03/18/2006 Entry: "Saturday Night's Main Event Threading Thing."

It's Saturday. Mail's supposed to come on Saturday, right? Well, it didn't. No mail today. I shouldn't be as pissed off about this as I am, but I am, and I are, and we is. I keep picturing the mailman totally goofing off, out having margaritas with water heater repairmen and enjoying group shouts of "fuck 'em all," and it's gotten me all red-faced and pissy. Going to feel real bad if I find out his family got killed by lions or something. This is your Saturday Night Thread. Use it wisely.

Chestnuts roasted by doc bong @ 03/18/2006 05:43 PM EST

It's amazing how many families are torn apart by something as simple as starving lions.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/18/2006 05:52 PM EST

I so wish I wasn't at work tonight, because I just got high-speed internet at home.

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 03/18/2006 05:56 PM EST

So, yeah. I don't have anything to say. So, um... Pogo Ballistic Battle Balls. Love them or hate them?

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 03/18/2006 05:58 PM EST

Freddy vs. Jason and Jason X is on Sci-Fi tonite. Love the first movie, can't stand the second.

Speaking of Freddy, has anyone been watching the old Freddy's Nightmares on AOL now? I've just watched the first two and I'm amazed at what they got away with in syndication back then. But I can also see why it didn't do very well. The first half aren't bad of the episodes aren't bad, but completely fall apart in the second half. Should've stayed at 30 minutes.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 03/18/2006 05:59 PM EST

But...the mail always comes! That's the whole point of that motto! Is your mailman Newman?

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/18/2006 06:02 PM EST

Maybe it was one of those rare days when you actually didn't get ANY mail.

I hate those days...

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/18/2006 06:06 PM EST

Ryane, now that's just crazy talk.

JLA: Awesome find on Freddy's Nightmares. Can't believe AOL is running 'em. (AOL users, go to Keyword: "Freddy's Nightmares."

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 03/18/2006 06:08 PM EST

You know what's weird? I just realized the mail didn't come at work today either. I've gotta drop off our outgoing at the post office when I get out of here.

Weird...is today some sort of secret Postal Holiday?

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 03/18/2006 06:12 PM EST

Check if your neighbors got any. If they did, take that, run inside, strip down to your boxers, put on a top hat, monocle, robe and start reading their mail while making silly faces. I do it all the time, even when I get my own mail.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 03/18/2006 06:12 PM EST

You know, I’ve been sitting here masturbating furiously while reading my last post over and over, and I started thinking, you know, I’m more of an H.I.S.S. man myself. Especially since Hasbro released a new uber cool H.I.S.S. available only online. You know why you can only get 3 ľ inch Joes online? Because Hasbro decided to only sell Sigma Six Gi Joes in stores. And you know why they did that? Because they let the Japanese animate the show and secretly have control over their distribution department. And do you know why the Japanese did what they did? Three words, Giant Fucking Jellyfish. So you know what you people need to do? Go out to the ocean and pee. The urine will kill all of the jelly fish! HA HA HA! AND IF THAT DOESN’T WORK THE BOMB WILL TAKE CARE OF THOSE CNIDARIAN BASTARDS!

Any way, click my name to go to Hasbro Toy Shop to buy some Joes.

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 03/18/2006 06:13 PM EST

Darth Poop, are you in any way related to a paper salesman named Dwight?

Trust me, that was clever. The cleverest everest.

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 03/18/2006 06:16 PM EST

I'll have to see if I got any mail. I haven't even been outta the house yet today! I'm on ... *trumpets play* VACATION!

I've been playing the hell outta Animal Crossing on my DS.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/18/2006 06:20 PM EST

Sorry to break up the great discussion we have going, but I just thought I might say a Happy First Anniversary to me and the wifey. It's been a lot of fun. I hope everyone else's year was great, too; and if it wasn't...blame it on the mailman, or the rain.

Chestnuts roasted by Mad Cow @ 03/18/2006 06:23 PM EST

Kyle- How do you know Dwight? Did that bastard say anything to you about me? Anything he told you was a lie! I DIDN'T WANT TO HURT THE DUCK! FOR GODS SAKES I COULDN'T HELP IT! THEY WERE GOING TO KILL ME! What was I supposed to do? *breaks down into muffled sobs*

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 03/18/2006 06:24 PM EST

Yes, I got mail.

Ooh, congrats Mad Cow!

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/18/2006 06:24 PM EST

Maybe all the postmen were out watching V for Vendetta. Which is where all of you should have been.

And I suppose I owe the Wachowski brothers an apology for all the mean things I said about them coming out of the theater after seeing Matrix Revolutions. Sorry, the Wachowski brothers. I know your mother is probably a nice lady, and that you two probably hardly ever bang Russian sailors.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/18/2006 06:25 PM EST

I didn't get mail today either, but what I DID get was a very strange man asking if he could re-pave my family's driveway for 20% off what I paid last year. The thing is though, I never had my driveway paved last year. I told him I wasn't interested but then he started giving me grief about how his wife fell down the steps and had to have a titanium plate put in her neck. What does him or his cyborg wife have to do with my driveway discounts?! All things said, I would have rather gotten the mail today.

Chestnuts roasted by TC Falcon @ 03/18/2006 06:27 PM EST

Jedoc, you crack me up.

I want to see V, but I think I wanna go see The Libertine a little bit more. Obvious reasons... Geeze, I gotta see if it's actually playing here...

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/18/2006 06:27 PM EST

Woooo Mad Cow! Woooooo!

Jedoc- I went to see V for Vendetta yesterday. One of the best movies ever! I was disturbed when the little girl got shot in that little "What Will Happen According to a British cop" part.

Ryane- Go see V for Vendetta now! Now!

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 03/18/2006 06:30 PM EST

Oh, and my mail came today. I got the new issue of Toyfare.

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 03/18/2006 06:32 PM EST

Damnit! The Libertine isn't playing here... Grr.

Guess I will have to go see that one - but not right now. All the other movies listed are making me put on my "wtf?" face.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/18/2006 06:35 PM EST

Ryane- Right now or I will come to your house, tie you up, and cut your socks up right in front of you. How will you go any were without socks?

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 03/18/2006 06:37 PM EST

Wait, if I cut up your socks how would you ever go see V for Vendetta? Damn you Ryane!

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 03/18/2006 06:41 PM EST

Eek! Anything but the socks! It's so cold here ... and I have hardwood flooring.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/18/2006 06:43 PM EST

Yeah that too! But... I thought the whole point was to make me go see it, so you wouldn't have to cut them up. Er, something. Hmm.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/18/2006 06:44 PM EST

I don't know that it would be that big a barrier. Socklessness is, after all, a major theme in the film. Well, that and blowing stuff up. I just wish that this was the first role I'd ever seen Hugo Weaving in. His voice would have been absolutely perfect for V if it didn't already belong to Agent Smith. Also, my birthday is November 5, so I kept getting distracted every time they mentioned the date. Odd.

P.S. Seriously, though. Socklessness.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/18/2006 06:45 PM EST

Socklessness is the leading cause of cold feet in the Sultanate of Oman.

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 03/18/2006 06:48 PM EST

Just got back from V for Vendetta. I liked it. Maybe I need to digest it more though to give a meaningful review.
I didn't get mail today either, but I did see the mailman drive by before I went to the theater. So, there is theoretically mail being delivered today.

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 03/18/2006 06:49 PM EST

I guess that means you see alot of Natalie Portman's feet, huh?

I guess if I was having all my hair snipped off I wouldn't care about socks then, but for now, I NEED my socks.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/18/2006 06:53 PM EST

I just realized I say "I guess" way too much. *sigh*

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/18/2006 06:55 PM EST

Kyle, it's about time with the high-speed internet. Thank God.

And thank God for SNME for those of us with nothing better to do tonight!

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Boligarky @ 03/18/2006 06:58 PM EST

Little upset that SNME isn't taking up its original late night slot, but then, I guess I can understand why. They only got one shot to rope me in: "Obsession" as the theme song. No Obsession, no watch.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 03/18/2006 06:59 PM EST

I hate nothing better to do tonight!

Chestnuts roasted by Grouchy Smurf @ 03/18/2006 06:59 PM EST

Eh... wrestling. :/ I'd rather get all my socks cut up than watch that.

Sorry I can't take in the excitement with you guys.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/18/2006 07:05 PM EST

I don't remember the later time slot. I do remember that the last time a SNME aired, I still enjoyed the stuff. It's all nostalgia now, but that's as good a reason as any to watch.

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Boligarky @ 03/18/2006 07:09 PM EST

Though some of the biggest SNMEs (or just MEs, depending) were on earlier, the ones I remember best took SNL's spot on NBC on certain weeks. There was a certain thrill of watching a big time show that late at night, because lawwwd knows there wasn't a heck of a lot of stuff-for-kids on television after midnight.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 03/18/2006 07:12 PM EST

Yes, as I've mentioned before here, I just don't get wrestling. It always inspires my world famous "WTF" face.

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 03/18/2006 07:12 PM EST

The story of class struggles in cultures world-wide, but particularly in Britain, cannot be adequately told without mentioning socks at least a few times. At the dawn of what would eventually become the British Empire, socks were one of the first and most obvious distinctions between the nobility and the commoners. The concept of the sock was brought to the British Isles by the Roman occupation of the first century, as can be seen in the word’s etymology: “sock,” from Middle English “socke,” from Old English “socc” from the Latin root “soccus,” lit. “foot-sleeve.” On an island whose top two products were fog and sodding cold, having enough surplus wool to weave special garments especially for your feet was an obvious luxury.

Throughout most of the Middle Ages, as the age-old feudal system began to give way and the middle class began to appear, the Sumptuary Laws forbade commoners from eating meat, wearing perfumes and, of course, wearing cozy wooly socks. Though many of these rich commoners could easily afford such treats, the gentry believed that it was important to keep clear distinctions between the classes. The society was rife with stocking envy, and several bare-footed peasant uprisings had to be put down by virtue of massed knights stomping very hard with their great damn iron boots.

The sock was one of the first “luxury” items to pass into the hands of the lower classes at the advent of the Industrial Revolution, as massive textile mills turned out cheap fuzzy footwear by the ton. Sadly, it also made the peasants even poorer than they had been before. The world was no longer divided into the have-socks and the have-socks-nots, but the expected utopia did not materialize. The commoners had their socks, but they still didn’t have enough food to keep body and soul together. Many of them demonstrated their frustration with what had proved to be a hollow symbol by nailing their socks up over their fireplaces on Christmas, mockingly beseeching an imaginary spirit of the season to fill their Pyrrhic footwear with treats.

Even in the modern world, where practically everyone has socks by the drawerful and only go out with naked toes if they choose to, the sock is still a potent--albeit largely subconscious--symbol of repression, class divisions, and social upheaval. It is no mistake that the favored improvised weapon of the modern rioter is a half-brick in a sock, which kills people but leaves buildings standing. This handy implement has been invented and re-invented over the centuries, and is actually the origin of the alternate meaning of the word “sock,” meaning “to hit very hard in the teeth.”

One can only imagine the role the sock will play as we move into the new millennium. With space-age fabrics and ingenious new techniques, one thing is for certain: wherever we go, be it the wilds of space or the wilderness of the ocean floor, the horror of global conflict or the triumph of world peace, we will go with our feet warm, cushioned, and largely sweat-free.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/18/2006 07:12 PM EST

The thing about wrestling, especially for those of us who grew up in the 80's, was that we experienced the peak of it as a cultural phenomena. Hulk Hogan and all the rest were "real" to us. Those wrestlers were sports heroes and action heroes. They were action figures, toys, and cartoons, but they were real men we could see and cheer.

The point is, we got to grow up watching people beat the hell out of each other, and it was a lot of fun. 'nuff said.

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Boligarky @ 03/18/2006 07:25 PM EST

My mom never let me watch wrestling. Therefore, I have never had much interest in it.

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 03/18/2006 07:30 PM EST

I used to watch wrestling when I was little and actually believed it WAS real. I remember one night my parents went out of town to visit some of their friends until really late at night, and they let me order the pay per view of umm... Royal Rumble? Was that it? I forget which number it was, but it was a HUGE one. I was stoked. But now, I just can't even think about this new stuff without making the wtf face. :/

Jedoc! You're killin' me! I had NO idea at all the sock was such a status symbol. I'll never look at my socks the same way again.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/18/2006 07:44 PM EST

Well, now you can see why it's probably good that I decided not to get my teacher's certification. Nobody wants this sort of thing in the classroom. Unless they're from Stockingrad. Or the Independent Republic of Sockistan.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/18/2006 07:57 PM EST

Busy night here. I'll see V for Vendetta tomorrow.

I can't get the Freddy's Nightmares "It's a Miserable Life" jingle out of my head:

Chew me, eat me, you can't beat me
Chew me, eat me, you can't beat me

Cya later SNME is on.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 03/18/2006 08:00 PM EST

Aww, you should've got it, Jedoc. I would love taking a class on something with such strange and odd facts such as the sock phenomenon. So, you could have at least one student.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/18/2006 08:06 PM EST

I'd like to give a big "fuck you" to this past week and probably one for this coming week too. Job rejection letters bite, especially when they tell you WHO got the job, instead of you. That's the part that REALLY bruises the ego.

My sister doesn't like to wear socks.

I remember wrestling on Saturday afternoons when I was around 7 or 8. I remember watching one match between Jake "The Snake" and Randy "Macho Man" Savage. Jake had sicked his snake on Savage and they censored it. I remember being like "WTF?" and was unsure as to what the hell was going on. I guess there might be some sort of weird homo-erotic undertone to THAT whole match...

I was never really that much into it, but kind of liked it because every other kid watched it. My parents weren't very big on letting me watch the whole wrestling thing. I loved the WWF Ring and figures from some strange-ass reason, but never owned any.

Judging by how much this past week has sucked, I think I'll put my LEGO B-Wing together and watch sweaty guys beat the hell out of each other and project it as the target of my frustrations. Although, one thing I don't like about modern wrestling is the decrease in goofiness and making it more "sexified".

One of my classmates when I was going for my bachelor's described watching wrestling as being very theraputic since you can just zone out while watching it. He said if you watched it enough it became like a soap-opera. I can see that.

Chestnuts roasted by Tim the 2nd @ 03/18/2006 08:09 PM EST

Thanks for the vote of confidence, but I think I'll continue to provide my "wisdom" free of charge to anyone capable of participating in a SNT.

Er...of course, come to think of it, this is just my preview material. Really low-grade stuff, compared to some of the fascinating facts rocketing around inside this slightly oversized noggin. So if you want the full benefit, all you need to do is make seven easy payments of $29.95 plus one slightly more difficult payment of everything else you go to recieve the full version of my e-mail enlightenment course, "Secrets of the Universe and Other Crap I Made Up While Waiting for My Coffee to Brew." Order now!

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/18/2006 08:16 PM EST

I'm not into wrestling.
But you know what i am into (he said, desperate to talk about something HE liked)?
Fuckin' cola champagne. I am content to not have a lady so long as I can still buy JCS Kola Champagne at the local Giant Eagle.

Chestnuts roasted by Somethin' Funny @ 03/18/2006 08:16 PM EST

Tim: What kind of utter bastard tells you who beat you out for a position? Were you applying at the Ministry of Crushing Peoples' Dreams? Or Walmart?

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/18/2006 08:18 PM EST

Yeah, rejection sucks, but that's just rubbing it in your face.

Enjoy the soap opera.

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Boligarky @ 03/18/2006 08:25 PM EST

The mailman can suck it! All mine ever does is wander around with his I-pod on and look at my credit card offers!

Chestnuts roasted by The Dinner Genie @ 03/18/2006 08:27 PM EST

Suddenly there are a ton of movies out that I want to see: 16 Blocks, Chappelle's Block Party, The Libertine, plus a bunch of others. I didn't particularly want to see V for Vendetta, but I didn't realize Hugo Weaving was in it. I especially can't wait for Inside Man next week and the Kong DVD after.
Speaking of The Office, they're shooting some special web only episodes for the summer break...and apparently there are only a couple of eps left in the season? Eh, who cares as long as Sopranos is on.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/18/2006 08:27 PM EST

Jedoc: nah try HR at a Community College. But, hey the radio station at the OTHER college should be letting me in for a 2 hour broadcast slot. Unfortunately that's unpaid and on a volunteer basis.

I graduated a couple years ago with a Fine Arts degree, and have been trying to find my way ever since. Advice to all those considering higher education: know EXACTLY what you want before going into a program. Research and research some more. Why the hell are all we artistic people the ones with the huge majority of troubles after schooling and when searching for jobs? Is that just part of the personality?

Of course, when you see other people (as I did this week Thursday, in fact) who don't have NEAR the education you've got land a decent job, it's another punch in the proverbial nutsack.

One the flipside I think this SNME is helping with the frustrations.

Chestnuts roasted by Tim the 2nd @ 03/18/2006 08:29 PM EST

That's EXACTLY why I never went to college.

...

That is the reason, no matter what you may hear.

Chestnuts roasted by Somethin' Funny @ 03/18/2006 08:33 PM EST

Oh, and one thing I've always admired about wrestling is the wonderful display of athleticism. It takes talent to fall and make hits like they do - the choreography of the fights is amazing.

Yeah, additionally frustrating is that it's a guy I WORK with currently who is about 3 years my junior. Ouch.

Chestnuts roasted by Tim the 2nd @ 03/18/2006 08:42 PM EST

And let me just say that is the most kissing of man-ass I've ever seen in my life.

Chestnuts roasted by Tim the 2nd @ 03/18/2006 08:46 PM EST

is anyone else pumped about pogo balls being on the market again? my ankles can't wait to get twisted.

Chestnuts roasted by rusty @ 03/18/2006 08:47 PM EST

Yeah I think something might be wrong with my mail, too. I seem to be expecting a package that has yet to arrive. Hmmmm....

My 11 hour shift at work today wasn't as terrible as expected. In fact I spent most of it playing with Play-Doh and writing about 5 written pages of a Hugga Bunch movie review.

Darth Poop I must say I've masturbated furiously to a lot of things in my day, but never to a post on X-E. You've reached a whole new level of creepiness and I tip my hat to you. Though I will say just because it's sort of related and amusing.... I once had sex with a GI who just happened to be named Joe.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/18/2006 08:48 PM EST

Jedoc - Man, if it would've been 5 payments, I would've highly considered it...

"Were you applying at the Ministry of Crushing Peoples' Dreams? Or Walmart?"

This is going to be one of those lines I think about when I'm laying in bed at night and just start laughing my ass off and can't stop. Such things are referred to as a "Brar Fox" moment, in my family.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/18/2006 08:58 PM EST

Ok, SNME is over, thoughts anyone?

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Boligarky @ 03/18/2006 09:59 PM EST

Saturday Night's Main Event was pretty....bland. At best.

Main event helped it a little, but the rest of the show was hanging out somewhere between "meh" and "garbage".

Chestnuts roasted by The Wukong Effect @ 03/18/2006 10:01 PM EST

I'm just disappointed I didn't get to see 2 chicks kissing.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/18/2006 10:01 PM EST

Speaking of two chicks kissing, here is my confession. Now I know, we guys aren’t supposed to cry at movies but in the part about the lesbian couple getting thrown in prison just because they were homos in V for Vendetta, yeah, my eyes started to get a little watery. My mom didn't like the parts about homos getting killed because of the horrible regime but she is a crazy old biased woman. My mother gets a little crazy, but don’t we all? Why yes, I am into taxidermy.

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 03/18/2006 10:09 PM EST

You don't understand, she was going to lose the house.

Chestnuts roasted by Quammy @ 03/18/2006 10:11 PM EST

Well, it wasn't the most amazing thing I've ever seen, but it wasn't the worst way to spend two hours.

It would have been better if someone was killed by lions.

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Boligarky @ 03/18/2006 10:12 PM EST

Quammy, would you like to have dinner with me? We're having sandwiches.

Chestnuts roasted by Darth Poop @ 03/18/2006 10:13 PM EST

SNME: Yeah, nothing too spectacular. The set meant more to me than anything that was going on, but hey, I guess I expected that.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 03/18/2006 10:16 PM EST

Yeah, I'm just kinda lurking tonight. Nothing really to contribute.

Does it count as lurking if you announce it?

Chestnuts roasted by Rhino @ 03/18/2006 10:23 PM EST

Maybe we should've made the mailmen wrestle each other.

I hope I make it to FullMetal Alchemist. I woke up at 7:30 this morning

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/18/2006 10:24 PM EST

I enjoyed SNME. Better than most RAWS lately. Shane McMahon rules.

Lets talk about Freddy again. I do have a question. Now everyone knows that "you die in your dreams, you die in real life." stuff. But how does it appear in real life? For example, in Nightmare 5, Freddy kills a girl buy overfeeding her, however it appears shes choking in real life. So what's up?

Other examples: A girl's head is decapitated in a Freddy's Nightmares. But when we see her in real life, her head is still attached. A guy is turned into a comic character in 5 and shredded, but it appears differently in real life. I could go on and on here.

Also, is Freddy a demon now? How did he go from someone human burned to someone who's hard to kill? Deal with Satan? Heck, toss in Michael Myers and Jason Voorhies also.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 03/18/2006 10:36 PM EST

There are a lot of continuity flops in the series in that regard, but I think the common rule would be this: Whatever Freddy does to you in your dreams happens to you in real life. As for the girl being overfed, I'll give that one a pass: In real life, if someone was shoving that much grub down your throat, you'd choke. It's not like they could have the girl's face expand to three times its original size in "real life." More or less, though, they edit the rules to match whatever would make for the coolest scene.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 03/18/2006 10:39 PM EST

Ummmmm....Mystie, could you talk some more about masturbating furiously?

Chestnuts roasted by Chupacabra @ 03/18/2006 10:50 PM EST

Yeah, but I'll have to start charging you for that.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/18/2006 10:53 PM EST

I once had a dream that Freddy was chasing me through the back yard of my parents house, and I ran inside, into the kitchen, and grabbed a huge ass butcher knife. When he came in, I stabbed him repeatedly, and killed him.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/18/2006 10:55 PM EST

Any thoughts on that new movie Slither? It looks a bit graphic for my taste but I might see it just to support good old fashioned gross funny horror.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/18/2006 10:58 PM EST

Mystie -- Hmm..I don't know about getting charged...I'm still in debt to you for telling me about Zern's. Thanks again for that by the way

Chestnuts roasted by Chupacabra @ 03/18/2006 11:07 PM EST

What kind of sandwiches?

Chestnuts roasted by Quammy @ 03/18/2006 11:10 PM EST

The SNT sure is going into some bizarre territory tonight. Fair enough.
Oddly enough, I didn't get any mail today either ANDit wasn't the first time this week that I was mail-less!!
Off to go finish THEM!
Regards,
Manimal

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 03/18/2006 11:16 PM EST

Squee -- Slither looks interesting, but Tromasized a bit, and I'm generally not fond of parody...if it indeed goes down that route.

In any event, there's no snakes on planes in Slither.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 03/18/2006 11:17 PM EST

Nahh, no mail today, though I did SEND a bill. I know we got some mail, because my landlady got mail. I just moved a few months ago. The junk mail probably hasn't caught up with me yet.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 03/18/2006 11:21 PM EST

Fate is a curious mistress...

I was preparing to get pissed off and inebriated this evening in light of recent events. After making my selections of sin at the store, I walked out the door only to be asked by a woman if I had jumper cables. To which I said "Yes, I do. I'll be back in minute."

After charging up her battery (which took forever) her truck finally turned over. Turns out she was with both of her sons, ages 16 and 7, and they were visting her parents. (Which incidentally live relatively close by to myself.) Since I was unsure if the battery would hold up electricity to their vehicle, I followed them back over that way to ensure that they got there OK.

Something higher in power may be trying to tell me something. So, instead of being drunk and pissed off, I'm getting drunk and happy.

Fate is a curious mistress.

Chestnuts roasted by Tim the 2nd @ 03/18/2006 11:24 PM EST

What about The Hills Have Eyes? I heard some guy on the radio say it was brutal, and that numerous people got up at left at one point because it was just too much, apparently. Not that it sucked majorly, but it was just too ... gruesome? Horrific? I don't exactly know.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/18/2006 11:27 PM EST

What is up with the mail?! I didn't get any mail yesterday. I was asking people if the federal government started observing St. Patrick's Day. Our mail is notoriously late around here. It's not uncommon for the mail truck to stroll up around 5:30. There's just something weird about going outside in the dark to get your mail. Besides, shouldn't your mail be delivered before the post offices close?

Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 03/18/2006 11:30 PM EST

I just saw Brian Regan perform here in Pensacola. It was HILARIOUS!!

Just wanted to tell somebody.

Chestnuts roasted by LuLu @ 03/18/2006 11:48 PM EST

THAT IS SO FREAKY! Brian Regan is my favorite comedian and just tonight my husband asked if anyone on here ever mentioned him (to which I had to reply, "Um...no." I've seen him three times (and I'm going to see him again on 3/31). You're right, he is absolutely hilarious.

Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 03/18/2006 11:54 PM EST

lol, Lori! This is the first time I have seen him live. I think one of the funniest things he said (which a lot of people did NOT get) was, "I think the word 'hyperbole' is the most awesome, fantastic, amazing word ever invented. And if you don't think so, you are the most stupid, idiotic person in the world."

or something to that effect.

Chestnuts roasted by LuLu @ 03/19/2006 12:07 AM EST

I think it's great that SNME is back- just like old times...except wrestling is SO not as good as it was in the glory days. God, I hate Booker T.

I am also 'mail-less'...where's my damn 'Astonishing X-Men' comic book?!? Grrr....I was under the impression that I should have one by now. Any one else a subscriber? Can't wait for May, to get my X-Men fix.

Chestnuts roasted by Muppet Baby @ 03/19/2006 12:09 AM EST

Matt- check your email. Ladies love you.

Chestnuts roasted by Catalina @ 03/19/2006 12:11 AM EST

I'll take Pride FC over the wrasslin'

Chestnuts roasted by Eddie Lightning Frog @ 03/19/2006 12:38 AM EST

Holy cow... Brian Regan is the comedian I was trying to think of just the other day! I was telling someone how much I hate stand up comedians except for a very select few, and I remembered that guy from so long ago but haven't seen him in years. Well, to make a long story short, I thought his name would be lost to me forever. Thank you so much, LuLu!

And now, I'm going to bed

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/19/2006 12:41 AM EST

Snakes on a Plane is going to be a huge smash, isn't it? Can't wait for that one.
I considered seeing Hills Have Eyes despite the fact that Emilie de Ravin sometimes irritates the heck out of me on Lost...I too heard that it was exceedingly graphic.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 03/19/2006 01:34 AM EST

God, I hope I'm not really awake. I just played 30 minutes of "what the fuck is that sound and where is it coming from?"

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 03/19/2006 03:59 AM EST

...and I lost

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 03/19/2006 04:44 AM EST

all work and no play makes jack a dull boy

Chestnuts roasted by doc bong @ 03/19/2006 05:12 AM EST

Crap, dohopoki, you just made me lose the game by saying that you lost.

The only object of the game is not to think about the game. If you think about the game, you lose, and you have to announce your loss to anyone you happen to be with at the time. This will, of course, cause them to lose if they are already playing. If they are not already playing, you must explain the rules to them and continue.

Now that you know about the game, you are playing it. In a very real sense, there is no way to not play the game. Like most Atari games, there is no way to win, only a length of time during which you have not yet lost. Good luck.

P.S. Brian Reagan is the greatest. Can life get better? I submit that it CANNOT.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/19/2006 07:36 AM EST

Damn, looks like I missed a crazy SNT. I really need to find a new job.

Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 03/19/2006 11:55 AM EST

Wow.......drank too much...didn't see SNME...I thought it was replacing SNL last night but i was wrong...Pepperoni Pizza Combos don't look much different coming up than they do going down...surprisingly enough i don't feel hungover after this weekend...bring on Monday!

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 03/19/2006 01:04 PM EST

Oh yeah my friend won his first cage match last night so that was probably more fun than SNME. A lot of choke outs and submissions, not enough brawling but it was still entertaining to watch. Gotta love mixed martial arts battles.

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 03/19/2006 01:13 PM EST

#100!

Well, another St. Patty's Day has come & gone, and me a Shamrock Shake poorer once again. (aka, didn't find any) If anyone else on LI knew where they were, I'd thank you, then kick you for not telling me sooner. I would've posted a LOT sooner, but it seems that I got banned from the site for some reason (how does that happen, anyway??)

I did find one of those Million Dollar Man Belts too, just didn't buy it.

But good news though! I actually made it into my frat. I am now officially a brother of Delta Psi Omega. It kind of explains my lack of posts for the past...while. That, and I've just been too tired to do anything.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 03/19/2006 01:19 PM EST

The whole city of Pittsburgh pretty much celebrated St. Patrick's Day on the 11th instead of the 17th. We supposedly host the 2nd largest St. Pat's day parade in the country, and we do have a host of Irish bars that boasted 18-hour happy hours that day. Friday...nothing was going on.

Does that seem right to you?

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 03/19/2006 01:44 PM EST

Ryane and Darth Poop- Thanks for the shout outs.

I miss corn beef and cabage. A lot.

Chestnuts roasted by Mad Cow @ 03/19/2006 03:14 PM EST

Invader Norbert-

Don't call your fraternity a frat. You wouldn't call your country a cunt, would you?

Congrats man. I remember my own initiation week. It was after a very long semester- my fraternity's associate program lasted from August to February, and that last week was brutal. NOT because I was hazed, but because of the amount of stuff I had to do. Between school, campus hours (we weren't allowed in the house between 8:00 and 3:00 so we would actually be forced to study), house duties (which everyone did, but the freshmen got the crappiest ones), homework, the girlfriend, and the nightly rituals, it was a long-ass week.

Hopefully your fraternity experience will be more than just parties and alcohol abuse. Mine was, and I've never regretted joining my house. Don't get me wrong, we abused alcohol, but we did other stuff sometimes too. Like road trips so we could abuse alcohol in other states.

Chestnuts roasted by spaz307 @ 03/19/2006 04:03 PM EST

I sang some karaoke last night. As I'm sitting at the bar a slightly retarted dude sits down next to me - I think the was carrying a brick in his pants. He smelled like he took a dump on himself. I quicky found another seat. Oh, the karaoke was ok. But please, if your retarted...please wipe ya ass.

Chestnuts roasted by Xenophobe @ 03/19/2006 04:09 PM EST

Hey Mtrox, thanks for the tip about the special red Peeps at Target. I went out today to get some along with a a beanie, a plushie, and the Peeps S'mores bucket. Even got more Peeps today. Spent nearly $50 on Peeps shit in just one day. Check out how big my collection is getting...

http://www.crowncombo.com/blog/peeps.jpg

Chestnuts roasted by Myste @ 03/19/2006 04:41 PM EST

saw the main event, it was good, not great but good

i think i remember these as a kid but never knew what they were called, the later time slot would have been dope.. they shoulda brought back hulk hogan too

Chestnuts roasted by doc bong @ 03/19/2006 06:09 PM EST

Holy christ!

Did you see Lita's Juggs?

I couldn't stop staring at those things.

Chestnuts roasted by Rick Rude @ 03/19/2006 06:15 PM EST

Mystie:

What is the Peeps S'mores Bucket? I am...intrigued...and jealous of that collection...and hungry for sandy marshmallows.

Chestnuts roasted by mtrox @ 03/19/2006 06:28 PM EST

I have seen a little slice of heaven, and it was in the form of a Kenny Rogers slot machine. God bless Kenny Rogers, God bless Delaware Park. Highly recommend the tasty, tasty slots action. If not into table games, keep going on I-95. You won't disappointed. Oh, and Kenny's machine is right next to the Aliens. Ripley slots action -- who woulda thought?

Chestnuts roasted by LemurCat @ 03/19/2006 06:29 PM EST

I found it at Target with the Easter stuff. There were a bunch of like... paint can buckets with Easter stuff in them, and one it a Nestle S'Mores bucket that has a kit inside for making S'mores.... but with Peeps instead of regular marshmallows! I don't actually have anywhere to properly display this Peeps collection, and I don't want all this stuff sitting in a box in the closet, so I'm actually seriously considering auctioning it all off for charity once the article is all said and done.

I found some Peeps hard candies at Toys R Us, and I must say, they're mighty tasty. Didn't find any 90% off toys, though.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/19/2006 06:35 PM EST

Mystie - I bought one of each of the little plushie bean bags of bunny peeps, though I'm jealous of the 4 pack of chicks. So cute...

Really, there's peeps hard candy?? I'll have to check that out.

I have a feeling alot of stores may not have anything at all left on the big 90% off greentag item list. I was scrolling through that thing on the computer and I swear to God, after 10 minutes, the girls section was still loading. But the thing is, we just didn't have hardly anything in our store at all. Sucks. The stores need their own section for that stuff, even though it looks like hell 24/7 when they do.

Chestnuts roasted by Ryane @ 03/19/2006 07:22 PM EST

Peeps...hard candy? Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't that sort of defeat the entire purpose of Peeps?

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 03/19/2006 07:55 PM EST

Yeah, but they're pretty delicious! I was thinking they'd be crappy Spree rip-off but they're not. I can't pinpoint what they're most like... maybe more towards Pez. But yeah, I got them at Toys R Us for $1. They come in a plastic egg and you get stickers with them.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 03/19/2006 08:12 PM EST

saw SNME and loved it. That opening tag-match was awesome thanks to the finish. I was marking out .

Chestnuts roasted by Sjoerd Zegers @ 03/21/2006 06:35 AM EST