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8/4/11

Phil — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 05:14:10 +0000

Why is there a mouse running loose on Spacelab Regula One?

We Are The War of the Worlds: Why Women Hate “Jerry Maguire”

Phil — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:08:55 +0000

An interesting theory occurred to me this afternoon. I was doing dishes, flipping through the channels on the satellite and Jerry Maguire was on. This is a film that I’ve noticed a majority of the women I have spoken to about have not particularly enjoyed. And I wondered… Why don’t women like Jerry Maguire?

Let us take the Renee Zellweger component out of the equation for the moment. Many women claim to not like her or find her annoying but were okay with her in that movie where she pretended to be British? All I know is I saw her making out with Jim Carrey leaned up against a motorcycle after getting hammered on tequila in a bar in Santa Barbara once. And then, later that night, ate a MAGNUM MILLENIUM BURRITO®. But that’s another story… for another time…

Anyways… My point is I would like to think we can all just accept that she is quite average and played her role in Jerry Maguire at least averagely.

That leaves us with Tom Cruise - and he, my dear friends, is the nucleus of my theory. There was a generation of women – my mother’s generation – that will always remember Tom Cruise as a “sex symbol”. The young guy dancing around in his underwear to Bob Seger, the cool wild child in Top Gun or .. Cocktail .. or whatever? I don’t know. You can ask your own mom – or my mom for that matter – about it yourself… This is just my theory and I’m not going to put any more work into this than I have to. Okay.. So let’s just accept that as a fact.

But then.. The next generation – and consequent generations really now – have grown up with Tom Cruise as that creepy, short, freaky, Scientologist guy who married the chick from Dawson’s Creek and jumped up and down on Oprah’s couch. Which is pretty much where he is for most people nowadays. So this is where my theory starts – perhaps women have a hard time watching Tom Cruise in a romantic comedy or romantic role nowadays because he’s that creepy old dude. Sure – he’s okay running around in an action movie like the Mission: Impossible series but none of that romantic stuff. Not anymore.

The best parallel I could find, in terms of career, is clearly Michael Jackson. There are a few generations now who grew up – almost exclusively – with Michael Jackson as the alleged child molester, creepy guy living in a castle with the Elephant Man and a chimp and a mini-Disneyland and wore a mask and held his child off a roof or something, etc. and not Michael Jackson as easily the most influential and most recognizable musical entertainer in the world for a good stretch of years.

Well that about wraps it up. There’s my parallel between Tom Cruise and Michael Jackson and my theory of why women dislike Jerry Maguire.

The Plaid Times

Phil — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 05:29:57 +0000

On this date I hereby officially declare the George Lucas Star Wars post-Return of the Jedi era “The Plaid Times”.

8/17/11

Phil — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 02:02:07 +0000

Was thinking about this old school yard taunt earlier:

Your momma, Your daddy, and your bald headed granny with her finger in her fanny…

In hindsight, that’s really an awful visual we were painting for each other.

8/8/11

Phil — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 01:25:36 +0000

With poultry, as in life, I am a breast man.

5/6/11

Phil — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 05:30:56 +0000

Had something to write about earlier while I reheated dinner but have since forgotten.

Desire to make scones is strong.

The sideplots about what The Girls Gone Wild cameramen do on their days off (i.e. go-carting, bowling) in The Girls Gone Wild show on HD Net are like plot in a porn film. No one cares – show boobs.

5/5/2011

Phil — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 05:07:55 +0000

Was interviewing myself while I made dinner earlier. Not sure what I was asking myself – something like, “Why did you put that empty guacamole container back in the fridge?” in an English accent. I have no good reason for any of this.

Saw a guy riding a Segway earlier who wasn’t a security person or selling something. Odd.

Spent 15 minutes deleting channels on an iPhone TV guide app. Soothing in it’s monotony.

7/6/2011 Archive

Phil — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 06:17:36 +0000

Combine Van Morrison and Van Halen:
Brown Eyed Beautiful Girls
Moondancing the Night Away

King Curtis
Dirty Dozen Brass Band Jungle Blues

The Faces

Odd commercial pairings. Digiorno Pizza and cookies. Acura and Thor movie.

Notes from Star Trek IV:
SF trashmen in park have east coast / NJ accents
They never change their clothes in the 6 months they’re on Vulcan?
Nor does Starfleet ever come and pick them up?
No other Vulcan or person thinks of whales but Spock?
Kirk brings pizza aboard the Enterprise

PerfectMeatloaf – Look up commercial later. Most specific product ever.

Bourne has got this super fancy apartment in Paris but IKEA pots and pans.

All that magic and they can’t fix up Ron’s dress robes?

Band Names:
The Great Attractor
Tetralogy of Fallot

Pereniky ?? (Polish potsticker)

Animation Scene Idea
Burrrrrrp. Why thank you…
(Pause)
Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp. Whoa!
Dude – that was a raise. I’m not sure I can call.
Heh
(Pause)
I’m all in (pukes all over the other guy)

5/4/2011

Phil — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 08:50:47 +0000

Hair is frizzy tonight. Spent a minute looking at it from different angles while I urinated before bed.

On Iron Chef, you can tell when the Italian Chef, Kobe, is going to be chosen to compete because he doesn’t rise up with the other chefs otherwise.

I dislike Mo Rocca. And Larry David.

Dos and Don’ts

Phil — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:26:51 +0000

It’s not what you DO but what you DON’T do that matters. And in that respect, I’ve done a whole lot of don’t doing today.