Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The Bird and The Bee
A spontaneous and flippant poem, which may not mean anything, as upon reflection I can't remember if I wrote it for a reason.
The bird is to the bee, as you are to me.
The laboring insect watches the aviary soar,
Its heart lifts, and does science defy,
for I, that laboring insect, begin to fly.
Friday, January 2, 2009
What to Watch for in 2009
Here it is, a incomplete list of some things to look forward to in 2009. Awesome.
January:
Barack Obama becomes the sexiest President since Kennedy (Clinton's a matter of taste, I suppose, but then again you might say the same of Carter. Yummy). I'm curious to see just what becomes of our new Commander in Chief. Will he fix the economy? Will he throw a wrench in the wicked machinations of Global Warming? Will he improve our education system so we are not overtaken by the incredibly accomplished violin-master, tetra-lingual, Olympic gymnast youth of China? Will he get us out of Iraq, out of Afghanistan, set both on their feet (yeah, right), and put our noses back into our own US of A business?
Franz Ferdinand's third album, Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, is to be set loose on the world on the 27th. I can't wait. I am as excited as lead singer Alex Kapranos' voice is sexy, which if you are not aware, is immensely. I can't wait to groove again with these edgy and fun Scottish fiends.
TV switches to digital, whatever that means. And texting is illegal in California, a strangely logical move that should have occurred with the advent of the technology. Better late than never, though, I suppose.
Black spot: Pushing Daisies is cancelled. Another example of something truly creative, original, and artistic being slaughtered in a shallow and idiotic world. Also, it suffered from high production costs. C'est la vie, but at least there will be DVDs.
February:
The Academy Awards. Yeah, not specifically unique to 2009, but nevertheless exciting in a lot of ways. Will Kate Winslet finally get the gold (man)?
March:
Get ready for Spring with some excellent inspiration for Spring Ready To Wear. Gucci is a personal favorite this season, as is Chloe. Light, whimsical, lots of color, and yet sparse. In case what is 'in' actually matters.
April:
On the 18th, Ireland will have been a Republic for 60 years. Erin go braugh!
May:
Angels and Demons, the film based on Dan Brown's other Robert Langdon adventure, slams theaters on May 15 with Pope-tastic excitement.
The 22nd is the day we get to see Night at The Museum 2. Great because Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, Robin Williams, Bill Hader, Ricky Gervais, Christopher Guest, Dick Van Dyke, and Eugene Levy are not a bad combination.
June:
Well, on the eleventh Hugh Laurie turns fifty. Wonder if he'll celebrate by throwing a House Party? Silly me.
July:
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is FINALLY apparating into theaters. The Twilight film was a poor replacement last November for what will surely be a darkly magical experience fraught with the demented young Voldemort's antics a la memory as well that tear-jerker ending we all knew was coming. Man, I love Harry Potter.
August:
It will probably be hot.
September:
On the 28th, the 60th anniversary of the British pound devaluing 30%.
Fall '09 is shaping up to be another exciting season for fashion. There's something sickly annoying but also enticingly exciting about Burberry's already releasing their line. But check it out, because it's one of the more inspired (yet dark) collections to come out, in my opinion, since 2006. Good, but not great. Also, Rag and Bone has some very nice pieces that fit with the sleek minimalist ideas growing in popularity... seems to tie to the sparsity of the economy in some twisted and ironic way. Oh well, that's what Forever 21 is for, right?
October:
Another exciting film in 2009 is Spike Jonze's adaptation of the famous children's novel by Maurice Sendak Where The Wild Things Are. This is a classic, so we can only it doesn't go the way of Despereaux...
The Chinese will send orbiter Yinghuo-1 on a ten-month journey to Mars. The Russians will also be sending spacecraft to Mars' moon Phobos this year to check out the scene.
November:
YES! A point of personal excitement (understatement) is this year's The Fantastic Mr. Fox, the next work of the brilliant yet acquired-taste director/writer/genius Wes Anderson. What will he do with animals, animation, and George Clooney? Lord knows, but it has a 99% chance of being Fantastic.
December:
Black Spot: Well, if you believe there's only another three years and 2012 is really it. Buy your water now. Then again, with gas so cheap right now maybe stocking up isn't such a bad idea regardless.
Musing
While reading a list of New Year's Resolutions on Vogue's website (most of which are outrageously shallow, but I mean... at least many of us have the luxury, and sometimes the little things make all the difference in your mindset), I realized I skipped the biggest paragraph. No, not a paragraph, but a longer sentence than all the others just because it took up two more lines. Maybe my resolution for 2009 will be to be less lazy.
Vocabulary Faux-Pas Part .5
This is the afore mentioned article (well, see below). Silly blog.
Ta-da!
Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - Kanye West thought avoiding ghosts would improve his singing.
The 'Stronger' star - who has come under criticism for ditching rapping for singing on his current album '808s and Heartbreak' - was left bemused after asking Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos for vocal tips backstage at KROQ's Almost Acoustic Christmas concert in California.
A source revealed: "Alex told him not to have conversations in noisy places, to not smoke, and to stay away from the spirits, to which Kanye said, 'Spirits? Like, ghosts?'"
Vocabulary Faux-Pas
I found this article just now. It stands, in my humble opinion, as an excellent example of just why education is so important. I mean, Kanye is obviously not an idiot because he has managed to amass a huge following of devoted fans whose adoration leads to his earning millions of dollars a year. However, I really feel that a decent vocabulary is essential for anyone taken at all seriously in the public eye.
Of course, Kapranos is Scottish, so perhaps it was his accent. Perhaps.
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Kakistocracy
I nearly named this 'kakistrocracy'. But then I decided that didn't fit. Which could be elitist, because I certainly thought using it would be ironic. Additionally, it is an excellent term.
Let's try this out:
What is the opposite of a hurricane?
A him-icane.
Do not worry, they will get better than this.
Cheers.
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