Lost Weekend

Well that sucked.

I spent the past weekend on a bit of a roller coaster. Saturday started with a fun trip to the Staples Center in LA, but was marred when the boyfriend’s car started lurching and bleeding transmission fluid. (Not to mention the Bruins lost in a shootout). If you ever have the chance to drive from LA to San Diego with three people crammed into the cab of a tow truck, then your life has taken an unpleasant turn.

Then came Sunday. I brought a turkey to Red’s house and our friends brought sides and everything was delicious, but by the time the turkey was ready in the 2nd quarter of the playoff game between the Chargers and Jets, it was becoming clear that all was not well in Qualcomm Stadium. The Bolts ended up losing after the kicker missed THREE field goals (As Garney said: “You’ve gotta be Kaeding me!”), and some uncharacteristically boneheaded penalties. (Honestly, who kicks a penalty flag)?

Then, to cap it all off, we watched a Golden Globes telecast that ended with James Cameron speaking Na’vi.

The Globes had their moments (Yay Mad Men, Michael C. Hall, Christoph Waltz, Chloe Sevigny and Alec Baldwin. On behalf of Red, Yay Glee) but come on: Avatar deserves every technical award they make, but “Best Picture” should take into account things like acting, writing, and stealing plots wholesale from a 15-year-old Disney movie. Obviously it doesn’t matter - all awards shows are PR exercises – but that doesn’t mean I can’t be annoyed.

To top it all off, I'm working today when half the world gets it off. Here’s hoping the next few days are better. Of course it’s raining in San Diego, so the apocolypse should be here in 3, 2, 1….

How You Should Spend Your Weekend

Mmmmm...Phillip and Vincent. Choices, choices...

Dudes, Red is tired. It's been a long week. I have some friends in town and they insist on doing things like "going out for dinner, drinks and poetry slams" and "socializing." Gah! My Wii Active trainer Tami is gonna so pissed at me!

Anyway, here's some shizz going down this weekend you should probably check out:

Friday Night: Dollhouse - Only 2 episodes left! Does anyone else watch this show? Anyone?

Saturday/Sunday: Football - This is who we're all rooting for, okay? Saints, Ravens, Vikings and Chargers. THIS CANNOT BE DISPUTED!!!

Sunday Night: Golden Globes - This year should be pretty great with Ricky Gervais as host. He is truly hilarious. I was going to do a predictions post, but I have no idea who will win anything...other than Christoph Waltz, who is favored to win Best Supporting Actor, something I called on Aug. 21. I am amazing. I'm also pulling for Jeff Bridges to win Best Actor for Crazy Heart because The Dude really gives a terrific performance and Michael C. Hall for his always stellar turn on Dexter.

Monday: Do Nothing - The first holiday since the holidays is gonna effing rule as I spend it on my couch, watching TV and Netflix with my new cats. Does like get sweeter, friends? I think not.

What awesome things are you getting up to this weekend?

Everybody's doing the Electric Glide!

Since my Patriots got eaten alive yesterday, and Red's a San Diego native, the blog is now 100 percent behind the Chargers in next Sunday's playoff game. If you need a reason to get into the spirit of things, here's star running back LaDainian Tomlinson making a fool out of himself. Go Bolts!

My Terrible Pumpkin

Hope you all had a lovely Halloween. The cast of Mad Men were a hit in my 'hood and were joined by a Pirate, Cougar Hunter, Beer Wench, Walter from The Big Lebowski, Norv Turner and Mrs. Mia Wallace, among others. A rousing good time was had by all. And here now, as promised, is the ugliest pumpkin in history. It was so bad, people used it as an ashtray. Thanks a lot friends and people I just met!

I guess it's not THAT bad, but the nose is just retarded.

Necessary Roughness

The sports world is in a tizzy today because a player for the University of Oregon* football team punched a player from Boise State after a game last night. Everyone's calling for the head of LaGarrette (great name) Blount, because he socked Bryan Hout in the jaw after what had reportedly been a very frustrating game for the Ducks.

But take a look at the video:




Doesn't Hout - who clearly says something to Blount before the incident - look like the most obnoxious d-bag you've ever seen? That smirk! That is the smirk of every jock who ever who ever tripped someone in the cafeteria or made fart noises during other people's presentations. That is a Cobra Kai smirk, a Hawk smirk. I don't generally condone violence, but that smirk was asking for it.

(Sorry for the poor video quality. This one had the best view of "the smirk").

* The original post said Oregon State. I have since been informed it was the University of Oregon. Sorry, I don't know the colleges of Oregon as well as I should.