Rihanna Incident
I wonder if police had to register the set of Brown's new girlfriend.

Video of the Week: "Crazy Announcer Calls Craziest End to Basketball Game"
This video, along with the FIFA World Cup games on Univision and Telemundo, just further prove my theory: that Spanish announcers are like the international Gus Johnson.



Strange Twist of the Week: The writer of Elizabeth Taylor's obituary on The New York Times died six years ago. Now, that's someone who is dedicated to his job!

Person of the Week: Chris Brown
for reminding most of America (particularly American women) just why they have hated him for the past 25 months. For starters, it's one thing to throw a violent tantrum on a nationwide morning TV program, and it's another to do it at a time when you're trying to prove to the world that you're cutting down on the violent and immature behavior that made you the world's most hated man after beating Rihanna following the 2009 Grammys. Newsflash: incidents like these aren't good publicity. Second, it kind of ruins the point of saying that you're past that Rihanna incident when, a few minutes after he stated it during the interview, he went on the stage-smashing, shirt ripping tirade that has been all over the tabloids this week.

I would kind of compare Brown in a way to Michael Vick. Both were arrested for crimes that are deemed socially unacceptable and both were hated for it. The difference, of course, is that, unlike Brown, Vick has admitted his mistakes and has made an effort to improve his image. Since February of '09, besides going to anger management classes, Brown has treated is as no big deal at all and just a little slip on his road in stardom. Man, he's an asshole! He's like Charlie Sheen, only without the crazy cocaine-fused media interviews, quotable moments and pornstar "goddesses."

And that's the way it was! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, everyone!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15




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Random Thoughts: 03/14/11- 03/21/11

RANDOM THOUGHTS:

The following were on my mind between Monday, March 14th and Monday, March 21st:

-I think we can now all agree that the Big East basketball conference is by far the most overrated conference in basketball. They entered the tournament with eleven teams, but now are only left with two (UConn and the surprising Marquette). That's the same amount that the city of Richmond, Virginia has in the sweet sixteen (Richmond and Virginia Commonwealth)! Speaking of VCU, if there's any Cinderella team that you do not want to be facing at this point, it has to be them. In the past two weeks, they have come one win from winning the CAA tournament, and have won tournament games against a Pac-10 team, a respected Big East team and a Big Ten powerhouse. I wonder how many times coach Shaka Smart (awesome name) played the clip of Jay Bilas piling on them for making it to the field of 68 instead of Colorado and Alabama to motivate them to play this well?

- If the golden snitch is worth 150 points, then why don't both Quidditch teams play simply to retrieve that thing instead of wasting time with those other flying balls?
/guess what I watch this weekend?

- It's March 21st, 2011, scientists! Where is that damn flying car and cleaning robot with one wheel as legs that Hollywood and Hannah-Barbara promised me?

- Yup, sounds like a Scranton girl, all right. (http://jalopnik.com/#!5784098/this-woman-crashed-a-car-with-54-bags-of-heroin-in-her-vagina)

- First the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup, then the Bears win the NFC North and come within one game from the Super Bowl, and now the Cubs and White Sox are coming back in less than two weeks with the Bulls (led by sure-fire MVP Derrick Rose) holding the first seed in the NBA's eastern conference and looking like favorites to win it all later this spring. Life is pretty good so far for a Chicago sports fan. Not Boston '07-'08 good, but enjoyable nonetheless.

-And now, the moment that I'm sure all of you have been waiting for...the return of the NBC Thursday night comedies power rankings! Yes, after two weeks off most of the big four came back last week with an all new episode. Now, I say most because it was every comedy but "The Office" that premiered a new episode. So, in this instance, I've decided to adjust the points system a bit. Under these circumstances, instead of the point scale ranging from 40 to 10 points, I've decided to make it between 30 to 10 points, since all four shows didn't air this week. And for every show that doesn't air a new episode, I will give their BYE week 5 points, in order to not make that show fall behind from the pack and because I feel they deserve it for bringing laughter to millions of American families over the years. So, let's begin:

1. "Parks and Recreations"- "Harvest Festival" (30 points)
It had everything you could possibly want in a great "Parks and Rec." episode: big laughs, good to great moments from all main members of the cast, the use of the goldmine that is the residents and news media, and a little horse that even made Ron Swanson act like an excited schoolgirl. It's the best episode that the show has had this season (with "Ron and Tammy: Part II" and "The Flu" rounding out the top three) and it's certainly right up there with its other all-timers.

2 (tie). "30 Rock"- "Queen of Jordan" (15 points)
I've never watched one full hour of any Bravo reality show outside of "Top Chef" and I still found this episode to be pretty hilarious. The Jack being misunderstood as gay B-plot particularly had me in stitches! My one little quibble was the Frank reuniting with his sex offending teacher plot. After all, if the show is about Angie's life, why would they show an episode involving two characters that were probably never seen on "Queen of Jordan" before? But I digress.

2 (tie). "Community"- "Custody Law and Eastern European Diplomacy" (15 points)
Not a great episode, but still a very enjoyable half-hour of television. The "Custody Law" half of the episode was a bit up and down at times, but I really enjoyed the "Eastern European Diplomacy" half with Britta-Abed-Troy and Enver Gjokah guest starring as Luka, the Eastern European with a dark, gory past. Honestly, it was one of the best episodes that Britta was ever involved in as a centerpiece.

My season tally thus far through seven weeks (including the automatic five points to "The Office" explained earlier):
1. "Parks and Recreations"- 230 points
2. "Community"- 190 points
3. "The Office"- 170 points
4. "30 Rock"- 165 points
So after being five points away from either being tied with "Community" for the top spot, "Parks and Recreations" has ran away in the last two weeks of this feature, with its lead now increased by three. Also, after being last by as much as thirty, "30 Rock" has rebounded over the past two weeks to get within "The Office" in the battle for third. Now, as you probably know, great news came this past St. Patrick's Day when it was announced that NBC officially renewed "The Office" (for their 1st post-Steve Carell season), "Community" and "Parks and Recreations" for another year on television, which now means that all of the four comedies on the list will thankfully be back again in 2011-2012 ("30 Rock" was renewed back in November). Everything seems to be right in the world (or at least in the TV universe). And, it also means that I will get to do the power rankings again beginning this fall! Yay, rankings!

More random thoughts to come next Monday! In the meantime, enjoy the first week of spring!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15




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End of the Week: 03/13/11- 03/19/11

END OF THE WEEK:

Happy Saturday, gang! Granted, it's not the same as Friday, where you get to have fun, party, cruise on the highway so fast that it makes you want time to fly and have to decide whether to kick it in the front or the back seat. Still, I think we can all agree that it's just as good. Anyways, we have quite a few things to get to in today's post. There's, of course, the latest this week in Japan and Libya. Also, with the Charlie Sheen media blitzkrieg temporarily over, the Internet has now focused its attention on two people that have become famous for no reason except for the fact that they sucked, and the ultimate anti-bullying PSA message. All this (and more) to talk about, so let's get straight into it, shall we? As always, here are some of the premiere moments, both good and bad, to occur during the 12th week of 2011:

Picture of the Week: While the first round of America's greatest tournament wasn't filled with the same amount of terrific games, buzzer beaters and stunning upsets as last year's first round featured, it was still full of moments that reinforced its grand mystic. On Thursday and Friday, eight games were one possession contests. Four of those games were decided on last second shots, one was decided on a crucial block, and one was decided with a powerful exclamation point dunk at the end by a team that had previously been down by ten (with the voice of Gus Johnson calling it, by the way). There were also quite a few upsets as well, with #10 seed Florida State beating #7 seed Texas A&M, three #11 seeds (VCU, the first play-in game winner to ever win a match in the round of 64, Gonzaga and Marquette) beating their #6 seed opponent, and a #12 seed (A-10 conference champion Richmond) defeating #5 seed Vanderbilt. Still, none of those upsets were as surprising as seeing #13 seed Morehead State from the Ohio Valley Conference (a team that also advance to the round of 32 last year with the same seed) defeating Rick Pitino's #4 seeded Louisville Cardinals 62-61 on a clutch last second three pointer. As you can see, Pitino was not happy about how his team handled an opponent that they should have beaten. Or the Louisville mascot...















Parody of the Week: Rebecca Black's "Friday" as Performed by Bob Dylan
The highlight of was will officially go down in Internet history as the Rebecca Black meme week. Black, for those of you reading who haven't heard or (for you future readers) can't remember, had a music video of hers uploaded to YouTube last month called "Friday," an awful pop song with bad lyrics, a generic melody and auto-tune that continues to be the bane of my existence. But if there's anything that we have learned from the Internet over the years, is that bad usually equals success. Because of its awfulness, the song has reached over 20 million hits and counting. And this video, with a guy singing it as if it were Bob Dylan playing it, is the best video to make fun of it this week. Even the comments on ts YouTube page are pretty clever.



Fun fact: the line where she talks about getting fresh is actually a metaphor for impeaching Lyndon B. Johnson.

Video of the Week: "Emerson- Mommy's Nose is Scary"
There are a few things I know for certain will never fail: Tyler Perry's fanbase among African Americans, betting against the Georgetown Hoyas in the NCAA tournament, going to war against France and a baby doing something cute that doesn't become an enjoyable viral video.



Stories of the Week:
-The Actual Story of the Week: U.N. Security Council Issues No-Fly Zone in Libya
It's about damn time.
- The Other Actual Story of the Week: The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant Crisis
God bless those 50 workers and scientists trying to stop it as best as they can.
-The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: Gilbert Gottfried Fired As Voice of Aflac Duck After Japanese Earthquake Comments
Oh, no! Now who will scream the company's name at our television set with their irritating voice!

Death of the Week: Nate Dogg
The man helped revolutionize the sound of West Coast rap while also becoming one of the most prolific hip-hop names of the 1990s. Such a shame that he had to die at such a young age (41).

Person of the Week: Teenager Casey Heynes
for introducing himself this week as the new poster child of anti-bullying after an awesome takedown of someone younger than him instigating him into a Zagiefed-esque combat move. Obviously, the thing to do in this situation woudl be to congratulate the boy on a job well done. After all, in a cruel world where bullies run rampant in countless elementary schools all over the globe, its nice to see at least one snot-nosed kid (even if he's four year younger than the bullied) get what he deserve? Was there a risk of the 12 year old bully getting a massive head injury. Probably, but what's the difference between that and the possible psychological and physical damage that Casey would have received if he had let the bully continue. I think I can safely say that we (especially those like myself who are working in the Internet) are all Casey, and that no matter what happens when you return to school after your unnecessary four week suspension ends, just know that the entire world is on your side.



And that's the way it is! As always, enjoy the rest of your weekend, everyone.
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15




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Random Thoughts: 03/07/11- 03/14/11

RANDOM THOUGHTS:

The following were on my mind between Monday, March 7th and Monday, March 14th:

-Count me in among those groups of people who aren't fans of this new 68 team NCAA tournament system. Don't get me wrong, I would rather have this tournament system than the 96 team tourney that was proposed (and almost would've gone down had CBS and Turner Sports not made that $10.8 billion deal last Spring). And yes, I do understand that this is just three additional games. But at the same time, as one of the millions of Americans who fill out their brackets every March, I hate it for the additional annoyances that it brings. For starters, most websites that let you fill out online brackets don't even bother having you select the winner of those games, which doesn't make sense since there is a great possibility that the winner of USC/VCU and UAB/Clemson will win their second round game (after all, #11 and #12 seeds seem to advance over the #5 and #6 all the time). Second, say your bracket allows you to pick the winner of those games. Whereas previously you can just ignore the one play-in game and just care about the match-ups at hand, turning in your office or work bracket anytime before Thursday afternoon, now it seems that Thursday morning can be the only time for you to turn it in, since you now have to factor in the two games to be played on Wednesday. Also, stop calling the four games Tuesday and Wednesdays "first round" games and the Thursday-Friday games the "second round." The "First Four," are nothing but a bunch of play-in games, plain and simple.

Ah who am I kidding! I'm still going to watch those dumb Tuesday-Wednesday games anyway.

- Mel Gibson should take lessons from Charlie Sheen. Instead of showing that you're crazy through anti-Semetic rants and abusive phone calls to your girlfriend, do it in a way that isn't mean and instead make sure the crazy is drug-influenced with yourself being in control of the media's coverage of yourself. I'm pretty sure that had he taken that route, then he would've been much more beloved than he is now.

- What a world we live in where we can start the engines to our cars while sitting on a toilet seat!

- As a Roman Catholic who actively goes to church on Sundays and on big holidays, it really ticks me off to see these "Christians" who never show up to mass except during the three holidays of the year where you can show off your supposed Catholicism to the world: Easter, Ash Wednesday, and Christmas. All they do is just clog up the seats. Newsflash, people, suddenly showing up to have the priest put ash on your face won't send you to heaven! If you're not going to show up most of the time, at least have the decency to start doing it during normal masses and church services.

- I gotta admit, I'm a little surprised at "American Idol." When Simon Cowell left, I thought that they were finally going to start struggling in the ratings and even drop off in quality. But so far, I must say that Randy Jackson along with new judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler have been holding up pretty well together. They're certainly not repeat of the Kara DioGuardi-Ellen Degeneres experiment from last year, that's for sure. Now it's time to see how they will hold up as the finals roll along.
/Yes, I watch "American Idol" from time-to-time. Stop mocking me!

- Quick thought on Sheen's Korner, since this website has apparently this blog has made it an obligation to talk about Sheen twice a post: I can't tell if the man is trying to be serious, sarcastic, funny or the best damn Gary Busey impersonator alive. Whatever it is, the finished product is still really, really messed up.

-These Inside Edition promos have been pretty ridiculous as of late: "Coming up-the tragic earthquake in Japan, how this affects Charlie Sheen and was it his warlock mind that caused it. Also, the latest on Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and her latest fashion faux pas. Plus, a monkey urinating in his mouth? IN PUBLIC?!?! Stay tuned!"

And...that's it for now. See you next Monday!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15




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End of the Week: 03/06/11- 03/12/11

END OF THE WEEK:

Another week, another batch full o' memories, both good and (in this week's case) horrifying. Here, as always, is my usual week in review to sum it all up:

Announcing Call of the Week: Isaiah Thomas's Game Winning Shot in the Washington-Arizona Pac-10 Title Game, by Gus Johnson
I think that we can officially add this call into the collection.



Stories of the Week:
-The Actual Story of the Week (Besides the Chaos in Libya): An 8.9 Magnitude Earthquake Devastates Japan
This is just plain sad. First a huge earthquake, the largest in the nation's recorded history, and then a terrifying tsunami that wiped out miles of land with polluted water. Over 1,000 have been reported dead, with a death toll expected to be around 10,000. Thousands have lost their homes, public transportation and everyday life in the city's most devastated by the earthquake (including Tokyo) stopped, and one of their nuclear plants have melted down, with another meltdown expected with its temperatures failing to lower (causing over 200,000 to evacuate the area). The good news is that the country has been long prepared for an earthquake, so its devastation on the country's major buildings and residential areas wasn't as bad as in Haiti a year ago. Of course, life goes on, so the only thing left for the nation to do now is to rebuild, and for others to donated their help and aid in its rebuilding effort. I repeat, just tragic.
- The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: Charlie Sheen Fired From "Two and a Half Men"; Sues CBS and Chuck Lorre for $100 Million
Well, look who's #winning now, says the CBS executives and every lesser comedians looking for a laugh.

Mugshot of the Week: 21 Yr. Old David C. Davis After Interrupting Haircut to Stab Someone With Scissors.
Half Dr. Jekyll, half Andre 3000.















Video of the Week: Clips of the Earthquake/Tsunami/Nuclear Power Plant Explosion in Japan Friday.
Incredible, yet surreal at the same time. It's Mother Nature at her most destructive hour yet this year.











Person of the Week: Wisconsin governor Scott Walker
Well, he did it. It took him a few weeks and a few sly political moves to get the Republicans in the State
Senate and the State Assembly to finally put his controversial law into voting, but Gov. Walker's infamous anti-union bill was finally passed 18-1 this past Wednesday, officially giving the state's public workers zero collective bargaining rights. How did the bill get into law, you asked? By having the Republicans Senators removing elements of the bill that would allow them to vote on the bill without teh required twenty politicians needed. So, there you go. All those protests, all the uproar, all the drama, all the Senators fleeing, all the people in the State Capitol...all didn't matter in the end because, like it or not, it was Walker that came out as the victor (finally) in the end. In your face, teachers! You knew your greediness wouldn't prevail in the end! No go back to work, you un-American socialists before Walker takes your entire pension, too!

And that's the way it is! Enjoy the remaining moments of the weekend that you have. And, please, do you part in aiding those people devastated by the earthquake/tsunami in Japan, whether it's a simple donation or at least making sure to have them in your mind.

Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15




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Here, At Last, Is February's End of the Month ft. The Middle East, Charlie Sheen, and an Epic News Burn

First, I want to sincerely apologize to those of you who have been waiting for this to get posted, only to have to wait until the 10th day of March to do so rather than much earlier. I myself know that I have been a bit of a dirtbag for doing so, and for that I'm sorry. But, let's put that bitterness aside, shall we? After all, you wanted this done and now I finally have it in reading form. So, without further interruption, here are my (extremely late) choices of the best and the worst from February 2011, with a few March-related contents and thoughts added into it:

END OF THE MONTH:

Memes of the Month: "Who is Arcade Fire?" and "Hipster Ariel"
February was quite a decent month in the Internet department, as it usually is during this time of year. Two of the latest Internet sensations that stuck out to me, however, had something to do with hipster and the longtime mockery of it. The first was introduced right after Arcade Fire, a very good and uber-hipstery alternative rock band, defeated some big names like Eminem and Lady Gaga to win the award's coveted Album of the Year for 2010. Because they were the most lesser known of the Album of the Year nominees, it resulted in a surprise reaction from the majority of Americans hearing or watching this unfold, tilting up the Twitterspehere, bloggersphere and Facebook in the process with messages from celebrities to casual music fans alike simply asking just what the hell an Arcade Fire is and why something I never heard of won. Tumblr and the AV Club, among others, have posted Twitter posts during the hours and days following the surprising victory, which range from the hilarious to the just plain nasty.

The second meme of the month came a few days before Arcade Fire's sudden recognition. Although making fun of hipster is about as played out as Rex Ryan's foot fetish jokes, the Tumblr website Hipster Ariel managed to make the mocking fun again by adding the stereotypical hipster glasses to an image of the Disney princess looking very serious, and then letting the world add in stereotypical things thoughts in the caption. Its success (Internet success, that is) has now expanded to include many other Disney princesses from Snow White to Pocahontas to even Rapunzel. The meme is currently in minute 14:59, but at least they were able to make their usage of irony and feeling more holier than us funny one more time.

Commercial of the Month: Volkswagen's "The Force"
This ad was, by far, was one of the three best commercials to air during this year's Super Bowl. The ad has nothing to do with the car whatsoever other than the fact that you can lock your car from the inside of a house, but it easily makes up for it with entertainment and cuteness. But then again, I am a big "Star Wars" fans, and any commercial with a kid wearing a Darth Vader costume does seem to win me over easily, so I may be a little biased.



Stories of the Month:
- The Most Revolutionary: Hosni Mubarak Steps Down as President/Dictator of Egypt
See, Gaddafi? This is how you step down from your longtime reign as the supreme ruler of a country! Not by the murder of thousands of people and a possible Civil War outbreak, but with only a few injuries and a symbolic waving of the white flag after many days of protesting.
- The Most Union-Tastic: Thousands Gather in Wisconsin State Capital To Protest State Bill Outlawing Collective Bargaining for Public Workers
Apparently the Packers Super Bowl XLV victory could not calm down the frustrations of Wisconsinites, even for a tad.
- The Bloodiest: The "Friendly Fire" Fighting in Libya
There's really not much left to be said about this. Let's hope that this ends real quickly.
-The Most Pun-tastic: The Hary Baals Building Story
Fort Wayne, Indiana is like the Moe Syzlak of America. I'm surprised that Amanda Huggankiss wasn't on the ballot as well.
- The Story That Began The Wackiness Soon to Come: Charlie Sheen Goes on Rant Against Chuck Lorre and CBS, Halts Production of "Two and a Half Men"
That's our Charlie! I swear, the man could strangle one of his goddesses on live television and people would still love him.
- The Most Scandalous: NY Rep. Christopher Lee Resigns After Photos of Him Trying to Woo Women Through Craigslist Becomes Identified on Gawker
So, the guy resigns after photos of him shirtless are found on the Internet, and yet Larry Craig is still in office despite having gay sex in a public bathroom. The rules of when or when not to resign in Congress becomes even more confusing by the day.
- The Most Intriguing Consumer Deal: Alabama Sex Shops Swaps Guns for Sex Toys
This takes the word "make love, not war" into a new level.
- The Biggest Blockbuster: Carmelo Anthony Finally Traded From Denver to the New York Knicks
Just what the team needs, more players who can't defend. Seriously, though, it was a very good trade for the Knicks, and for the Nuggets as well. The Knicks finally have the superstar player that they have always wanted, while the Nuggets finally have that "Will they, won't they?" distraction off their back.

Computer of the Month: IBM's "Watson"
for crushing his two main competitors on an episode of "Jeopardy," and for introducing the world just how influential of a device that it can be. And even though that this is probably the first signal towards the rise of the machines and the total takedown of human civilization as we know it (watch the "Terminator" series if you don't believe me!), I am still very optimistic of the possibilities of this machine.

Trainwreck of the Month: The 83rd Annual Academy Awards, hosted by Anne Hathaway and James Franco
Maybe David Letterman wasn't that bad of a host after all.

Snowstorm of the Month: The So-Called "Blizzard of 2011"
If you want to read and see my first hand account, click here and it will transfer you to last month's installment of End of the Month where I discussed in deatil about the main stories and impact of the storm not just in the city of Chicago where the storm hit the hardest, but all across the country as well. It's been over a month since the storm ended, and I still see some parts around my neighborhood with a few inches of that snowstorm left, all frozen and ready for spring to come and melt it away for good. Now that, my friends, is a blizzard!

Videos of the Month:
- The Best Little Feminist: "5 Yr. Old Needs a Job Before Getting Married"
And that little girl grew up to be..the white Beyonce Knowles.



- The Most Parody Friendly: "Radiohead- Lotus Flower"
Because the music video of the song simply consists of singer Thom Yorke dancing unusually and awkwardly, it has inspired a great amount of parody videos, from one in which he is dancing to "All the Single Ladies" to one in which he dances at the pace of the Benny Hill theme song, and many more. While posting a slideshow of these parody videos, the website Gamma Squad put it really nicely when they simply pointed to these parody videos as a reason "Why the Internet Was Invented." Personally, I couldn't have said it any better myself.



- The Most Dramatic: Justin Bieber Getting Shot to Death on "CSI"
Now it's time for the dead to listen to the man's mediocre music first hand.



- The Best Live-Action Adaptation: "Real Life Mario Kart!"
God bless these men.



- The Best Introduction of Their Talent: "LADY GAGA- Born This Way (Cover)"
It's official: with Grayson Michael Chance and now this girl, Lady Gaga songs have now officially become the golden ticket for young and aspiring singers to make their mark on the world.



- The Best Insult: "An Awkward Moment"
Oh, the things I would do to try to see the additional footage of the guy's reaction! He probably just took it and acted like a true professional, but I still want to see some proof!



- The Most Crowd Pleasing: "Blake Griffin Dunks Over a Car During the 2011 NBA Al-Star Slam Dunk Contest"
If you ever needed evidence to show that the NBA fixed the contest from the beginning by having Griffin win it, this was it.



- The Best Solution to the Great CBS Dilemma: "Two and a Half Men Leaked Finale"
Now I completely understand why he said that he's "a bitchin' rock star from Mars" last week.



People of the Month: (tie) Hosni Mubarak and Muammar Gaddafi
Two men, both beginning the month of February as dictators of a large north African nation, now ending it on two completely different notes despite going through similar circumstances. The first one, Mubarak, finally stepped down as President of Egypt for over 35 years after failing to stop the growth of his country's massive protests against him and his regime. The second, Gaddafi, too had himself a string of protests and riots in his country and him and his regime during the past month (only his didn't start until days after the Egyptian uprising ended). However, unlike Mubarak, Gaddafi has ended the month still not giving up to the growing anti-Gaddafi fighters, urging his supporters and armed soldiers to end it by any means necessarily, whether through violent beatings or by gunning them down. Criticize Mubarak all you want, but at least he never killed thousands of people during his fall from grace.

Things have gotten so bad that the country of Libya is inching ever more closer to the break of a Civil War. However, there are some good news afoot. As of March 7th, reports have been emerging through various worldwide media outlets that Gaddafi is, in fact, negotiating his exile from the country and his exit as its dictator. In other words, there's a good chance that this man could add one more similarity between him and Mubarak very soon, in that both dominated the world headlines in headlines with their stubbornness to leave their office only to resign and complete the uprisings of their country's revolutionaries. Until then, however, we are only left with the sights and the sounds of these two men and their nations during the month of February, along with those of the protests in Bahrain, Yemen, Jordan and Iran and reminders of how this generation of Middle Easterners and Northern Africans have changed the outlook in many parts of the world more and more in ways that we haven't seen in years, even decades.

And that's the way it was! Happy now? That's good. See you again this weekend!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15




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Random Thoughts: 03/03/11- 03/07/11

RANDOM THOUGHTS:

Welcome back! The following were on my mind between Thursday, March 3rd and Monday, March 7th:

- Remember back in the beginning of the NBA season when one of the big questions heading into the 2010-11 Miami Heat season was which of the members of the team would be the leader and who would take the last shot of the game when it counts? Well, five months and a now six game losing streak later, I think the bigger question isn't whether who will take the last shot but whether someone can ever make them. This season, the team (despite the presence of the Big Three) is a combined 1 for 16 for attempting either a game leading or game tying basket in the final ten seconds of the game.Add on to the news that the losing streak has become such an emotional toll that coach Erik Spoelstra told the press that some players cried in the locker room, and you have yourself a team that is not having a good start to the NBA's second half of the season.

-It's not totally wrong to feel really good about the possibility of my favorite basketball team, the Chicago Bulls, going as far as the Eastern Conference Finals, is it? After all, Derrick Rose is playing like the NBA's MVP at this point (which he is), all of the other major players including Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah are healthy and finally playing together after the team had an injury-ridden first half, Luol Deng is finally playing like the guy that John Paxson hoped he would when he refused to trade him in many potential blockbuster deals since 2006, they're playing one of the best defenses in the league, and Tom Thibodeau is the frontrunner for Coach of the Year. Furthermore, with the way that the playoff picture is shaping up in the East, you have the Bulls playing either Philadelphia or the winner in the Indiana/Charlotte race for the 8th seed in the first round (which shouldn't be hard for a team as talented as Chicago) and a second round matchup against either Miami or New York in the second round (Chicago has swept the Heat this season, but the Knicks have beaten the Bulls head-to-head, which would make them the hardest possible opponent in the first two rounds of the playoffs), so a late May matchup with the Celtics or Magic seems pretty likely.

- I don't care if Starz only aired a sneak preview of the pilot episode with the actual premiere date set for next month, "Camelot" is still one of the worst shows that I've seen in the past year. Just atrocious on all fronts, from the bad writing to the poor acting. To me, it made "The Event" look like "Lost."

- Dear NBA,
If you're going to go with the Hispanic theme on the team uniforms, shouldn't you at least do something others than add "Los" or "El" in the beginning of the team names. I'm sure the Spanish have their own word for "Heat," "Spurs" or "Bulls" in their dictionary, and I don't think that Americans watching the game will be confused as to which team they are watching thanks to the help of their recognizable uniforms and scoreboard with the team abbreviations on the top or bottom of the screen.

- Call me a unloyal fan if you would like, but this is the first time in the show's four season history that I would actually be okay with NBC finally deciding to give "Chuck" the boot. After all, the ratings are at the weakest that they have ever been and are only going to go down even farther. Also, unlike the previous two seasons where I so desired to see NBC renew the show just so that I can see more from the life of Chuck Bartowski, I feel now that the show's creators and writers have done all that they can with the plot creatively, with Sarah and Chuck now ready to get married and Casey possibly thinking of taking the offer from another spy association among other things. Of course, that is unless the show's creators and writing staff feel that they want to have a Sarah gets pregnant story-arc or an episode in which a beloved character (possibly Casey or Morgan) get's killed, but I find that really unlikely. Besides, they have had two consecutive seasons that were set to only have 13 episodes, only to have that order extended because of the failure of the other NBC dramas, so it's kind of like the show has had 7 seasons at this point instead of four.

- With there being no NBC Comedy power rankings to run this week, and since it's been nearly four months since I last ran this feature, I think that it's about time for me to use my list-making hobby for good and introduce the newest installment of the TV Top Ten, where I make a rankings of my ten favorite scripted TV shows at the present time. Without further ado, let's get right into in...
10. (tie) "The Simpsons" (still #10)
10. (tie) "The Colbert Report" (position previously held by "Conan" and "30 for 30")
9. "American Dad" (position previously held by "Modern Family")
8. "The Chicago Code" (position previously held by "South Park")
7. "Lights Out" (position previously held by "Fringe")
6. "30 Rock" (down from #2, position previously held by "The Walking Dead")
5. "The Office" (position previously held by "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia")
4. "Fringe" (up from #7, position previously held by "Boardwalk Empire")
3. "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" (still #3)
2. "Community" (down from #1, position previously held by "30 Rock")
1. "Parks and Recreations" (position previously held by "Community")

Up from Last List (December 2010): "Parks and Recreations," "The Colbert Report," "American Dad," "The Chicago Code," "The Office," "Lights Out," "Fringe."
Down from Last List (December 2010): "Community," "30 Rock," "Boardwalk Empire," "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," "The Walking Dead," "Modern Family," "South Park," "Conan," "30 for 30."
New From Last List (December 2010): "The Colbert Report," "American Dad," "Parks and Recreations," "The Chicago Code," "Lights Out," "The Office."
Just Barely Missed List: "Bob's Burgers," "Chuck," "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," "Real Time with Bill Maher," "Conan," "Tosh.O."

Other thoughts:
a. If you are a regular reader of this site over the past month and a half (in which I then ask the question "Are you crazy?"), then the order of the four NBC Thursday night comedies shown here shouldn't come to you as a surprise, considering the fact that this was the order of the four shows during the first six weeks that I have been working on the weekly power rankings.
b. After months of falling down from as high as #1 to not even making the list last time, it's good to see "The Office" having some good string of episodes that have allowed me to put it back on the list. All right right in the world again (at least, in my world).
c. I hope that this, and maybe the next list (which should come out sometime in the late spring) won't be the only time that "Lights Out" and "The Chicago Code" get a chance to vie for a spot on this list. I find both of these shows to quite riveting dramas with a lot of upside to it. Of course, the ratings for both have been pretty poor (especially in the case of "Lights Out," which has failed to attract an audience of over a million people in the last episode), so the only thing that I can do is to just cross my fingers and hope that the powers that be can have mercy on their futures.
d. I'm not sure what my true feelings of "Bob's Burgers" are yet. On one hand, it's brand of comedy isn't necessarily the type that I have adored over the years. On the other hand, the show has really grown on me to the point that I consider it better than "Family Guy" and definitely "The Cleveland Show" at this point, and I have considered the episodes to be fresh compared to the typically MacFarlane controlled animated lineup that we're used to seeing on the network.
e. Shows that I didn't watch during these past three months: "Big Love," "Justified," "Parenthood," "The Middle."
f. Shows to expect on the list next time: "Mildred Pierce," "Game of Thrones," "The Killing," "Treme," "Sports Show with Norm Macdonald," "House of Borgias," "South Park."

As mentioned last Thursday, the RTs as of now will go back to just being once a week. In that case, I bid you adieu, and hope to see you back again next Monday!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15




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End of the Week: 02/27/11- 03/05/11

END OF THE WEEK:

Much like when Tiger Woods dominated my "End of the Week" columns in late 2009 and when the BP Oil Spill dominated much of the "End of the Week" columns spring of 2010, this week's installment (just like last week) will be dominated from top to bottom with the latest parodies, interviews, fantastic quotes and happenings in the world of Charlie Sheen. After all, how can I not? Ever since the infamous radio interview last week that forced CBS into canceling the rest of the season of "Two and a Half Men," the man has allowed the world to step inside his wacky and drug-induced world in a way that you can't help but look away, all while purposely putting on a great show and just daring CBS to fire him as soon as possible (UPDATE 03/07: Sheen has now been officially terminated by the show). What more can you possibly want from a Hollywood celebrity, America? Better yet, can you think of another time that someone as famous as Sheen has done what he has just done this week, with the public interviews to the serious tones of his answers to his use of the media to both portray the real side him without any sugarcoating? I don't think so.

But while Sheen will be the main focus of this week's installment, he won't be the only thing mentioned. There's also the latest development in the NFL's CBA negotiations, a college basketball player suspended for having consensual sex with his girlfriend, and, on a sadder note, a sad ending to a high school basketball playoff game, among other things. So sit back, put on some reading glasses, and let's get this winning underway. As always, here are my picks for some of the week's best, worst, and most memorable stuff:

Spot-on Impersonation of the Week: "Charlie Sheen: 'Winning for Men'" on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon"
This is like when Tina Fey brilliantly impersonated Sarah Palin during the '08 Presidential election, in that the writers didn't need to write any new material for the sketch when all they needed to do was to just repeat actual quotes from the person they're parodying.



U.S. District Judge of the Week: David Doty
for making the biggest court ruling of the year involving the current collective bargaining agreement dispute between NFL owners and the NFLPA. In it, Doty struck down the NFL's newly constructed TV deal that would have given the league and the team owners roughly $4 billion this season, even if there was a lockout. While this ruling doesn't officially mean that this lockout is officially not going to happen and that the new CBA is going to be agreed to any second now, it at least gives the owners the incentive to actually try to negotiate a new deal now that they don't have those advantageous billions in cash to pocket in case the players don't agree to their demands. It also gives the players the opportunity to further boost their support since they now have clear evidence to show NFL fans that the owners have been planning for a lockout all along. Thanks, you ol' coot!

Old Man of the Week: 94 Year Old Kirk Douglas, during the 83rd Academy Awards
I think we know who the frontrunner is to host next year's show!

(Click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dz4OsP5D14)

TV/Radio Interviews of the Week: Charlie Sheen on 20/20, Piers Morgan Tonight, The Howard Stern Show and The Early Show
If Sheen's interview on the Alex Jones Show is what lit the fire, then it were these interviews that made the fire grow exponentially.

Video of the Week: "Baby Laughs Hysterically at Ripping Paper"
(Ed. note: Technically, this video was uploaded to the Internet in late January. However, it gained millions of viewers and popularity this week, so it counts.) Because in a week dominated by a self-centered Hollywood celebrity, we need a little innocent to counter it. Also, because I think she will make a great secretary for Goldman Sachs.



Stories of the Week:
-The Actual Story of the Week (besides the chaos in Libya): U.S. Gas Prices Up 33 Cents in Two Weeks
If it's around 4 dollars now, I would hate to see it during Memorial Day weekend if the situation in Libya continues.
-The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: BYU Basketball Player Brandon Davies Suspended For Having Sex With His Girlfriend
While mocking BYU for this unusual and slightly hypocritical honor code rule is fun, I still think that we should respect the school for doing what they did. After all, Davies agreed to the code once he enrolled into BYU and knew about it being a boy that grew up near the school. So, the fact that he broke the rule does not mean that we should feel sympathetic towards him. Besides, he could always transfer to a school that doesn't have these morality regulations in place.

Saddest Moment of the Week: High School Basketball Player Dies After Hitting Game Winning Shot
This is like the script for a Disney movie, if that Disney movie was written by George Pelecanos

Catchphrase of the Week: "Winning," a.k.a. the word that Charlie Sheen is trying really hard to become a trend (and it's working!).

People of the Week: CBS and Warner Bros. Executives
Choosing Sheen as my Person of the Week would be too easy. Instead, I decided that, if there's anyone who should be put responsibility on for this past week of Sheen madness (besides Mr. F-18, of course), shouldn't it be these guys for canceling the remainder of "Two and a Half Men" season eight? After all, you could argue that had they not done so then there wouldn't have been his reply to TMZ,which in turn led to his interviews with the media personal mentioned earlier and almost every national TV station, which in turn led to his instant classic quotations and the public introduction of his "goddesses," which in turn led to his Twitter account being born (and that atrocious UStream telecast) which in turn led to him being the most talked about and most mocked at Hollywood celebrity of the week. So thank you all, middle-aged and rich TV executives! You helped bring the fascination, enigma and disillusionment of Sheen at an all-time high, and for that I salute you.


And that's the way it was for this, the first week of March 2011! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and don't forget to choose those vices!
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15

P.S., I will stop with these forced uses of Sheen catchphrases as soon as it loses it's trendiness. I swear!




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The Last Thursday Random Thoughts For a While, ft. The Hangover Sequel, Tarantino and an Awesome Federal Judge

RANDOM THOUGHTS:

Before I begin, I have a quick announcement to make. It's nothing shocking since I've hinted at it in the past few weeks, but it involves the change in the weekly blog routine: tonight marks the last Thursday night random thoughts post for the foreseeable future. After tonight, the random thoughts post will then shrink back to its old once-a-week-every-Monday-or-Tuesday format. This means that from now on until as early as this fall, expect to see the amount of posts per week shrink from the four or five per week that you've been seeing since September to two per week (one Random Thoughts and one End of the Week), with maybe one more additional post if I feel like there's something that deserves it. I just figured that, with the NFL season over, my Thursday RTs decreasing in quality since the end of the Super Bowl and my fat ass preparing to get out of hibernation in favor of actually going outside and doing stuff thanks to the arrival of spring, that the timing seems about right. Besides, I did the same thing around the same time last year ( two weeks earlier, in fact), and I found that experience to be a fine experience.

So, with that in mind, I'm going to make it my mission that this post shall be the shortest yet best damn finale to a long running segment that I can! The following were on my mind between Monday, February 28th and Thursday, March 3rd:

- Tonight on an all-new episode of "Modern Family," the Dunphys take yet another bump on the road when Phil (cliched misunderstanding) after Claire (cliche) for what Alex (cliche) to Haley. Meanwhile, Jay Gloria (cliche) their (cliche) to the (cliche), resulting in a hilarious (cliche) ending. Finally, Cameron and Mitchell (cliche gay thing) while also arguing about (cliche).

"Modern Family": We're unstoppable in the ratings, so why bother producing episodes as good as the ones in season one?

- Tom Dolty, are you F@%&in stupid? Don't you know that by ruling that the NFL can't receive the $4 billion in TV revenue this season unless the CBA is renewed means that Roger Goodell is going to come to your house and murder you with a wooden tablespoon? The guy can bench press 200 pounds and once broke up Race riots! It's true! Patriots owner Bob Kraft told me!
/thing that Peter King is probably thinking

- So, yeah, the teaser trailer for "The Hangover: Part II" is the true definition of terrific.



- I bet you that the new Quentin Tarantino spaghetti western that is to be set during slavery times in the South is going to beat "Jackie Brown's" uttering of the N-word within the film's first forty five minutes.

- Just think: somewhere in this planet, someone, something, laughed hysterically while watching "Big Mommas: Like Father Like Son" and may have even thought that it was one of the best movies that they ever saw. You never want to think of such a thing, but it's true. Man, does that depress me!

So, yeah, no more Thursday RTs for a while. The Monday batches will still come though, so be sure to come by weekly for those. In the meantime, here's video of Charlie Sheen doing some more winning on the Howard Stern Show. I swear, the further that we get into this story, the more it's becoming hard for me to not consider him for this year's mj15 Blog Hall of Fame class...and that's just fine by me!



Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15




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