I know I'm not the only one angry at the way this country works. I've been angry about it for a while now. Straight to the point, who do you see as the epitome of what is wrong with America now? The Paris Hilton's? Lindsey Lohan? Britney Spears? Nicole Richie? Anna Nicole's corpse? Whatever white teenage drug addict they feature on an MTV reality show? Whatever white teenage drug addict with shaggy hair, a polo shirt and sandals hanging out at Abercrombie? 50 Cent? The Disney Channel? The 12 year old girls who like, always say like, and stuff and whatever bitch I'm textin mai BFF gurl so don't bother me aite? Spoiled young kids with Ipods, cell phones and dress like skanky skanks? Those damn Bratz? Whatever yo trip is, all of these things can be mushed together as a pretty decent representation of the mainstream American culture today. And now you have to see why I hate so much. With such a list that I could extend even further, you can't blame me. But now this...do I blame them? Do I REALLY hate Paris Hilton? From here on, I'll use Paris Hilton as the centerpiece of this whole thing since she's such a great example.
I do. I think she's a typical silver spoon fed trash bag ho with about as much substance and intelligence as a sack of monkey shit. BUT...but, that's who she is and that's who she'll always be. But do you know who I hate more? Those rich bastards upstairs who cut her the paycheck for making those stupid reality shows. Those suits who pay her to show up to stupid awards shows. This whole stupid American media for putting her bird face on television once every 2 minutes. That's who I blame. Our society has become so obsessed with such nonsense that I can see right through everything now. We don't hate her, we hate the fact that the media is obsessed with her. She is who she is, but the fact that this bitch is glamorized and covered to no end makes everyone hate her even more, when in reality, the hate should be going to all these "entertainment" shows who won't shut the fuck up about her. They keep saying how people hate her, and yes that's true. But wait, if we all hate her, why must you shove her down our throats all the time?! Why did Paris Hilton going to jail need to be the headline of every news broadcast, whether entertainment or not? Yes, she got what she deserved by going to jail, blah blah she's a bad role model...then why keep talking about her? It's their fault for making her famous and their fault for making legions of people hate her.
This didnt just come to me...I've known this shit since the beginning. It's the media's fault for the glamorization of idiots. It's their fault for covering Anna Nicole's death to death and all that shit about finding out who the baby daddy was. Like anyone gave a shit. I could've been her dead son for all I care. They should've just let her rest in drug induced peace. But of course, with so many fucking TV channels and entertainment shows, this "celebrity" nonsense spreads throughout the country like Paris spreads STD's. Let's face it, just about everyone on TV gets on my nerves. And that's why they get maximum attention. From Racist Rosie to that drunken car wreck Lohan to that formerly hot but now unfit mother Britney Spears. Non stop attention when it's quite clear people don't like them. And the fact is, they are filthy rich, talentless, commit crimes, and basically violate whatever moral and good conduct code us decent human beings have, and get plastered all over television for it. All the while, those rich, white 57 year old dudes lighting cigars with $100 bills go "Wow...check out these ratings. Outstanding, now go find more crap to feed this moronic country because based on this, we know they'll love it." I blame them. I blame the guys who pay those damn paparazzi people to take those stupid pictures of dumbass "celebrities" who are unable to park cars or leave anywhere sober. I blame the guys who keep giving them work and not let them fade into obscurity like they should. I blame Verizon Wireless for making such stupid commercials about girls obsessed with text messaging that they become mindless beings who can't even brush their teeth with texting about it to someone at the same time. I blame the Disney Channel for abandoning it's past and creating this tweener phenomenon and putting High School Muscial nonsense on a network meant for 6 year olds. I blame the media on continuing to be discriminatory towards my people and continuing to push more and more morons of the "right" skin color just because it looks better on TV. Who says racism is over? Dude, it's worse than ever. This country is in a wasteland and the bottom line is no, it's not Paris Hilton's fault. You gotta look at the big picture like I just explained. Then you'll see who to blame.
I really thought I was gonna just end this thing and let it be. I
really did. But my brain wont let me. So I'll give this the ol'
update-eroo. I'm pretty much done with blabbering about my love for
nostalgia and begging people to watch old school cartoons and shit like
that. I still love the stuff, but whatever, even though it's probably
my only interest in this stupid world we live in, it's my own thing. No
more retro preaching from me, hopefully.
Speaking
of stupid
world we live in, nothing shows off our stupidity worse than watching
real people on TV. A while back I denouced the television cancer that
is reality television. Now I'm starting to hate game shows. Dont get me
wrong, game shows are great in theory. A lot of game shows are great to
watch because you wanna play along at home and maybe test your
knowledge. But what I absolutely hate about them is the moronic
contestants that keep showing up on all these damn things.Which only
leads me to one thing...where the fuck are the Asian American game show
contestants? Instead of actual intelligent people like us on Price is
Right, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, Deal or No Deal, Family Feud or Who
Wants to Be a Millionaire, I have to see the stupidest, loudest, most
ridiculous looking people I've ever seen jumping for joy and acting
like an idiot because they know they're onTV. And in this "me first"
culture we live in, nothing would please the average Joe or Jamal
Everyman than 2 minutes of TV facetime. It makes me sick because these
game shows are actually enjoyable...that is, without the idiocy of the
contestants. Here's a thought: if you wanna see the stupidest, most
annoying people in America, watch the Price is Right. I've always liked
the show but only because I watched it casually. You see, until I went
to college, I've never been around the TV at 10 in the morning bored as
hell looking for something to watch. But now, I do. And let me say,
watching so much Price is Right will eventually piss you off so much
you wish every dumbass contestent who takes too long to bid or is too
stupid to figure the damn prices out himself gets his ass kicked by Bob
Barker's 140 year old corpse. Allow me to play the race card here. Why
does Family Feud always put a white family against a black family? Why
is it that most of the game show contestants are non-Asian? Simple, as
a collective group we generally have little charisma or stage prescense
that the television viewing American public loves. Honestly, I
agree with my own statement. Sure, we're the smartest bunch of people
in this moronic country, but that doesnt amount to much. People want to
see joy and ecstasy. Not silent jubilation and a fake smile. As much as
I feel that way, I sure as hell would like to see more quiet but smart
Asians on gameshows rather than loud and annoying but popular blacks or
whites. Maybe it's just me. I dont like the way my people (yes, my
people) are represented, I never have and until we get some competitant
Asian Americans out there and not stereotypes, I never will. Another
thing I hate about gameshows is the extravagant prizes given to
undeserving assholes. Every gameshow gives out big money and prizes,
but since as I said every gameshow also only allows idiots starving for
attention on, guess who's getting $20,000 or a newcar? That's right,
some idiot! LOLZZZ!! Why the fuck are TV corporations wasting so much
money on these morons when those thousands of dollars (hell, even
hundreds will do) could be given to more deserving causes? It kinda
does anger me to see some schmuck on Who Wants to be a Millionaire
(which shouldve been cancelled when Regis left) weasel his way to about
$25,000 using all his lifelines then quit. If you're gonna throw money
away, why not throw it at a school or hospital instead of some jerk who
came all the way from New York City! Whoooo!!! But of course, America
loves glorifying idiots
just like rap loves glorifying thug life. Take this new show for instance,
Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader? Well are you? Of course you are if
youre reading this. But if you're qualified to be on a game show in
America, you probably arent. Like tonight for instance, some *suprise*
black lady (yes, black lady cus if she were Asian she wouldve kicked
these little 5th grade asses back to preschool) walked away with like
$100,000 or something even though she couldn't answer "If y = 3x and 3x
= 12, what is y?" Being the moron that she and probably most of America
is, she couldnt figure it out, but left with the big bucks anyway cus
she had some oh-so-helpful lifelines. Lemme get this straight, are we
sinking so low that we are REWARDING STUPIDITY? Why yes we are.
So before she leaves and since didnt win the million dollar grand prize
(I wonder how hard that question was: What's the animal with the
longest neck and rhymes with"ziraffe"?) she had to say "I'm not smarter
than a fifth grader!!" And joyful that she still won more money than
most people will see in a year, she yelled it like she just climaxed.
Yep. And like the annoying Ford commercial jingle sings..."This is our
country."
Alright, I got that outta the way. I transferred to
UCD in January and I gotta say, it was a rough couple months
beforehand. Yes, medically speaking. I had that 3 week long hospital
stay, then the remaining wisdom tooth removal, then I had something
removed from my wrist 4 days before Christmas, making it the best
Christmas ever and the best 3 months of my life. Yep, nothing like
being in a giant cast for 3 weeks and having your own parents open the
present they gave you. Ah the simple joys of my life. But it doesnt
ever end there, no no. I had to transfer to UCD a week later. Of
course, I didnt find an apartment until about 2 weeks before the
quarter started. I couldnt even help move myself in. Talk about a rough
transition. ROFLGTGLOLZ!!11! Now I had to deal with fitting in and
getting adjusted. Eh. I came up with a metaphor to describe the process
of a transfer student like me. It's like being really, really, really
late to a big party. I dont wanna explain it. Just think about it. But
I think after a quarter, I'm finally truckin along. My hand is pretty
much back to normal. I'm getting adjusted as best as my pathetic lonely
self can. I even made a Facebook. I didnt even know what the hell that
was until I got here and the first thing that was asked when I was put
into a group project during the first week was if I had one. I said
hell no. Whatever, it's not as bad as myspace at least. I've managed
never to jump into that boat. So, one quarter done...it wasnt easy
and it probably never will be. I dont know what I'm doing, I
still have no plan. And of course my health is always a part of my
plan. It's tough to think about the future when its so hazy...but at
least for now, I'm doin better than I was before.
I'd like this to be my Christmas post. But first things first. Jason Schmidt. AKA San Francisco's new Public Enemy #1. Or at least mine. His defection to the Dodgers on Wednesday literally made me sick to my stomach. I couldn't think the rest of the day. All I could see in my head was him laughing his way to the bank with his new Dodger buddies.Then striking out the side. Roberts. Aurilia. Feliz if they bat him third. Our major offseason transactions...one by one. Then Bonds, our $16 million plus incentives other transaction. Then eventually getting Molina to fly out. It pains me so. This proves there's no such thing as team loyalty or loyalty to the fans. No Giant should ever want to go tothe Dodgers if loyalty was true. Sure, we couldn't afford him. Of course not when you're paying a bunch of old guys like Bonds big time dough to break a record no one cares about. We're gonna pay Bonds more this season than the Dodgers paid for the piece of Schmidt. But dammit Schmidt, go to the fucking Mariners...or Mets or something. I wouldnt have been this pissed if he went to the Padres. But the Dodgers...why? Well obviously for Schmidt and the Dodgers, life is great. Schmidt goes to a team that actually has the talent to win. The Dodgers didn't pay as much as expected. Well goody for them. Meanwhile, the Giants, who lead by Sabean, Baer and McGowan have made this team who by the way, promised to not make Bonds a centerpiece and vowed to get younger, are going to battle to be the worst team in the west. Even if we sign Zito, who people keep saying was the top pitcher on the market when I think he's overrated, we still aint that good. Plus, we won't sign Zito anyway. So long sad story short, this team is being bashed by everyone everywhere, including myself. I still dont understand the game plan here. We STILL have a couple of old guys around, the pitching staff only has 3 sure things, and no closer. That we all know. Bonds getting over 16 mill is fucking ridiculous. We were bidding against nobody. We coulda offered him minimum wage and he would've had to take it. I woulda thought anything over 10 mill was too much. The three stooges upstairs blew that one. But the thing now is Schmidt. He was a great Giant we all know that. But all the loyalty us fans had to him, all the uproar over him losing the Cy Young to Gagne, all the praise and respect, is gone. I hate his guts now. At least Kent went through Houston to get to Dodger blue. Schmidt made the best move of his career probably by getting the hell off this team, but I will boo him until my trachea swells up.
Now on to happier matters. Christmas time is here. Yes, it's getting harder to enjoy it what with all my oldness and everything. But, like I said last year, the one thing that does make me feel Christmasy is television. It's easier this year to find a lot of Christmas classics with Youtube and other sites. So I've found some rare ones. Anyway once again, with a bit more of an update, here is:
My top 32 favorite Christmas specials, cartoon episodes, movies or whatever.
32. 'Twas the Night Before Christmas
This was a Rankin/Bass regular animation cartoon from 1978 starring a troublesome mouse who almost ruins Christmas and stops Santa from visiting a poor clockmaker's family. Beautiful. Still plays on ABC Family Channel.
31. Jetsons Christmas Carol/Flintstones Christmas Carol
I put these 2 together because I remember watching these 2 back to backon Cartoon Network as a kid. Both were very good and both belong on my list. Not showed anymore.
30. Donald's Snow Fight
Another classic Disney cartoon has Donald trying to ruin Huey, Dewey and Louie's snowman. My favorite part was hearing Donald butchering "Jingle Bells". Not played anymore. 29.Rocko's Modern Christmas
Two words: Fruitcake Man. Not shown anymore. 28. Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
One of my favorites as a kid was watching Christmas Eve on Sesame Street from 1978. Oscar tells Big Bird Santa doesnt exist, so Big Bird goes to search for answers. Bert and Ernie sells their own stuff in order to get money to buy presents for each other. And best of all Cookie Monster tries to write a letter to Santa but keep eating everything. It was an amazing special, havent seen it in so long but I remember it so well. Not shown anymore.
27.The Night before Christmas
A Disney short from 1933 has Santa visiting an orphange and unloading toys. The toys all come alive, the kids wake up and mayhem ensues. I remember this one very well, especially the smallest kid who's buttflap on his PJ's came loose and you could see his ass. Find it on Youtube.
26. Mr. Hanky, the Christmas Poo
South Park has had many Christmas specials, including Woodland Critter Christmas. But there's nothing like the first one. The debut of Mr. Hanky and the first episode Kenny doesnt die in. Cool.
25. Peace on Earth
Peace on Earth from 1939 is a haunting tale about squirrels at Christmas time. Haunting because the Grandfather squirrel visits his 2 squirrel grandchildren and tells the story of war and how all humans were killed. Nothing joyful about this one, but a message to stop all the fighting before the animals take over. It's a Christmas cartoon for hippies. I found it on Youtube.
24. Pluto's Christmas Tree
In another Disney cartoon, Mickey and Pluto celebrate the holidays by getting a Christmas Tree. Little do they know living in the Christmas tree is Chip n Dale. All hell breaks lose when Pluto tries to get those pesky chipmunks outta their tree. Not shown anymore.
23. Mickey's Good Deed
From 1932 and one of the earliest Mickey cartoons out there is also one of the most touching. Mickey sees a really poor family at Christmas timeand wants to help. So he sells Pluto to some punk kid in order to buythem stuff. This kid treats Pluto like shit. It haunts me thinking howbad that kid treated Pluto. Pluto gets kicked out, returns to Mickey while dragging a turkey. All is well again. Not shown anymore.
22. Alpha's Magical Christmas
The Mighty Morphin Power Ranger Christmas special was really all about the lonely robot Alpha who monitors the Power Ranger Command Center along with his homey Zordon. Alpha is really lonely so Zordon sends presents, little kids,and holiday cheer to the Command Center. Then eventually the Power Rangers showed up to sing with Alpha. Oh yea, I actually watched this. Wouldn't it be awesome if they did show this again? Too bad.
21. Muppet Family Christmas/Muppet Christmas Carol
The Muppets will never cease to amaze me. In Muppet Family Christmas, the entire Muppet cast, Sesame Street cast, and Fraggle Rock cast celebrate Christmas at Fozzie's momma's house. The story revolves around Kermit worrying that Miss Piggy will get lost in the snow trying to get to the party. Of course a lot of stuff goes wrong, including the Swedish chef trying to cook Big Bird. And they all celebrate at the end with a huge musical number. One thing I never got was how they could get 50 muppets moving and singing at once. In Muppet Christmas Carol, Micheal Caine plays Scrooge and all the other Muppet characters join into play the other roles. Another Muppet classic. I saw Muppet Family Christmas on Youtube.
20. Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
This touching special follows three stories. First, Huey, Duey and Louie wish everyday was Christmas until it actually happens. Then, Goofy tries to make his son Max believe in Santa again. Finally, Mickey can't afford to get Minnie a gift but really, she doesnt want all that material stuff, just to spend time with him. AWWW....This can be seen every year on Disney Channel. At least that stupid channel is good for something.
19. Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol
Theres no cartoon list without the Looney Tunes. From 1979, Yosemite Sam playsthe role of Scrooge and Bugs Bunny teaches him the true meaning of Christmas.
18. Hey Arnold Christmas Special
This one is officially old school with Hey Arnold being taken off the air. Hey Arnold to me was the last great Nicktoon. This special was touching. Arnold draws Mr. Hyunh as his secret Santa and doesn't know what to get him. He finds out that Mr. Hyunh, with bad Asian accent and all, has a daughter in America that he had to give away in order to save during the Vietnam War. Arnold finally, with the help of Helga, reunites the father and daughter in a touching Christmas moment. Not shown anymore, maybe it will be.
17. A Garfield Christmas Special
From 1987, I remember seeing this on TV as a kid. Garfield and Odie have tospend Christmas at Jon's family's house which completely boring. So they gotta stir up some trouble. After Garfield falls off the tree trying to put the star up, he says "Whoever invented Christmas should be drug out into the street and shot." This was on a kids holiday special. I found it on dailymotion.com
16. Will Vinton's Claymation Christmas
From 1987, this breakthrough cult classic still amazes me. I love claymation. This special is narrated by two dinosaurs who basically guide us around their town and introduce Christmas songs sung by weird claymation animals and things. Most famous of course being the California Raisins. Not shown anymore but I watched this on Youtube earlier this year but it's since been taken off.
15. The Snowman
No, not Frosty. This was from 1982 and one of the best cartoons ever. Animated like it comes from the book, this cartoon has no dialogue but the wonderful music and story will win you over. I watched this as a kid in my elementary school but havent seen it since. It was pretty damn good. I don't even know if this was ever on TV. You won't find it unless you buy the video or DVD, in Canada or something.
14. The Year without Santa Claus
Another Rankin/Bass classic from 1974 has Santa taking Christmas off cus he was sick. In come Heat Miser and Cold Miser to battle. Those are 2 kick-ass characters. Shown every year on ABC Family.
13. The Simpsons Christmas episodes
How could I leave this off last year? Anyway, there are so many Simpsons Christmas moments. Ok, maybe not that many. Let's see, the first Simpsons episode ever was a Christmas episode where they found Santa's Little Helper. There was also the one where Bart burned down the Christmas tree and presents, then lied about it. There was one where Bart got in trouble for stealing the Bonestorm video game. And the Funzo episode. Still shown.
12. Rugrats: The Santa Experience
From 1991 (wow, Rugrats is 15 years old). Tommy's family, Phil and Lil's family, Chuckie's family, and Angelica's family and Grandpa Phil take a Christmas vacation to the mountains. There, Angelica tells the babies the scary tale of Santa and how mean he is. Of course, she's lying to them as usual and the babies get a visit from Santa himself who turns out to be a pretty nice guy. Angelica gets a Malibu Stacy townhouse, with a suprise lump of coal in the garage. Not shown anymore.
11. Frosty the Snowman
From 1969, another Rankin/Bass traditional animation cartoon tells the tale of Frosty. From the magician's hat, Frosty first words "Happy Birthday", and to the teary eyed moment he melts in the greenhouse to save the girl's life. A very touching cartoon. Still shown every year on CBS.
10. Doug - The Christmas Story From 1991, Doug is my favorite Nicktoon ever. Doug's superdog Porkchop saves super-rich brat Beebee Bluff from falling through the ice while skating. But his save is seen as an attack and Beebee has Porkchop arrested. Doug eventually comes through for his dog and he is saved from being put to doggy death. They showed it a few years ago, but Doug is a distant Nickelodeon memory nowadays.
9. Santa Claus is Comin' to Town
The classic Rankin/Bass stop motion Christmas special from 1970. The tales of a mysterious baby named Claus found on the doorstep of the evil Burgermeister Meister. He finds his way to the toy-making, funny red suit wearing Kringle household and eventually becomes Santa Claus. Shown every year.
8. Animaniacs/Pinky and the Brain Christmas special
The Animaniacs video which I have contains various Christmas segments of my favorite cartoon ever. The highlights are the story of a golden wrapping paper and the Animaniacs version of "Noel". In the Pinky and the Brain special, Brain tries to take over the world again by having Santa deliver his mind control doll. Pinky steals the show with his desperation to send his letter to Santa, which Brain reads in a very touching moment. We all know Animaniacs is a distant memory as well, but this specials can be found on Youtube.
7. Home Alone 1 and 2
Ah, where would Christmas be without Home Alone 1 and 2? I liked 2 better but both are 90s classics. In fact, my knowledge of the Christmas songs comes from watching these 2 movies. You see these on various networks each year.
6. Nightmare Before Christmas
C'mon, everyone loves this movie. They brought it back to theatres a few months ago in 3D, I didn't get to see it. From 1993, this Tim Burton movie uses groundbreaking stopmotion animation. Jack Skellington brings Christmas to Halloween town, with disastrous results. Simply amazing. Saw it on Cartoon Network a few weeks ago.
5. A Chipmunk Christmas
From 1981, this special marked the resurrection of the Chipmunks who came on during the 60s. Alvin gives a sick kid his harmonica but little does he know he needed it for a concert at Carnegie Hall. So typical Alvin, hegrifts to get the money for a new one, making him look greedy to Dave.But his good deed ends up being noticed afterall. I adore this special,the wonderful songs including the legendary Chipmunk Song. This movie was the reason why I'm a Chipmunk fan, and its out on DVD now. Not shown on TV and I cant find it on the internet.
4. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
The most famous reindeer of all in the most famous Rankin/Bass Christmas special of all. We all know the story. The misfit Rudolph meets the misfit Hermey who wants to be a dentist. They go to the island of Misfit toys, run from the Abomidible Snowman, meet Yukon Cornelius andthe whole thing is narrated by a talking Snowman. Still shown every year on CBS.
3. Mickey's Christmas Carol
From 1983, this is one of my absolute favorite cartoons ever. Uncle Scrooge McDuck plays, you guessed it...Scrooge. My favorites were the 3 ghosts.Goofy was hilarious as the clumsy ghost of Jacob Marley. Jiminy Cricket was the ghost of Christmas past, Willie the Giant you see in the picture is the ghost of Christmas present. He was same hilarious Giant from Mickey and the Beanstalk. And Pete is the scary ghost of Christmas future. Add in Mickey as Bob Cratchet, Donald Duck as Fredand this adorable little Mickey as Tiny Tim. What a cast. The part where they show Tiny Tim's grave with Mickey shedding a tear while holding his little crutch. Aww man...I dunno. That'll get to you. I found it on Youtube.
2. A Charlie Brown Christmas
When ABC airs this, it signifies the start of the Christmas TV season. Although I dont care for the religious message, theres no denying that it wouldnt be Christmas without A Charlie Brown Christmas. Made 40 years ago, itsa simple tale about the commericialism of Christmas. Charlie Brown represents what Christmas is all about. You dont have to be the mostpopular person, or the happiest, or have the best looking tree. It aintall about the gifts, the fancy tree and ornaments, Christmas cards and all that. Christmas is still gonna come. Linus' whole speech at the end, even though I'm not religious, was a great moment. You wouldnt see kids so genuine and pure today. The background music, the message, andthe many songs make this a Christmas classic for the ages. The only other special that has a message that can top this one is:
1. Dr. Suess' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
TBS starts showing this thing at freakin Thanksgiving. How can I describe how great this cartoon is? The legendary Dr. Seuss hits the nail on the head with the "other" meaning of Christmas, which is you dont need all the fancy decorations and loads of presents. The important thing is being with loved ones and just celebrating Christmas for what it is. The Who's didnt need all those presents, all that fancy food or decorations to celebrate. After the Grinch robbed their asses in one night ("You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch") they didnt even notice it. "Who" cares? It aint about the gifts, as the Grinch would realize.Whenever I see his heart grow 3 sizes, mine grows 1 size, like a normal heart. The Grinch represents all the lonely pathetic souls out there who really just need a little joy in their lives. Like all you losers...
Well there you go. I did it again, so what. Now get watchin.
Oh my God you gotta check this out. On Friday, Michael Richards, who we
all know as Kramer on Seinfeld, one of the greatest TV characters ever
went ballistic on some black people that were heckling him while he was
doing stand up. The whole thing was caught on camera right as he was
hurling the word nigger around and saying 50 years ago they would be
hanging from trees. The video was very disturbing, especially if you're
a Michael Richards fan. This guy was on top of the world at one point
but since Seinfeld was cancelled he's been pretty much a nobody. But
this has to be the bottom of the barrel for him. In the video you see
him just losing his damn mind and going at it with the black people in
the audience who must've said he wasnt funny or something. Here's the
link to watch the vid.
http://celebrities.netscape.com/story/2006/11/20/shocker-kramers-racist-tirade-caught-on-tape/
Ok now for my stank on this. Something had to push him over the edge. I
would suspect the black people at maybe pissing him off first, which
doesnt suprise me. Then when Richards starts hurling the racial slurs,
the crowd turns on him. Then the heckler calls him a cracka and here we
go. The heckler insults him again by sayin he aint done shit since
Seinfeld, and Richards really can't come back from that. He drops the
mic and leaves the stage.
Wow. I was stunned watching this thing. This clearly shows the state of
America. For people who think racism is no longer here, here's proof we
as a people will never get along. People of all races will continue to
piss off people from other races and the first thing we'll notice is
color and stereotypes. But think about this in reverse. If that was
Chris Rock on stage getting heckled by honkeys, shit would've been
totally different. Rock would've insulted the white people to no end
and guess what, everybody in the audience will be laughing. But that's
not the point here. Richard's tone of voice and the way he yelled back
was clearly in anger. But it does make you think about our society.
Everybody knows that black people throw the word nigga around so much
it's pretty much lost all meaning. But when a white person or anybody
else says it of course they get pissed. Yet blacks can call whites
crackers and honkeys and nobody cares. You cant explain this. No one
can. It's the way it is. If blacks are so offended by that damn word,
QUIT USING IT! I'd say Richards was outta line here indeed but this
thing goes deeper. It shows our society has changed, but only slightly.
Everybody's inner racist will show up eventually. Whether it's an
outburst like Richards, or when you start getting scared the moment you
see some black people coming toward you. It's human nature. However, I
dont feel sorry for black people or other minorities in this case
because they have the biggest double standard ever. Black comedy is
like 80% making fun of white people anyway. They can go around
insulting everybody but it can never be the other way around. Who the
hell knows why? Double standard. It's what pisses me off about this
country too. Just when people think all is well, it isn't.
RIP Michael Richards' career.
Speaking of people losing their damn mind. OJ Simpson. He's put out a
book and TV interview saying how he would've killed his wife. Yep. This
is America.
People around the country are breaking their legs hopping on the 49er
bandwagon. I'm happy with the progress and the snazzy suits, but there
are lots of problems still. Frank Gore is the MVP we all know that but
the passing game needs some work. The offense tends to disappear
quickly. The defense is coming around and getting people talking. But
the corners can still be beat as shown by Sammy Davis. There must be
some sort of unknown rule I'm not aware of, but if you have the ball
and the lead with under 2 mins left, don't you kneel down? Instead,
Gore lost a fumble. Then the Hawks got the ball back but the Niners got
lucky with the terrible throw that resulted in a pick. Then we see
Jonas Jennings get injured and Joe Nedney missing a field goal. Then
the Hawks got the ball back again but the D held up again. All in under
2 mins. At first I thought it may be the fact that the Seahawks still
had timeouts left, but that wasn't the case. Why the fuck weren't the
Niners just kneeling?
Playoffs???!! You kidding me?? Playoffs?!!?! Maybe.
The Giants are looking like they will go into the rebuilding phase the
Niners went into. I honestly have no idea what the hell Sabean is
doing. I can't picture Bonds in another uniform, especially with the
A's or Padres. Ugh it makes me sick thinking about it. He's old and for
the Giants the best thing is for him to leave, but he's our franchise
and on the verge of breaking the record nobody cares about. It comes
down to whether he's about the money, or about loyalty. I would rather
he just retire. I dont want him to play for another team or for the
Giants to break the bank, which they wont. So we'll see. It's sad to
think that both him and Schmidt are on the verge of leaving. The thing
with sports stars is that fans can get attached. I was sad when Jerry
Rice left, but we had Owens. And when Young had to retire. The Giants
dont have anything after our only 2 big stars. We'll see I guess. I
dont see them landing names like Carlos Lee...and there aint much of
anyone else. Juan Pierre Escargo or Gary Matthews? They wont help much.
Dave Roberts? Please. Get ready to fight Arizona for 4th place.
In a TV era filled with crappy shows, Scrubs is my new favorite show.
Well, I dont have a favorite exactely...but it's a show on TV that's
still making new shows that I like. Same with the Office or Family Guy.
It's another one of the those shows that I discovered after it aired.
With Seinfeld, I caught on after it got cancelled. Sorta like Home
Improvement or other shows of the early 90s. With the Office, I caught
on after a few episodes. With Scrubs, I've caught on 5 years later.
Sorta like King of the Hill or Futurama. Family Guy I caught on
immediately. As I did with Robot Chicken. No
point to this really. Apparently, from the looks of it I have poor
taste in TV shows. Or is my taste so unpoor that everyone who watches
the garbage on TV these days is an idiot? Yep. I just think Scrubs is
one of the funniest and
well-acted shows ever. Dr. Cox and the Janitor are the greatest.
I've finally finished rummaging through the attic in my backyard
looking for old goodies from my past. I've uncovered just about every
Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers toy I had. Found some cool shit
including old toy guns and cars (insert black joke here), my old
Batmobile, old Halloween costumes, a Ninja Turtle board game, but most
importantly my pogs. I've uncovered every Pog I've ever owned and fully
intend on playing this simple yet entertaining game again. I couldnt
find my slammers so therefore I cant play. I had several of them and I
remember keeping them all in a bag but I just remembered that I lost
that bag as a kid. This ultimately meant the end of my Pog addiction
back in the day. So I guess I can go on ebay to buy a few
slammers...yes I'm serious. I also uncovered another treasure that I
didnt remember until I uncovered it. Wacky Packages. What are Wacky
Packages you say? During the card collecting days of the 80's and 90's
where instead of Magic or Pokemon cards, kids collected cartoon cards,
superhero cards, Garbage Pail Kids cards, and sports cards...there was
another popular collection of cards called Wacky Packages. And they
were cool. You wanna know why? Take a look at a few for yourself.
Those are just a few from the 1991 collection I had. For a complete look at the collection go here: http://www.wackypackages.org/index.php
Are these just insane or what? They took pop culture items and made it
hilariously disgusting. And kids bought and collected these cards with
these stickers on them. Can you imagine kids today collecting these? I
can't. America is just too soft for these hardcore collectables. They
are still making these so that means the artist still has the sick
touch. Awesome.
When I was in the hospital, I missed the debut of my new favorite song
and favorite video of all time. Weird Al's "White and Nerdy". No, I'm
neither white nor nerdy but it's not really the meaning that makes me
like the song. It's the fact that Weird Al still has it. He's my
favorite musician of all time for a reason. He's creative and has my
sense of humor. And the King of Song Parodies still has it after over
20 years. He's lasted longer than Madonna, Michael Jackson, Prince,
etc. Because Al has a system: Keeping up with the times and using that
innovative and musically intelligent mind of his. What can I say, he's
the king of MTV. No not the modern MTV which is garbage but the MTV
era. The music video is what makes Weird Al a genius. The White and
Nerdy video is my all time favorite because it's fucking hilarious.
Better than Amish Paradise or Eat It. He knows how to make the video
make the song. By itself, White and Nerdy is a hilarious song with a
good point but it is also a song that he needed to bring to life and he
succeeded. Weird Al deserves a lot more recognition and respect. His
songs are silly and not really serious but his talent needs to be taken
seriously. With music as bad as it is now, I'm glad Weird Al is still
around.
I turned 20 today. I made it this far, I guess with my health and
everything I'll just have to see if I got another 20 left in me.
Seriously, I'd consider myself lucky if I did. Since I got out 15 days
ago everything went right back to where it was immediately. I'm
probably more miserable now that I know my future is so uncertain.
These thoughts keep popping into my head. Nothing's going my way, I
gotta find a purpose, what's keeping me alive, why bother, what's the
point all this...so forth. It happens I guess.
Anyway, while looking at old pictures this summer I came across a lot
of old birthday photos. You know, when birthdays actually meant
something. I found a picture of my birthday cake when I turned 6 in
1992.
Oh yeah...Raphael on a skateboard. How early 90's is this? Better yet,
how Asian is this? First off, Derrick is spelled wrong. Dellick.
Dellick is how Chinese people pronounce Derrick. So obviously some
miscommunication happened at the Chinese bakery. Then, since my folks
have no 6 candle...they stuck a 1 candle and 5 candle together. 1 + 5 =
6. Hurray! So one more
year till I can get plastered and lose all my money in Vegas.
