I'm just posting because I'm super excited about my upcoming road trip to Campbell River. I'll be leaving the last week of July to vist _luckyxiii and 0ut_of_exile (hopefully he gets sometime off around then) again. No Matt this time, as he's booked his time off a couple weeks before me, and it wouldn't be good to have the two people at work that know receiving off at the same time.

So now it's just waiting. Waiting for my super-awesome manager's bonus to be paid, waiting for my raise to be finalized, and waiting to hit the road again. I've never done an extended road trip like that by myself but since I don't really have too many other real-life friends to ask (not counting the ones with wives and grown-up responsibilities and the like), it looks like it'll be a relaxing solo trip.

I'm literally dreaming about this trip, though I hope there are far less lizard-men and flooded-over roadways in real life. My dreams are too weird. ALSO, I found a link for the new Alkaline Trio album (comes out July 1st) and WHOOOOO I love it.

Yes, it's true. I have a man-crush. It's okay, I know it is. Millions of meathead guys have man crushes or vaguely homo-erotic daydreams about athletes and rappers and such. Not me, I just appreciate under-appreciated talented individuals... but not to a homo-erotic level. I think. I HOPE. Anyways, his name is Paul, Paul Rudd. You might have heard of him before.



Because Paul Rudd is SO obscenely and obviously talented, you'd think the guy would be an A-list actor, but he seems to just continuously fly under the radar. And I dig that. I'm sure he does it on purpose, because if we've learned anything these past few years on the Internets, it's that if you're an attention-seeking whore of a celebrity, your mug will be everywhere.

Anyways, he's been in tonnes of movies lately, mostly Apatow productions and right there that should be enough to be declared amazing by all. So yeah, because of Paul Rudd I end up watching movies like I Could Never Be Your Woman. Let's face it, I'll watch anything he's in and most likely enjoy it. He makes me want to re-watch Anchorman and I didn't even enjoy it much the first time I saw it. Even old Super Nintendo commercials.



I'm not going to go on, because really, this post is gay enough as it is. If you don't love or even enjoy Paul Rudd, I might have to start hating you.

Stupid YouTubes. Apparently my posting of that Step Brothers trailer in my last entry led to such an increase in hits that Sony Pictures became aware of it and then had it pulled. Clearly this leads me to believe that I am an influential member of the Internetz community and that my blogging is in demand. So here I am, posting again with nothing much to say and wondering where it will take me.

topfive_reviews, for all intents and purposes, appears to be dead. I created that community almost four years ago and there were high and low points and for the past year or so the readership / commenting / enthusiasm just died down to a trickle. I couldn't continue to put so much effort into something that I wasn't being rewarded in that intangible positive reinforcement way that we all love so much. It's like going a bit out of your way at work and thriving on one of your bosses noticing and saying "Hey, good job." Sure it's not a financial boon or anything, but a lot of the time it just felt like I was performing in front of a mirror. No disrespect intended to anyone that is on my Friends list and also read my stuff there, I was mostly disappointed in new members not actually doing anything.

What really sucks about that is that since I've discovered the ease of use of torrenting, well I've already watched an amazing library of movies that would never have had happened while I was writing reviews. You can argue that watching a movie on a computer monitor isn't really watching a movie, but I'm not that much of a movie snob that I would agree with you.

I can't really think of anything else to add to this entry, other than I occasionally have disgustingly depressing nights of loneliness, nights where I feel so alone that I don't even want anyone else around because I'd hate for them to see me like that. I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that I'll most likely be one of those guys that just never finds someone for him. I don't really want to end on that note, but I can't think of anything to follow that up with. Fuck that's depressing. Oh great, now a Bob Dylan song on random.

Trailer for the new Will Ferrell / John C. Reilly movie Step Brothers. Be wary, contains Not Safe for fucking Work dialogue.


Nothing else is really new in my life. When last we saw him, the intrepid Skooch was assistant managing a retail store and occasionally doing something entertaining. Since that time, life has gone on. Every once in awhile I feel the urge to post something here but then I bore myself to tears. Well not real tears, metaphoric tears. This has been your tedious Skooch update.

One down, 15 to go. The Beard is back.

I've decided to post on the day that everyone else has decided to STRIKE AGAINST LJ. For really, no reason at all. I don't have anything particularly interesting to share, no new developments in my boring life. OH, I did want to share how infuriatingly annoying having a mouse that doesn't work properly 60% of the time is. It's maddening.

Let me tell you something LJ. I cannot put into words how excited I am to be an active blogger in an American election year. 2004 was amazing just for the sheer amount of stupidity that the Internet was infected with. I'm not usually interested in politics at all, but after watching the Dixie Chicks documentary Shut Up & Sing, I'm literally giddy with anticipation at redneck Americans voting idiots into office. Oh my god I can almost taste the craziness. Now, to my knowledge, I don't have anyone that jumps to mind on my Friends list that is a Bush supporter or anything like that, so making direct contact with these specimens might prove to be difficult. Keep your eyes peeled for them and keep me in the loop, 'cause I definitely need some hillbilly entertainment.

smuttercup, HAY, I'd do that meme thing but I don't really know 10 people that well these days. So I'll just skip to the 9 part:
9 Things About Me
1. I'm an insomniac
2. I haven't had an actual official girlfriend since high school
3. I have contemplated ways of killing myself on occasion in the past
4. A lot of people have suggested I go into therapy
5. I dream of one day just driving off to whoknowswhere, once my debt is all gone
6. I've gotten over a lot of self-confidence issues by coming to terms with how awesome I can be... at karaoke
7. I hate haaaaaaaate a lot of the customers that come into my store because they are simply disgusting human beings
8. I don't often update my LJ with "real" entries because I fear that I will bore the hell out of everyone
9. I am cursed. If I show an interest in a girl, she will immediately get back together with an ex or suddenly find herself in a relationship. Whether or not that is coincidental with me showing an interest is speculation.

8 Ways to Win My Heart
1. Um, show interest in me
2. Have a personality
3. Don't play games
4. Be honest
5. Sense of humour and appreciating my sense of humour
6. a dirty mind and foul mouth
7. Be respectful of those in the service industry
8. SPELL PROPERLY

7 Things That Cross My Mind A Lot
1. Money
2. Work
3. Debt
4. Movies
5. Sex
6. Loneliness
7. The Road

6 Things I Wish I Never Did
Even though many things that I've done in the past have screwed me over in the present, I've learned from them and helped me become the solitary individual I am today. So, either No Regrets or Far Too Many to Mention.

5 Turn Offs In a Girl
1. Over-reliance on text messaging rather THAN ACTUALLY COMMUNICATING
2. No sense of humour
3. Terrible pop culture taste
4. Disrespecting others
5. Um, sure let's go with racism

4 Turn Ons In a Girl
1. SENSE OF HUMOUR
2. a great smile
3. A wardrobe that includes a hockey jersey
4. Video game playing abilities

3 Smilies That Describe My Life
1. :(
2. ;)
3. :P .... that was ridiculous and I feel dumber for having done this category

2 Things I Want Before I Die
1. Some girl to want me for me, flaws and all.
2. A puppy

1 Confession
Even though I generally hate people, sometimes I'm disappointed that I rarely get asked to go out and do spontaneous things. It's a contradiction I know.

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( Movies I watched in November )
( Movies I watched in December )
December 2007 Average (7 Movies) - 3.93 / 5
November 2007 Average (8 Movies) - 3.44 / 5
October 2007 Average (8 Movies) - 3.19 / 5
September 2007 Average (6 Movies) - 4 / 5
August 2007 Average (11 Movies) - 3.32 / 5
July 2007 Average (11 Movies) - 4 / 5
June 2007 Average (19 Movies) - 4.03 / 5
May 2007 Average (15 Movies) - 3.8 / 5
April 2007 Average (8 Movies) - 3.88 / 5
March 2007 Average (17 Movies) - 3.01 / 5
February 2007 Average (11 Movies) - 3.73 / 5
January 2007 Average (13 Movies) - 3.23 / 5

2007 Average (134 Movies) - 3.63 / 5