So last night I happened to watch the 90210 TV show. Other than having to be told what the eff was going on (like the original) it seemed....I'm not going to lie. Brutal!! ( like the original)
That's a little unfair considering that I never watched the original. I never had cable as a kid and there is a shitload of things that I know nothing about. I didn't know that Charles was in charge, or what tied the Family, or even who was the boss. Uncable in the 80's, in Canada meant that we had CBC ( for hockey and Anne of green gables) and whatever local channel was available. The only thing that I watched as a kid was three's company. Long after it was cancelled. Nothin like a bunch of stereotypical gay jokes!! Anyway I liked it out of convenience. And John Ritter was a genius.
The first time that I saw 90210 was at a friends house and I was very dissapointed. Not just because it involved a bunch of characters that I couldn't relate to but, it was a bucnh of characters that I couldn't relate to. Not long ago on an American website they posed the question, "What are the top ten High School TV shows?"
And who won this battle?
90210
Degrassi Jr High wasn't even on the list!
What the Fuck?
That's the only show ever that showed teenagers as teenagers. ( not to mention that they were played by teenagers. )
I admit that I get really upset about dramatic TV shows at times. I hate it when people say, "you got watch this show, it's so realistic"
You mean like 24? I watched three minutes of the first season, saw that they had a black president. Sure now it a reality now, but back then.
Or Party of Five. How much trama, and bad luck can a group of kids have. Honestly every episode was the end of the world. Parents die, kids an alcoholic, dude gets cancer, etc. C'mon!!!
90210 is the hardest to understand. And the new one has a black guy in it. But of course he's adopted, cause why would a successful black family go to West Beverly. They couldn't stretch it out a little bit. The only way to insert a black kid into the script was if he was adopted by the guy who becomes the principle of the school, blah blah blah blah.
Admittedly I didn't hear much of the dialogue because I was too busy making fun of it. My girlfriend hates watching TV with me.
The worst part of this blog is that I'm currently writing a TV drama.
At least if I think it sucks it might be popular!!
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
it's not you, it's me?
I have spent many of nights trying to explain myself to a girl who believes that we were "further along" than we actually were. I have blown plenty of great opportunities to have a healthy relationship, even long lasting friendships. Usually what has gotten in the way is, me. Seriously. It's me! I truly have put myself before almost everyone up until...... four years ago. Some people have crisis at age 30 about proposing, or getting a better job, or finishing school. Not me. I was just becoming a adult.
The previous ten years are ones I'll never forget, and yet I barely remember them at all. I decided that I would never have mid-life crisis, therefore I acted like an idiot in my twenties so I'd be way too fuckin tired when I was forty. No sports car, or hooters waitress fling. Nope. Already done. Well no sports car, but I did......shit I can't remember.
A close friend of mine got married at 23 and I freaked on him. I told him repeatedly how stupid of a mistake it was. I mean how could anyone at that age seriously have the mental capacity to make decisions. It was his life though. You opine, but at the end of the day it's up to each person to make his\her own choices. They wed, he strayed, they divorced. No time to say, "I told you so", but I'm an ego maniac, so I did. I mean when we were kids, we knew right and wrong. We just didn't care. She was pregnant so he did what he thought was right.
I only bring this up because of the massive, overplayed Sarah Palin thingy that is taking place down south. Her daughter is pregnant. And 17. And apparently the baby-daddy is going to pop the question, or already has.(Or so he's been told) Her ultra conservative parents, Gov.Palin, thinks this is great. The campaign is spinning the shit out this as if they're the poster children for the much tauted abstinence program. Except that was to prevent STD's and undesired pregnancy. I guess this is what she wanted. Oh yeah, but she's not married.......
But she will be. So that's okay. For Palin.
Here's what's bothering me. It's okay for her, for her daughter Britsol, for the McCain campaign.
But what about this kid Levi Johnston? This guy's fucked. He can't break up with her now? Even if he didn't want to, how do we know that won't change? When I was eighteen I didn't know what was going on. I'm not sure that I know now!!
I now have two kids and I'm in my thirties. I'm still scared. Now, I've definitely banged more chicks than this dude, and that should freak him out. He's better looking and probably has a better future and he lives in Alaska! The best thing that could happen to this teenager is that McCain loses the election. He can wait and few months, break it off. "It's not you. It the pressure. It's that I'm followed everywhere I go. It's that I can never look at porn, or go to a strip club unless uncle Bush is in town" He could easily live off the money he'll get from all kinds of newspapers, and books, maybe a made for TV movie. (I'm already writing a first draft) Poor fucker. Remember how hard it was to break up with that first person that thought you'd be with them forever? This bastard has to do it in front of a whole country.
One of the most damaging statments that has been spouted over the past few days is Sarah Palin saying that it was her daughters *decision to keep the baby, and wed Levi.
Not his, not the state, not god.
"We're proud of Bristol's *decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents."
Decision? I thought she didn't believe in women making decisions about their own bodies?
It seems weird that same people that believe in abstinence, believe that it okay not to follow the rule of abstinence as long as they get married. Even though their religous beliefs clearly state that they shouldn't break that pledge UNTIL they're married. But it okay because that makes them Pro-Life, even though it was her choice to have the baby and marry long before either one of these two chess pieces are allowed to vote. So by that logic they can't even roe through this shit, they have to Wade in it( I'm funny)
Are you telling me that Sarah Palin isn't even mad that her daughter disobeyed her? I mean what kind of parent isn't just a little pissed that her daughter was bent over the sofa with some red-neck down the street. Not to mention that he's a hockey player. That makes her a puck bunny!!!
Are we going to hear form Levi Johnston, or his parents? Wouldn't it be great to find out that Levi's parents are pro-choice, anti-gun, condom loving environmentalist. Dad's a vegan hippie and mom's a nurse in a woman's shelter.
Maybe it's just me
*Main Entry: decision
Part of Speech: noun
Synonyms: adjudication, agreement, choice, conclusion,
The previous ten years are ones I'll never forget, and yet I barely remember them at all. I decided that I would never have mid-life crisis, therefore I acted like an idiot in my twenties so I'd be way too fuckin tired when I was forty. No sports car, or hooters waitress fling. Nope. Already done. Well no sports car, but I did......shit I can't remember.
A close friend of mine got married at 23 and I freaked on him. I told him repeatedly how stupid of a mistake it was. I mean how could anyone at that age seriously have the mental capacity to make decisions. It was his life though. You opine, but at the end of the day it's up to each person to make his\her own choices. They wed, he strayed, they divorced. No time to say, "I told you so", but I'm an ego maniac, so I did. I mean when we were kids, we knew right and wrong. We just didn't care. She was pregnant so he did what he thought was right.
I only bring this up because of the massive, overplayed Sarah Palin thingy that is taking place down south. Her daughter is pregnant. And 17. And apparently the baby-daddy is going to pop the question, or already has.(Or so he's been told) Her ultra conservative parents, Gov.Palin, thinks this is great. The campaign is spinning the shit out this as if they're the poster children for the much tauted abstinence program. Except that was to prevent STD's and undesired pregnancy. I guess this is what she wanted. Oh yeah, but she's not married.......
But she will be. So that's okay. For Palin.
Here's what's bothering me. It's okay for her, for her daughter Britsol, for the McCain campaign.
But what about this kid Levi Johnston? This guy's fucked. He can't break up with her now? Even if he didn't want to, how do we know that won't change? When I was eighteen I didn't know what was going on. I'm not sure that I know now!!
I now have two kids and I'm in my thirties. I'm still scared. Now, I've definitely banged more chicks than this dude, and that should freak him out. He's better looking and probably has a better future and he lives in Alaska! The best thing that could happen to this teenager is that McCain loses the election. He can wait and few months, break it off. "It's not you. It the pressure. It's that I'm followed everywhere I go. It's that I can never look at porn, or go to a strip club unless uncle Bush is in town" He could easily live off the money he'll get from all kinds of newspapers, and books, maybe a made for TV movie. (I'm already writing a first draft) Poor fucker. Remember how hard it was to break up with that first person that thought you'd be with them forever? This bastard has to do it in front of a whole country.
One of the most damaging statments that has been spouted over the past few days is Sarah Palin saying that it was her daughters *decision to keep the baby, and wed Levi.
Not his, not the state, not god.
"We're proud of Bristol's *decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents."
Decision? I thought she didn't believe in women making decisions about their own bodies?
It seems weird that same people that believe in abstinence, believe that it okay not to follow the rule of abstinence as long as they get married. Even though their religous beliefs clearly state that they shouldn't break that pledge UNTIL they're married. But it okay because that makes them Pro-Life, even though it was her choice to have the baby and marry long before either one of these two chess pieces are allowed to vote. So by that logic they can't even roe through this shit, they have to Wade in it( I'm funny)
Are you telling me that Sarah Palin isn't even mad that her daughter disobeyed her? I mean what kind of parent isn't just a little pissed that her daughter was bent over the sofa with some red-neck down the street. Not to mention that he's a hockey player. That makes her a puck bunny!!!
Are we going to hear form Levi Johnston, or his parents? Wouldn't it be great to find out that Levi's parents are pro-choice, anti-gun, condom loving environmentalist. Dad's a vegan hippie and mom's a nurse in a woman's shelter.
Maybe it's just me
*Main Entry: decision
Part of Speech: noun
Synonyms: adjudication, agreement, choice, conclusion,
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
white after labour day?
Yes Yes I know.
I don't know where I've been either. A couple years ago just before my daughter was born I was without out thought for months. It happens to all fathers. Look at Alex Rios this year. He had a terrible start to to the season and no one knows why.
I do.
His girlfriend was pregnant. Even a rich athlete can over think life to the utmost degree while being on the other end of the life cycle. Toronto Maple Leafs fans were carving Brian McCabe into pieces, but he too was waddling into ultrasounds, fearing he had ruined three lives. We all feel it. Men can't help but look inside themselves and wonder why they should be granted fatherhood. Was it the time I drank a can of beer with a cigarette butt in it, or when contemplated masturbation on the 401. Both things weigh heavy on what kind of an asshole will you be when it's time to discipline that little beauty. You think an pro athlete can separate his own activities from the ones of his well-to-do child?
That all being said, my son ####, was born on August 21st.
That wasn't the only reason for my absence, it was mostly laziness. So what has brought me back from my non-blogging coma?
The United States of America!!!!!
I love the US. I love their big cities, their arrogance, and their F#ck you attitude about others. Someone said the great difference between Canada and the US is that we (CAN) are multi-cultural, and they(US) are a melting pot. We allow people to show pride in their heritage, and they say African-American, or Asian American. I love my country as well, but find myself disappointed when we talk about ourselves. Canadian are generally nice, and polite. But we don't show enough national pride. Americans are generally nice, and polite, but brand themselves so deep in pride that it shields everything else. An outsider would not dare question their methods unless they want to fingered "Anti-American". I hate that argument. It's like religion, in the sense that "Gods will" can be the answer to all challenges. Canadians sometimes say "at least we aren't American" as our get out of jail free card. I believe that we need to see the hierarchy with people on the top, then religion, country and political party afterwards. ( in no particular order)
Every four years I follow the insanity that transpires across the border in the poles. Democrat Vs Republican. Right vs Left. And now Black vs white. The lines are drawn so bold that you can't like one and not the other, and I find that weird. One of the problems that I have with religion is that there are a set of rules, and no exceptions. (unless you do something wrong and then you can say sorry and and start again.) I never really had any affinity to any political party growing up, so I was able to make a decision based solely off of my own experience, lifestyle, etc. And I think those should be the criteria. You can't have it both ways, just like religion. You can't be a conservative and not follow the rules of the party. I heard someone say that they chose a candidate( Stephen Harper) because she wanted to rich and felt that the conservative party looked after the wealthy better. The statement bothered me. For a long time. I'm one of those people that remembers certain things and they play back in me head all the time until I figure things out. But I think it bothered me because it was a statement that was made based off a financial future. Maybe it's the baby thing, but I think I'll make my decisions based off of a better future for my children. Whatever the world turns out to be I want them to feel comfortable about it. It was the lifestyle assumptions that go with the party that scared me. Anti- Gay, reversing a long fought and reasonable marijuana law, pro-life, etc. These are all the prerequisites for our American counter parts as well. Same conservatives, just on a bigger scale.
Maybe being a conservative is like being religious. You can preach it, press it on others, and judge those that don't agree, but you don't really have to follow the rules. Unless you get caught breaking one of those rules, then you can say you're sorry and start again.
After all "It's Gods will".
I hope that both our countries can successfully look at it's citizens as people first and their race, creed, color, religion and political party after. If the decisions are made with the human race first, both countries can have true leadership.
For me It just that Black and White.
I don't know where I've been either. A couple years ago just before my daughter was born I was without out thought for months. It happens to all fathers. Look at Alex Rios this year. He had a terrible start to to the season and no one knows why.
I do.
His girlfriend was pregnant. Even a rich athlete can over think life to the utmost degree while being on the other end of the life cycle. Toronto Maple Leafs fans were carving Brian McCabe into pieces, but he too was waddling into ultrasounds, fearing he had ruined three lives. We all feel it. Men can't help but look inside themselves and wonder why they should be granted fatherhood. Was it the time I drank a can of beer with a cigarette butt in it, or when contemplated masturbation on the 401. Both things weigh heavy on what kind of an asshole will you be when it's time to discipline that little beauty. You think an pro athlete can separate his own activities from the ones of his well-to-do child?
That all being said, my son ####, was born on August 21st.
That wasn't the only reason for my absence, it was mostly laziness. So what has brought me back from my non-blogging coma?
The United States of America!!!!!
I love the US. I love their big cities, their arrogance, and their F#ck you attitude about others. Someone said the great difference between Canada and the US is that we (CAN) are multi-cultural, and they(US) are a melting pot. We allow people to show pride in their heritage, and they say African-American, or Asian American. I love my country as well, but find myself disappointed when we talk about ourselves. Canadian are generally nice, and polite. But we don't show enough national pride. Americans are generally nice, and polite, but brand themselves so deep in pride that it shields everything else. An outsider would not dare question their methods unless they want to fingered "Anti-American". I hate that argument. It's like religion, in the sense that "Gods will" can be the answer to all challenges. Canadians sometimes say "at least we aren't American" as our get out of jail free card. I believe that we need to see the hierarchy with people on the top, then religion, country and political party afterwards. ( in no particular order)
Every four years I follow the insanity that transpires across the border in the poles. Democrat Vs Republican. Right vs Left. And now Black vs white. The lines are drawn so bold that you can't like one and not the other, and I find that weird. One of the problems that I have with religion is that there are a set of rules, and no exceptions. (unless you do something wrong and then you can say sorry and and start again.) I never really had any affinity to any political party growing up, so I was able to make a decision based solely off of my own experience, lifestyle, etc. And I think those should be the criteria. You can't have it both ways, just like religion. You can't be a conservative and not follow the rules of the party. I heard someone say that they chose a candidate( Stephen Harper) because she wanted to rich and felt that the conservative party looked after the wealthy better. The statement bothered me. For a long time. I'm one of those people that remembers certain things and they play back in me head all the time until I figure things out. But I think it bothered me because it was a statement that was made based off a financial future. Maybe it's the baby thing, but I think I'll make my decisions based off of a better future for my children. Whatever the world turns out to be I want them to feel comfortable about it. It was the lifestyle assumptions that go with the party that scared me. Anti- Gay, reversing a long fought and reasonable marijuana law, pro-life, etc. These are all the prerequisites for our American counter parts as well. Same conservatives, just on a bigger scale.
Maybe being a conservative is like being religious. You can preach it, press it on others, and judge those that don't agree, but you don't really have to follow the rules. Unless you get caught breaking one of those rules, then you can say you're sorry and start again.
After all "It's Gods will".
I hope that both our countries can successfully look at it's citizens as people first and their race, creed, color, religion and political party after. If the decisions are made with the human race first, both countries can have true leadership.
For me It just that Black and White.
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