I was checking out the movie schedule at the Tivoli (my local art house) and they are showing “An Inconvenient Truth” and “Wordplay”, which must be the worst choice of date movies ever. It’s like “Do you want to see the one about how we are living on a planet that is doomed and that civilization as we know it is on its last legs or do you want to see the one about people filling in crossword puzzles?” Not exactly great choices and this from a guy who on a date decided that the best choice of films was “La Femme Nikita.” (No one ever believes me but that was an inspired decision.) So again we can choose between the end of the world or people filling in boxes in pencil.
Of course, there is the third option of Superman Returns, which would be good other than an unnerving tendency of mine to go, “But that can’t happen because in Superman #127 Lex Luthor becomes president of the United States so obviously he wouldn’t need to make his own continent.” And I don’t want Kate Bosworth to play Lois Lane. Not unless Lois Lane is a teen surfer just trying to make a living in Hawaii. I mean, why fix what’s not broken.
Anyway, time for more on the Brittney story: now we all remember how on Dateline she looked like a complete mess. What, you guys didn’t tivo that? Anyway, Brit was distraught after she noticed how people were reacting to how awful she looked and how one of her fake eyelashes fell off while she was talking and how in the world could she decide to wear flip-flops to a television interview. So, she decided to cut her hair into take out her hair extensions, cut her hair into a bob, and dye her hair black (with vegetable dye so it would be safe in pregnancy, thus says the publicist.) Except that she didn’t tell Harper’s Bazaar that she was doing this, which is kind of an issue given that it was right before a cover shoot and she apparently looked even worse than before. Hence, on the famous cover you’ll be looking at an awful lot of hair extensions and many man-hours spent making her look presentable.
(You know, I don’t know what’s worse. That I know all of this or the fact that this story probably got more play in the media than Iraq today.)
Have a few NBA draft notes. Like everyone else online, I also can’t believe that the Knicks drafted Renaldo Blackman especially given that I thought he retired ten years ago. (He and Junior Bridgeman were the two best names outside of World B. Free in early 80’s basketball.) I have to give a shout out to two of my fellow Illini who were picked in the second round. Both James Augustine and Dee Brown were picked and though I wished they had gone higher I really hope that they both get a shot in the NBA. Dee was picked by Utah, which means that he will be reunited with former backcourt mate Deron Williams (who is the guy hitting the three in my profile picture, finishing off the miracle comeback against Arizona.) It will be interesting to see if they let the two guys run wild in the backcourt. That said, Dee gets to go from Champaign-Urbana to Salt Lake City. Some guys just can’t catch a break.
(Last note: Saturday will mark three years for me in Kansas City, so you can pretty much predict what my topic will be.)
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