I’ve become a big fan of Six Feet Under in the past few months. Here’s an article about the show’s opening credits that I found interesting. That music really is just perfect for it. (Link courtesy of NowThis.)
Category: TV
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De-gaussing
The Snook’s been driving me crazy for two days now with these “colored spots” he keeps seeing on the TV. He’s convinced that it’s somehow become magnetized or something, and thus we get weird purple spots over certain color backgrounds. (Can you tell that I’m skeptical?) His most recent attempt at correcting the “problem” involved him holding his giant computer monitor up in front of it while I turned it on. This would supposedly “de-gauss” it.
Snook: Maybe they’ve installed something in the cafe [below our apartment] that’s creating a magnetic field…
Me: Like a giant magnet?I dunno; I just find the whole thing funny.
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Filming…
Holy crap! This is the coolest thing ever! They’re filming a music video across the street from our apartment, and the director just came over to ask if they could get some shots off our balcony! I’m gonna see if I can sneak a few pictures for you…
Update: Cease excitement. It was some college kids doing a video for the local cable-access station of a local weirdo who walks around playing the guitar with a cockatiel on his shoulder. I’m not kidding. They’re gonna send us a copy, though, so at least we’ll get to see our names in the credits.
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Elton?!
Holy crap. Am I insane, or did I just realize that Billy from Six Feet Under is Elton from Clueless, but with, like, a lot more hair? My mind is blown.
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Survivor
Okay, I’ve gotta make my picks for Survivor tonight. As I haven’t actually seen the show (nor will I be able to see any of them), I’m looking for any help I can get. I’m currently researching, so any tips you can give would be much appreciated. Who’s it gonna be? Hook me up.
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Bored now.
Oh God. It’s 9:30 Monday morning on my first full weekday of being unemployed… and I’m already bored out of my mind. At least MBTV‘s got new Buffy and Dawson’s Creek recaps.
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Stephen Hawking
Stephen Hawking’s getting a software upgrade so he can speak with an English accent. Which is cool and all, but I had to laugh when the article referred to his “Dalek” voice.
Exterminate! Exterminate!
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ARGH
I do this weird thing, where I read and watch things that I know are going to piss me off. Do you do that? For example, I just finished reading the latest “Dawson’s Creek” recap over at MBTV. It (the show, not the recap) enraged me, as I knew it would. Another example – I always read Victoria Hervey‘s column in the Sunday Times Style magazine, even though I know she’s a mindless name-dropping upper-class tart that’s just going to drive me up the wall. Another example – I managed to find a copy of the film Danny, the Champion of the World, which was based on the Roald Dahl book. Jeremy Irons aside, they completely ruin the story. They take out all the morally objectionable bits and replace it with Robbie Coltrane and a horrible plot contrivance. It never fails to completely appall me. And yet I watch it repeatedly. These things are my hair shirts, and I must be really penitent subconsciously.
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Well, duh.
“CBS Says Fox’s ‘Boot Camp’ Is ‘Survivor’ Rip-Off.” Well, duh. The only thing funnier than that title is a quote from an unnamed CBS insider about the lawsuit the network is filing: “This is a serious attempt to stop anyone, both now and in the future, from ripping off the family jewels.” Do you think he meant to say that?!