Inbox of Immaturity

Though the last post could be considered silliness to say the least, here's a new set of links to keep you laughing into the weekend.

Top 5 NBA Dance Sessions from Vaz
Mika's not feeling Paris from Noah
Review of TI's new album
Oh, why C-Rod, why? from Jake
Not everyone's getting an iPhone
Top 10 Sport Bird Moments from Jake once again

Waiting for law school, you've got some free time on your hands, huh Jackson?

Flight Of America...Uh!

Is this type of comedy on a 3-year trend cycle? By this I mean the unapologetically silly, uncompromisingly dry, and undoubtedly genius sense of humor captured in and brought to the masses by Napoleon Dynamite.

Here are two examples of Sophisticated Stupidity or SS comedy:

1. FOTC (A clip of Flight Of The Conchords, not from the HBO show - I think funnier.)

2. GW (A clip of George Washington showing us what patriotism really means - created last year but gained momentum this Independence Day.)

SS comedy may also be more subtle and a bit stuffy. It feels insidery and when it gets too mass, its finders move on to deciding what else is funny. Perhaps Larry the Cable Guy + crew was the Napoleon reaction. If these two from New Zealand blow up, can we expect Asia's Jack Black will be here soon. I think I could dedicate some serious time to comparing Tenacious D and FOTC, but have to work. Plus, there's a geographic inside-out, outside-in dynamic to the flow of comedy (dare I say cool comedy) I haven't quite figured out yet with fireworks still blaring in my ears and spotting my sight.

Schiller's Tonight

Schiller's Liquor Bar on Rivington that is. Not to be confused with Schiller Visions. Hopefully no one will be drinking coffee.



Have a fireworks-filled Fourth.

Keeping In Contact

How is it that Ticketmaster can let me know my $60 Beastie Boys tickets have been confirmed as purchased, printed, and sent (all as separate updates), but my moving company can't give me an update on all of my stuff? Thousands of dollars of items somewhere in Minneapolis (or New York) and thousands of dollars being paid to move them and I can't get anyone to call me back to give me an update on the status. When I finally do get in touch they give me an extended timeframe. No, not the cable company sometime between 9am and 2pm on Wednesday timeframe; the sometime between June 28th and July 4th timeframe. Problem is, they didn't even make that. "It's a busy week, so the best we can do is deliver it Friday (July 6th)." So I've been paying rent on an empty place since July 1st, now have to take a day off in my first month of working, and still don't have my tennis racquets, wine glasses, or Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind DVD (nor my DVD player). Thanks Liberty, Mohawk, United Van Lines and all the other companies you've swallowed up to make this move a more difficult, costly, and a generally unpleasant experience.

P.S. Please call me back if know an hourly timeframe for Friday.

Word of the Week: Sexy-Ugly

Every so often you get a peek into vocabulary of your female counterparts, The Gen wYmen. Granted I'm very late to this and it's probably not the insider info you were hoping for, but I feel it's my job to keep other Gen GuYs in the know. Thus, I present, "sexy-ugly."

Sexy-Ugly (adj.)
Someone who is not conventionally good-looking (or any kind of good-looking in some cases), but possesses an appealing personality, style, or talent, and is thus considered sexually attractive by many. -urbandictionary.com

This term was first dropped like it was hot in the movie Kissing Jessica Stein. Mick Jagger is her example. The flick chicks have a vote going with Edward Norton beating out Adrian Brody for the top spot.

Our equivalent may be a SJP (Sarah Jessica Parker) - if you don't know that acronym, I can't help you. But overall I don't think sexy-ugly translates that well in our male vocabs. (No, not because we can't grunt it.) Perhaps sexy-bitchy is more real. OMG, SMG is SB - Oh my god, Sarah Michelle Gellar is sexy bitchy. You'd say that - right Jay? Maybe we can all agree on sexy-rich - Oprah and Bill Gates?

So you may never hear it but if nothing else, dropping a Kissing Jessica Stein reference on your latest fling will offset the carpenter jeans you rocked on the last date. Good luck out there.